mr. whiten go back and tell your people that this -- no one will run here through here like storming norman. you are not welcome here. we will fight. i will fight until my dying day. [unintelligible] [applause] >> did it happen? >> did they get access? >> no, they didn't. >> to determine that? >> what ended up happening is that the ufta filed a lawsuit about the school closing and won so the space did not become available. >> this is up in harlem above 110th street. if you were from 36 third street, could you go to a charter school? >> you could enter the lottery their preference was district preference. they also included children coming from failing schools. they tried to keep families together and serve the community. all of this was dictated by lot >> did you change your mind about any of this? >> i think going into it my commitment to all sides was very strong. it is difficult to be so frustrated and closed out from either of the two sides for each -- for one year. my allegiance to the kid

mr. white back into your boss's that no one is going to run through here but the storm and normandie. that is not happening. >> also says academy, you're not welcome here. we will fight. i will fight until my dying day. i refuse to her 194. [unintelligible] >> did it happen? >> did they get into the space? no, they did not. >> to determine that were to mark >> what ended up happening was that they filed a law school -- a lawsuit about the school vote -- closing and one. the space to not become available. >> can someone go to a charter school in harlem above 110th street -- and if you are from 33rd come -- could you go to the charter school? >> you could enter the lottery but what this particular school applied for in its charter was for students in this district as well as failing schools and siblings. the traffic keep families together, they try to serve the community. but all of this is dictated by law. >> did you change your mind about anything that you thought you believe before you got int

mr. white, you can go back and tell your bosses that this is not a desert storm. no one is going to run through here like storming norman. that is not happening. harlem academy, you are not welcome here. we will not welcome you here. we will fight. i will fight until my dying day. i refuse to -- 194. it will not happen. over my dead body. >> did it happen? >> did they get access to the space? no, they didn't. no. >> who determined that? >> what ended up happening is that the uft filed a lawsuit about the schools closing and won, and so the space did not become available. >> and if you go to a -- can someone go to a charter school? say, for instance, this is in harlem, up above 1110th street. if you're from 33rd, can you go to that charter school? >> you can enter the lottery. but what this particular school applied for in their charter was preference for districts students as well as actually for students coming from failing schools and closing schools, and siblings. so they tried to keep families together, they tried to serve the community. but all of this is dic

at the white house, mr. obama said if law was not an excuse for insurers to try and increase profit. >> insurance companies should see this reform as an opportunity to improve care and increase competition. they shouldn't see it as an opportunity to enact unjustifiable rate increases that don't boost care and inflate their bottom line. >> sreenivasan: the president also announced a package of consumer benefits including a ban on insurers denying coverage to children in poor health. a new plan to combat the problem of homelessness was unveiled today by the obama administration. it aims to end veteran and chronic homelessness by 2015 and eliminate homelessness among families and children by 2020. to accomplish that, the strategy would provide more affordable housing options and better access to sustainable employment. it would also ensure that assistance programs are integrated with health care and education. a key member of president obama's team is stepping down. a white house spokesman confirmed budget dire

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

a white house statement said mr. obama expressed condolences for the loss of lives and he promised support for a credible investigation of the israeli raid. >> lehrer: now the other news of the day. here is hari sreenivasan in our news room. >> sreenivasan: al qaeda acknowledged today its number three leader has been killed. the group announced the death of mustaf a al yazid along with his wife and other relatives. it gave no details. u.s. and pakistani officials said it happened in north waziristan along the afghan- pakistani border. they said he was killed by a u.s. missile attack last month. iraq has moved one step closer today to a possible end of its election impasse. the country's supreme court ratified the results from last march. the secular alliance, led by former prime minister ayad allawi, won two more seats in parliament than the prime miles an hourster a.l. maliki and his coalition's total but no one claimed a majority and the parties remain at odds over how to form one. in afghanistan, elite government

