mr. gordon: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. please clear the wells. all the conversations -- members -- mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 5116, the american competes re-authorization act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 1344 and rule 18, the chair declares the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration h.r. 5116. the chair appoints the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5116 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the u

mr. gordon: thank you, mr. speaker. let me also take just a moment to thank the minority and majority members of the science and technology committee for the many hours they have put in to making this bill a very good bipartisan bill. and also i want to thank the staff members who put even more hours in to making this good bill. let me take just a moment to tell you why this is an important and a good bipartisan bill. there are 6.5 billion people in the world. half those that are working make less than $2 a day. now, if we try to compete in a global economy on that type of labor, then, you're going to see your kids and grandkids wind up with a national standard of living less than their parents. so we can't win in terms of the economy. or in terms of wages. we have to win by having a hire logical base here. in the last few years you have seen that the public sector dollars have been stagnant in terms of allowing investment in research and development. on the private sector level they have actually gone down. why does th

mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5325, the american competes re-authorization act of 2010. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5325, a bill to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the united states, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. gordon, and the gentleman from texas, mr. hall, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. gordon. mr. gordon: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 5325, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may coume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. gordon: the bill before

mr. gordon: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. barrow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. -- the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. barrow: i spent many -- much time in my district. we rely a great deal on our manufacturing base. that base is threatened by competition from a broad and by a financial crisis at home. what has sustained us through the hard times lately has always been american innovation. the america competes act fosters that tradition and i'm proud to support it. i'm pleased to offer an amendment that i think makes this good bill a little bit better. in the 12th district of georgia we make everything from lawnmower blades to jet airplanes. but the fundamentals of both industries are very similar. it all starts with education in science, math and engineering. my amendment simply requires that we include manufacturing education in our long-term strategic plan for manufactur

mr. gordon, is recognized. mr. gordon: i'd first say to my friend from texas that i probably minded him more than his kidsinded him but probably less than his grandkids have minded him. we have tried to cooperate in a lot of ways. let me address a couple of things. as i said earlier, mr. hall has said and rightfully so that everyone here is supportive of our veterans and our disabled veterans. so what i would suggt is that we use a suspenders and a belt. let's make sure. and so, mr. hall, i want to assuryou that we are going to include your language and then -- but we can also keep our strong language of shall. so this is what we'd have. institutions of higher education offering stem education -- excuse me -- stem education, research and activities and programs rather than that serve -- we'll use your language that are availae to veterans with disabilities and then we'll continue to say shall receive special consideration. so i think this can be a suspenders and belt to do what we all want and that is to make sure t

mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i demand a division of the question on adoption of the amendment to enable the separate votes on the portion of the amendment proposing to insert a new section, 704, and on the portion of the amendment proposing to insert a new section 705. -- stion, 705. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will divide the question on adopting the amendment under those three separation portions. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. >> i demand that the amendment be further divided. the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman specify? will the gentleman please specify? >> to put a question separately or adding section 702 relating to the disabled veterans and 705 relating to military recruiters right here on the eve of memorial day. mr. gordon: mr. speaker, i demand that the question on adopting the amendment be divided among its nine separate parts. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will divide the question about the amendment among nine separable portions. the f

>> steve gordon. mr. sims, once again, your drillings operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the elite well by the d d three. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> that is it right now. before -- >> was the word "completion of" title?rt of her title stocyour >> iw ould say it has been -- the tle has been written a number of ways. the wells ops manager. both ways. written >> has the word "completion" ever bombarded your title? >> that is what the "c" sants for, yes. >> thank you can you tell me rew fort look of the c the deepwater horizon? >> would you explain? >> i have been told by bp they thought they were considered the "a" team. is that true? >> what bp said? >> what did he income of the deep water rise in crude? -- deepwater horizon crew? >> i think the crew and the rig had good performance. associated with that rig. >> do you have knowledge of whether peoe in had management in ha asked transocean to try to clone the deepwater horizon crew because they were so efficient? >> clone? >> put them on the other transocean vessels. >> would y

