point of view for our ability as an industry to develop the gas resources that can be developed in north america. it is a tremendous resource. our country is blessed with natural gas. it is not just a transition fuel, it isn't tentacle part of what we will need for our society and for our economy. >> i may have additional questions for you on that issue. i would appreciate you working with our office so that we can be confident of best practices. in my neighborhood, it may not be a security thing. and i will yield back to the chair. >> the chair recognizes the chairman of the oversight and investigations subcommittee, mr. stupak. >> mr. waxman and i sent a letter yester day, and you coold respond a little bit to it. we found some areas where we think bp should have done things differently to get control of this well. you use the word "nightmare well" and one of the e-mails that we put in our report. i was struck that in your testimony, based on the industry's extensive experience, you state that what we do know is when you properly design wells in the range of risk anticipated, build and layers

within a couple of nears years, shell will be producing more in north america. biofuels are one of the best opportunities for reducing co-2 from transportation in at least the next 20 years. shell is the largest supplier of renewable blend fuels and we're investing in lowest co-2 i wouldo fuels made from sugar conttin ethanol through a $12 million joint venture proposed for brazil. up investment and technologies such as these are creating jobs. one out of every $5 pent some the u.s. supporting new energy jobs comes by investments made in our industry which already supports more than 9.2 million american jobs. we need to retain these jobs and create new ones to fuel the economy of the future. society, government and business must all do their part. absence of a robust energy policy has been a disadvantage of to this nation. shell supports legislating a solution to energy and climate issues as a means to create a secure u.s. energy future, to reduce dependence on imported oil and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. this requires setting a price for carbon. shying a

the east midlands development agency paid more than 300,000 pounds for offices in north america. the northwest development agency shared an office in newport beach. one northeast spent money on offices in china, japan, korea and australia. s.e.e.d.a., the south east england development agency -- the chairman of it spent 51,000 pounds on taxis and executive cars in one year alone. we need proper control of costs and spending. there has not been any for the last 13 years, and there sure is going to be under this government. >> margaret hodge. >> can i tell the prime minister about my constituent, nikki blunden, who is 37? she has a son aged four and is dying of cancer. her consultant wants to prescribe the new drug lapatinib, which could prolong her life. last week, n.i.h.c.e. deemed the treatment not to be cost- effective. will the prime minister stick to his promise not to hide behind n.i.h.c.e., and ensure that the primary care trust funds forthwith this nhs treatment? nikki blunden cannot wait. i ask the prime minister to act. >> i am grateful to the honorable lady for asking t

>> henry: 49 cities around the world-- in europe, in north america, south america, asia. over the world. >> kroft: another case you have probably not heard anything about involves an extortion plot against the state of virginia. last year, a hacker got into a medical database and stole millions of patient prescription records, and then followed it up with a ransom note. the note said, "i have your"-- i can't say that word on television; "stuff," we'll call it-- "in my possession right now." the hacker went on to write, "i've made an encrypted backup and deleted the original. for $10 million, i will gladly send along the password." the state of virginia says it was eventually able to restore the system. but the stolen information-- including names, social security numbers, and prescriptions-- can be used, sold or exploited, according to the f.b.i. did the virginia prescription- monitoring program pay the $10 million? >> henry: i can't discuss that. >> kroft: as serious as the electronic theft and extortion of hundreds of millions of dollars might seem, they pale in compari

netanyahu return from north america. we will see what comes out of that if indeed any thing.internal of the investigation and inquiry that we have called corporate i stressed that it is important to make the case for the investigation and for the lifting of the blockade. i think it would be wrong to characterize everyone in israel as insensitive to international opinion. this is an argument that has to be one within israel as well as in the rest of the world. that is why we take this approach and i am sure that is the right approach. >> good morning. it is a little rich for the israeli government to justify its behavior on the grounds that it is denying material to a terrorist organization when it has in the recent past shown itself willing to hproscribe force against other nations. >> you are adding to a strength of feeling and points that will be widely noted and taken, i hope taken out of in israel itself. >> this is an illegal act in international waters which involves many countries. surely the only way we can have an independent inquiry is if we can do this internationa

