naples is a very rich town, 100,000 people. the only reason i go down there is because of the weather. it has not been too good. a 500,000 people unemployed in these three counties. it makes me sick. here we are sending trillions of dollars to these people all over the world. and where i take a vacation, there are 500,000 people that cannot find work and cannot find a home. no. 2, when mr. obama came out, -- i did not vote for him. i am a republican. he made me very afraid. when he comes across that teleprompter and he says, my voice, my men, -- my voice, my men, -- my boys, my men. i would not salute him. he has no respect for the government. i have lost four under -- 4000 of my men in iraq and afghanistan. it makes me sick. host: we will leave it there, robert. alex, one of the big players in all of this is representative bart stupak in michigan. on the abortion, opponent. thyear announced his decision to change his position on the bill. explain how this works. guest: there is a law that is annually renewed in congress that i

. >> larry: naples, florida, hello. >> caller: hi, i have a question.all, what happened to the transparency that is supposed to be in washington that he was supposed to be so transparent about what's happening and the back room deals that are going on? and what about the one poll a year, he's not even concentrating on any job, how about those people, jesse, about those people that are suffering that are out of work and there's no stimulus jobs for anybody out there. they're just concentrating on passing their own agenda. i hope can you answer that, jesse. >> well -- you know, when you look at the situation, they're passing their own agenda like george bush didn't? they all have agendas. they all work to pass their agendas. that's nothing new in the world of politics. they all have agendas. >> larry: michelle, the stimulus plan seems to be working. it kicked into jobs. the banks paid back most of what they were loaned. don't you think that's kind of working? >> no, not at all. the stimulus has been a miserable failure. the president said if we pass the t

he joins us from naples, florida. let me start with health care and the republican strategy of what is going on in the senate. should republicans campaign in the fall on full-fledged repeal of health care? is that a good message strategy for the republicans? >> you know, i think it ought to be broader than that. it ought to be repeal and replace and reform because this is not just about getting rid of bad things. this is about putting policy going in the right direction. and we're going to see, i suspect, this start to fight out in the fix-it reconciliation bill. you mentioned earlier in your program, there are a couple very substantive amendments being offered today. some are tone setting. chuck grassley saying that the members of congress and administration have to be covered under the new subsidy program, not allowed to be outside of it. but some are very substantive, like, let's get rid of the medical exchanges. and mccain saying, let's get all of these sweetheart deals out of here witness and for all. >> are you

thank especially thank my colleague from florida, representative connie mack, who does represent the naples, sanibel island area, and there is simply no more beautiful place to vacation than maybe up towards my district in anna maria identify lan. congressman mack and i -- island. congressman mack and i have been working on this since 2007. we introduced the save our shores act to bring more attention to the research in red tide. that's why i'm so grat tide that the science committee, mr. baird, mr. barton have really stepped up and promoted this. it's a bipartisan effort. it's important because it comes on the heels of the tourism bill, the travel promotion act that was signed into law by president obama just last week. it's another good bolstering of the tourism economy and all those important jobs to the sunshine state and all across the country. this legislation will ensure that we learn more about harmful algae blooms so that we can protect our precious coastlines and the tourism related jobs that come with having healthy beaches. according to the national centers for coastal ocean sci

naples, fla., our independent line. caller: i am actually in the trenches, doing work and lost medication. -- mitigation. april 30 the contract has to be written and it has to be closed by june 30. i have seen mostly in the trenches, 38%. the treasury wrote 31%-38% for the debt to income ratio. if your mortgage payment is under 38%, obviously other debt as a problem, it is not the mortgage. they would not modify you in that case. the second tier is based upon what you owe. if you 0 $200,000. if they run that interest rate down to 2.5%. , at $200,000, a 30-year fixed, if that is above 38%, you cannot afford a house. essentially, that is what they are doing. you first have a mortgage payment that is a problem and did you get past that, you qualify if you are over 38%, you have to get under that because they will not reduce principal. if they do, it is for serious hardships, mental part of, something major. what they would do is to use forbearance on principle, not a principal reduction. when you transfer ownership, it cou

. >> host: another call from naples, florida. david on our democrats line.good morning. >> caller: good morning. i had a request if you would please discuss the total carbon footprint in producing nuclear power, i.e. from the exploration , mining, transportation, processing and of course storage. >> guest: there is no question but there is a carbon footprint. there is a carbon footprint to everything. there is a carbon footprint to hydropower in the construction and materials there. there's a carbon footprint to solar power and the production of the solar panels and the work it takes to keep them off so there are full carbon footprints. i can't give you a comparative for one of the rewable to another, to the green powers of carbon footprints a nuclear, when you are talking about efficiency, when it is up and running it is more efficient than other renewable power switch counts and it is the one form of base power if you are looking at somebody that is going to meet energy demands 24/7 the way our society works, nuclear is the only one of those sources that d

my grandfather, came from naples italy as a carpenter and 1896. on the providence rhode island to build on the homes and went iron ore was discovered in northern minnesota, district that i now represent, he and many others were leeward west to build homes in the higher or mining country. so we come from a family of carpenters. it's very touching for me. one is a picture of alice ando as he said in the five years old hammer in hand pounding nails in the home that i still live in. mr. luna. >> thank you, chairman oberstar, ranging member micah. it's an honor to join you today. my name is florentino esparza luna and i'm a resident of the district of maryland. i am a member of the united brotherhood of carpenters and joined the vocal 1145 with the council of carpenters. i hear the district of columbia, maryland, virginia and west virginia. local 1145, but we work through the machine. my mission today is simply on a straight forward. the stimulus passed by this congress and signed by president obama, providing me with a job that i have now. i'm a livin

congressman connie mack, who represents some of the most beautiful beaches in the country down in naples and santa bell island. three years or two years ago we were able to authorize $90 million for a three-year period for science research on red tide. but today's legislation builds on that bipartisan effort and representative baird's bill, which i co-sponsored, creates the new initiative on red tide and will dedicate some money, over five years to finding a solution that will give our federal and state agencies a real leg up. like i said, red tide is a significant threat to jobs, our tourism economy, our health and our environment. so, i'm pleased to urge that we all join together to protect our coastal resources and the tourism-related -- tourism-related jobs by learning more about the harmful algal blooms and adopt h.r. 3650 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. >> unless the gentleman from washington needs my time, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the