mr. clegg. gordon brown. >> there is a lot to this job. as you saw yesterday, i don't get all of it right, but i do know how to run the economy in good times and in bad. when the banks collapsed, i took immediate action to stop prices becoming calamity and to stop a recession from becoming a depression. as a result of that, britain is now on the road to recovery. as we meet tonight, economies in europe are in peril, and there is a risk of dragging us into recession. so i'm determined that nothing will happen in britain that will put us back in that position. i want to set out my plan and why this year it is so important. support the economy now, and you will ensure that there are jobs and a recovery, and ensure that we can have the resources for deficit reduction. shrink the economy now as the conservatives would do and risk your jobs, living standards, and tax credits. it is not my future that matters. it is your future that's on the ballot paper next thursday, and i am the one to fight for your future. >> mr. brown, thank you. now we tak

mr. gordon: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i thank my friend, mr. cooper, for bringing this legislation. i want to thank our neighbors in rising to support h.res. 1337. my district in middle tennessee was among those devastated by historic rainfall and subsequent flooding on may 1 and 2. seeing this kind of devastation just breaks your heart. many tennesseans were displaced, including my mother. while it was just temporary, inconvenient for her, and i'm grateful for that, for some it was an ongoing disruption. for others it was a life-changing event. even as many people in tennessee return to normal routines, those families who were most affected will still be working to rebuild their lives. those families will continue to need our compassion and support through the coming months. federal assistance is available and will make a difference for many families. and that's why i encourage everyone in the affected county to document their damage and contact fema. apply even if you have insurance. if you find out months from now that insurance won't cover

gordon brown got. the obvious comparison, i think, probably actually is this one, a very painful one for mr. brown. michael foote, 1983, 28.3% of the vote. and it's something that, of course, hasn't been discussed too much yet because we've been busy with so many other things. but gordon brown's performance in terms of percentage share of the vote is very low in this election. and it's one of the reasons the argument is made that he cannot stay at number 10. david? >> jeremy, thanks very much indeed. now, let's go back down to college green and join under neil. >> thanks, david. we're always happy to obottom line. we'll talk about the conservatives. i've got the political editor to keep us right here. good to see you. i'm joined by ed who wants me to tell you he won his seat of 52% of the vote so he doesn't need electoral reform. tim montgomery and friday forehead. tell me the mood of the conservatives as they come out of this campaign and head towards mr. cameron's statements at 2:30? >> there is not very much happiness among the conservatives ranks. david cameron has got the greatest swing since 1

mr. steve gordon. can you hear me sir? >> and not real clear. >> steve gordon. counsel, can you hear me? >> yes, what is your name? >> steve gordon. mr. sims, once again, your drillings operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the elite well by the d d three. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> that is it right now. before -- >> was the word "completion of" title?rt of her title stocyour >> iw ould say it has been -- the title has been written a number of ways. the wells ops manager. both ways. written >> has the word "completion" ever bombarded your title? >> that is what the "c" sants for, yes. >> thank you can you tell me rew fort look of the c the deepwater horizon? >> would you explain? >> i have been told by bp they thought they were considered the "a" team. is that true? >> what bp said? >> what did he income of the deep water rise in crude? -- deepwater horizon crew? >> i think the crew and the rig had good performance. associated with that rig. >> do you have knowledge of whether people in had management in ha asked tran

mr. gordon and mr.hall, for introducing this resolution and i urge my colleagues to support its passage. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from hoif reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the for as is recognized much time as he may consume. mr. hall: i rise in support and as original co-sponsor of h.r. 1307, honoring the 60th nniversary of the national science foundation. we are proud of the work of independent agency that focuses on basic research in the frontiers of knowledge and is a very vital asset to our nation. it's the only federal agency supports all fields of fundamental science and engineering and makes sure that research is integrated with education so that one generation, our next generation of scientists and engineers, are also world class. n.s.f. the the basic research is "for discoveries again." i could not agree