the appalachian mountains are the oldest in north america. that arethey are indeed so old, geologists rather poetically called them deep time. they may well be the olddst mountains in the entire world. i am here to tell you, mountaintop removal coal mining simply would not happen in any it is other mountain range in the united states. it is utterly inconceivable that the smokeys would be blasted, the rockies razed, the sierra nevadas flattened, that bombs the equivalenttto hiroshima would be detonated every week for three decades. the fact that the appalachians are the apple acton's makes this environmental genocide possible and permissible. by the end of our time together here today, i hope you will commit your journalistic integrity to stop mountaintop removal immediately. our appalachian mountains reseeded the whole of north america after the last ice age. i smile when i remember that. what an act of biological what generosity. been generosity. tte genetic stock of our forest, in part because they were an unglaciated refuge for many specie

the national wildlife refuge is the largest turn nesting colony in north america. before hurricane katrina, there were 50,000 nesting ternes. after katrina, their nests went down to about 7000. they were hit hard. the national wildlife refuge is about 7,000 acres. about half of that was destroyed during the hurricanes. we are reaching critical mass. >> you have seen the video of birds and fish kills. you have seen the video of the oil the the thing as roof where a lot of our estuaries are. talk a little bit about how this is affecting as going forward for our national audience and those listening. >> even though we are a small state, because of our position at the terminus of the mississippi flyway, it is part of an aerial highway. 100 species of birds migrate from central and south america will come through louisiana and stop on the coast to refuel. some fly thousands of miles. because of this position and because we have 40% of the coastal marshes,. not only seabirds but the sandpipers. other species, as well. even your raptors like eagles. bald eagles have neste

many say that this could be the last g-8 that we see in north america and may be folded in with the g-20. could you speak to that? >> yeah, i seriously doubt that. i would say last year at this time there was a lot of talk around the table. i think i speak clearly for all the leaders of the g-8 and the discussion we had last night. we had a discussion specifically about international institutions and international architecture. and i think there is a greater understanding. as we get into the g-20 process. there is a greater understanding of the necessity of also having a forum of like-minded advanced countries who can exchange views in a much less formal setting. and who can sometimes quickly bring resources to bear that others don't have on certain types of complex world problems. the g-20 has done a magnificent job so far in the year-and-a-half it's been around. and has been tackling the economic crisis. but there are quite frankly limits in what you can discuss and achieve in a group of 20. and there is also more participants. and it leads to much less formal discussion than like t

and only 14% from north america and 15% from other locations around the globe. in a sense we humans are tying together all of the libraries on our planet and making them accessible from everywhere instantly. the day of that common library conform to our health and contribute to our quality of life. tremendous opportunities for the future and tremendous vulnerabilities. our data must be protected. no one here or anyone else would consent to having all of their personal and family information stored in a place where any random stranger could rummage through it. no business or nonprofit enterprise and certainly no nation could long afford to leave its trade secrets, donor lists or diplomatic bargaining positions lying around exposed. and that is what in esassistance happening more and more as ways we use to keep our personal enterprise and national security data are compromised by carelessness, poor design and subterfuge. we now live in a world where a nation's security depends in no small part on the security, awarenesses and practices of our agencies, firms, supp

wh-- coming to brazil, and also finding its way to north america. we were developing our own capacities for the first time. we were trying to bring together these regional operations focused on i.p. crime. that was the focus of our activity in the border area. it was focused on this area. we provided the leadership. we brought the public together. we worked with our regional bureau buenos aires. we have participation from those agencies. for the very first time we did this, we had supporters of the program. we were trying to focus the attention of police and customs to seek to what extent we could coordinate simultaneous activity on either side of the border. we got much more sophisticated. we started to look at the ports used to import products mainly for originating from southeast asia into south america. we looked at the distribution networks. worked with the country's down there. we worked with other countries, including uruguay and chile. these were the deployments. we spent a lot of time on the ground working with our colleagues. our role was

