bishop: mr. speak, i k unanimouconsent that today, foowlegislativ, t following membersay be permitted to address the house and revise a extend thei matial, mr. boozman for today, mr. pofor today, mr. flakeor today, mrduncan for today,r. bishop for today, mr. broun for today. the speaker o tempore: the eaker pro mpore: without obction. for what purposdoes the gentlewoman from wisconsin seek recogon? ms. baldwin: i ask unanimous nsent th today following legislative businesand any ecial orders heretore entered into, the foowg members may be rmitted to address the royce for five miutes, revise and extend tir remksnd include therextraneoumaterial. ms. wlsey for five nutes. ms. wal ba -- ms. bwin for five miter. garamendi for five minutes, mr. is a pl for five minutes,s. kaptur for ve mutes, and mr. defazioor five minutes. the speaker p tempore: withouobjection. under thspeaker's announced pof january 6, 200 a unr prevus order of the house, the following membe a recognized for five minut ach. mr. poof texas.

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thepeaker pro tempore: wiout objection. >> mr. speak, the often forgotten dictum iwashington is that toovern is to choose. it ito choose between the dizzying array wants, wishes and needs of the american peoe whe constrained by the cotitutional, physicalnd polical rallies othe day. sadly the leadership ofhe rity of this house h puntd on choosing anything. y've ignored fiscal realit of our present condition and the constitional limon our authoritd simply eed whatever they cou twist enoh arms to pass. this ma -- majority's made omises it cat keep with moneyt does not have. mr. conay: more evidence of the speaker's refusal to pass a dget this . the most fisal dunt our budget has. it's a ttamentf the taxing anspending our government do it sets the bories for the ending debate andhoosg not to pass the budgetspeaker isaing iherlitto leadthis hou. to date, the amer people have voiced suppt for over $60 billion in hard choices. mr. spker, we are a nation governeby theeople, the people are not being heard and is congress is not listen. i yield b

chu: mr. speaker, john adams once said, facts are stubborn things. they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. well, when it comes to the economy, the facts are on our side. it's a fact that bush's economic policies created the worst financial crisis since the great depression. it's a fact that republicans produced a recession with nearly 800,000 job losses each month and almost doubled our national debt. it's a fact that eight years of tax cuts for the rich and trickled down economies only left the american people hosed. and it's a fact that this congress and those flawed policies enacted tax cuts for working class families and small businesses across america. democrats created nearly 200,000 jobs a month this year, cut over $800 billion in taxes and we're about to cut almost $300 billion more. democrats are rebuilding consumer demands, creating new jobs and getting our economy back on track and that's a fact. no matter how stubborn the minority wants to be. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

mr. mica: i want to irhow much time remains on our de. the speake pro temporethe gentlen from florida has 6 1/2 minutes. and the gentleman from minnesota has 3 1/2. mr. mica: thank you. i'd like to yielthree minutes, if i may, to the gtleman from louisiana, also member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three mines. mr. cao: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank the ranking member of the committee for yieldinge time. mr. speaker, rightfter this l spill had the opportunity to fly over the spil at ground zero and as i flew over the gulf i saw thousands of square mis of our beautiful waters being cored by this brown slue. another -- additional thous of square miles of our betiful gulf was covered by this oilly sleek. i also toured my boat a couple weeks ago with the fishermen of jefferson parish. as i wasraveling throug the bay i saw ptches brown oil infringing on the oyster beds that are so integral to the seafood indury of louisiana. and as i saw the oil

