markey, mr. kennedy, and the champion in our house on americans with disabilities act, steny hoyer, our wished majority leader. mr. sensenbrenner has made this part of his legacy in the congress, not so fast, i know, more to come, but we thank you on being the champion on civil rights that you are and i see now we have been joined by our distinguished republican leader of the house, mr. boehner. this is a bipartisan effort. it has been all along. it is a cause for celebration. it is a source of liberation, and it's important to note that there is a reason mr. langevin is first. he is first because of his courage. he's first because of his inspiration, and he's first because when i became speaker he said to me, now that you are presiding, i want to preside, too. so when that day when we made history having the first woman speaker of the house, it became clear that we had to make history today in having jim langevin preside on this historic occasion which is a source of pride to all of us, but also

markey: mr. speaker, today i rise in support of my bill, h.r. 5730, the surface transportation earmark rescission, savings, and accountability act. the bill will eliminate a total of $713 million in contracting authority for 309 old transportation earmarks. in short, this bill will prevent our deficit from rising by another $713 million. in today's fiscal climate, we must be judicious in our spending and my legislation follows the commonsense principle of use it or lose it. before i came to congress i owned several small businesses. one of my businesses was a small coffee and ice cream shop called huckleberry's. with a shop that sells food, the use it or lose it principle is intrinsic. we would not buy more perishable food than we could sell, otherwise we were at a loss. every small business owner knows that when you are working on a tight budget, you cannot afford wasteful spending. and that, mr. speaker, is exactly what these earmarks are. by targeting these earmarks, my legislation will delive

representative markey wrote, in the event that additional oil collection should prove necessary, bp must measure the 100% of the hydrocarbons flowing from the well so we can determine the actual flow rate once and for all. under u.s. law, bp would be fined up to $4,300 per barrel per day if gross negligence is proven. meaning bp's bill on day 86, using the government's highest estimates, could total more than $22 billion. and bp has been vastly underestimating the size of the spill for months now. at first by a factor of 60. and there's some suspicion that bp may never want an accurate number of that tally ever to surface. ron. >> matt, nearly $22 billion, that is a staggering amount of money. >> reporter: yes, it is, and that doesn't mention the claims from fishermen to stockholders and of course the cleanup. bp has shelled out $3.5 billion so far and more. we're learning that work on the cleanup could continue here for years, ron. >> it could go a lot higher than that $22 billion. thank you, matt gutman. >>> the oil may not be flowing, but there's still a lot of activity going on above

. >>> joining us from washington is massachusetts congressman ed markey who chairs the house subcommittee on energy and the environment. congressman, good morning. >> thank you, glad to be with you. >> what is your reaction to ceo tony hayward finally losing his job? >> well, he was the commander in chief of bp. he helped to create the culture that shortchanged safety, he was in charge when bp was saying that only 1,000 barrels of oil per day were going into the gulf of mexico. when they said only 5,000 barrels of oil per day were going into the gulf of mexico. we know that it is 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day. that delayed the response. and we know that his attitude all along was to get his life back and limit liability for bp when his first concern should have been the livelihood of the people in the gulf of mexico. >> bob dudley is supposed to take his place. already we've gotten reaction from kenneth feinberg who is the arbitrator who has been put in charge of the dispersement of the $20 billion fund. and feinberg says this is a good idea, this is a good move. what do you think? >>

joining us from washington one of the leading democratic voices on this issue, congressman ed markey of massachusetts. congressman, thank you for joining us. it's clear you have been frustrated by tony hayward. and that when he gave the evasive answers, what you felt were evasive answers when you grilled him on capitol hill last month, how do you feel about this imminent change? was it too late for you? >> well, he had to go. he was the leader of this company. he was the one that allowed this company to run up the worst safety record of any oil company in the world. he was the one that allowed the company to say that it was only 1,000 barrels of oil per day going into the gulf of mexico. then only 5,000 barrels of oil per day were going into the gulf of mexico when we now know it was 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day, which directly affected how rapid and large the response to the spill it was. so he had to go. he was the leader of the company. he created the culture of this company. now let us hope that this company can turn the page and become a responsible corporate citizen. up unt

congressman ed markey has also heard nothing. keeping them honest. they join me tonight.ing to speak with a bp doctor who's helping treat the men and women affected by this spill. lots of them, as it turns out. what he has seen firsthand and how concerned he is about the long-term effects on all the worker. those stories, much more, all of it, at the top of the hour. >> larry: we're back with benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel. so thankful to give us this hour tonight on "larry king live." as we say, we go back a long way. what do you make of iraq -- no, no, well, i'm leaving "larry king live" in november, but i'm going to be around. we're going to do specials. we're going to come to the middle east. >> oh, good. good, i'll -- then i'll entertain you again in israel. it will be a good refresher. >> larry: it will be my pleasure. don't forget, you committed, if we can get all three leaders on together, we're going to do that show. >> you can do it anytime. you have one. >> larry: okay. are you -- well, i think we can get jordan. if we get -- we're fine if we got

