miller of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1448, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. miller, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. miller: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: mr. chairman, this bill is the right idea. we will not have a strong recovery until small businesses can again get ordinary loans to expand and hire new workers. but this bill leaves out an important industry. in past recessions the first industry to suffer from the recession and the first industry to come out of it was residential construction. home building. there is a reason that housing starts and building permits are leading economic indicators. home building will not lead us out of this recession no matter what we do. too much of the foolishness that led to the financial crisis was connected to housing. there are some markets that are hopelessly overb

it has to do with somebody named emily miller. give us the beginning. >> this is the heart of the jack abramoff scandal. he was a big-time republican lobbyist back in the day, released about five years ago. he made a lot of money from clients telling them how influential he was with republicans on capitol hill, particularly with tom delay. in order to get in bed with the delay crowd, he hired a lot of people at delay's office. he brought staffers to football games, baseball games, concerts. he opened a sushi restaurant that became one of the most popular places for young republicans to go out at night. there is a rumor that if you were a capitol hill staffer, you got a nice discount when you went to his restaurant. he really used all the tools that he could to get in good with the delay staffers and other republican staffers who could really make things happen for him. when he started going really over the line, he started flying staffers overseas for luxurious golf trips in scotland. he had a gulfstream jet he would fly people ar

miller: mr. speaker, i rise to speak on another temporary short-term extension of the national flood insurance program, nfip which expires more than three weeks ago on may 31, 2010. this is the third time this year that the flood insurance program had expired causing disruption in the housing market in cases where individuals are trying to purchase a home located in a flood plain which requires them to buy flood insurance to close on a federally backed mortgage. it is very unfortunate the fate of the national flood insurance program has to be authorized on a temporary basis because of other unrelated issues. the result has created uncertainty and instability in the market at a time when this conry can least afford it. immediate action is needed to support homeowners and small business owners who depend on flood insurance for an important measure of financial security, especially during the june to november storm season. this bill provides for a temporary extension through the end of the current f

is there any doubt in your mind that harley miller survived the crash, initially? >> dr.odd burd: oh, no doubt. he... he did survive. >> kroft: for how long, do you think? >> burd: total survival was probably about eight to ten hours, although he would not have been fully conscious for near that long of time. >> kroft: if he'd been rescued during that period, do you think he could've survived? >> burd: yes, he... he could... could've survived. >> kroft: but since no one knew where the plane had crashed that day, any chance of saving miller was lost. he is survived by his wife and a son. jeanette mcmahon says that she and the other widows probably would never have filed the lawsuit if blackwater or its aviation wing had shown some remorse. did they call you and express their condolences? >> mcmahon: never. never. they took absolutely no responsibility. i mean, if they had come out with open arms and said, "we are responsible. we are so sorry." that point never really came across. >> kroft: did anybody with the army come and say, "look, we really don't want you to file this

stephanie miller what did you make of it?stunning, larry, even seeing it again you shack yoke your hed say really, really you are going to defend bp on this. like i say, i don't think we have gotten to the levels of criminal liability that are going to be found in this. this was unprecedented, larry. look at "exxon valdez" and how many years it took people to be made whole and in some cases it didn't either because it was cut down by the supreme court. this president accomplished something unprecedented in voluntarily getting a company to do this before we even got into awful this. i would rather have a president, acting tough, smoke them out, dead or alive, mission accomplished doing this behind the scenes. >> larry: dana, you are not, are you -- do you agreen with congressman martin, dana? >> yes and no. >> larry: what is the yes part? >> the yes part is, look i agree bp should be financially responsible for the accident. it happened on their watch. no one is contesting that. i think the thing that a lot of people are forge

miller: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. kilpatrick: over 14 million americans are unemployed. unemployed in the last three years. many are long-term unemployed. we need an emergency bill that will put people back to work. in the 1970's and 1980's, president reagan, president carter started a comprehensive training act. put $50 million in it and hired 20 million americans across the country. we need such a jobs bill today. this congress has done something. the president has worked with us and we've passed legislation and bills that have helped small business to hire and to get tax incentives. but what america needs is to address the emergency now. home sales are down, foreclosures are up, americans want to work. it's our responsibility that we help them do so. today, let's pass a real jobs bill, similar to the comprehensive employment and training act. is it an emergency? yes, it is. should it be offset? are the american people an emergency? i bel