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mr. cao: thank you, madam chair. i would like to yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. would you speak up? mr. cao: thank you very much. i rise today in support of amendment 12 to h.r. 5297, the small business lending fund act of 2010. and i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. this amendment requires the secretary of treasury to provide consideration in the allocation of funds to gulf region states in the areas where businesses and the economy have been adversely affected by the big water horizon oil spill. i thank the gentlelady from texas for her partnership in drafting this amendment and for her consideration for gulf coast communities during our time of crisis. i'd like to thank the gentleman from alabama, the ranking member of the financial services committee, for his ongoing assistance and support. the district that i represent includes louisiana's orleans and jefferson parishes, in my district and all across the gulf coast we were still recovering from the devastating form -- storms of 2005 when we were hit with the latest disaster. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico

mr. gingrey: if the gentleman wl yield, wreetngac to the iue of, . speake of noen having an intention to pass a budget. i thank thgentmafrom new jersey for bringing that point ut, this is the first ti since at least 197 and te congressnal researchervice is ve accurate in the iormation that they frot meers of coness. i was thinking about, it's been in the news so much, mr. speaker, abt the ewe roe zone those countries of the european union, 27 of them, i guess 23 or 24 are members of the euro zone, they have te going on there in regd to, is well thecronym is pi, stands for the countrieof portug, italy, spain and greece. i' forgetting one i, but in anyegard, the -- grce got this masve bailoutf somethingike $1 billion and the euro zone from the internationamotary fund work the pledged, i think, another $750 bilon worth of bailout becausthese counie that constitute that acm piigs, their debt ratio to e gross domestic product is so high. when u look, look in your own eye, don't curse the speck in someby else's eyewhen off plank in your own, as e bible says. that

mr. rahall: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of turn for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: members will please take their seats. without objection. mr. rahall: madam speaker, as we all know, the country and our state of west virginia has lost a true public servant. he was a dear friend to many of us, he was an individual who defended our constitution and an individual who truly had the best hearts of the american people in mind every day. i would ask that the house take a moment of silent prayer on behalf of the late honorable senior senator from west virginia, robert c. byrd. the speaker pro tempore: members will rise and observe a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is on the vote on the -- on the motion of the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1439 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1439, resolution congratula

mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: will the gentleman from texas speak in the mike? mr. sith: mr. speaker, this motion to recommit would add to h.r. 5175 the same expeded judicial review process that congress approved as part of the mccain-feingold campaign finance reform law. because h.r. 5175 raises the same conitutional issues that wereeissued in the citizens united case, expedited review should be included in this legislation as well. the base bill does not contain the reference 28 u.s.c. 2284 that congress specifically designed and has used repeatedly to assure the prompt resolution of constitutional claims. judicial review may not have been included because the base bill was designed to stall judici review by the upreme court until after the 2010 elections. i hope that is not the case. but this house can only dispel that suspicion and facilitate the prompt constitutional review of this legislation by approving this moti to recommit. mr. speaker, i yield back. mr. lungren: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lungren: mr. speaker, as i ment

mr. elfyn llwyd. >> even as we speak, i am sure the prime minister and his team are seeking to make savings and cuts, hopefully without affecting front-line services. may i commend to him one way of saving 7.2 million pounds a day? bring the troops home from afghanistan. >> i have to say to the honorable gentleman that i just do not agree with him. i think that if we brought the troops home precipitately -- if we did it straight away -- not only would we let down our nato allies, not only would we let down the afghan people, but we would create circumstances in which the taliban would return, and the danger of terrorist training camps in afghanistan would come straight back. i know that what we are doing is dangerous and difficult, and it is costing us dearly. i am acutely aware of that. however, i think that we must put our effort and our shoulder behind the wheel of the obama- mcchrystal plan to make sure that it works as well as it can, and accompany that military surge with a political surge, seeking a political settlement to get taliban fighters to put down their arms and reintegrate into afgha

you for those who made the sacrifice and also thank you for those who continue to do it as we speak today. mr. faleomavaega: i thank the gentleman for his comments. i might know, madam speaker, some 50 million asian pacific americans, we have over two million korean americans as part of the fiber of our great democracy and the tremendous contributions that they also make to our country. i just wanted to note that for the record. i will continue to reserve my time unless -- i don't have any more speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. boozman: thank you, madam chairman. i want to thank mr. rangel for bringing this forward. he and mr. johnson and mr. coble being here make it very, very special. we certainly appreciate all of your service to our country. mr. rangel stating he went off at h-20. mr. johnson, i think, at the same age around 20 and then howard, mr. coble in his early 20's going off to war. so fitting we take a little bit of time, that the house just pauses to remember the sacrifice that was incurred, again,

