duluth elections, ba midge jill elections, minnesota elections. there is a pattern here. each of these decisions was one with five votes. and in each of these decisions that, bare majority used its power to help big business. there's another pattern here. in each of those decisions in every one, justice john paul stevens led the dissent. now, justice stevens is noo fir brand liberal. he was appointed to the seventh circuit by richard nixon. he was elevated to the supreme court by gerald ford. by all accounts, he was considered a moderate. and yet, he didn't hesitate to tell corporations that they aren't a part of we the people by whom and for whom our constitution was established. and he didn't flinch when he told the president that he executives is bound to comply with the rule of law. general kagan, you've got big, big shoes to fill. but before i turn it over to you, i want to talk a bit more about one of the decisions i mentioned. i want to talk more about citizens united. now, you've heard a lot about this decision already today. but il want to come at it from a sligh

speaker, i rise today to honor scott from minnesota. he was this year's recipient of the minnesota foundation's outstanding educator award. this award recognizes exemplary teachers who support, inspire , and assist students to achieve their full potential. mr. walz: they are nominated by students, parents, colleagues, and community leaders. the people that matter most. as a teacher on leave myself from the high school i had the honor of teaching in the classroom next to scott. i have seen his passion and outstanding leadership inspired students. he encourages his students to learn the material not simply through a test but test their knowledge and their limits. scott's success with students is unparalleled. over the past 11 years, the students in his rigorous advanced placement government and politics class have maintained an 80% pass rate on the national exam. well above all averages. last year 85 students took the exam with a pass rate of 94%. and 54% achieved five out of five. students in scott's advanced placement government class c

the geleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. oberstar: madam speaker, i thank the distinguished ntleman for ying. and we have agreed that the technical issue raised by representatives of t other body is of a nature that can be relved by the administration upon passagef this bill. it is better for us to pass this bill now to releasehe sutantive -- to address the substantive issue, relea of funds from the oil spill liability ust fund and not dela progress in cleanup. for that reason we will pass the bill intact and allow the -- let the administrationeal with whatever issue comes up should any additional change be necessary of a technical nature can be dealt with at a later time. i thk the gentleman for his understanding,or his patice, for -- and for yielding me the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reclaims the time. mr. mica: thank you. reclaiming my time. also keep in mind the ti that i yielded to the other side when they ran out of tim madam speaker. the speaker o tempore: the gentleman has two minutes r

the homer hankies of minnesota, who doubt new orleans or mile high stadium in denver. there is a whole bill that damage and there is a chapter in my book called there is no place like home. that is respecting the states, the people in the states, to experiment, who reflect the challenges that are unique to a particular state and reflect the values of the people. michelle easton when i was governor, was president of the board of education and we put in high academic standards and accountability in schools for making sure our young people can k-12 are learning how to read, write, speak the english language, higher levels of math, science and economics and history. there is a chapter on that. we put in measurement for virginia and you have that measurement. no one watches a basketball game wondering i wonder what the score of this game is. there is a scoreboard. there is accountability. players on teams, just like students, earned self-esteem. you don't give it to them. you don't have social promotion and what we did in virginia has been emulated in many other states. by

and the 14 men from minnesota charged last year with helping young somali americans join terror groupsin east africa. the two men arrested this weekend had no training and were hoping to be embraced by radicals once they arrived in somalia. they're to be charged with conspiring to kill, main and kidnap persons outside the u.s. and are scheduled to return to court for a bail hearing on thursday. just last month just last month, addressing some of the recent cases, president obama added "homegrown threats" to his administration's top national security priorities for the first time. we look at this phenomenon now, with jessica stern, a former national security council staffer for president clinton. she has been a professor at harvard law school and has written extensively on terrorism. and fathali moghaddam, a professor of psychology at georgetown university. his latest book is called "the stern, il-- stern i will start with you. to what extent is this a growing phenomenon. what do you see happening? >> well, actually, i think it a growing phenomenon. since september 11th there have been