we'll talk with our guest congressman ed markey.lk to the man who leaked the cia documents. and we'll also talk to shirley sherrod at the top of the hour. >> larry: joining us now, general wesley clark, united states army retired former nato supreme allied commander and senior fellow at ucla's center for international relations. and lieutenant colonel anthony sheaffer, external communications for the center for advanced defense studies and a u.s. army reserve officer. he's a military intelligence and operations expert and he served two combat tours in afghanistan. general clark, what do you make of all this? >> well, a lot of documents, a lot of low level stuff. some of it's accurate, some of it's inaccurate. all of it's dated. if you analyze it, maybe you'll learn something about operational methods. it's the kind of thing that's classified, because whenever we're in operations and we're talking about operational matters ongoing, it stays classified for a period of years. i agrow with peter berg and this is not exactly like the pen

markey: mr. speaker, as we debate ways to tackle our growing deficit and create jobs, i rise today to call on this congress to reject proposals that would privatize social security or medicare. colorado seniors rely on social security and medicare, and as we struggle to climb out of a deep recession, the security, provided by these programs, is more critical than ever. dismantling medicare and adding trillions of dollars to the deficit with a risky privatization scheme that gambles seniors' financial security in the stock market is just the wrong way to go. rolling the dice on the financial security our seniors depend on in a financial system that recently almost collapsed is reckless in the extreme and has been roundly rejected by the american people. we can cut waste, fraud and abuse from social security and medicare without cutting a penny in benefits, and i will fight to protect the promise we made to american seniors. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for wha

betsy markey has an idea that she's introduced that would save $703 million-plus. we hope to consider that. i want to reiterate which is all i wanted to say that we welcome ideas on how to bring the deficit down. i mentioned, of course, earlier, that mr. kyl indicated that paying for things were not necessary if they were in the tax bill but cutting other things, the problem is, that was $678 billion that he suggested in borrowed money. and so we're going to have to look, as i said in a speech not too long ago, at all items of expenditure, wherever they may be found, to make sure that we are -- that we return to the fiscal posture, frankly, that we were in when we had a $5.6 trillion surplus in january of 2000. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. i would note, we are making progress here, if we are going to avoid pointing fingers and casting blame as to why we are where we are in an effort to move forward and addressing the challenges that our constituents and the people in this country are facing. i welcome the gentleman's desire

ed markey of massachusetts, a master on all of these issues, is the chair of that committee. probably 100 members who wanted to be on the committee, everyone wanted to be on it. it is very important. this is not an issue that the senate can walk away from. this is a national security issue to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. it is a health issue to reduce the emissions of fossil fuel emissions into the air. it is a competitiveness issue for our country so that is the economics of this. the whole world is out there doing new green technology to save the planet. we can either lead in that or we are going to be left behind. we must act upon this, and the third, fourth if you believe as i do that this planet is god's beautiful creation and we have a moral responsibility to preserve it, that is why we work closely with the evangelical community on this issue. we all agree we have a moral responsibility to pass it onto the next next generation in a responsible way. time is running out. this is not an issue you can walk away from cause we have spent a billion dollars a day on f

markey, and mr. pascrell. i thank these members and other who was made suggestions to me for their constructive addition to this amendment. this amendment makes significant improvement to the underlying legislation and i urge an aye vote on the bill. mr. chairman, i reserve the plans of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from west virginia rise? mrs. capito: i climb -- i claim time in opposition to the amendment though i'm not opposed. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. capito: the chairwoman's manager's amendment does make good improvements to the underlying bill by phasing out taxpayer subsidies for severe repetitive losses. the nfip is facing serious financial challenges and the program can't afford to go on its current path. in this respect, i think chairwoman waters' manager's amendment is a positive step in the right direction. in addition, the manager's amendment includes additional -- additional reforms that seek to reduce subsidies ove

chairman, congressman markey and i will be introducing legislation that would be designed to remedy that loophole and provide to the public the royalties that they are due for drilling on the public lands. miss brian, are you aware of this? >> i'm certainly aware of the problem and i think it would be terrific if legislation were passed to correct it. >> do you? >> i do. >> all right. miss randolph i want to welcome you. i think all of us are heart-broken. i went down to the gulf and as heartbreaking it was forever me to fly out over that magnificent, beautiful marshland at the delta, what was the hardest was coming back and meeting people who were fishermen and the oil industry and seeing how lives are being turned upside down. i want to express to you my heartfelt sadness about what the people of the gulf coast are enduring and will long after congress has moved on to other things. so thank you so much for coming and all you do down there. >> thank you, sir, and as a recipient parish of some of those royalty revenues, i look forward to you increases that. >> all right, thank you. mr. c