many people say this could be the last g-8 that we see in north america. >> i seriously doubt that.ast year at this time there was a lot of talk around the table. i think this be clearly for all leaders of the g8. we had a discussion last night about international institutions and international architecture. i think there is a greater understanding. as we get into the g-20 process, there is a greater understanding of the necessity of also having a forum of like-minded advanced countries who can exchange of views in a much less formal setting, and you can sometimes quickly bring resources to bear that others do not have on certain types of complex world problems. the g-20 has done a magnificent job so far in the year and a half that it has been around. it has been tackling the economic crisis. but there are, quite frankly, limits to what you can discuss and achieve in a group of 20. of course, there are always other participants as well. it leads to much less formal discussion then you are able to have in a group like the g-8. there is also much less commonality of purpose then you h

decision on the c-17 is particularly troubling, because there will not be a single facility in north america anywhere assembling large aircraft designed to military specifications and many of the old c-5 a's are reaching the end of their service life. i question why it is in our nation's interest to close the only active production line for long-range air lifters when there is no replacement that is being developed, and my question is, what steps are being taken to protect the industrial base in heavy airlift, strategic airlift? >> first of all, senator, there have been three mobility studies done on the size of our strategic lift capability. won in 2005, one in 2008 sponsored and mandated by the congress in one and 2009. and, though studies have taken into account a stressed, strategic environment as well as increased and strength of the military the ability to carry larger equipment such as mraps and so on. there is the capability in the united states for life by the aircraft and u.s. manufacturers make them all the time. the c-17 will have a very long lifespan. those those that are being

and only 14% from north america. and 16% from other locations around the globe. in a sense, we humans are tying together all the libraries on our planet and making them accessible from everywhere instantly. the data in that common library of humanity increasingly forming the bay suss of our economic wealth and contribute to our quality of life. tremendous opportunities for the future. and tremendous vulnerabilities. our data must be protected. no one here or anywhere else would consent to having all their personal and family information stored in a place where any random stranger could rummage through it. no business or non-profit enterprise, and certainly no nation, could long afford to leave its trade secrets, donor list, or diplomatic bargaining positions, lying around exposed. and yet, that is what in essence is happening more and more, as the ways we use to protect our personal enterprise and national security data are compromised by carelessness, poor design, and subterfuge. we now live in a world where a nation's security depends in no small part on the se

only 14% are from north america. 16% are from other locations around the globe.n a sense, we are tying together all of the libraries on our planet and making them accessible from everywhere instantly. the data it and the common library of humanity increasingly formed the basis of our economic wealth and contributes to our quality of life. tremendous opportunities for the future, tremendous vulnerabilities. our data must be protected. nobody here or anywhere else would consent to having all of their personal and family information stored in a place where any random strainer. eastridge could it rummage through it. no enterprise or nation could afford to leave its trade secrets, donor lists, or diplomatic bordering positions line around exposed. and yet, that is what in essence is happening more and more as the ways we used to protect our personal enterprise and national security data are compromised by carelessness, portis signed, and subterfuge. we now live and a world where national security defense and security awareness and practices of our agencies, firms, sup

it possibly could turn to -- it to change into gas, go into the clouds and form acid rain over north americahat sounds pretty scary. and what happened in cheryl tan. it seems like they are having problems with their crops there. i was wandering if those were related. also, i was wandering why don't they use a super tanker like they did in the saudi oil spill to suck up some of this oil? host: maryland, on the democratic line. caller: i wanted to say. it just amaze me to say when people call in and how bad they hate the government. the government is people's sons, daughters and sisters and brothers that they are hating. those people are working hard. they should be we'rey of who they hate so much. host: republican line in tennessee. caller: good morning. i was all weekend on the phone trying to get information like how to volunteer to help out with the wild life. it seemed like i met a dead road everywhere. one place took my information. they said chances are name turn you around and send you home. host: i saw a similar article this morning saying that they have enough government workers and

they made a mercedes i think in 1980's that could drive -- around 50 cities in north america, poweredsolely by 600 gallons of hemp biodiesel. why aren't we ever talking about hemp as a alternative fuel. it's not marijuana, so i don't understand why we never go there. guest: i think biofuels, there are so many options for biofuels. i don't think it's a silver bullet, but i think it's a great transition fume because it's liquid. and that's the system that we're on now so we should look at all different options for biofuels. but we really also need to look at the consequences of biofuels. there were issues about corn ethanol with land. you don't want to remove food production to get fuel production. so i would say that there should be no biomass products, algae, other things off the table right now. host: deborah gordon, thanks for being here. appreciate the conversations. guest: you're welcome. host: next, we'll turn our attention to arthur brooks, president of the american his book "the battle: how the fight between enterprise will shape america's future." first this update. >> in the