mr. frank but instead of getting any assistance, he fumed particularly about the white house. all the hand wring, this was from an article in the "financial times." it was by mr. oxley. this is an article written and voted from mr. oxley in the "financial times" last september, september 9, 2008 where he fumes against criticism that the house didn't try to rerm fannie mae and freddie mac a few years ago. he said all the hand wringing and bed-wetting is going on without remembering how the house stepped up on this to try to reform fannie mae and freddie mac he says what did we get from the white house? a white house that was controlled by the republicans. we got a, quote, one-finger is a lute, in trying to reform fannie -- salute, -- absolute in trying to reform -- salute in trying to reform fannie mae and freddie mac. we have been looking to reform fannie mae and freddie mac and looking for ways to cut costs and expenses. one of those places we're already doing something about which makes their suggestion look like peanut, that's in iraq. the republicans under the leadership of

have any of the rest of you had conversations with the white house about the management of the situation in the gulf? mr. tillerson rrmark >-- mr. tillerson? >> that was a very brief conversation. >> with the president or with his advisers? >> with both. >> let me ask you a question. a week ago we went down to the gulf and had a hearing on the investigation. we heard from workers on the rig. i did not get a bit of information that date from yourself, transocean, halliburton, and others. i learned a lot more from the ladies talking about the phone calls that they had with their husbands, phone calls, when they came home for visits. there seemed to be a lot of concern about things that are happening on the rig. have any of you work on a rig? >> not a deep water rig, but i have worked on rigs during my career. >> it is that unusual? i go home and complain about mr. markey a lot. [laughter] it is that usual to have that level of anxiety that these people were sharing with their wives about the safety conditions on those offshore rigs? >> congressman, i have not looked at their testimony in detail, so i cann

for his actions he was awarded the medal of honor in a ceremony at the white house. mr. speaker, it is with great pride that i stand before you to honor this american hero. we should all work every day to remember individuals like sergeant ruiz. he and the multtudes of his fellow americans who battled for the freedom of europe, asia and the americas. let this -- left this world liberty and security. after the war, sergeant ruiz would tell the story of how he came to serve in the army. as a young man working for a cattle farmer in carlsbad, he was told to transport an animal to another farm. now, i'm as familiar as the long loney roads of new mexico as anyone else, and i can tell you that your mind wanders. mr. ruiz's mind wandered to thoughts of a girlfriend. with those thoughts in mind he drove straight to texas, 120 miles awaa, to speak with that young woman, and he brought the cow with him. mr. ruiz was detained and a judge told him that he would either be sent to jail for taking the cow or he could enlist in the army. he chose the army. sergeant ruiz died on november

mr. jones senior, from you that the president is having some of the families at the white house later thisr. jones, you and your family have our condolences. i know in the discussions i've had with the president, he feels very strongly about this. you should feel free to tell him exactly what you're thinking and any suggestions you have. he actually wants to hear what you have to say. you also have my commitment to work to achieve some fairness under the law for your brother's family and the families of all who lost their lives in this disaster. you dezer v a measure of justice. today's hearing will examine how the applicable laws have shaped big oil's behavior. we have to find out whether our legal system itself gives some kind of incentive to big oil companies to cut corners. the supreme court's decision in the exxon valdez case and the current caps in the oil xlugs act of 1990 and the limitation liability ability incorporate misconduct. we'll ask whether current maritime statutes that compensate the families of those killed, we'll ask whether they're fair and whether the current legal s

white house? we got the one finger salute. very graphic quoteation from mr. oxley -- quotation from mr. oxley, chairman of the house financial services committee, saying it was the white house that stopped the changes that needed to be -- mr. sessions: will the gentleman yield? mr. perlmutter: and it was a billion dollars from those mortgages, from 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 under republican leadership that is weighing down fannie mae and freddie mac that under the democrats we offered conservatorship and that's what they're in now, like a bankruptcy. with that i'm going to yield two minutes to my friend, mr. ellison. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: mr. chairman, let me just correct one very, very serious flaw and that is to somehow blame the effort to -- blame the americans. this crisis has to due with a failure to regulate, a failure to give consumer protection to people who are getting mortgages that they couldn't pay for on tricky and unsound terms. because we are now going to have consumer protection bureau designed to protect those ver