>> i've lost all respect for gordon brown altogether. >> i think we'll probably have to agree to differ there. thank you very much, mr gordon brown? almost an afterthought. >> middle-aged and older voters remember the recessions of the '80s and the '90s, and they certainly don't want to go back to a time when there were massive job losses and thousands and thousands of housing repossessions. and gordon brown's been very clear about that, and i have no trouble standing up and talking about that, particularly as a local councilor who sees the value of local services locally. >> reporter: gordon brown has tried to portray himself as the steady hand on the country's economic tiller, the man with a track record that proves he can help the country overcome its estimated $270 billion deficit. but his message-- that he's a man of substance, not style-- hasn't persuaded many of the voters in finchley and golders green. >> he doesn't look really comfortable being prime minister, to be honest, just on a personal level. i don't think he... i don't think he sends out a message that gives me a lot of confidence just in the way he

gordon brown this evening. can you cast any light on this report that mr. brown said he would try to form a coalition if there is a hung parliament according to party sources? >> certainly i have been talking to people very close to gordon brown. and that is certainly the gordon brown line. it is confused. even his own spokesman say they don't know anything about it. but as i understand it the line is that gordon brown remains prime minister. he will -- you can even see me. i am not sure. >> looks like you. sound it is like you. i think it is you. >> yes. now i am the one with the white hair. >> no, that is me. >> he says that he is the priority and constitutionally he gets the right to see if he can form a government. that is why you are hearing all of these things. coming out to the liberal democrats. we are really interested in reform. we are on the same side really. we are the natural partners of the liberal democrats. that is what, as i understand it, gordon brown's line is. whether that trickled through to every member of his team, it does not seem to

gordon brown. there were several reasons why mr. clegg was never going to do that.oth the la labour and liberal democrats -- he would not guarantee there would be ineffective majority. that would have been a very bad misjudgment. that would have been a blow for mr. clegg. i do not think clegg was ever going to back gordon brown. labour's share of the vote is 29%. that's the second lowest level of the vote is has had in the postwar period. labour under tony blair was 43%. that is not a good basis for mr. brown to remain in power to it that is the other reason why clegg was never going to back him. host: thank you, james blitz of "financial times." how have the markets reacted? guest: the sterling is down a little bit, but nothing significant worry that people had expected. if this were to unravel, then i think there would be a very serious reaction. host: james blitz, very much thank you. guest: thank you. host: coming up, we will be talking to james richardson, louisiana revenue estimating conference. we want to talk about the financial cost of the bp oil spill. >>

mr. bulls of course, a close ali of gordon brown and somebody who is likely to be in tight cop tension for the labor leadership should mr. brown step depoup. and of course, if he was to lose the seat, and that would not be possible. >> michael, thank you so much indeed. we'll hang on to this and see what happens. we'll come back and two asian women, one for labor and one for the conservatives and mack mud. >> and i mean, the ladywood and witen. and -- a labor hold that wasn't birmingham. it is fascinating news about -- about ed bulls and i don't know what we maid make of that, we shall see and while we wait for it, let's go to the vote and join an true neil. >> thanks, and the party sitting out here and the bar is still a there's journalists around as you would expect, let's speak to a couple of them. let's talk about the story that never happened, and the surge and they had the debate and they were picked up by the journalists and they got support of guardian and nourp. what went wrong? >> i think what happened is working class left wing britains have just been terrified by the prospects

gordon. may i proceed? >> yes. >> mr. sims, once again, you are drilling operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the relief wells being drilled. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> ok. >> before, i was drilling operations manager for exploration and appraisal wells. >> was the word completion ever part of your title? >> um -- honestly, i would say it has been -- the title has been written a number of ways. the ops manager, wells ops manager -- it has been written both ways. >> once again, has the word "completion" ever been part of your title? >> completion would be what the c stands for d and c -- drilling and completion. so, yes. >> can you tell me what was bp's outlook of the crew of the deep water horizon -- the deepwater horizon? >> would you explain what you mean by outlook of the crew? >> i have been told by bp that they were considered the a team. is that true? >> are you asking him what bp said or what he thinks about the crew? >> why did he think about the deepwater horizon crew