mr. akin for giving us the opporunity to speak. when it comes to israel, this congress is united with strong bipartisan support and we're gointo keep it that way. thank you. i yield back. mr. akin: i thank the gentleman. i think you're articulate and i think that that's accurate to say, there is a good bipartisan sentiment that, you know, when a small nation is trying to defend itself, we've always stood for people and the basic principle of people being allowed to be free and have some self-determination as to how they're going to rule their own country and be free from the fear of terrorists, that's something that americans can really agree on. i appreciate your taking time on that subject and also my good friend from new york, taking the time to organize the hour, very good job, thank you. mr. weiner: if the gentleman wouldield. mr. akin: i do yield. mr. weiner: thanks to you. i don't know if they have c-span in israel but sometimes it's ease hey for that little country to feel beset on all sides. we share the same common sense t

mr. obey is going to speak at some point in time and mr. obey has a similar painting hanging in his office. that's not the original because bob byrd gave it to so many of us. but i looked at that and i thought to myself, what a kind gesture, how impressed i was this young member of congress being accorded this kind of respect from this giant of the united states senate. robert c. byrd will be duly missed by us all. and he will be missed most of all when very difficult issues confront the legislative body, and there is a clamor that the legislative agree with the executive for whatever reason, a clamor that all too often emanates from fear of this, that or the other. and in that fear would ignore the constitutional role played by the congress of the united states. it is then that we will miss senator byrd's clarity of intellect, of conscience, of commitment to the constitution of the united states of america. and as well to the rules of the united states senate. he was a passionate and advocate for people, for principle, for the constitution

mr. president. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i thank the representative of the united statesand to the united kingm. >> thank you, mr. president. i but like to begin by reading the text of a statement which has been agreed by the foreign ministers of china, france, germany, russia, the united kingdom and the united states. with the support of the high representatives of the european union. the statement reads as follows. we, the foreign ministers of china, france, germany, russia, the united kingdom and the united states would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our determination and commitment to seek the early negotiated solution to the iranian nucle the adoption of the united nations security council resolution 1929 while reflecting the international community concern about the iranian nuclear program and reconfirm and the need for ira to comply with the u.n. security council and iaea board of governor requirement keeps the door open for continued engagement with iran. the aim of our efforts is to achieve a comprehensive and long-term settlement which would restore i

mr. speaker, i speak very clear, this is just a preliminary chance to vote no. for reasons that i don't understand, my republican colleagues are opposed to a program in which voluntarily the federal government makes funds available to community banks so that they want to participate, they can lend it to small businesses. maybe it is the fear that it might succeed and diminish their issues that leads them to oppose it. they have been unable to oppose it outright on its merits so here's what they want to do. they want to say the really the tarp program, but in fact the gentleman from texas said that. he said, if you're going to create a second tarp program, put the tarp inspector in charge. that's true. if you are going to fly to the moon, pack a big lunch. the fact is that we don't create a tarp program. this is classic boot strapping. it's not a tarp program. it's very different than the tarp program in a number of ways. the community banks want to participate in it, they don't want to participate in another tarp program. so to kill it, they are inaccurately cha

mr. speaker. but here are some things in it and aren't likely to come out. and i want to speak to the issue of the focus on special provisions for women and minorities that are in the bill. now, i point out, mr. speaker, that i have dealt with this for a long time with set asides and had to compete against provisions that are written into federal contracts. i have spent my life as a contractor doing site development work, concrete work, undergroundwork, seeding, fencing, those kinds of things and concrete work. but i bid a lot of contracts in my professional life and i can think of one in particular that i will use as an example. the federal government has set aside special components. sometime the contract is set aside for women and minorities and no one else can bid it. i had a small company and had to start from scratch. i didn't have any capital. i had a negative net worth of $5,000. i convinced the banker to loan me money to buy the beaten up old bulldozer and i started to work. excuse me. and so i had to build capital with sweat equity and anything else that could be done