i called bob dudley and we had a conversation about it and i notified the white house. mr. dudley is a native of mississippi. he has a lot of experience in the oil production part of the bp. i have had very frank and open conversation with him and i expect that to continue. we need to bring him into our unified command and make sure they understand what we are doing. they need to understand what we need from them. i continue to be very closely -- talk to him a couple of times a day. i think this is a positive step. >> were the fatalities work related are not customer >> it does not appear at this time that they are work-related. does not mean that we don't feel very badly about it. >> will take questions from the foul line. >> -- from the phone line. >> i hope you can what we forget what happened, when was the cap removed, why would close in the event cause hydrates? can be reinstalled, and when will it be reinstalled? >> we are looking at all those things right now. my understanding was that they noticed there was some kind of burp in the line. they thought they had hydroc

i called bob dudley and we had a conversation about it and i notified the white house. mr. dudley is a native of mississippi. he has a lot of experience in the oil production part of the bp. i have had very frank and open conversation with him and i expect that to continue. we need to bring him into our unified command and make sure they understand what we are doing. they need to understand what we need from them. i continue to be very closely -- talk to him a couple of times a day. i think this is a positive step. >> were the fatalities work related are not customer >> it does not appear at this time that they are work-related. does not mean that we don't feel very badly about it. >> will take questions from the foul line. >> -- from the phone line. >> i hope you can what we forget what hapned, when was the cap removed, why would close in the event cause hydrates? can be reinstalled, and when will it be reinstalled? >> we are looking at all those things right now. my understanding was that they noticed there was some kind of burp the line. they thought they had hydrocarbon

there was some indication, i will tell the ntleman he's usually the white house with us, he wasn't here today but mr. cantor is usuay joining us at the white house in our meetings with the presint but the fact is that the senate republican leader indicated he'd le to see some bipartisan agreement, at leas on spending levels, and observe that he thought that the spending levels thesident had sent down for our consideration were -- he would like to see a lowe number but he appreciated the fac tt that number was sent down and was a constraintn spending. in fact, froze nondefense, nonsurity spending at last number of years.did so for a i ma the observa at that point in time i wahopeful that we could in fact reach some bipartisan agreement. i will be discussing with the gentleman probably e next week that possibility. but i wl tell you that mr. spra continues twoery, ve hard at trying toee if he can come up with a bget resolution that reflects something that can get ement. i want to tell the gentleman at one of the problems we have, as the gentleman knows, is whave created a situatin wherthe budget will

where the members f congress in the leadersh veeen called to the white house to down and talk about how we'rgoing to c spending? i yield back. mr. l: i thank the lady for yidi, and this is a problem we're fang. insteaof saying we're gog to increaseudgets by 12% over the year before, whawed to be doing is sayingwe have to gok maybe a budget befe that and say, 's where weee to start cus. because one of the things that, e lk abouwhat's happening with smalbusisses across the cry or large busisses, when i go out acros district and when i have the opportuni, try to in as many ctories and businessess possibly can and when i'm out there lking to these individls, like t find out what's hang to them. ty like to k this one weave cut, we have cut way backo ke o doors opened. what have you ne in the federal gernmt to help ong these lines? ani think one of the intesting trips ias in, you might sa oneay when i at factory in my district, i nt in the plant and thled to scale back. unfortunate they had to cut ploys. ut at the same time wh they d ey were in there saying, , we had to reduce the numbe of houur peoe we working. maybe no 40-plus hour

that is the picture was taken on the white house steps when mr.eisenhower was -- that was very early in his presidency, and there is mark sullivan there with him. beside her, a new member of the house, sanford dale. beside him and jack brooks, there is a picture of me metcalf. bob monahan of west virginia. and some others. i can't recognize them from here. >> when we first started talking about all this, you said you hoped that the press, students and all, would read this? why does it matter? >> it matters a great deal. let me explain. the people in the media need to know the history of the united states senate if they're going to accurately report on it and interpret the day's events. to accurately interpret today's events in the light of history. for example, following the tower nomination vote, i heard a very fine news reporter make the statement on a tv show. she was on a panel and she said the senate will never be the same again. well, that reflected to me a lack of institutional memory. the senate is already the same again. i mean, those thi