involved in a very important discussions on a potential free- trade deal between our partners in north america. we will continue to look for ways to move forward. i would not say that doja is dead. at the same time, those of us who favor legalized trade are going to make sure that we work through all possible avenues to advance the objectives. me about afghanistan. on afghanistan, look, everybody recognizes tt the challenges there remain significant. we are under no illusion. just about every country around the table was involved in afghanistan. we realize the challenges remain pretty severe. that said, i think there is a general recognition around the table that we have to continue to put our shoulder to the wheel to ultimately ensure that what we leave behind is a stable afghanistan that will be a positive contribor to the world, to world security, and not a potential source of terrorism or a failed state. we all agree that this remains an overriding, essential objective fo all of the countries in the world. >> now we will go to cbc. >> i wanted to ask you as you go into the g-20, what conce

coleman is a managing partner for the energy consulting firm energy north america.served as counsel for the house committee on natural resources, the former senior attorney for royalty and offshore minerals, for mms, minerals management service under presidents george h.w. bush and bill clinton. mr. coleman, please go ahead, sir. >> thank you, chairman leahy, ranking member sessions and members of the committee. it's a pleasure to be here. i retired about a year ago after 27 years working for the federal government, the last six years in the house of representatives. during that time, most of my work has been in the area of offshore oil and gas. but here on the hill, it was also more energy and minerals generally. prior to working as senior attorney for royalty and offshore minerals, i also served for 3 1/2 years as the senior attorney for environmental protection for the department of interior. prior to that i was special assistant to the associate administrator of noaa for 3 1/2 years. and i served four years on active duty in the army, active duty as a judge advo

north america in los angeles, bacca served as policy adviser on environmental initiatives such as climate change, biodiversity, sustainable development, and water programs. she represented climate change program before congressional committees and served as a board member on the california climate action registry, national resources council of america, and university of colorado, natural resources school of law. she developed collaborative relationships with regulators and other stake holders on environmental, statutory and regulatory issues. . baca serbed -- serbed as the assistant secretary for land and minerals management at the department of interior where she was the principle policy adviser to the secretary of the interior for environmentally responsible stewardship of public lands and resources. she was responsible for the development of national policy and management direction of the bureau of land management, minerals management service and office of service mining reclamation and enforcement. among her achievements, she formulated consensus-based federal land and resource manage

that is the orange bart that lived in north america and europe. just 66 million lived across the rest of the planet, principally in latin america. this was before the population explosion of the 20th century. just 100 years ago, the demographic profile of the catholic church is essentially what it was at the time of the council of trent. 100 years later, you see what happened. by 2000, there were 1.1 billion catholics in the world. most live in the southern hemisphere. in 1900, just 25% of the global catholic population lived in the south. by 2000, it was almost 66%. if you move the clock forward to 2050, the projection is that by that point, it will be three- quarters. three of every four catholic men, women, and children alive will live in the global south. this is the most rapid, most profound, most sweeping transformation of catholic demography in 2000 years of church history. we are living through it right now. i would argue that in terms of what this augurs for the catholic teacher, the moment we are living through right now is comparable to

thatfascinating for the reason that they had been active the local chapter in the islamic circles of north america that is an organization in the u.s. since 1971 and was part of the longer activist tradition of islamic activists whcame to the u.s. in the early 60's and set up an champagne the illinois and for most of their history they were not concerned with preventing radicalization. we will say that. i think it is fair to say they were more concerned with pursuing atimuslim discrimination than worrying about their people becoming radicalized. after th happened that was the first time i can recall clearly they were going to take action they wanted to set up programs to intervene. they wanted to be involved and obviously preservation to the degree but that is a change from what was happening in the past ten or 15 years and so i think encouraging more of that is the answer that you have to be involved with muslim community period. that is more of an issue for the law enforcement and police. the models, i worked with some people in australia who had i believe were ahead of us in encountering radica