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. peterson: i yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania for a colloquy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> i rise in support of h.r. 4173. i serve as chairman of the house agriculture subcommittee on conservation, credit, energy and research. as such, we have jurisdictions over institutions of the farm credit system that serve agriculture as well as rural communities across the country. they put in place the revised legislative and regulatory regime that have successfully withstood the test of time and make sure these operations operate safe and sound. mr. holden: they are regulated and examined by and the farm credit administration which has the authority to shut down and liquidate them. they are the only g.s.e. that has a self-funded insurance program in place that was established to not only protect investors in the debt security against loss of their principal and interest but also to protect taxpayers. there are just a few oth

what was it, 32 tornadoes in minnesota. we are having more events, and they are more devastating than we've seen in the past, and it would be interesting in one of the institutes would basically, through climate change or whatever would track this and report this in a way that people have a better understanding of what's happening in what areas of the country, as well as around the world, the institute puts on the a book every year on the state of the world. they usually do a chapter in that book of what's happening. but you look back, and from the eight years we were there to today, the events are much more frequent, and usually they're more devastating than we've seen in the past. but we have what we call at cnn disasters now. you know, they're at every disaster. they report everything. so, you know, back other years, we didn't have a cnn. but i don't think it's just the reporting. and we always try to keep up with it and follow it. look at china that's been hit so hard. it's just -- i don't know. it's changed. and we don

i live in the state o minnesota and wind energy is a big thing out here. some areas. and now whave cities that a passing moratoriums on wind engy towers and generators because of a number of conces they have, noise, birds in the towers. and it jusseems to me that if you're an environmentist you've got to be complaining a something all the time. th're not satisfied. what out the kennedys a the wind generator out in the bay there? you know. they're democrats. they're environmentists. they're alfor the enronment but not my back yard. guest: well, here's where i disagree. i think not in my backyard is sort of the core function o democracy. if you don care about what's happing in your backyard, you happing in your backyard, you really don't care abt what's happening in society and in your community as a whole. so i think t solutioto these issues has got to be fine grained. we nee think about everodin our society has to think about where their energ is coming from and having the least imp on the envinment. and then they haveo make the call as to whetherhey want to do it wit

. >> sreenivasan: other major cases have unfolded in detroit, atlanta, new jersey and duluth, minnesota. wall street managed slight gains despite some disappointing news. the government reported first- time claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week. even so, the dow jones industrial average gained 24 points to close at 10,434. the nasdaq rose more than a point to close at 2,307. a panel of health experts concluded today a new morning after contraceptive is safe and effective. the food and drug administration will now consider whether to allow sales of the new pill ellaone. it's already approved for use in europe. antiabortion groups have warned ellaone is more like an abortion drug than emergency contraception. those are some of the day's major stories, now back to jim. >> lehrer: this was a decision day at the u.s. supreme court. ray suarez has our coverage. >> suarez:f you own beachfront property, should you be company said if the government moves the ocean further away? if you text at work, on an office cell phone, do you have a right to privacy for those messages? and

. >> communities across minnesota began cleaning up after a line of tornadoes ripped through the state. at least three people were killed and sdbz more injured. the storms swept through late thursday hitting the northwest and southern parts of the state the hardest. the national weather service had 36 reports of tornado sightings. some of the worst destruction was wadena. dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. in colombia, hopes of finding 50 coal miners dimmed after an explosion at a mine wednesday night. rescue crews recovered 18 bodies at the site. the others were trapped underground and feared dead. three more american soldiers have been killed in southern afghanistan. their deaths raised this month's u.s. deekt toll to 34. another british soldier was killed today as well. and at least 27 people died in violence across iraq. they included an iraqi translator for the u.s. military police said he was killed by his own son, an insurgent linked to al qaeda. a convicted killer was executed by firing squad early today in utah after his numerous appeals failed. it was t