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miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman, mr. miller, is recognized for two minutes. mr. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. this bill is a huge step forward. working in middle-class families should not again have to worry that financial ruin works in the fine print of a contract that their bank's lawyer wrote. families that qualify for prime mortgages that they can pay will not again get trapped, again, in predatory subprime mortgages that they cannot pay. they can use a credit card without worry of getting gouged. they can have overdraft protection that is convenient as the banks say it is, that it should be, not a trap to run up indefensible fees. if this bill is properly enforced we can properly believe again that our government is on the side of americans trying to make an honest living. this bill is about our values. our economy depends on our acting in our own self-interest and enjoying the rewards of our efforts that every major religious -- on the stone tablets that moses brought from mount sinai there is one, thou shall not covet thy neighbors. while some have erred

i commend president obama, i commend chairman miller and my colleagues for making historic investment in education and for ensuring accessibility and affordability in higher education with the enactment of the health care and the education reconciliation act of 2010. i urge my colleagues and our nation to observe american education week and the invaluable contributions of our nation's educators. you all make a world of difference in the lives of our students and families. i thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madaa speaker, we have no additional speakers. it doesn't appear that the majority has any additional speakers. if that's the case -- ms. watson: i have no additional speakers. mr. chaffetz: we'll yield back the balance of our time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california. ms. watson: yes, i understand that we do have another speaker, madam speaker. it's mr. minnick from california -- excuse me

. >> andrew miller. >> during the general election, the conservative party distanced itself from remarks made by the right honorable member for rushcliffe when he spoke about government aid and said that it had nothing to do with vauxhall. will the prime minister take this opportunity to remove the uncertainty not only for vauxhall but for sheffield forgemasters and all the other companies that are waiting for support in relations of properly constructed agreements? >> everyone wants to see vauxhall succeed. it is a very important company, employing many people in this country, not least in his own as he knows, a 270 million pound government loan guarantee to support gm europe was announced on march 12, 2010. we are reviewing commitments made since january 1, 2010. projects that are good value for money and consistent with the government's priorities will go ahead. but let me say to the honorable lady and others who are shouting opposite that we have to be clear that there were spending announcements made by the previous government before the election that do need to be reviewed. to take

miller w. whom i authored this amenent. this is a similar amendmen in fa it's idtical to o that was adopte viceote. there are proble with the -- some f.h.a. pgra. they are addressed in this bill. and there are some loosing prms. there are some programs that haven't worked out well. one program that has been a consistent money maker for the taer and one that has driven the marketplace to do good ings is the mtifamily loan prram. however that program limits that for how much the guarantee, ho much the loa can be guaranteed for has n risen as fast as the co in lot of cities. so what e weiner-mler amendment wod do is simply raise the limitso keep up with the cost and create somethi called an extreme ct area. the way the program works, essentially say this is a limit to which we will underwrite guarantee a loan fo new nstruction or modif a home. buif you have an artment building, four, five, 10, 100 units obviously the costs wd up goingn as you nd things like elevators and hvac, and what happens in places like los angeles and ne

miller: i thanthe like to commend congresswoman woolsey for leadership on the work-life balae issues and her capacis chair of the rk force protection subcommittee. her commitme othese imrtant ises ia grt asset tthe educatand labor i am pleased to sve wh her in suorting legislation befe usoday to recognize family riendly workplaces the work-life balance act will recognize employers of any size for thr emplary work-life balance policies, not only will the awardet atandarfor beractes, it will shine a much-need lht on the concernsf working families. over the past0 yes, america's working families have changed cralmt you -- dramatically. while once a single bread winn could support a mide class family, todayhat siation appea to be a relic of th past. omenow make up half of the work force share a great sponsility for finclly supporting the mily. while womenow arel partne ioving for families, many rein the primary care giver for thei children and other fily meers. balancing a career and family responsibilies can seem impossie atimes butn todas economy, achieving balance isecessary. and women