more to think that we can eedser go it alone or just go with the countries like us in europe or north america. so try to embrace the idea that if we have a global community -- if we have a global economy, we need a global community. we need some sort of leadership direction in this community. and the g-20 is what we have for now which is trying to fulfill that function. host: we want to let our viewers and listeners know that at the conclusion of this summit that the president will be having a press conference at 6:05 p.m. on sunday. that will also be with canadian prime minister. you will be able to see that live on c-span. they will also be talking live today at 1278 also on -- 12:00 p.m.. this will be at the close of the g-8 summit. and later this weekend at the close of the g-20 summit the president will have another news conference on sunday. the details of that you can find on our website, c-span.org. next up, michigan on our line for independence. -- democrats. go ahead, edie. caller: good morning. i have a question for the gentleman about the whole currency issue. obviously, the unite

limestone, i always say we provide the furnaces and raw materials that make manufacturing possible in north america. host: and you also serve here object maritime board. guest: yes, ma'am. it's 400 plus maritime and maritime related industries designed to promote u.s. flap shipping and particularly the domestic interest of u.s. flag shipping. host: let's turn to phone calls. mark on the republican line. you're up first. caller: i've been a life-long republican and i know the republicans are calling for a waiver of the jones act. but i'm trying to understand what sense that makes. because apparently there's all these american ships standing by willing to do the cleanup. i don't understand what advantage it is to bring in the foreign ships. guest: well, illingd say there's a huge advantage for those foreign vessel owners and perhaps for bp who could take advantage of the foreign labor, ships, capital. there's a huge cost to the american taxpayer. there's a huge cost to the spill response itself. and, quite frankly, i'm puzzled by the partenship nature of the debate. i will give the congressman from f

this was theenumber 1 fish port in north america, including alaska.ight here is viewed -- is used for chicken feed. this is one reason why american chicken is so cheap because fisherman can put their neck down and catch hundreds of millions of tons of this fish. they go to northwestern arkansas and southwestern missouri and they pass on that low-cost to our because they are getting this fish. this can affect all of us. if this population grasses -- crashes, like the herring population did after exxon valdez, the price of chicken could skyrocket. >> the guys are on their way out. what would you tell people around the country about why it is so important to be able to build these sand berms? to be able to treat with microorganisms this area and that we have a plant that will be resilience to hold these islands in place. >> everyone needs to realize this is not a state problem, this is a national problem. this is the largest disaster that you will see, probably in history, i will say, especially if the oil keeps pumping into late august or longer. we nee

leadership post in 2002 where he became the face of one of the largest and most diverse unions in north america. he has shown a remarkable drive and work ethic that made him a role model as he fought for health care and so many issues that improved the quality of life for so many. ron was not a selfish person. he felt that if i can help somebody then my living is not in vain. in addition to his work in the auto industry, he has had a positive effect on federal and state public policy. mr. gettelfinger is a hard working individual who has been an outspoken advocate for so many good causes. under his leadership, the u.a.w. also lobbied for new technologies and environmental standards, supporting smart policies for solid jobs. and, of course, clean air. these are issues that have been and continue to be very important to me and the people of the 10th congressional district. ron was once quoted as saying, "we don't accept the notion that america is a country where a privileged few live while the rest of us struggle to meet our daily expenses." we're going to fight for something better, and i want y

director of british petroleum shipping limited in london, vice president for british petroleum north america and l.a. -- in l.a. and also one other position with b.p. before she came back. i canned the acting inspector general, now that we have found out that she's back with the interior department, now we know you surely have asked her why that language was pulled out. what did she say? oh, i didn't know she was part of any of that what struck me, and call my cynical, but she came back to -- we found the press release from interior june of 2009, how ironic. that's 10 years after the 1998-1999 leases, during the clinton administration, had that language pulled out. 10 years later, she comes out from british petroleum and goes to work for the interior department for minerals management. really interesting. 10 years that always rings a bell. oh, yeah, unless it's murder, the statute of limitations is normally a maximum of 10 years. so that's probably good news. if there was anything that went wrong back there that was done that shouldn't have been done, 10 years, just answer the question. you

