representative, marsha blackburn. >> how about public servant marsha blackburn. >> very good. representative blackburn is an accomplished leader and we're delighted she's serving in the united states congress today but she has also served in the tennessee legislature. so she brings the perspective of someone who understands what the constitution of the united states says that we're supposed to have a balanced system and that states aren't supposed to be administrative arms of the federal government. that they are supposed to be an equal branch of our government. she was elected in 1998 to the tennessee state senate and she served there with distinction and while she was in the senate, she also led a state-wide grassroots campaign to defeat the proposed state income tax. now that is a great and noble cause and she was successful. that's even better. she did a lot of radio talk shows and television promotions and she's often daf called upon for speeches around the country and for special pieces in publications like "the wall street journal." she's definitely considered a leader i

[inaudible conversations] >> republican marsha blackburn is currently serving her fourth term representingssee's seventh district. prior to that, she served in the tennessee state senate. for more information on congresswoman marsha blackburn, author of "life equity," visit blackburn.house.gov. >> oxford university press in 2009 has several new titles coming out. susan ferber senior editor with oxford. what are some of the new titles. >> i'll be thrilled to talk about some of our new books. i'm going to talk more about the political ones than the ones that have political implications today. real enemies i realize there's a lot of talk about conspiracy theory. you see them all the time on the internet. this is an author who actually spent some time looking out what does conspiracy theory mean for american democracy and how can conspiracy theories over a long period of time since world war i -- what does that mean about americans and what they think about their government? and do they trust government? so this is a book that looking at pearl harbor and looks at fear of jews in government and

>> i'm marsha blackburn and rep. to the seventh congressional district. this summer i am going to really do a lot of reading and i am looking for a two reading liberty and tyranny, or tear in the end of liberty. i think that that sounds like it and fantastic one. what i also want to read it is one second after which is about the electromagnetic pulse and that is something being on energy and commerce and protecting the grids, something that is important to us. the accidental guerrilla is also one of that is on the list that i plan to read this summer. so that is one a book each month and i'll probably and some others to that as i go through the year. >> if you want to see more program information and other bidding less go to our website at booktv.org. >> after words with eduardo galeano and john dinges continues. >> host: i'm john dinges and i am talking with eduardo galeano and we are talking about his book "mirrors". he is particularly important in on america because he has captured a long history of repression and exploitation, immigration and and conq

speaker, i want to yield two minutes to my colleague, marsha blackburn. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman. and also representative larsen for allowing me to work with them on this to help ensure our american innovators intellectual property is protected as we move forward in this international community transition to green economics. american innovators hold 50% of the world's patents granted between 2002 and 2008 in the clean energy field and will i note that tennesseans alone hold 1% of those worldwide patents in the hybrid electric vehicle market. it's serious business for our american patent holders. they have invested a lot of time, passion, effort, energy, and economic capital in developing these technologies. it's therefore incumbent upon us in congress to protect what they have created. the draft u.n. framework convention on climate change, for example, includes language supported by extreme carbon emitting nations like india and china, calling for a multilateral technology climate fund. housed inside the u.n. this