>> well, i'm torn between levi and eric menendez.otionally unavailable. >> larry: and physically. >> i know. i guess i'm going for the wrong man. >> larry: do you like levi? >> not really. >> you know what, larry -- >> larry: well -- >> not really. >> larry: what advice -- it is june -- do you have for graduates? are you asked to be a commencement speech? >> no. which would be very a-list. a nice junior college somewhere, where i didn't complete my studies. my advice would be to take just as much adoral as you can get your hands on. and sleep around, with a condom. the volume is not an issue. go for it. i would try to reach 100 by your junior year, in you're just going to play a numbers game. and just pay attention to what you feel like paying attention to. and you would be fine. isn't that what you taught me? >> oh, yeah. >> larry: do you like to be a mother? >> i have dogs and i am a mother to my dogs. and also, i have a grown child, in a way. if you think about it. >> larry: do you think she would be a good mother? >> i think she

>> i am torn between levi and eric menendez.> and physically. >> but what about levi? you like levi? >> not really. >> we don't care. this is taking an eggly turn. >> what advise -- it is june. >> a nice jr. college somewhere. maybe one i didn't complete my studies. my advice would be to take as much aderol as much as you can and sleep around with a condom. the volume is not an issue. go for it. go for 100 by your junior year. and pay attention to what you feel like paying attention to and you will be fine. >> are you a mother? >> i have dogs and i am a mother to my dogs. and i have a grown child. in a way. >> do you think she would be a good mother? >> i think she would. >> larry, if i have one egg leftly be missed. don't tell levi. i told him i am 26. >> how often do you see levi? >> as often as i can. >> it breaks him up. he talks and talks and talks. >> goes out dancing until 6:00, 6:30 at night. >> more in a moment. stick around. with shockguard technology give you immediate relief that lasts all day long. dr. scholl's. pai

there is research under way with respect to oil spi issues of the time, in fact, in senator menendez's state of hj knowledge there is an oil spill laboratory which looks at oil spills and how to contain oil spills and so this is an area obviously which will be one of those lessons to be learned. >> but would you agree that, in fact, the resources to really look at this issue have not existed? >> the answero that is yes, i me, the resources in terms of looking at spill response and dealing with some of the deep water issues i don't think have been there. thank you. >>enator sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. secretary, for your directness. you've talked to directly. you haven't used notes. you have obviously gotour head straight on challenges you face and we appreciate that and i want to work with you to deal with this crisis. we're now in the 51st day, the people i talk to in my state are concerned on -- they are concerned that we're not doing enough to stop the flow, and they're concerned about the effectiveness of our barriers and so forth. i will say that thursd

there is research under way with respect to oil spi issues of the time,n fact, in senator menendez'sof hj knowledge there is an oil spill laboratory which looks at oil spills and how to contain oil spills and so this is an area obviously which will be one of those lessons to be learned. >> but would you agree that, in fact, the resources to really look at this issue have not existed? >> the answer to that is yes, i mean, the resources in terms of looking at spill response and dealing with some of the deep water issues i don't think have been there. >> thank you. >>enator sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. secretary, for your directness. you've talked to directly. you haven't used notes. you have obviously got your head straight on challenges you face and we appreciate that and i want to work with you to deal with this crisis. we're now in the 51st day, the people i talk to in my state e concerned on -- they are concerned that we're not doing enough to stop the flow, and they're concerned about the effectiveness of our barriers and so forth. i will say that thursd

menendez: mr. president, let me first ask unanimous consent that the privileges of the floor be granted to the following member of my staff: heidi bronky fulton, during the pendency of the conference report to accompany the iran refined petroleum sanctions act and for each dhai measure is pendinpendingpending. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: thank you, mr. president. i rise today in suppor strong st of this conference report for rebust sanctions against iran. i was proud to serve with, among other of my colleagues, senator dodd on the conference committee, and i want to recognize the hard work he has done to create a strong sanctions bill. these sanctions, i believe, will deter the threat iran poses to u.s. national security because of its suspected nuclear weapons program, a country that has huge oil reserves, clearly doesn't need nuclear power for nuclear energy. and, therefore, between its stated goals and its actions, creates, i believe, a threat to the national security

the menendez bill would make operating in the gulf so expensive that only big companies could afford it giving them a virtual monopoly in the gulf. >> lehrer: in the meantime, members of the house began working on their own proposals. speaker nancy pelosi asked committee chairs to draft new regulatory legislation by the fourth of july. we get some reaction now from two senators, bill nelson is a democrat from the state of florida. john barasso, a republican from wyoming sorvtz energy and natural resources committee. senator barrasso , to you first, how do you feel about the way the u.s. government, the federal government has reacted and handled the oil spill thus far? >> i think they have not done an adequate job. it is day 51. it took them much too long, in my opinion, to get engaged, and even yesterday, the report came out that the president of the united states had still not talked to the c.e.o. of british petroleum. it is unthinkable to the american people that the two of them haven't talked. so i think that the -- it has been delayed and much too slow, and a reaction that i thin

. >> senator menendez? genex mr. secretary, mr. ambassador, thank you. i want to echo the remarks of senator schumer and the chairman of the china currency practices and i heard what you said but i heard that before in terms of we are taking a hard look at. we are taking a hard look at this question for some time it seems and china makes a declaration they are going to start moving in that direction and it's quite the texas two-step, one step rward, two steps back. i think you might know a bit about that in terms of dancing. they do a dance with us it is pretty harsh. the cities in china i our banker. their prices are lowered our prices are higher at the end of the day they are collecting our dollars and then they come back and buy our treasury bills and so there are bankers. we cannot consistently have t lack of currency floating the currency they should allow to take place as ost countries in the world per met to be manipulated as they do. so as long as we're taking a hard look they are going to continue to collect our dollars. we will continue to be t

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and i am the co-sponsor of senator menendez's legislation to do just that. i appreciate the witnesses' valuable suggestions. we also have to end the cozy relationship between the federal government and the oil companies it is supposed to regulate and oversee. that means getting end of giveaways for the oil and gas industry and means making sure that regulators aren't simply acting as a rubber stamp. too often the federal government ends up listening more to the powerful industries that is supposed to be regulating than the consumers it's supposed to be protecting. so whether it's wall street or big oil or calling -- who are calling the shots, the results are rarely good for my constituents in wisconsin. trr many other actions we need to make, such as passing my use it or lose it legislation, to make sure they're exploring the federal leases that they currently have and restoring the clean water act which is the main statute to prosecute pollutors who dump oil in the waters of the united states. in your testimony you talked about the strong laws. and attorney

after the civil war, the menendez states is used as a singular -- the united states is used as a singular. when the reconstruction amendments were enacted, they give congress special power to enforce by appropriate legislation the guarantees that go into the rights of citizenship, the guarantees, privileges, the equal protection clause, the amnesty process clause. they gave congress that power in part because they distrusted the supreme coort. today, the supreme court is living off of the few. that is why they have such power. at the middle of reconstruction, you went there for the legislature. the constitution's broad, sweeping powers are given that there are real life meaning by congress. if you ask where did we get equality, it is from the civil rights act of 1964. u.s. khaled is is that the 15th amendment actually in franchise african-americans, more were enfranchised in the first two years than in the entire purse century through judicial enforcement alone. that is because the past literally -- literacy taxes. congress did people the right to register when the courts did not. then we