conservative talk show host and organizer with the tea party coalition and back in l.a., stephanie miller, host of her own program and we go to las vegas with the libertarian talkative half playing at the hotel and casino in vegas. they also have a series on showtime. james, these hearings are pro forma unless someone speaks out on an issue. this is going through the motions, isn't it, james? >> pretty much. we do this every time we have one and everybody postures and at one of the hearings then senator biden asked a 24-minute question or something. we're going to have this. she's going to be confirmed and as she well should be and four republicans and one democrat will vote against her. it will be about the way it ends up. >> larry: dana, how do you feel? the previous conservative appointees took the middle road. she hasn't been questioned yet. they weren't definitive on any topic and they were approved. don't you expect this to go the same way? >> probably more than likely i expect it to go through. i'm watching lindsey graham to see what he does because he was one of the republicans wh

could have been -- the court could have reversed, had it cared to, and very narrow grounds -- on gary miller grounds the immunity claim -- on very narrow grounds, the immunity claim. >> the citizens united is a perfect example of where they could have decided on a very narrow grounds. they asked for a real argument on questions that have not been refiled. the justices did not like a lot. they could not wait for a case to present it. they reached out because they wanted to change lathe law. we of scarce time and resources to correct the courts in cases -- we have scarce time and resources to correct the courts. it is frustrating, but it is doable. somebody suggested that we have to start putting a freeze and a lot to say, this time we mean it -- the phrase in the law to say, this time we mean it. [laughter] obviously, we would then have to say what we mean. [laughter] drafting the legislation to achieve -- it may be more difficult for us to draft legislation that achieve the results that are intended, without reading-, unintended consequences -- without creating negative, unintended consequen

plus , find a web-only excerpt from the miller center debate paul solman moderated recently about the internet and democracy. the topic: how anonymity and civility do or do not intersect on line. all that and more. is on our web site, newshour.bs.org. >> woodruff: that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

those questions were at the heart of a recent debate presented by the university of virginia's miller center. arguing that the internet promotes democracy were jimmy wales founder of wikipedia and mike a sifrip founder of the personal democracy forum internet site. arguing that the internet poses a threat to democracy were farhad manjoo, a slate magazine columnist and author of true enough: living in a post fact society. and andrew keen, a silicon valley entrepreneur and author of the cult of the amateur. newshour economics correspondent paul solman was the moderator. >> reporter: does the internet encourage people who would not otherwise find each other no matter how kooky their ideas might be to do so to be reinforced in those ideas and make them more as opposed to less narrow minded? >> the mistake is to separate the internet from the general culture. there's clearly a general culture problem with the echo chamber. there's clearly more and more of a failure in america of people of different political persuasions to respectfully and creatively talk about issues. that's both in mains

former state department adviser aaron david miller gives his take on the elusive search for arab-israeli peace, and why diplomacy has made little progress. plus, on our arts blog "art beat," jeff talks to barbara pollack, author of "the wild, wild east: an american art critic's adventures in china." and a reminder-- we'll bring you the latest on the gulf oil leak all weekend online. we've updated our interactive ticker. it estimates the amount of oil that has leaked so far. and you can watch the live video feed from the ocean floor as attempts continue to bring the crisis under control. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the message. the clerk: to the congress of the unitd states. sections 202-d of the national emergency act provided for the automatic termination of a national emergency lab prior to the anniversary day of the -- ate of its proclamation, the president transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the register the enclosed notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond june 26, 2010. the crisis constituted by the actions of the persons engaged in or assisting, sponsoring or supporting extremist violence in macedonia and elsewhere in the western balkans region or, two, acts obstructing implementation of the security council resolution 1244 of june 10, 1999, in kosovo or the framework agreement of 2001 in macedonia that led to the declaration of a national emergency on june 26, 2001, an executive order 13219 and to amend that ordeand expect sieve order 13304, may 28, 2003, h