. >> reporter: and along those same lines, minnesota democrat al franken sought kagan's views on giving deference to congress. >> general kagan, we spend a lot of time in hearings and on the floor debating legislation. how much weight do you think a judge should give to the deliberations of congress and the reasons why we passed a law in the first place? >> well, senator franken, the most important thing in interpreting any statute-- in fact, the only thing that matters in interpreting any statute-- is congress's intent. congress gets to make the laws, under article i of the constitution. and what the court should be doing in applying those laws is trying to figure out what congress meant and how congress wanted the laws to be applied. and that is the only thing that the court should be doing. >> reporter: the long first- round of questioning finally wrapped up in the late morning. and then, it began again, with each senator having a second go at the nominee. when his term came again, utah republican orrin hatch returned to the campaign finance case -- known as "citizens united." >> of

for what purse doethe gtleman from minnesota rise? >> to address the houseor one minute. the speer pempore: without objectio thankou, mr. speaker. rise today to calon members of congress d thwall street orconference committ to stand for hardworking amerans and send us a strong ll that protects the inrest of those on main street wh have been paying and will cotinuto pay the price for waeet excesses. mr. walz: over the pa few weeks i have en meeting with small business owners like one minnesota. community leaders like the mayor and all of them have deliverea very sple message, we st end too big to il by ensuri large fincial firmare allowed to fail wit burdening the taxpayer. we must protect main stet sisses a consumers from greedun amuck community banks, creditnions and auto dealersps need to be ved. i urge members of congresto send us a tough bill tha restres accountability and transparency to america. i yield ck. thspear prtempore: the gentleman eldsk. at purpose ds the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> to address the house for one te. th speaker pro tempore: witho oection

peterson from minnesota is an effective chairman. his interests are more aligned with farmers then white house policy. the chairman of the senate agriculture committee is running for reelection in a tough year for her. there's a possibility she will not be back to chair the committee in time for the completton of the 2012 farm bill. the players are still in flux. keep in mind the secretary of agriculture may not be, in fact agriculture may not be, in fact will not be, the prime leader in the rewriting of the bill. >> thank you to the tube for your questions and for the secretary to being on "newsmakers" this week. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> they have an agenda, and as long as the facts are right, that's a story you can write about. >> over the past year, an investigator from the "wall street journal" has written a series on lawmakers overseas trips funded by taxpayers. he is our guest tonight on c- span's q &a. >> david cameron feels questions fr

and in minnesota, we have a endorsed female candidate for governor.argaret keller, and she's running behind and running behind among women yet she is saying let's make history and make the first female governor of minnesota. it's just not so really vent anymore to voters. it's issues not gender. guest: your comments became extremely really vent in the last election when the kinds of women who won were -- this raised a real problem for feminists when you have these very conservative, pro life women who are nonetheless ground breakers. first woman, first indian running for governor in south carolina. really impressive women or republicans feminists are for, the most part democrats and used to supporting democratic women and used to the idea of women rising out of public service to become candidates. or sarah palin who calls herself a feminist. that's the new thing among conservative women. and i think it's a challenge, because you have to say i do support her just because she's a woman or now i have to start thinking, no. i'm not going to support her fo

i live in the state of minnesota and wind energy is a big thing out here. in some areas. and now we have cities that are passing moratoriums on wind energy towers and generators because of a number of concerns they have, noise, birds in the towers. and it just seems to me that if you're an environmentist you've got to be complaining about something all the time. they're not satisfied. what about the kennedys and the wind generators out in the bay there? you know. they're democrats. they're environmentists. they're all for the environment but not in my back yard. guest: well, here's where i disagree. i think not in my backyard is sort of the core function of democracy. if you don't care about what's happening in your backyard, you happening in your backyard, you really don't care about what's happening in society and in your community as a whole. so i think the solution to these issues has got to be fine grained. we need o think about everybody in our society has to think about where their energy is coming from and having the least impact on the environment. and then they

next is aurora, minnesota. caller: good morning. --m sorry, but i'm one that does not like women in government. i watched c-span. on all the channels. we don't get three -- but i know they repeat them at night. the women, there are very, very few women that come across to me. i just don't like the women in government. i am sorry. host: can you explain why? caller: they don't reach me. host: they just don't read you. you never voted for a woman in all your years? caller: one woman locally, and i'm so disappointed with her that i think it will end right there. host: a different point of view -- we were showing a picture from the california candidates. a piece about blanche lincoln -- calling this a risk for obama to mend. -- rift for obama to men. next is williamsburg, ohio. this is our roof on our democrat's line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. the reason why i'm calling is, i believe women have a place in government. i disagree totally with the previous caller. but i think it is not as much gender-based for me. i think