mr. latourette: i thank the gentleman for that and here are three items, i just want to give credit to somebody who is in the chamber with us. he can't speakecause he happens to be the speaker pro tempore. but the gentleman from idaho, mr. nnick, is presiding over the house for this special order, and when you talk about commercial real estate, he's got a plan. he's put together some very bright people to help avert what he sees and what everybody in this chamber should see, if they don't see, is that we're headed for this big fall off the cliff on commercial real estate that will make the housing market, the residential housing crisis, really -- you're talking about millions and millions of dollars per building. go ahead. mr. tiberi: will the gentleman yield? mr. latourette: i'd be happy to. mr. tiberi: just last week as we were home for the memorial day recess week, it to your point, i convened a meeting -- to your point, i convened a meeting, i'm a recovering realitier, we had real estate folks on the commercial real estate side, we had small businesses, we had building managers, building owners and managers, and bankers in a meeting. a

mr. tonko: thank you, and thank you for bringing us together for this special order which obviously will speak to the wisdom of sound policy. that breaks from the failed policies of the past. what is startling is that we should have learned from decades ago that the trickledown theory simply does not work. it does not work because there wasn't the benefit felt by the working middle class. a large group of people across this country who in many situations lived paycheck to paycheck, putting aside money for their mortgage payment, putting aside savings for college for their students, for their children, putting aside some reserves for unexpected expenses. that kind of situation must be responded to. and i think fact that you talk about 98% of americans getting what is now recorded to be an historically largest middle income tax cut in this nation's history was a big part of the recovery act. it is what started to circulate the dollars. and when we look at the economic advice that we got, not only as the house of representatives but the united states senate and the white house, with president oba

mr. speaker? of course they are. freedom of speech, to speak outward and openly of the thiigs we believe in without restraint or punishment, knowing that the state can't come in and crush us for our opinion. the freedom with a full-throated objection to our government if they're going down a path we object to or a full-throated support for a president or a congress or a judiciary branch of government or any agencies within the government that is serving our people in a constitutional nd just fashion. that's freedom of speech. freedom of religion. freedom of religion to worship in the choice of -- church of our choice or not to worship or worship in our home or under a tree or out in a pasture or while we're in a traffic jam, in any way we choose. freedom for a pastor or anyone in the congregation who he might accept to come up and step behind the podium to preach to the word and preach the aw of god and do so without fear, without fear the i.r.s. might come in and rule these words were political or partisan and take away the 501c3 not for profi

mr. shuster, and i are speaking to you today about credit card relief for small businesses and merchants. as we are, credit card lobbyists are roaming the halls to water down a key provision in the legislation. they know if the conferees keep the amendment in the bill, small business and consumers will gain and the monopoly pricing of the credit card industry will lose. just yesterday several small vermont business owners told me how much the credit card and debit swipe fees are hurting their business, kathy who owns healthy living market in burlington, her business paid $250,000 in fees last year. this year it will be $350,000. cheryl who runs a mobile station told me she could take the money she spends on better wages and more jobs. i call on my colleagues in the conference committee to put small businesses before the credit card industry and maintain the durbin amendment in the final package. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. shuster: ask permission to address the hou

mr. green: madam chair, i rise as a designee to speak for ms. chu. and i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 17 printed in part c of house report 111-506 offered by mr. al green of texas. the chair: pursuant to resolution 1436, the gentleman from texas and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. green: thank you, madam chair. madam chair, this amendment is one that will add additional language to the requirement that there be minority outreach in this program. it's important for me to state that i have a district that i represent that is currently about 36% african-american, 31% latino, 21% anglo and 12% asian. it's important to note that in my district the ballot is printed in three languages. it's printed in english, spanish and vietnamese. this amendment furthers the notion that persons who speak languages other than english will have an opportunity to have materials that are sensitive. this amendment would require that appropriate materials when publi