mr. minister, last week, the white house released a national security strategy in which the obama administrationdentified india along with russia and china as emerging powers with which it wanted to deepen and strengthen its relationship. where does india placed the united states in this context with regard to its strategic and national interests? madam secretary, this is called a strategic dialogue. to what extent does it represent any change in strategy at a macro level, and if it does, could you just give us some details on what that change is? >> president obama's strategy statement is a very welcome development from india's point of view. we have always felt comforted with our association with the united states. our partnership has gone through various vicissitudes, but one thing stands out very clearly, that it is an enduring partnership, and we would like to continue that partnership. while doing so, we do appreciate the enormous responsibilities that partnership means not only to india but to the united states as well. india is ready to discharge its part of the responsibility, and we ar

in houston found out about it, i got an email, the minute i found out about it, i notified the white house. mr. dudley is a native mississippian, he's got a lot of experience in the oil production part of b.p. i had a frank and open conversation with tony hayward and with bob dudley as well, i expect that to continue. i think b.p.'s decision to create a response organization in the gull san francisco a very, very good decision. we need to bring them in, our unified command down there, they need to understand what we need from them. i continue to be very closely -- talk to them a couple of times a day. i think this is generally a positive step. >> do we have other questions from the room? >> i want to know, the fatalities, are they work related? >> they don't appear they are work related. that doesn't mean we don't feel badly about it. our hearts go out to their family but it doesn't appear they're work rhetted. >> other questions from the room? ok, operator, we'll take questions from the phone line. >> hello, admiral, i'm hoping you can walk me through again what happened with the cap, when wa

mr. hayward. you're not taking responsibility >> lehrer: but several republicans criticized the obama white house in equal or greater measure for its response to the spill. >> the lack of effort by this administration to contain the spill has doomed the economy and wildlife of the gulf coast from an oil spill which could have been contained. >> i've heard some assert that it was lax oversight of the previous administration that led to this accident. well, if that's the case, why did this not happen during the last decade ? >> lehrer: meantime, admiralled thad allen talked on progress of drilling relief wells to stop the oil flow. he stop at the capitol. >> british petroleum has what they call a depth to day ratio. what depth should they be at by a certain rate. they're slightly ahead of that. that's promising. but given the technical difficulties we run into in putting the containment cap on and given the great depths they're working at. i don't think we ought to be assuming this will happen any time sooner than the first two weeks of august. >> lehrer: that's nearly two months away. and with aug

mr. obama is serious about recovery, the gulf needs to harness the mississippi by building a hoover dam like structure around the mouth of the river or immediately issue a whiteouse executive order that they open the floodgatts and build diversion canals. the net affected these engineering boondoggles -- a fact of these engineering boondoggles -- effect of these engineering boondogglls has been to destroy the amazing louisiana wetlands. the program has deprived of wetlands of their annual said amend -- sediment. as the oil comes in the wetlands have no natural means of replenishmenttand are becomingga toxic dump." his solution is to wash out the wetlands that are soaked with oil. the morning, -- good morning, georgia. caller: thank you. as an energy pollcy we should have started this years agg when oil was becoming too expensive to afford. i heard from a historian years ago that our idea was that we were going to purchase foreign oil until it would become cheaper for us to go drill our own oil on our own shores and in our own nation. that point has a few years ago. but it is never too late. in the meantime the we are drilling our own oil, we must make it safe

mr. jones sr., from you that the president is having families at the white house later this week. mr. jones, you have our condolences. i know the discussions i've had with the president, he feels strongly about this. you should feel free to tell him exactly what you're thinking and any suggestions you have. he actually wants to hear what you have to say. but you also have my commitment to work to achieve some fairness under lawsuit for your family and all the families lost in this disaster. today's hearing will examine how the applicable laws have shaped big oil's behavior. we have to find out whether our legal system itself gives some kind of incentive to big oil companies to cut corners. the supreme court's decision in the exxon valdez case, the oil pollution act of 1990 and the limitation of liability act encourage corporate risk and misconduct. we're going to ask whether current maritime statutes, we're going to ask whether they're fair and whether the current legal structure tempts corporations to devalue human lives in their profitabilities. no one's life should become an asteri

