host: marcy kaptur has been our guest.ing up next, steve king, republican of iowa, followed by keith ellison from minnesota. here is a news update from seized and radio. >> more reaction this morning from president obama's announcement. senator john kerry in remarks today on that cbs is praising the president's plan, saying it will allow afghans to "make their own dresses about their own future." he went on to say that the plan "will change the political calculation of everybody on the ground." also, the general says president obama's announcement is in his words, "the natural result." and that the drawdown is coming as the tide is turning in afghanistan. turning to the economy, stock futures are lower ahead of a report of the unemployment numbers. economists expect the numbers will rise slightly. the dow jones futures are down 52 points. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> blackberry users, you can access our programming any time with the c-span radio app. all commercial-free. you can also listen to

[cheering] congresswoman marcy kaptur is in-house. [applause] your mayor is in the house. give them a big round of applause. [applause] i just took a short tour of the plant and watched some of you putting the finishing touches on the wrangler. as somebody reminded me i need to call it the iconic wrangler. and that's appropriate because when you think about what rangel has always symbolized, it symbolizes freedom, and venture, hitting the open road, never looking back, which is why malia and sosha will never buy one and tell me the figure 35. i don't want any adventure for them. [laughter] i want to thank jill for the kind introduction. somebody asked jeal to describe herself in three words or less, and she said hard-working. hard working. and her entire family agreed. so, she's with the right team here at this plant because i know there are a lot of hard-working people here. [cheering] and i am proud of all of you. jill was born and raised right here in toledo. her mother retired from the plant. her stepfather retired from the plant. her uncle still works of the plant and

[applause] congresswoman marcy kaptur is in the house. [applause] your mayor is in the house. give him a big round of applause. [applause] i just took a short tour of the plants and watched some of you putting the finishing touches on the wrangler. now somebody reminded, i need to call at the iconic wrangler. [applause] and that is appropriate, when you think about what wrangler has always symbolized. it symbolized freedom, adventure, hitting the open road, never looking back. which is why malia and sasha will never buy one. [laughter] until maybe they are 35. i do not want any adventure for them. [laughter] i want to thank jill for the kind to deduction. somebody on my staff asked jill to describe herself in three words or less, and she said hard working. hardworking. and her entire family agreed. so she is what the right team here at this plant because i know there are a lot of hard- working people here. and i am --i am proud of all of you. [applause] jill was born and raised right here in toledo. her mother retired from this plant. her stepfather retired from this plant. he

ohio democrat marcy kaptur, steve king. >> the c-span networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and history. it is all available to you on radio, television online and social networking sites. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content vehicle bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way. now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. there are house yesterday debated changes to to the u.s. patent system and application process. here is an hour of that debate. gentleman from texas, e chair: continue. mr. smith: mr. chairman, the foresight of the founders in creating an intellectual property system in the constitution demstrates their understanding of how patent rights hts htt th technological innovation from our intellectual property is linked to three quarters of america's economic growth and american i.p. industries account for over 1 1/2 of all of our exports. these industries also provide millions of americans with well-paying jobs. our patent laws which provide a t

for members of the house of representatives scott rigell, republican of virginia marcy kaptur democrat of ohio and the steve king republican of iowa and keith ellison a democrat in minnesota will take your calls and react to the resident speech from the white house. thank you for being with us on this wednesday. more coverage tonight on the c-span networks. sheila bair chairman of the federal deposit insurance corp. called on lawmakers say to implement higher capital requirements for banks. this hearing before a house oversight subcommittee is expected to be ms. fair's less on capitol hill and her role as head of the fdic. she recently announce she is stepping down when her five-year term expires next month. this is about 50 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. today's hearing on the t.a.r.p. financial services and bailouts public and private programs subcommittee is entitled the changing role of the fdic. we have before us today the 19th chairman of the federal deposit insurance corp., sheila bair who has served honorably during some of our nation's toughest times and chairma

three minutes to the distinguished member from ohio, former ranking member of this committee, marcy kaptur. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you, and i want to thank the ranking member from california, mr. farr, for his hard work, and mr. kingston, the chairman from georgia, for bringing this bill before us today. i'm really sorry i can't support it because at a time of such instability in the american economy this committee builds simply further destabilizes one of the most productive sectors of the american economy, agriculture, and all the americans who depend on the department of agriculture during the hard times that we are experiencing. this legislation had some of the most destructive sections in it that eliminate for all practical spers the rural energy for america program, taking america into a new energy future. it takes the cops off the beat at the commodity futures trading commission to hold wall street accountable. we all know that hasn't been happening. the drastic decrease in the nutrition and commodities supplemental