mr. sonberg today, at the white house, in speaking to reporters, referred to the people who live in the gulf region as "small people." there's already been reaction to that, people taking offense. how can you-- what do you have to say about that? well, judy, i know how he feels. i know exactly what his intent was. english is his second language. his native language is swede expeditious what he was talking about is small businesses, and he's absolutely understanding of the way people feel. he's on his way to the gulf shortly. i think he just misspoke a little bit, but his intent was very clear. >> woodruff: bob dudley, managing director of b.p., we thank you very much. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: we'll get an assessment of how the white house is handling the crisis later in the program. also still to come, harnessing the wind in baja, california. cracking down on drug cartels in mexico, and a tap dancing tradition alive and well. first, with the other news of the day here . >> the monthly u.s. death toll in afghanistan reached 30 when two americans died nay roadside bombing. congress scr

mr. mccarty, you said cannot speak?ou said that they're better solution. 01 immigration center has given you 80 rating on your soup -- -- report card. i am asking you to date first for real solutions do you have the size border enforcement? >> i think we should reform the immigration process itself. that is broken. if you have to wait in the system for seven years, it is not working. so first and foremost, i would support the borders. how would reform the process itself so that it is efficient grid and a 21st century, you cannot process something faster? i would support the idea of making sure you have labor coming and with agriculture, but i could also make sure that when people come and work, they go back, keeping their word of what they are providing to the need of where it is going. i think those things are very doable and i think that would be a very strong start. much like when we talk about health care. i think we would have had for under votes if we had dealt with preexisting condition, tort reform, and buying i

speak. senator franken. >> thank you mr. chairman and as the chairman just pointed out, general kagan, i'm last. and that's because i'm most junior. but senator byrd was always kind to me. even though he was a giant of this institution and i was moved that he always came in when we needed him. even during the deep snows of late december. i would have to serve till i'm 118 years old to serve as long as senator byrd. i very much doubt that will happen. and or that i will have a legacy as permanent as his. i would also like to extend my condolences to justice ginsburg and her family and she's in our thoughts and prayers. every senator who has spoken before me has sworn to support and defend the constitution of the united states, and so have i. there are a few things that we do that are more important to fulfilling that oath than making sure that the justices of the supreme court are brilliant, humane, and just in individuals. but these hearings are also a learning experience for the people in minnesota and for every american. b

mr. speaker. i would appreciate it if i'm not interrupted when i'm speaking. it is in this interview we put in the record. at this point i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. >> i thank congressman mcgovern from the rules committee for yielding time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of reforming wall street. ms. castor: and this rule. under this new wall street reform, consumers and middle class families win and the big banks on wall street lose. the wall street reform bill is the toughest regulation of wall street in generations, and it comes after years of recklessness that led to the financial meltdown and the worst recession in our lifetime. that economy was built on a house of cards. wall street reform will provide a newfoundation for our economy to go, one that inspires confidence and spur new jobs. under the new law, consumers and middle class families will benefit from a new consumer financial protection agency. a new independent watchdog that will be on the side of ameri

mr. newman, please proceed. >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. my name is stephen demint. i am the chief executive officer of transocean. -- i am stephen newman. i am a petroleum engineer by training and i have spent considerable time working on drilling rigs. i have been with the company for more than 15 years. . . all like to provide the subcommittee with more details about these efforts. transocean is a people-focused company. since the events of april 20, our h.r. teams have focus on providing grief counseling and a range of benefits and employee services to those directly and indirectly affected. we are taking a number of steps, including providing the families of the 9 transocean workers whose lives were lost but benefits. continued full pay and benefits. compensation for personal possessions lost in the incident was offered to all crew and families and accepted by most. on may 25, we held a memorial service in honor of the men lost on the tragedy. it was attended by all 11 families, by many transocean personnel, and by people from across t