white house offered. third, the memo claims multiple conversations between president clinton and mr. sestak during june and july of 2009. but congressman sestak insisted four times, just on tuesday, that there was only one brief conversation. so who's lying? fourth, the memo alleges that president obama knew nothing of all of these conversations. now, why would the white house enlist the help of such a high- profile surrogate like former president bill clinton -- on "multiple" occasions, without the knowledge of president obama -- for months-long negotiations over such a low- profile, unpaid position, and all with a congressman who couldn't even accept the job anyway? and now we know that this is only part of a larger pattern of backroom, chicago-style politics. andrew romanoff, who's challenging democrat incumbent michael bennet for the colorado senate democrat nomination, was offered a choice of one of three jobs by rahm emanuel's deputy jim messina if he would drop out of the primary. again, the white house first denied the allegations when they came from anonymous administration

mr. chairman. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that white boum we see, that's the absorb antpad they put in to the marsh to troy to protect it. i've been working in this area quite a bit. it's looking like i'm seeing less and less oil on the shores each day. jo you see some boom is all white. they probably just change it had out. they change it everyday and push a fresh one in. >> when the oil touches the grass, it is going to kill it. we have the wave action that erodes the marshes. we should be sitting on land right now. with how bad it erodes with the storms and stuff. it's really gooding to chew it up and move our coastline further in. >> it's showing wrer on land. can you clearly see we are probably 50 feet away from the shore line. this used to be land here. that's just from hurricanes and global erosion. >> i'd be shrimping. i'd be troling. i just want it back. that's all. stuff happens. i'm upset about it. they node to just clean it up. that's all. you have some people that are angry but what are going to do? get out here and help clean it. >> obviously there's a lot

mr. summers needs to get back to the white house. >> first of all, thank you for coming here to make this speech on the administration's policc which we have all advocated that there needs to be a mix of approaches in. . while i know you say there should not be a cash cow, and you think fcc in making its determination -- do you think fcc in making its determination should look at how strong policy may impact revenue? >> i will take one more question. i certainly believe, and while i would not want to speak for the fcc, expect that questions on competition policy will certainly enter into the design of auctions that take place. questioned into competition of how it functions, questions for competition policy as to how they affect what the market policies structure will be after the auction has taken place, questions of competition policy to affect concentration, questions of competition policy insofar as they affect the competitive benefits that come from the possible expansion of the activities into new sectors. it is a complex area and a complex set of balances and one that i know the fc

mr. obama at 730 that evening. hours earlier, the white house had and sells gotten wind of the article and a young press aide distributed copies to all of the top officials and mr. obama's national security circle. the press secretary walked a copy of it to the president and the private quarters. after scanning the first few paragraphs -- a sarcastic, profanity lace description of general mcchrystal's discuss that having to dine with a french minister to brief him about the war -- mr. obama had read enough, he ordered his aides to convene immediately to the oval office. the lead on this story is, by the time he woke up on wednesday morning, president obama had made up his mind. we know that decision was to replace general mcchrystal was general david petreaus. we would like to know what you think. hudgins bill, alabama. this is victor. you are on the air. victor, you are on the air. caller: thank you. host: go ahead, please. caller: good morning, susan. how were you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i am so glad that obama made the right dec

the white house, treasury department, and federal reserve lined up behind mr. shelby. but he was never able to bring his bill to the floor because of opposition from democrats. both in the house and senate democrats were aggressively trying to defeat our efforts under the guise of protecting affordable housing. mr. d.o.d. and mr. sarbanes blocked -- mr. dodd and mr. sarbanes blocked those reforms in the senate. luckily some members from the other side have noted this failure. in 2008 president clinton said i think the responsibility that the democrats have may rst more in resisting any efforts by republicans in the congress or by me when i was president to put some standards and tighten up a little on fannie mae and freddie mac. it is unfortunate that we lost that battle. our housing market, our financial sector, and the broader economy are dealing with the consequences of that very systemic shock that the fed had anticipated and warned us about. today despite what some may claim, we are not advocating for the elimb -- elimination of the g.s.e.'s tomorrow but we want t

types of investmenn made in the recovery act propoeted by -- promoted by the white house and supported by speaker pelosi here. mr. ryan: i totally agree with the gentleman. you have tax cuts for miss, you have $30 billion for community banks to loan out up to $300 billion, you have tax cuts for individuals, you have the extension of unemployment benefits and health care through cobba, you have infrastructure projects, billions of dollars, billions of dollars for pell grant, so people can go to school. we've take then banks out of the student loan business so people get a better deal when they take out a loan to go to school. as you said, we're taking $1 billion a day that's leaving this country to go to oil producing countries and driving that back into the united states, the kind of technology you have, the kind of nuclear ttchnology and production that mr. altmire has in western pennsylvania, fuel cells in mr. boccieri's district and fuel cells in my district, all of the above in mr. murphy'' district. >> the -- mr. tonko: the policies of the past gave us the disaster in the gulf, the policy of the present giv