mr. douglas harold brown and our first witne is keith jones, the father of gordon jones, who died oard the deepwater horizon on april 20th, 2010. mr. jones is a louisiana native, a practicing trial lawyer for over three decades born in shrevepo shreveport. he was raised -- his family practice and is joined by his son christopher k. jones who is here today. would you stand up, sir? thank you very much. and who has worked with his father in preparation for this testimony today and has made himself available to the committee for any questions that members may have. we have all statements that will be entered into the record and we invite you to begin our testimony, mr. jones. >> chairman conyers, ranking member smith and other members of the committee -- >> push the button. >> sorry. >> now? >> a little closer. >> forgive me. chairman conyers, ranking member smith and other members of the committee, it is an honor to be allowed to speak with you today. my name is keith jones. i'm a lawyer from bon rouge, louisiana. seated behind me is my holer son chris who is also a lawye in baton rouge. chr

mr. brown. >> let's try to disentangle these claims. of course gordon brown is right to say that the conservatives, i don't know why they want to cut the schools' building program. it's a silly thing to do. we need to invest in our school building. but for brown to make these claims that tax credits, a comeback is a simple thing, when money is tight it's not right that someone on my salary could be entitled to have tax credits. why do we focus that money on where it's really needed and also use the money that we can save elsewhere to invest in those individual children that who need that individual care? it could be saturday morning classes, evening classes, one-to-one tuition, smaller class sizes. all those things makes the most dramatic difference to a child's education. >> a million people would lose child tax credit from both of your proposals. >> we have to bring this part of the debate to an end with that question. thank you very much all three of you. now, we end with final statements from each of the three. party leaders. david cameron. >> thank

. >> reporter: gordon gibson has been restoring wright's little master piece room by room for ten years. >> if mrht could be around he would be thrilled that somebody is taking as much good care of this house as you are. we would get more than $5,000 for it now. >> reporter: the same respect for an old architectural gem is seen at hendricks headlight at the tip of southport island on the coast of maine. >> this is is the sun room on the water side. fabulous view. this originally led out to the bell tower. >> reporter: the designer is helping ben and lieu... lou ann, the owners of the old light house turn it into a home that shines. they've added a cottage of granite and brick while respecting the history here that goes back to the 1820s. >> we've located the stone cottage as far away as we could manage it so that the light house could be kept stark and respectful to it. >> reporter: from sea to shining sea. be it ever so grand.... >> it's just a stunning, stunning place. >> reporter: or ever so humble >> it's really all a man needs. >> reporter: home is where dreams live. ♪ my blue heaven $ldñi(;

mr. cameron -- but be o happened -- there might be a little bit that says it would be quite nice for gordonhave this situation of a minority government make a complete mess of it, the labour party will implode and then i take over. in 1992, when john major won everybody thought this would -- >> charlie: lady thatcher. >> he defeated labor, surprisingly and then a few months later we collapsed out of the exchange-rate mechanism, sterling was devalued dramatically and the reputation for competence of the conservatives never recovered and it was that which really gave, i think, labour this huge majority in the next election, so you have to worry a bit about whether this is the election to win, but in the end, i talked to politicians about this, they want to win regardless. they want to be in power. whatever the consequences. >> charlie: but you could look -- you have to go for it when you have the opportunity to go for it. >> of course. >> charlie: if you don't believe me, ask barack obama. >> of course. >> charlie: if you have a moment, you go for it, you don't worry about somebody who says i