miller: thank you. madam speaker, our national debt is over $13 trillion and our annual deficit is expected to be nearly $1.6 trillion this year alone. the american people have had enough of this out-of-control spending. and today house republicans offer another measure to cut spending that was chosen by the american people in the youcut program. this provision will cut funding for the i.r.s. which is authorized to hire thousands of new agents to enforce the unconstitutional individual health care mandate. this cut will save taxpayers up to $10 billion. the purpose of the health care law was supposed to be to reduce costs and make health care more affordable. does anyone truly believe that thousands of new i.r.s. agents will really reduce health care costs? the new i.r.s. agent's job will be to verify you have acceptable government approved health care or they have the authority to impose a fine of up to 2% of your income. what we need to do is to help t+ create new jobs, not hire an army of new i.r.s.

.- after garfield's assassination, his successor met with samuel miller. they supported forced great to be their new colleagues on the bench. melville fuller was recommended to the president. an illinois attorney was recommended for the post, but he denied -- declined president cleveland's offer. when justice matthews and died in 1889, president benjamin harrison took nine months to compile a long list of possible nominees. he narrowed it down to two, david brewer and henry brown, two conservative friends with credentials. barack and brown referred to each other, but president -- justice miller fell victim to a stroke, and harrison had the opportunity to name brown to the high court. brown would return the support. he recommended havel jackson to fill the 1893 vacancy. apparently, jackson's ranch with benjamin harrison overcame their partisan differences. jackson's confirmation was delayed. let's turn to the second category, 20 century examples. the chief justice had only been on the court after losing a confirmation battle a few months when he became one

miller of north carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. members, this is a five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this amendment the yeas were 418. three nays. the amendment is adopted. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union h

edward miller will talk about the impact of the new health care law. you can see that live on c- span3. the u.s. senate meets today. senators will begin debate on judicial nominations. the house resumes business for the week to mark with bills on campaign finance disclosure rules and possible additional funds for wars and disaster. robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying some broadband services for emergency services, tonight on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> clarence thomas on a new justice. >> it changes the whole family. it is different today than what it was when i first got here. you grow very fond of the court that you spent a long time on. >> with the confirmation hearings starting june 28, learn more about the nation's highest court "in the supreme court," providing unique insight into the court. available in hardcover and as an e-book. >> a look now at louisiana where cleanup efforts continue. we spoke with a commander about communicating with the public. >> what are you doing here with this event? " we want to inform the public on how w

. >> andrew miller. >> the prime minister will be aware that the first battalion includes many of my constituents.%+ i thank you for your statement today. he quite rightly says that the military effort must take the highest priority in the campaign. in his visit -- in his reports, could ask hhm to reflect on the is on the ground? therr is no doubt that once the engineering resource matches the military effort, it also helps to rebuild communications. those communications can%+++ determine -- can in turn help governments of the country. is it at the right level? >> the honorable gentleman makes a good point. i do not think we of made as much progress as we should have done on the front of engineering. if you take the issue of that one dam. it should be delivering a lot afghanistan people. progress has not been as fast as we woull have hoped or as it that is the sort f tangible progress but people in afghanistan want to see to demonstrate that life -- that people in afghanistan want is to demonstrate that life is now better than it was under the talibbn. >> mr. dinkins. >> thank you, m

miller, clerk of the house.the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, all created by america's cable companies. to go now to a briefing from just a short time ago with thad allen on ongoing gulf oil spill cleanup efforts. >> good afternoon. welcome to the daily press briefing. i am joined by secretary napolitano. she will make comments. i will give you a quick operations update. secretary of paul lozano will provide updates. as you know, tropical storm alex sirte said it is going over the yucatan peninsula. we're watching closely for any impact it might have on the recovery operation. there appears to be two potential impacts. the discovery enterprise will continue to produce oil for another eight days without a problem. begin. pretty good shape there. and when we did over 5 foot of seas, they will have to stop the preparations for the helix producer, the third production vessel w