mr. 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 from parliament in his first prime minister's questions a

mr. tony hayward several times, and to the white house, but i have had no rrsponse. i have a way to seal the pipe and recapped the oil, and use it to pay for the damages. this design is a very unique design and uses a submarine system to seal the pipes. if you are interested i will send you the design ensure you have to do it. host: thanks, john. guest: yes, would you send it to my office? i'm sure that if you sent it to the folks working at the command center in the gulf, they have it. they have a group of people looking at all the ideas. they have thousands coming in the. feel free to send it to my office today. call my office and they will give you the facts of this. i will get it and get it to the people in the inner circle, the scientists and others trying to figure out what to do. i met the the morning with one of the top scientists who has been working for 50 plus days continually. host: down to our last five minutes a couple of other issues i want to get in while we have time -- the house senate conference is under way. there is this headline -- derivatives s

mr. david lammy. >> can i invite the prime minister next season to take a trip with me from seven sisters tube station up to the spurs ground at white hart lane? on that journey he will see a proliferation of betting shops. will he give local authorities the power to deal with the saturation of betting shops, which are preying on working and poor people? >> that is another great invitation that i've received this afternoon. i say to the honorable gentleman that there is a balance to strike. on the one hand, we do want to see -- some of the deregulation that took place was necessary in order not to have over- regulation of these sectors, but, yes, i think that there is a case for allowing local authorities greater latitude to decide over some of these things. we made that point in opposition, particularly on the issue of lap-dancing clubs, where we think local authorities should be given more power and influence. and it seems to be an issue being taken up more broadly on the other side. >> order. >> each week the house of commons is in session, we air prime minister's questions. live on c-span2 and then again on sunday nights on c-sp

mr. barton said in his opening statement. not only is the compensation fund that was created yesterday at the white house in an agreement reached between the ndp and president obama and not a slush fund and not a shakedown, it was the government of the united states working to protect the most vulnerable citizens that we have in our country right now. the residents of the gulf. it is bp's spill. but it is america's ocean. it is american citizens who are being harmed. we cannot wait as so many citizens who were victims of the exxon valdez spill had to wait years. we can't lose sight of the fact that the 1984 disaster and the lawsuits that were related to its were only settled last week. we have to ensure that the citizens of the gulf are protected. a hearing which this subcommittee conducted in new orleans last monday, we heard from a fisherman who brought a absolutely impeccable records which proved that he and his family had made $27,000 last may, and after examining the documents, bp gave them $5,000. the families in the gulf will be crushed financially. unless this compensation fund is put into place. as each day and week at

white plains, new york, by 8:00. so we flew to haiti, and on the way down there, i told him, you know, mr. president, because you believed in me and gave me an opportunity, i'm still able to help a lot of people in my company and what we do, and that's true. i think leona and i contributed a whole $500 to this campaign. because we didn't have any money. and we get there about 9:00 at night, and we have dinner at the palace with the president and prime minister, and then we go to the hotel that you saw on the news that collapsed. we stayed there. we were there for three days, and the people of haiti, average income is about $2 a day if you have a job. unemployment is about 80%. because they got last year with four hurricanes, and they were in bad shape before this earthquake, but now they're in terrible shape. and so while we were there, we were meeting with the different women's groups, the parliament, different n.g.o.'s, volunteers that were there. and we went up to this little plant where they were taking in garbage and we were separating the garage, the plastic and stuff, pulling out th

mr. , %- president." >> judge sotomayor, are you ready to take the oath? >> i am. >> raiseeyour hand and repeat after me. >> justice white always used to say when the court gets a new member, it changes everything, it changes everybody. i think it causes them to take a fresh look at how things are decided. a new member will have a particular view about how issues should be addressed. it may be very different than what we have been following for some time. so it is an exciting part of life with the court. >> the institution doesn't change at all. the relationships change. you lose a friend, nd hopefully gain another one. i miss all my friends on the court. that's the process. they go, new people come on. it is different. >> it is different today than it was when i first got here. i have to admit, you grow very fond of the court that you spent a long time on. there was a period there with chief justice rehnquist and justice o'connor that when we had gone, we had a long run together, and you get comfortable with that. and then it changes. now it's changing again. >> it is a new court. when i have tried jjry cases, jushly 12