mr. chairman, how to speak in support of the great amendment. i cannot imagine, after as much work that all of you have put into this, you want to end by having headlines in the paper to mark saying that you used accounting chicana read to pass the bill. that is what this is. senator gregg has an amendment that actually pays for it and does it in a real way that americans can understand. i hope you will support the brady amendment. it will solve the problem that you are in. i supported very strongly. >> the words to carry do not help the debate. but there choices to mediate here. -- trish is to be made here. -- but there are choices to be made here. working americans are struggling. i think teachers we're making here is the better choice. >> -- i think the choice we are making here is the better choice. >> ago with the tart language was created under section 204, it says that recission of any amount provided in this action will not be counted for budget enforcement. the means we will be violating the law by doing this, in my opinion. you may fin

mr. sessions: i remind the gentleman who is speaking that we know what happened it's called pin the tail on the donkey. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the the gentlewoman from from illinois, the gentlewoman from the financial services committee, mrs. biggert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this rule and to ask this body to step back for a moment to do a quick sanity check. what's the purpose of this bill? i thought its purpose was to rein in wall street and end the abuses that precipitated the most massive financial meltdown in economic down turn since the great depression. its purpose is to make wall street pay for the abuses not main street. i'm all for that. in fact, along with my republican colleagues i offered the first reform bill, h.r. 3310, back in july, and many amendments designed to rein in wall street and the abuses but not harm main street. so the banking chairman, chris dodd's, first regulatory reform pro

mr. bishop: i appreciate the opportunity of being here this morning on one of the days when obviously our time management skills are not perhaps the greatest. but it still is nonetheless an opportunity to speak before on this floor before you, mr. speaker, on a couple of issues that are significant. i appreciate also that i will be joined by my good friend from texas who just spoke so eloquently about one of those who has given his all for all of us and how grateful we are for this family and this particular individual. i think we're going to be hitting several different themes this evening as we talk about the future of this country, especially as it deals with space and here once again i'm very grateful that the gentleman from texas is here, because mr. olson has indeed, been a leader on this particular issue in charting the future of america as far as space policy will be. it is very easy in this environment to try and focus first of all, on jobs. and i think we will. because, indeed, as this particular administration is going to begin their summer of recovery in which they will be touting the kinds of jobs that will be created to try and change the economic future this country is current

mr. hodge writes that, speaking thursday morning at a credit swiss defense symposium, frank kendall, the deputy chief, said we're going to see gradual drawdowns in investment accounts. host: atlanta, democrats line. gene, this morning. caller: hey. how are you this morning? host: i am good this morning. caller: well, good t. sounds like we need to have some sort of whistle blower just like we had in the corporate world with the government world, because anything can get slapped with a label state secret. but if you're exposing corruption, that's one thing f. you're exposing troop movement it is or something like that, that's totally different. i'm a government official, and i want to just hide something and i slap state secret on it, it's actually me being corrupt, then there needs to be some sort of mechanism where someone can say, ok, if i'm not making it through channels to get this corruption exposed, then i have to do it myself, and a court should operate through that. i mean, that's what i would think. because yeah, the government can say anything is a state secret, and we've had m

mrs. lamb's counterpart. she is a senior policy official that can speak for the state department. we didn't get that with usaid. is going to impact the kind of questions we will as, because ultimately, you will take back -- very early on in my career, i went to a couple of hearings and to say just like it was, they said, do not mess up, and i was at all levels. i am not looking for comment. what i am looking for is for you to take back our disappointment that state department put you in this position. i don't want you to take the hit that they contacted me and i thought it would work to pay, because we had an expectation that senior leadership is more engaged and would have there right person or persons in attendance. so what we have questions, we would give them. you would get an opportunity to wrap up some comments at the end. if you like to put some comments on that at the end, please do, but we will continue on with the question. mr. zakheim? >> i share the co-chairman of views. i will point something out for the record. when i was undersecretary of defense and i was asked to