joining us on the phone is sean miller. is a staff write tore talk about this race. >> is the uncustom bent. if so, why? >> yes. he is. conventional wisdom that any forced into a runoff is in trouble. we saw it in, aut all my sources in south carolina tell me bob ingli s's career is coming to an end. >> what has been his message to voters since then? >> he's billing himself as a true conservative. this is something that he maintained throughout the primary. he said that re-releasedn ad that said he's going to fight for conservative principals, support for the free market, constitution. things like that. he's really tried to contrast himself again. and with his voting record it was quite liberal considering he has one of the most conservative districts in south carolina. >> they've come out with final ads. we'll watch them and come back and talk about them. >> when joe wilson said you lie he should have pointed at every member of kong. i know what it will take washington and the truth. every congressman knows we're headed to

shrimper who is striving airboats for pp as part of the effort and also theepublic affairs officer john miller. >> that white bloom, that is there to try to take up the oil that is near the shore. they are trying to protect it from hitting the shore. i have been in this area quite a bit and i have seen less and less along the shores. they change it every day as it gets absorbed. they change it out and they put a fresh one in. >> when the oil touches the grass, it will kill it. we have the wave action from the marshes. we should be sending on land ran now. that is how bad it erodes right now. once the grass is gone, it will erode that much quicker. we can clear this seaweed. we are probably 50 feet from the shoreline. there used to be land here. this is closer to the shoreline and is causing erosion. and some people are angry but what are you going to do? get out here and help clean it. >> obviously there is a lot of well in the grass. you cannot see it in the water. >> this is extraordinarily thin. it is difficult to see whether it burns more than it evaporates. that is the way that we have to

miller of north carolina and we didn't tell him we'd vote for im. i wish i could have it back. i wish i knew i was secretely in charge of the republican agenda. i wish i knew they wouldn't do anything unless i said they could but nobody told me. where were they when i needed thome to be more powerful. the republicans never checked with me as to what they were supposed to do. it's 2007, we did pass such a bill to restrict subprime lending and the wall street journal attacked us. they said it was a sarbanes-oxley for housing. sarbanes-oxley is about as nasty as you can get for "the wall street journal" and here's what they said about subprime lending in 2007. maybe that's what george bush expanded subprime lending. the "wall street journal" said in 2007, complaining about our will, for all the demonizing about 80% of even subprime loans are being paid on time and another 10% only 30 days behind. most new homeowners are low income families who would otherwise not have qualified for a mortgage. in the name of consumer protection, mr. frank's legislation will ensure that far fewer o

he apparently was not aware that my north carolina coli, brad miller, and i started to believe some years ago that the housing and mortgage lending markets were headed for a meltdown. it was 2004 when we first introduced our first anti predatory lending bill to counteract growing problem of high cost lending. in each term of congress since 2004, we have reintroduced our bill. the house passed some version of our bill on at least two occasions in an effort to make the mortgage process simpler, fairer, and more transpaaent, and to align incentives on behalf of borrowers. a lot of the provisions of our original predatory lending will are included in the health reform bill, and some of these provisions are included in the senate bill. the conference should commit to final legislation that makes it clear that predatory lending will not be tolerated and that pon. citizens who aspire to achieve the american dream of home ownership must not be duped and preyed upon. second, regarding transparency, it is clear that there is -- there needs to be much more sunshine and transparency in the derivative

she talked about this millard decision in 1939 -- this miller decision were the did not deal with that decision of individual rights. she thought it denied individual rights and that a fundamental change had occurred. the problem is she said she wants to except past presidents. -- past precedents. so she is leaving herself a big out. just like sonia sotomayor was asked whether or not she would give deference to the heller case and she said yes, it is settled law. but on monday's decision, she signed one of the the sense that denied it was an individual's right even though she had made the opposite statement. kagan is leaving herself more of an elfin sotomayor last year. host: debut here optimism in her response? -- did you hear optimism? guest: it would have been surprising to hear her say, the decisions were wrongly decided and i want to overturn them. that is not the kind of thing nominees say. she said would be expected. it is appropriate for her not to express a view about whether they were good or bad law given that she is not on the court yet. she will have to look at those issue