mr. summers needs to get back to the white house. >> first of all, thank you for coming here to make this speech on the administration's policc which we have all advocated that there needs to be a mix of approaches in. . while i know you say there should not be a cash c, and youhink fcc in making its determination -- do you think fcc in making its determination should look at how strong policy may impact revenue? >> i will take one more question. i certainly believe, and while i would not want to speak for the fcc, expect that questis on competition policy will certainly enter into the design of auctions that take place. questioned into competition of how it functions, questions for competition policy as to how they affect what the market policies structure will be after the auction has taken place, questions of comtition policy to affect concentration, questions of competition policy insofar as they affect the competitive benefits that come from the possible expansion of the activities into new sectors. it is a complex area and a complex set of balances and one that i know the fcc is det

mr. berman and the ranking member. this indeed is a critical achievement. not only because it send as clear and unbe a bim white house message that iran must end its pursuit of nuclear weapons, but because it provides the president with powerful tools to achieve this crucial objective. it will reinforce and enhance the administration's efforts regarding iran. it provides the administration with a renewed mandate and substantial leverage to employ against the regime of iran. toward the goal of stopping its development of weapons of mass + destruction and support of terrorism, what could be more important? it is also not only fundamentally in the national interest, but in the interest of the international community. a nuclearized iran that supports terrorism is simply unacceptable. it is encouraging that the u.s. is not acting alone. the international community has spoken. thanks to the administration's leadership, supported by this congress, and the support of key allies, the u.n. security council adopted expansive and severe sanctions on iran. in this legislation -- and this legislation builds off the security

mr. fowler? >> [inaudible] did the president signed off on the white house approach to jobs? and what is his reaction to this? >> i have not talked to him about it today. >> you do not know? i do not. >> there are two confirmed cases of the white house actively encouraging democratic candidates to got out of primary challenges. how can you pretend that this is not politics as usual? >> i think the leaders of the parties on the one hand are interested in supporting --that the interested parties did not run against each other, in these cases. >> [unintelligible] has the white house been transparent about these offers? and if not, why is it taking so long for all of this to come out? >> i think you have received credit of information over the past week and i do believe we have been -- received a good deal of information over the past week and i do believe we have been transparent. the president is interested in making sure that leaders of the same party do not run against each other in contested primaries. >> that makes it sound like he did know. >> does the leader of the party

mr. barton earlier make this comment about what happened at the white house yesterday. were you there for that conference with the white house? >> i was. >> do you think bp was shaken down the the -- shaken down by the obama administration to come up with this $20 billion compensation fund? >> we attended the white house at the invitation of the government to form a way forward and try to work together to deal with the lead to, the response to the leak, and to try to return the gulf coast to its past. that is what we are going to do. >> i realize that we speak the same language but it is not always the same language. when we speak english in the united states and english in great britain -- i want to make sure i am clear on this. in this country, the word shaken down mean somebody in a position of disadvantage is forced to do something against their will. is that how you viewed these negotiations at the white house yesterday? >> as i said, we came together to figure out a way of working together to resolve what is clearly a very serious situation. >> the reason you came

mr. speaker, investigative journalists pursued alleged scandals involving former house majority leader tom delay and former white house deputy chief of staff karl rove even though neither was ever convicted of any wrongdoing. but today few investigative reporters are focused on what could be a criminal attemp by the obama administration to manipulate the democratic senate primaries in pennsylvania and colorado. while we don't know all the facts about the administration's actions, we do know the following. it is against the law to offer a government job in exchange for dropping out of a political race. it is against the law for administration officia to interfere in the nomination process of a senate election. and it is against the law to obstru justice. rather than investigative reporters demanding answers from the admistration, we hear only the sound of crickets chiing on the white house lawn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? the gentlelady is recognized. ms. fudge: i am amazed and disheartened by congressional republic