gordon brown. >> yeah, i'm going to get it framed. right there. i'm going to get it framed. >> very lovely. he seems all right. >> about 30 minutes after he arrived, mr. brown is being whisked off. they are ready to head to the next location. but consider this the seat where mr. brown was campaigning, lancaster, is 129th on the target list. if this seat is in danger, then laybour is in a lot of trouble. next stop for the pm is black port. well into his stride now, mr. brown can great voters. >> thank you for everything that you do. it's good to see you. >> it's great to be here. >> the next stop on gordon brown's whistle stop road trip on the last day of campaigning is here on the m6 of the depo in carlisle. they are used to big machines rolling into town. last night it was david cameron and in a few minutes time, it will be gordon brown. in between his arrival, and meeting staff in the south canteen, there are time for live interview for the 6:00 news. today there is no such thing as down time. >> reduce the deficit by half. >> there are a few more hands to shake after, and then it's straight to the car. >> how do you enjoy the campaign? >> energizi

should that happen, the sitting prime minister, gordon brown, will get the first crack at forming a government through a coalition. but mr. brown is unpopular and he may not get the support that he needs. >>> "you're free." those are the words one ohio man has been waiting to hear after spending almost 30 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. 52-year-old raymond towler is his name. he was released today after dna evidence proved that he did not rape an 11-year-old girl back in 1981. and a judge said he can sue over the ordeal. towler was serving a life sentence. >>> and retiring supreme court justice john paul stevens is weighing in on the confirmation process that will likely impact his successor. stevens says it's unfortunate the senators are trying to pin down judicial nominees on their views during nomination. now, he says talking about cases already decided is one thing, but speculating about issues that could come before the court is something entirely different. but, wolf, somehow, i think that questioning will continue. >> and by all accounts, we're hearing that the president's going to nominate someone wi

. >> we apparently have got some words from gordon brown this morning. >> will you resigned, mr. >> i am going to church. >> there is much talk about the fact that you should. >> not much from corn browning said that he is going to church. there is an interesting question about the timing, particularly if there is the possibility of talks with the liberal democrats. >> i think it would be wrong to try and lever him out now and parachute someone else then. the public would not understand having a prime minister who was not on the cards. he is the leader and will stay the leader until and if he fails to come up with a coalition that can take power. >> why did the tories a-listers failed to score? these are the glamorous people, and a couple of black candidates as well that were posed. why did they failed to score? >> i think this is what you will see in elections going forward, that individual candidates will do better than the national trend. i am surprised that sean daly lost. i know that labor ran a whole series of scare stories directed a council house tenants about what the lo

gordon brown. >> earlier this week, secretary of state, hillary clinton, and mr. karzai talked at an event to institute peace. this is a little more than an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i am executive vice president here at the united states institute of peace. and it is with enormous pleasure that we welcome, president karzai, and secretary clinton for a discussion. in addition, we have a full room down the hall in the academy, and we have a global audience watching line online. we hope to take questions following this event, this discussion and now i am happy to turn the podium over to ambassador richard solomon, president of usip. >> good afternoon, and many thanks for joining us. madam secretary, thanks for coming to our humble abode. we are so jammed in here and i think we need more space, and we are working on that. and president karzai, we are honored to have you join us at the institute of peace. we have our board chamber, and other members, ambassador holebrook and ambassador ikenberry, and senator john warren, and congresswoman jane har

mr. heath's private personal secretary wrote this confidential account of what happened then. he's in westminster now. lord armstrong, if gordon brown were not to get the largest number of constituency, could he remain as prime minister? he could explore whether there was any means by which he could make a coalition or an understanding or an arrangement with the liberal democrats. such as to give him, with the two of them, either an overall majority, or an understanding of -- which would give him the assurance he could carry on. >> how long would he to do that? >> as long as it takes. he -- it's up to him. he remains prime minister unless and until he resigns. >> where is the justice of that, if he hasn't got the largest number of seats? >> the justice would be, i suppose, that as he himself has been saying, there's an anti-conservative majority and he would be putting that at the head of affairs of the house of commons. >> now, constitutionally, could david cameron at the same time be trying to assemble some sort of group sufficiently large to overwhelm the majority? >> he certainly could. he could be talking to the libdams o