could have been -- the court could have reversed, had it cared to, and very narrow grounds -- on gary miller grounds the immunity claim -- on very narrow grounds, the immunity claim. >> the citizens united is a perfect example of where they could have decided on a very narrow grounds. they asked for a real argument on questions that have not been refiled. the justices did not like a lot. they could not wait for a case to present it. they reached out because they wanted to change lathe law. we of scarce time and resources to correct the courts in cases -- we have scarce time and resources to correct the courts. it is frustrating, but it is doable. somebody suggested that we have to start putting a freeze and a lot to say, this time we mean it -- the phrase in the law to say, this time we mean it. [laughter] obviously, we would then have to say what we mean. [laughter] drafting the legislation to achieve -- it may be more difficult for us to draft legislation that achieve the results that are intended, without reading-, uniended consequences -- without creating negative, unintended consequence

attorney charles miller failed to indict massey energy for criminal negligence. host: i will let you go and we will hear from david. guest: on one side we have a concern for the environmental dangers. on the other side we worry what we will do without it. as the gentleman from texas made clear, it is obvious. everything that we use in terms of transportation revolves around oil. you cannot turn off the spigot tomorrow and expect to be able to get to work. we have to find a way to transition to a clean energy future without harming the economy. this would be a much easier sell if everyone had a job for unemployment was low. if people were willing to look into the risks and costs of doing this more immediately, people worried about their job and the cost of getting to a job that they hope that, it makes it harder to embrace the cost of developing new technologies, transitioning into something that we do not know what it is. if you can get into your car tomorrow without using gasoline -- even electricity, which requires coal-fired electric plants often, let me know.

edward miller dean and ceo of johns hopkins medicine will discuss notable aspects of new health care laws. on june 23, oliver stone award-winning film director whose latest film itself of the border, will speak about the movie, making it-- and on july 7 venus williams will be here to address the luncheon. also on sports don't forget on july 17 the national press club will once again be hosting the national press club 5k and beat the deadline for early registration before june 30 to help the national journalism library to register. go to www.press.org. with that we would like to present our guest at the moment we have all been waiting for, the traditional national press club mug. [applause] and now our final question. it is inevitable when one reaches a position of national press club speaker and head of the national government agency at a relatively young age compared to a lot of the people we have speaking here, no commentary on them and no commentary on you. you worked for the gates foundation. ufr for the u.s. department of agriculture as a chief scientist. you are the head of usa

miller. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek rick nigs? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extends their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. boozman: mr. poe, july 2 for five minutes, mr. jones, july 2 for five minutes, mr. burton, july 2 for five minutes, mr. mack today for five minutes, mr. boozman today for five minutes, ms. ros-lehtinen today and june 30 for five minutes, mr. olson today for five minutes, mr. forbes, june 29 for five minutes. mr. mchenry, june 29 and 30, july 1 and 2 for five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the speaker pro tempore: u.n. of january 6, 2009, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas, mr. burton from indiana, mr. mack of florida. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. speaker

joining us on the phone is sean miller. he is a staff write tore talk about this race. >> is the uncustom bent. if so, why? >> yes. he is. conventional wisdom that any forced into a runoff is in trouble. we saw it in, a but all my sources in south carolina tell me bob ingli s's career is coming to an end. >> what has been his message to voters since then? >> he's billing himself as a true conservative. this is something that he maintained throughout the primary. he said that re-released an ad that said he's going to fight for conservative principals, support for the free market, constitution. things like that. he's really tried to contrast himself again. and with his voting record it was quite liberal considering he has one of the most conservative districts in south carolina. >> they've come out with final ads. we'll watch them and come back and talk about them. >> when joe wilson said you lie he should have pointed at every member of kong. i know what it will take washington and the truth. every congressman knows we're he

miller, talked about the new health-care law. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" we will get an update on the senate. tucker calls and after that on the obama administration in the midterm elections. later, ajay chaudrey on the changing demographics of united states. treasury secretary tim geithner will be on capitol hill later in the morning to testify about the troubled asset relief program known as tarp. a recent report from treasury shows that it has been repaid over $194 billion from loans issued to financial institutions. live coverage it 10:00 eastern. next, the wartime contract in commission looks at the role of private security contractors in iraq and afghanistan. the commission examines which security task are better performed by the u.s. military in which it could be delegated to the private sector. witnesses include representatives from the state department and the pentagon. this portion of the hearing is one hour 50 minutes. >> good morning. i am mike thibault, and thank you for attending this hearing which w