they made a mercedes i think in 1980's that could drive -- around 50 cities in north america, powered solely by 600 gallons of hemp biodiesel. why aren't we ever talking about hemp as a alternative fuel. it's not marijuana, so i don't understand why we never go there. guest: i think biofuels, there are so many options for biofuels. i don't think it's a silver bullet, but i think it's a great transition fume because it's liquid. and that's the system that we're on now so we should look at all different otions for biofuels. but we really also need to look at the consequences of biofuels. there were issues about corn ethanol with land. you don't want to remove food production to get fuel production. so i would say that host: thank you for being here. we appreciate the conversation. >> we will go to louisiana to learn how the state is dealing with the oil spill. c-span spoke with a doctor about health-related concerns from the oil spill. >> i asked a reporter about the picture he shot 20 miles away. that may be the reason we're not seeing as many questions as we would >> we are here as pa

right before katrina between venice and empire, that was the number one fish port in north america including alaska. the reason i talked about this, this fish is used for chicken mail and feeds catfish. this is one of the reasons why american chicken is so cheap. literally, the fisherman can put their nest down and catch millions of tons of these fish. they go straight up to northwestern arkansas and southwestern missouri which is the epicenter of the poultry industry and that is low costo us.. this can affect all of us as far as eating chicken. at this population crashes like the herring after the exxon valdez, chicken will skyrocket. >> on the way out, what would you say to the people around the country that are watching about why it is so important to build the science is there to treat the soil. you can treated with microbes so it will be safe. more importantly, resilient that can hold those islands in place and rebuild louisiana's wetlands. >> everybody needs to realize this is not a state problem. this is a national problem. this is by far the largest disaster that you are going to see

our next witness is jack coleman, a consulting partner for energy north america. he served as counsel for the house committee on natural resources, former senior attorney general for royalty and offshore minerals, for m.m.s., the minerals management service under presidents george h.w. bush and president clinton. mr. coleman, go ahead, sir. >> thank you, chairman leahy, ranking member sessions and members of the committee. it's a pleasure to be here. i retired about a year ago after 27 years as -- working for the federal government, the last six years in the house of representatives. during that time, most of my work has been in the area of offshore oil and gas. here on the hill, it was also energy and minerals generally. prior to working as senior attorney general for royalty and offshore minerals, i also served for 3 1/2 years as senior attorney for environmental protection for the department of interior. prior to that, i was special assistant to the associate administrator of noaa for 3 1/2 years. i served four years on active duty in the army as a judge advoca

we saw evidence of this phenomenon in the north america contract last year where, for example in order to save money the company hired people who did not meet language proficiency requirements. any operations that are critical to the success of the u.s. government's mission in the combat zone must be controlled by government personnel. in addition, in those areas that have not been brought under the rule of law it is an inherently governmental function to provide security. contrary to mr. soloway's testimony even the national association of security companies recently wrote to omb that perhaps in sourcing or much great are contractor scrutiny may be needed. in the short term we need to deal with the current reality. they are there. ensure contractors are being overseen and held accountable. in terms of the oversight infrastructure set up to handle these contractors it is either based on self-reporting or too undersourced to provide data. in understaffing is a problem. for instance the adoc in iraq has been downgraded to a branch of three people. one of the biggest weaknesses is the ina

. -- 200 billion more spam -- were spam. 47% are in asia. 23% in europe, and only 14% are from north america, 16% from other locations around the globe. in a sense, we humans are tying together all of the libraries on our planet and making them accessible from everywhere instantly. that data in a common library of humanitariay contribute to our , tremendous opportunities for our future and tremendous vulnerabilities. our data must be protected. no one here or anywhere else would consent to having all of their personal and family information's stored in a place where any random stranger could iii them -- and family information stored in a place where any random stranger could access them. this is happening more and more through subterfuge and poor design. this relies on our agencies, forms, suppliers, friends, neighbors, and, well, all of us -- agencies, firms. cyberspace has become a critical in a blur -- enabler. our digital infrastructure, therefore, is a strategic national asset, and protecting it, while sit according privacy and civil liberties, is a national security priority -- is a st