frank: i now turn my time over to the the gentleman from minnesota, chairman of the agriculture committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bachus: both these gentlemen will control the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of the conference report wall street reform and consumer protection act. i thank chairman frank, who has demonstrated his great policy making skills and leadership on this important issue. the staffs of both the house agriculture committee and financial services committee have worked closely on this legislation for the past year and it is thanks to our efforts that we have a conference committee report before us today. one of the bill's key components is title 7 which brings greater transparency and accountability to derivative markets. the house considered financial reform in december and derivatives were one area in which we had strong bipartisan. the house produced a very good product. the senate's efforts on derivatives were in a different direction. as wit

paulsen from minnesota. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? without objection. mr. paulsen: i rise to remember an inspiring and patriotic american, master sergeant edward william cole. edward embodies the love of this nation that has been critical to american success throughout our history and will serve as an example of dedication and service for generations to come. ed was born in the bronx, raised in the hell's kitchen neighborhood of manhattan and enlisted the moment he became eligible for service back in 1949. he served in korea where he was injured in battle and received a purple heart and despite being offered the opportunity to return home, he overcame painful reconstructive purgeries on both of his fight so he could continue to serve in the united states army. just as our nation has overcome many painful challenges, ed overcame his injuries and continued to serve with profound distinction and success. he joined the special forces and in 1961, became one of the very first 100 green berets. he used his success and knowledge of the forces as an instructor

there's an interesting case captioned minnesota in 2002 which struck down a requirement of the minnesota bar association, which prohibited judges from saying how they would decide cases. supreme court said that was an infringement on first amendment rights of freedom of speech. now, that doesn't say that a judge should answer the question, but it does say that a bar association rule prohibiting answering the question is invalid, which leaves tte judge at least so far as that standard is concerned with a latitude to awer the question so that even on the ultimate question of how a case will be decided, then in your law review article, you come very close to that when you lk about answering substantive legal issues. real right on the line of how you would decide a case. but if you are precluded from asking how decisions would be -- what decision would be made or grounds of judicial independence and the precedent on that. i do think it is fair for us to ask whether the supreme court uld take a case. the congress has the authority to direct the supreme court on cases which must be heard. flag

peterson from minnesota is a very effective chairman. his interests are much more aligned with the farmers than with the white house policy. the chairman of the senate agriculture committee from arkansas is running for reelection in a tough year for her, and there's a possibility that she will not be back to chair the committee in time for the scompleegs of the 2012 farm bill. so the players are still in flux by keeping in mind that the secretary of agriculture may not be in fact will not be the ppime leader in the rewriting of the bill. >> which is making the point that's early for his involvement of but thanks to both of you for your questionses this week. >> my pleasure. and the c.e.o. of moody's investor service. later, we'll hear from other officials from moody's. this focuses on credit agencies which assess the financial products. many of those gave high ratings to financial products consisting of subprime home mortgages which declined dramattcally in value. the financial crisis inyirey commission is a bipartisan group created by a

minnesota. caller: why isn't halliburton and being involved? they built a shot off the owl that did not work. guest: i think that they will be. -- shut-off valve that did not work. bp is the responsible party here. i think what will happen, over time, it is that there will be a lot of litigation. the guild, responsibility will be divided. insurance payments will come into play. but you are right. all of these companies have some responsibility in what happened in this disaster. host: trenton, florida. wanda, republican line. guest: don't you realize the government is responsible for this? you have put the land off of limits, shallow water off limits for drilling. you are forcing the oil to come from deep water but we need oil. why not open up where we can drill safely instead of impacting us here? guest: thank you. there is a lot of shallow water drilling going on. folks across the country need to realize this is a dwindling resources. we will not be able to rely in the long term on the oil drilling. domestic or foreign. we have to make a trans