. >> back on capitol hill, republican jeff miller, who represents a florida district affected by the spill called on congressman barton to step down as chairman of the committee. later in the day, congressman barton tried to clarify his statement about the bp compensation funneled. >> finally, mr. chairman, if i may take a small point of personal privilege, i want the record to be absolutely clear that i think bp is responsible for this accident, should be held responsible, and should in every way do everything possible to make good on the consequences that have resulted from this accident. and if anything i've said this morning has been miss construed to an opposite effect, i want to apologize for that misconstruction. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> now, today's bp hearing in its entirely with the company's c.e.o., tony hayward. i testified before the house, energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. he apologized for the deepwater horizon spill and offered condolences to the families of the workers who died in the explosion. the hearing is over fiv

in the top flap, there is a memo which was written to richard miller on wednesday april 14. that memo ssys this has been a nightmare well which has everyone all over the place. did anyone inform you as ceo of the company in april of this year that this was a nightmare well? >> they did not. >> did you subsequently see this memo? have you seen this memo? >> i saw this memo when it was raised by your committee. >> that is the first you ever heard of it? >> it is the first time. >> is it the first you heard of it being a nightmare well? >> when i first saw this memo. >> let us talk about the cementing job. all of the testimony we have had in this committee through our hearings, and also at the natural resources committee, indicate that the choices that bp made and its subcontractors in order to save money led to blind faath in a successful cementing job. let me walk through it so you can understand. first of all, bp chose a riskier well-designe. chairman waxman talk about this. the best practice would have been a liner and a tieback which includes barriers to prevent the flow o

and, madam speaker, i along with congressman jeff miller and congressman doug lamborn, have asked the chairman and the ranking member of the armed services committee to hold classified hearings on what's called rules of engagement. i wish i could read this entire article, but i can't because of time. but i want to read the close of george will's column and george will is a conservative. president obama has counted on his 2011 runup to re-election being smooth by three developments in 2010, the health care legislation becoming popular after enactment, job creation acceleration briskly and afghanistan conditions improving significantly. i further read, the first two are not happening. he can decisively influence

of items, and then and jane will give you a brief and technical operation issues associated with miller'se in this. first, let me go right to the containment operations going on right now. over the night, we were able to successfully do not sure cut of the pike, 5000 feet of pipe that used to connect the heads of the mobile drilling unit. we are in the process of trying to do the second cut. the saw blade has been stuck in the pipe and they are working to set it free anyone who is used -- who has used a saw -- that is what they are trying to do there. the goal is later on today to finish the cotton and be able to put a containment device on the top of the well had -- finish the cut and be able to put a containment device on top of the well head. we are doing that and will continue to provide updates as we go throughout the day. tactical things we are working on right now -- contact in the state of mississippi, mississippi sound, and we had some troubles and xining in alabama. we are -- tarballs and sheening in alabama. we are also redeploying boom to support alabama and mississippi. this

miller, a 1939 case. i find that shocking as a former mayor. i believe the proliferation of guns have made this nation less safe, not more safe. we now he more guns than people in this country. they are sold erywhere. on street corners, in gun shows, with no restraint whatsoever. any type of weapon. they fall into the hands of juveniles, criminals, and the mentally ill virtually every day of the year. and the supreme court has thrown aside seven decades of precedent to exacerbate this situation. from the documents that have been revealed thus far, i am encouraged that solicitor kagan holds starry decisis in high regard. for example, at harvard, she expressed strong disagreement with don't ask don't tell. but she allowed military recr t recruitment to continue. the number of recruits did not diminish. i believe it increased. and as solicitor general, she defended the policy' constitutionality. arguing that the court should defer to the judgment. during the clinton administration, she advised the bureau that it could not ban importation. a pre-19