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mr. hasan is not expected to speak. investors fret that europe's shaky finances could undermine the global economic recovery. analysts say that investors of not been convinced that the crisis will end anytime soon. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. "washington journal" continues. host: primary day in alabama, mississippi, and new mexico. what are the races you are focusing on? guest: you want to look at the republican primaries going on in two different states -- alabama, and mexico, mississippi. one big race to watch is the alabama governor's race. you have a crowded gop primary. it is the seat and bob riley is going to be vacating. he is not eligible because of term limits. he is a republican bid in the democratic race, you have -- he is a republican. in the democratic race, you have in the democratic race, you have artur davis, a congressman. and you have a cordesman who switched parties and december -- congressman who switched parties in december and became a republican after being a democrat.

mr. mccormack, let's take a look at what's going on right now as we're speaking to each other. below the with thers of the gulf of mexico. the cap as the company has indicated has been successfully put in place. yet very little of the oil is being recovered. why is that? >> well, we have to measure success incrementally. there's no silver bullet solution to this. they have to be very careful that two things don't occur. that the flow of oil & gas does to the lift the cap off riser, and therefore make everything worse. and the second thing is they always have to be cautious of getting water in there and hydrates forming and plugging that pipe that leads the oil and gas to the surface. that again would negate the effectiveness of this cap. but i think over time they will increase the amount of oil & gas flowing to the surface from the five to ten% capture rate that they have now. >> well bp has said that you will see more of the oil being captured over time as they close the valves. but now we're about 18 hours into this operation since the cap was put in place. why haven't the v

mr. newman, if their position holds, they are not going to be liable for anything, so to speak. >> senator, under opa thereof jointly liable. if we get the payment, we do not typically look beyond that. >> who is supposed to determine that? >> i suspect the administration and the department of justice will be following up and looking at that. >> mr. chairman, i think they all did get some redoubt of liability. if they are the only ones paying the bills and there are others involved, maybe some of them should be paying some of the bills, too. you share that view, ms. fleming, or is that about your pay grade as well? >> i think the biggest concern is we do not know what the true cost of this spill is going to be. >> that was my next question. >> and the impact in terms of the fund, how well will affect the responsibility to pay for future spills as well as ongoing climes. there is a lot of state here. >> he did not answer my question but it does not matter. the oil spill liability fund henceforth known as the fund, that is clearly going to be exhausted, right? >> i think that this fund defin

mr. rangel: i thank chairman berman for letting me speak and i strongly support this act. i'm a proud co-sponsor of the bill. this is a bipartisan bill, as you can hear, and should be passed. last fall, the world learned of a secret iranian nuclear enrichment facility. if there was ever any doubt that iran was trying to build nuclear weapons, this revolution dispeled any shred of our doufment we need strong sanctions on iran to halt the development of nuclear weapons. iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear bomb. i commend president obama and secretary clinton for achieving the strong fourth round of u.n. sanctions against iran and for bringing russia and china onboard. the chairman of the western hem fear subcommittee, i'd like to call attention that venezuelan president hugo chavez at one time agreed to provide 20,000 barrels per day of refined gasoline to iran and to invest in the iranian natural gas sector. iran is an importer of refined gas and this bill will hit them where it hurts, in the energy and financial sectors. i'd liie to also support my support for secti

mr. chairman with you i offer my condolences to natalie and courtly, will be speaking with us. they both lost husbands on the deep water horizon. i look forward your testimony. we would look to hear about tte impact of those who make a living as fishermen in the vienna, immediate hardship bbing brought to the people that rely on thhs industry. the federal government is looking to close large tracts in the gulf, 37% of the gulf waters closed to fishing with two- thirds opened as well as they controlled waters with legitimate concern that demand for products from anywhere in the gulf will plummet as people watched a spell on the news and become concerned about long-term fishing aspeccs. i say this as a dedicated and aggressive consumer of crustaceans, you cannot help but notice what you are seeing on the television screens currently. it will have an impact on the desire of consumers to buy those products. news images aad the tourrst industry, we are scheduled to hear more about that this morning. much has been done to reveal the delicate balance between nature and the various ind