go back several years ago, in minnesota we have conceal and carry. when that was debated in the legislature i was totally against it for the fear that it would add more guns on the street. and people would be using the guns and many crimes. that has not panned out. i can only recall one case where someone had a concealed and carry license and i shall use it to commit a crime. he is now doing life over in still water in the state prison. i think all this hysteria about adding more guns on the street -- i think that is really unjustified. host: our topic is the supreme court, second amendment, the local laws. from the twitter page -- next is a joseph on the democrats' line from new york city. caller: your caller just now said there is no basis for the arguments for putting more guns on the street, but if he -- i am only 25, but my father told me stories about new york in the early 1970's. it was terrible here. adding more guns to the street during an economic downturn -- it will inevitably cause more crime. host: let me get to this front page -- it" ma

the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulson. the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. fox. the gentleman from florida, mr. mack. the gentleman from arizona, mr. fraaks. under the speaker's annouuced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from georgia, mr. gingrey, is recognized for six minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. gingrey: mr. speaker, i thank you, and i thank my leadership on the republican side, leader boehner and our leadership team to give me the opportunity this evening before this packed house chamber. of course, mr. speaker, with the exception of those few names that you just read off. but on this occasion of the three-month anniversary, if you will, the three-month anniversary of the signage into law of the health care reform bill better known as patient protection and affordaale care act of 2010, sometimes referred to with no disrespect as obama care. not unlike hilary care of 1993, which never became law. mr. speaker, indeed when i say obama care, i do not mean any disrespect, although i consistently, along with my colleagues on this side

we will now move on to questions and i will begin with the distinguished gentleman from minnesota, mr. oberstar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to join the compliments to the panel for their splendid testimony. vice-president roche, your very personal witness, i remember your experience well. st. louis did in the out as well as kansas city and the result of the acquisition meant that the sale of their nonstop service between san louis and london heathrow, which mr. icahn sold to american airlines for $400 million. it should never have acquired value in that marketplace. this is given in the public interest. this is not for personal enrichment of the carrier. american made that money back in about a year. st. louis lost its connection to the world beyond. a lot of people lost their jobs in the process. ultimately, when twa was absorbers' by american, they now have to beg o'hare for service to the whole country. that is the or encapsulated view. too big to fail. this would control one-fifth of the domestic market share, $115 billion available seat miles. that is enormous capacity. i

caller: melody in minnesota. >> my bads. go ahead, melanie.ller: i want to say being a disabled person coming up to retirement age, i want to know what happens to the people who are not at retirement age and they don't have the income to sustain themselves, let alone to have insurance? well, the state will eventually take our homes when we're gone and everybody we worked for? >> what's your health care situation, insurance situation right now, melanie? caller: right now i do have state insurance. >> a report this morning in "the new york times" talked about the cost of medicare. they reported this morning in their front page that medicaid, rather, medicaid cuts put states' budgets in a bind. they'll have to close larger than anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on medicaid. that's from this morning's "new york times." to scottsdale, arizona, steven. good afternoon. hi there. >> good day. >> you're on the air, steven. caller: i'm a doctor, and i like to say t

thunfished buss the vote on the motionf the gentleman from minnesota, mr. oberstar, to susndhe rules d pass s. 3473, on which the yeas and nays were order. the clerk will reporthe title ofill. thclk: senate 3473n ac to amend the oil pollution ac of 1990 to authorize advances om oil spill liability trust fund for t deepwater hozon oil spill. the eaker pro mpore: the question is,ill the house suspend thrules and pass the bill. members will record their tes electronic device. this shall be a five-minute vote [caponinmadeossible by the nationalaptioning institut inc.ooperation with the united states house of representatis. any use of the closed-captioned covege of thhouse oceengs for political or commeral purposes is express ohibited by the u.s. hou of representatives.] the speaker o tempore:n this vo the yeas are 0 an none in the gative and two recorded present. 2/3 havingespond in the affirmae rules are suspended, he bill is passed. for what purpose does the getleladfrom california rise? ms. waters: i ceive recognition fotwo unanimou consent requests. the spe