limestone, i always say we provide the furnaces and raw materials that make manufacturing possible in north americalso serve here object maritime board. yes, ma'am. it's 400 plus maritime and maritime related industries designed to promote u.s. flap shipping and particularly the domestic interest of u.s. flag shipping. n to phone calls. mark on the republican line. you're up first. caller: i've been a life-long republican and i know the a ublicans are calling for waiver of the jones act. trying to undstand what sense that makes. because apparently there's all these american ships standing by willing to do the cleanup. i don't understand what in the e it is to bring ships. guest: well, illingd say there's a huge advantage for those reign vessel owners and perhaps for bp who could take f the foreign labor, ships, capital. there's a huge costo the americanaxpayer. there's a huge cost to the spill response itself. and, quite frankly, i'm puzzled by the partenship nature of the debate. froml give the congressman florida credit. up his blackberry and his blackberry e-mail from a u.s.-based company who ha

north korea still lingers on. we all know that. korea is a strong ally, and america remains committed to korea's safety, survival and success. by commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of the korean war, the united states congress and the country rededicated our promise to thank those who wore the uniform during that time. an estimated five million valiant men and women served in the korean war. as a korean war veteran who flew 62 combat missions, it brings me great pleasure to remind americans of the sacrifice and service of those who fought in korea. to thess steamed korean war -- to the esteemed korean war veterans, you are not forgotten. we honor you, we appreciate you, god bless you and i salute each and every one of you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from american samoa is recognized. mr. faleomavaega: madam speaker, how much time do i have left on this side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from american samoa has eight minutes, and the gentleman from arkansas has 14 minut

america is overwhelmed with adults. host: we will leave it there and go to wayne in north carolina. good morning.aller: good morning, greta. the caller from maryland has got it all wrong. what president obama is doing is trying to further his agenda. bp, yes, they should be responsible, but government should not seize their assets. corporate control of the country, it could bankrupt the country. president obama is using this incident like he uses every incident, to further his agenda, whiih is more government control, more taxes. that is the government that he seems -- that is the direction he seems to be going. he did not give specific. i do not think that he can get specific. he is a politician, not a leader. this man does not have the answers. host: on capitol hill yesterday many oil executives from different companies were testifying before the committee. they came under fire from democratic members that said that their plans for addressing an oil spill were carbon copies of that of bp. oil executives were doing their best to distance themselves from bp. the ceo of bp is in town, he will be u

it seems as though america is being challenged by these emerging powers. you have the situation in north korea where we are completely reliance on the chinese. and the situation with iran, some of these shifting alliances and up having influence in afghanistan. but the thing that struck me this morning is this situation with israel. i lived there in the 1990's and i'm interested in absolutely how polarized people are that, you know, that israel doesn't bargain in good faith, return to the 1967 borders. everyone takes sort of an line. ve tist i think a lot of is right now, i think it will be interesting to see where the israeli politics shakeout, whether people support netanyahu. but i think you could make an but i think you could make an argument that, you know, the bush administration pushed for this idea of democracy in iraq, pushed it for a solution, like having a democracy would bring about markets and positive change and so forth, and sort of in the american style jeffersonian democrats. it just does not shake out that way. host: thanks for the call. a former ambassador wendy will j

i cannot believe there's a country in europe, in asia, in africa, in south america or on the north american continent that would not say that if you breach this blockade that we have in place for our own security, we will confront you and stop you. but that blockade exists for a reason. to keep weapons out of the hands of hamas, a terrorist organization dicated to the destruction of israel and to random attacks on israeli civilians. mr. wiener has been pointing out the map. probably most of us on this floor have be to the town. some of us have been in the gym that is an armed camp where is the only safe place for the children to play. some have been with me. the attack on israeli civilians has continued without abatement. i don't mean that it hasn't lessened from time to time, but never has there been a time when israelis felt that the violence was concluded, because hamas has made it clear that it will not conclude. hamas dedicated to the destruction of the israel and the random attacks on israeli civilians. the blockade was launched with the cooperation of israel's neighbor egypt when ham