and then jumping over to look at what can come from crisis, the white house has also prospected for political opportunity in the crisis. mrobama has tried to direct some of the public outrage toward reviving climate change legislation, a key part that is suddenly showing glimors of life in the senate. can you give us a sense of times when presidents have used a crisis to further an agenda? >> i think jimmy carter shows a cautionary example, because what carter tried to do, he tried to low ter speed limit to 5 miles an hour reduce our oil consumption. but people saw it as unrelated or very op tunistic. so he has to be careful linking his agenda to something that can come back and haunt him. >> struggling to gain control of the unknown. white house officials complain that they're caught between contradict rg narratives. that the president is not engaged enough in the details or that he is getting bogged down in them. he should spend more time in the gulf, or that his repeated trips down there are mere publicity students. >> the presidency is the class yick damned if you do, and damned if you don't. there will be people who

mr. barton said in his opening statement. not only is the compensation fund that was created yesterday at the white house in an agreement reached by president obama, not a slush fund and not a shakeup, rather it was the government of the united state working to prote the most vulnerable citizens that we have in our country right now. # we cannot wait as infortunately so many citizens whoere victims of the "exxon valdez" spill had to wait years in order to see those families compensated. we can't lose sight of the fact that the 1984 bopaul disaster and the lawsuits that were related to it were only settled last week. after examining the documents bp gave the family $5,000. the families in the gulf will be crushed financially unless this compensation fund is put int place. as each day and week and month goes by, the history of these families are going to be altered. and permanently altered unless they are given the financial capacity to take care of their loved ones, their children, their families. is that's why this compensation fund is so important, that's why it is not a shakedown. it is in fact president obama ensuring that a

mr. dorgan: madam president, i came today to the floor recognizing that we have white roses and a black drapeadorning the desk of the late senator robert c. byrd. i have told him personally in the past that when my service is done, i will have considered it a great privilege to have served in this body at the time when robert byrd served in this body. he was a lot of things. he was smart and tough and honest. because he legislated and because of his career here, this is a better country, i'm convinced, of that. all of us know that senator byrd grew old here and became someone with health problems in recent years. and yet, even last week, would come to this chamber and cast his vote. and in recent weeks i had several visits with him on the floor of the united states senate. all of us know as well that he loved his country. he, most of all, loved the united states senate. he wrote a two-volume book of history on this body, and i say to anybody listening, if they enjoy history and enjoy knowing anything about the wonderful history of this body, read what senator byrd has written. it is extraordi

mr. 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 an act of congress. >> we will now come back into session. we'll begin on the credibilit

mr. carter: perfect statement, forfeiting the game. we were leading and winning th% game. and until this administration came in to the white house and we just stepped up and decided ppto forfeit the game. and here's an article from "labor" magazine published on april 15, 2010. obama privatization of nasa and turning over of a government agency to finance its supporters . the campaign is now being waged by the obama administration to shut down the space program and turn it over to the knew-age speculators who want to build a new space program in a regulation-free zone in florida and the plan is by a former owner of pay pal, elton musk. he has a company called space exploation technologies %% corporation and the question is should the united states hire elton musk at a cost of a few billion dollars to run a taxi service for america's astronauts. musk and his backers, google's larry page, want the u.s. to give him $6 billion for the next five years to build this operation. now, that's a very interesting thing. pe take a program, we put $9 billion into it and costs $2.5 billion to shut it down and we come up with $6 billion mo

mr. barton said in his opening statement. not only is the compensation fund that was created yesterday at the white house in an agreement reached by president obama, not a slush fund and not a shakeup, rather it was the government of the united states working to protect the most vulnerable citizens that we have in our country right now. # we cannot wait as infortunat they had to wait years in order to see their families compensated. we cannot lose sight of the fact that the 1984 disaster and the lawsuits related to it were only settled last week. disaster and the lawsuits that were related to it were only settled last week. after examining the documents, bp only give them $5,000. the families in the gulf will be crushed. they will be crushed financially unless this compensation fund is put into place. as each day, week, month goes by the history of these families are going to be altered permanently unless there are given the financial capacity to take care of their loved ones, their children, their families. that is why this compensation fund is so important. that is why it is not a "slush fund." that is why it is not a "shaked