the gentleman from minnesota. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your leadership on this issue of financial reform. we have been working together on this legislation for more than a year. we have appreciated your hard work and willingness to tackle these tough issues that we believe need to be addressed. well before the financial crisis fully hit in the fall of 2008, many of us had concerns about increased volatility and speculation in the derivative markets, lax oversight, and the need for increased transparency in the market for futures, options, and over-the-counter products. we begin addressing these concerns by strong bipartisaa legislation that we passed in the 110th congress and the 111th congress. we were for mandatory clearing before it was cool. i am pleased that the house bill reflects so much of the hard work accomplished by the house agricultural committee. we want to make sure that those elements remain in this conference report. i want to touch on a few key issues regarding the derivatives title. first of all, section 7

i was just in minnesota at the end of last week and i had a round table of principal, teachers, school bus drivers, coaches, they were the same person in many cases, but it really is a different deal for rural schools. and you don't have the flexibility at all to fire teachers because you talk about building capacity. how do you build capacity when you really don't have the resources? when you don't have the teachers around there, when you don't have those resources? >> yes. building capacity is resource intense active, not only in dollars but in times and in lots of different things. and there's lots of way you do it. i'm leighing the district, what's going to happen next -- i'm leaving the distribute, what's going to happen next? it's not the tim mitchell show. it's you have to be a leader of leaders. so we have to build a capacity of all leaders but of teachers. i finally got smart enough to quit being the dictator of the district and got groups of teaches together and put a teacher leadership team in charge of it. i just facilitated them the things that needed to be done. the most

host: wendell henderson did that in minnesota back in the 1970's, i believe it was, and i believe he lasted about your before he got -- he lasted about a year before he got defeated. this is the article from "the washington post." "with the death of senator byrd, west virginia gov. joe manchin must select an interim replacement for a legend who many in the state and elsewhere consider one of a kind of work in the state law appears to state that the replacement will likely hold the seat for the remainder of the late senator's ninth term through 2012, therefore, the death would not impact the partisan makeup of the chamber, nor depending 2010 elections. however, there is some ambiguity in the law that has left some experts questioning what what happened with the secret state law mandates that if a senate vacancy occurs more than 2 1/2 years before the term is up, a special election should be held to fill the seat. however, the law states that the special election would only occur after a candidate has been nominated at the primary election next following such a timely filing and has th

this case because the fimpl that represent -- the law firm that represented the fishermen was in minnesotad it is pay all legitimate economic claims but exxon made the same statement in alaska. it proceeded the litigate the claims brought against it for nearly two decades. what can we do to ensure swift resolution against legitimate claims? because exxon was saying the kpat same thing. >> i did happen to see the testimony at the house judiciary committee. that's basically what i understand is that these claims are filed with bp if they pay them then they pay them. if they don't then they are rejected and sent to the coast guard for payment under the oil spill liability trust fund. i am not sure what else you might be asking. >> people make claims but we cannot insure that the claims will be upheld. i am turmoiled by the fact that transocean has already filed a motion seeking to limit its liability under the limitation of liability act. that 1851 law that would limit transocean's liability to $26 million has been discussed. is there any good reason to keep this on the books. should we repea

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he writes in this morning in "the politico" -- minnesota, democratic line. jane, good morning. caller: discussing this $10 million that the unions the donated to the campaign. i want to know how much -- i realize the $10 million was union and i also realize that how much money, if you think $10 million is a lot from the unions, that they have no right to do this, and they are not a, not the, not a. but how much did the corporations donate to blanche? i think if you are going to do the union, you better do the corporation. that is the only fair way to do this. $10 million is nothing. what of the corporations gave to hurt is way more. we are run by corporations. host: have you seen any figures of how much ms. lincoln received from corporations? caller: heavens, no, they would not publish that. it is an anti-union type of thing. but the corporations i am sure gave more than what the unions did. and we are fine with corporations running america while we pour middle-class simply get nothing and we get no representation. we do get a few. we do get a few. and i'm very disappointed in