mrs. biggert, for her leadership on the high-performance buildings caucus and for being here to speak on behalf of the prior resolution, and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: tte gentleman yields back. the gentleman from nebraska. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro temporr: the gentleman from nebraaka yields back. the question is will the house % suspend the rules and agree to house resolution -- the gentleman will suupend. the question is will the house suspend the ruues and agree to house resolution 1388. those in favor say aye and those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- mr. carnahan: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present..+ the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20- and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:00 p.m. today. secretary's office, so the chain of command wo

mr. speaker. obviously if you attempt to speak on the floor and your microphone is not near you, or they have turned it off, you can't exercise your right to represent your constituents here. i yield myself such time as i may consume. that is the problem with this bill. it does not allow the free exercise of the first amendment right to speech. the constitution of the united states refers to that first amendment and unfortunately, in many, many decisions by the supreme court thaverbing talked about everything other than political speech. yet in the citizens united vvrsus federal election commission case, the court finally got it right. the majority opinion says the first amendment stands against attempts to disfavor certain subjects or viewpoints, prohibited, too, are restrictions prohibiting different speakers, allowing speech from some and not from others. that's exactly what this bill does. benjamin franklin stated, whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must again by subduing the freeness of speech. unfortunately, that is what we have here before us. mr. speaker. or mr. chairman. just b

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mr. linn, i asked you to speak into the microphone and we will be ready to go. begin,,sir. >> i want to first thank police for their testimony. we are here to ttlk about -- thank the ladies for their testimony. impact on the environment, but nothing can mitigate the impact they have had. our condolences. my name is kelby linn, i am vice president of the chamber of commerce and owner of a realistic and property management company on dauphin island, alabama. we are a small island that depends totally on tourism -- charter fishing, that type of thing. it is sand beaches. the environment is probably our biggest draw. once the news hit the press, we got ourselves into a situution where about, seven days later, all of our reservations started being canceled. we have 110 vacation rental properties that we manage or other property owners on the island. pe're one of the llrger employers on the island. as our business grows, so goes so many of the others -- t-shirt shops, restaurants, small things. there is not a traffic light on the island. independent restaurants. phere

mr. speaker. obviously if you attempt to speak on the floor and your microphone is not near you, or they have turned it off, you can't exercise your right to represent your constituents here. i yield mylf such time as i may consume. that is the problem with this bill. it does not allow the free exercise of the first amendment right to speech. the constitution of the united states refers to that first amendment and unfortunately, in many, many decisions by the supreme court thaverbing talked about everything other than political speech. yet in the citizens united vvrsus federal election commissn case, the court finally got it right. the majority opinion says the first amendment stands against attempts to disfavor certain subjects or viewpoints, prohibited, too, are restrictions prohibiting different speakers, allowing speech from some and not from others. that's exactly what this bill does. benjamin franklin stated, whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must again by subduing the freeness of speech. unfortunately, that is what we have here before us. mr. speaker. or mr. chairman. just becau

mr. mccarty, you said cannot speak? you said that they're better solution. 01 immigration center has given you 80 rating on your soup -- -- report card. i am asking you to date first r real solutions do you have the size border enforcement? >> i think we should reform the immiation process itself. that is broken. if you have to wait in the system for seven years, it is not working. so first and foremost, i would support the borders. how would reform e press itself so that it is efficient grid and a 21st century, you cannot process something faster? i would suppo the idea of making sure you have labo coming and with agriculture, but i could also make sure that when people come and work, they go back, keeping their word of what they are providing to the need of where it is going. i think those things are very doable and i think that would be a very strong start. much like when we talk about health care. i think we would have had for under votes if we had dealt with preexisting condition, tort reform, and buying interest p