and wyoming, august 24, alaska, arizona and -- september 14, delaware, maryland, massachusetts, minnesotanew hampshire, rhode island, vermont, wisconsin and in september on the 18th, hawaii. october 2, louisiana if ruffs are necessary. taking us into the fall when the general election will be held next november -- october 2, louisiana, if runoffs are necessary. caller: what motivates me to vote in primaries is i know the value of my vote. i can do more on local issues. the electoral college elects the president. i can do my vote on local issues. smoking issues, gambling issues. in arizona, i bet the immigration thing was on the bill. you have to get out and vote for these things. you can vote for your mayor. you start with a grass roots. you start with your local community. that is something you can do something about. people that say they just vote for president are stupid. they do not know how to use their vote and the right way. i vote on local issues and in every primary. host: looking at the california senate race, "the new york times" has a right up of that position. republicans fac

the gentleman from minnesota. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your leadership on this issue of financialefor we have been working together on this legislation for more than a year. we have appreciated your hard work and willingness to tackle these tough issues that we believneed to be addressed. well before the financial crisis fully hit in the fall of 2008, many of us had concerns about incrsed volatility and speculation in the derivative markets, lax oversight, and the need for increased transparency in the market r futures, options, and over-the-counter products. we begin addressing these concerns by strong bipartisaa legislation that we passed in e 110th congress and the 111th congress. we were for mandatory clearing before it was cool. i am pleased that the house bill reflects so much of the hard work accomplished by the house agricultural cmittee. we want to mak sure that those ements remain in this conference report. i want to touch on a few key issues regarding the derivatives title. first of all, section 716, this is topic

minnesota congressman mashal bachman --michelle bachman will get an award. the house cavils in at 2:00 p.m. pe have live coverage on c-span. the senate meets at the same time and will resume debate on extended to certain expire tax breaks and long-term unemployment insurance. live senate coverages on c-span 2. should the federal communications commission regulates the internet? two years with -- two if you is withcathy sloan and theehead of u.s. telecom. that is tonight on c-span2. >> ryan crocker was our guest on "washington journal." he answers questions about the situatioo now in a number of issues in the middle eass. being with us.or, thank you for you were in washington ast week, and we will start our question here. the teetimony in front of a congressional committee on the role of has a lot in the middle east. what did you tell them? -- the role of hezbollah in the middle east. guest: there is an enormous strength to have developed. they are clearly on the role with backing from syria and iran. they are a threat to vital u.s. interests. the other point

i am familiar with the case because the law firm that represented the fishermen is in minnesota. b.p. has said it's going to pay all legit mate economic claims but exxon made the same statements after the oil spill in alaska. it then proceeded to litigate the claims brought against it for nearly two decades. what do you think we can do to ensure that families like the joneses will have a swift resolution of legitimate claims of b.p., transocean and other subcontractors, because exxon was same the exact same thing? >> i am certainly not involved in the claims process, senator. i did happen to see the testimony at the house judiciary committee from the b.p. representative. that's basically what i understand is these claims are filed with b.p. if they pay them, then they pay them. if they don't, they are rejected and sent to the coast guard for payment under the oil spill liability trust fund. i'm not sure what else you might be asking. >> it's that companies make claims, take big ads out and say things, we can't assure that the joneses will be accounted for. i'm confused that trans

look at what happened yesterday. 32 tornadoes in minnesota, was it? we are having more events and they are more devastating than we have seen in the past. and it would be interesting if one of the institute's would basically, through climate change or whatever, would track this and report this in a way that people have a better understanding of what is happening in what areas of the country, as well as around the world. the worldwatch institute puts at a book every year called the state of the world. there usually is a chapter in that book on what is happening. you look back from the eight years we were there and today. the events are much more frequent. usually, they are more devastating than we have seen in the past. we have what we call cnn disasters now. the report everything. back other years, we did not have cnn. but i do not think it is just the reporting period, you know? and we always try to keep up with it and follow at. it has been hit hard. i do not know. it has changed. and we do not have 1 inch rain anymore or half inch frame. it is 3 in