america. it was a done deal. they can selled it. the administration, loretta king in the justice department, can selled also the will of the people in kingston, north carolina, that's -- in kinston, north carolina. they dropped the g they didn't want to be another kingston, north carolina. they voted by referendum the will of the people, the numbers, it's generally memorized but maybe not specifically accurate, 70% to 30% they voted to end the% partisan local lechee in kinston, next, and no longer label the candidate with an r or d by their name. because kinston is a covered district controlled by the voting rights act if they're going to move a voting booth 10 feet down the hallway, they have to get the permission of the justice department under federal law. under the justice department, loretta king is the one who speaks for the justice depprtment, for eric holder she issued a letter that can selled the election results for kinston, north carolina, and declared that they would have partisan elections in the city council in kinston, north carolina, because african-americans wouldn't know who to vote for if they didn't have a d beside their name. m

america. everyone is afraid to talk to north korea. i think it is unevenly handed the way we have to decide when and where we will choose to spread freedom in the world. host: "the financial times" this morning. karzai still key to success of the mission. that is "the financial times." on our republican line from new york is gary. go ahead. it's a time to get out of afghanistan? -- is it time to get out of afghanistan? caller: i would like to leave this decision to the troops. it seems like they get avoided every time -- either political or public. and the troops -- it seems like we should have somebody polling for our troops because who has a better vision of what is going on there than them? host: in fact, if you are active duty personnel, to 02-628-0184 is the number to call. the next call comes from jack in baltimore on our independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. we can't get out of afghanistan. i think we are only fighting half of the enemy. i believe the representatives of afghanistan are really the problem. they seem to

america's cable companies. up next, campaign 2010 coverage continues with the debates between candidates running for the senate democratic nomination in north carolina and another debate in the south carolina governor's race between to be zero republicans running in next tuesday's car run of -- between two republicans running in next tuesday's runoff. that the conference on women and leadership. next, a debate between candidates running for the democratic nomination in north carolina. elaine marshall and cal cunningham took place at a debate in raleigh. the candidates are running in a primary runoff election this, coming tuesday. this is about an hour. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this question will give us insight into your priorities. if you win the fall general election, what will be your first priority? the first bill he will co- sponsor when the session begins in anuary? >> that is a great question. let me begin by thanking the league of women voters for the opportunity to stand before you and answer questions. it is an honor to run for this job. if

in the 1860s, as war raged between north and south, abraham lincoln worked to realize another vision that would unify america from east to west. how did lincoln and congress, immersed in civil war, manage to build a railroad spanning the american continent? performance-based government bonds, extensive grants of government-owned land, and competition among the major rail companies. traveling across the united states used to require a journey of several months. after the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, it could be done in a single week. public action, private investment. same principle. -- this same principle motivated one of the great educational achievements in our history -- the establishment of land grant colleges and universities. again, public-private the -- public property. the morrill act of 1862 transferred a total of 11.5 million acres of federal land to the states to establish educational institutions. together with an expansion of this effort in 1890, these land grants broadened access to higher education just as the demands of a rapidly industrializing society called for more hig

north korea's nuclear threat and last month it supported further u.n. sanctions against iran's disputed nuclear program. the two leaders still have some disputes to resolve over america's missile defense plans and russia's support of two breakaway provinces in georgia. the u.s. senate today approved new sanctions aimed at iran. they target foreign companies that do business with the revolutionary guard or contribute to iran's energy industry. the house also moved to approve the bill. in pakistan, a court convicted five young american muslims on terror charges. the men were all from the washington, d.c. area. they've been in custody since last december. today, they were sentenced to ten years in jail for plotting attacks inside pakistan. defense lawyers vowed to appeal. australia now has a new prime minister-- julia gillard, the first woman to hold the position. she was sworn into office today, after ousting prime minister kevin rudd. the vote by the ruling labor party was uncontested. >> i asked my colleagues to make a leadership change, a change because i believed that a good government was losing its way. and because i believe fundamentally that the basic education a

north carolina. what this bill is brought to the forefront is the critical need for of for thinking energy policy for this country. the second thing is to examine the coziness between corporate america and government. senator burr did nothing to make the mms more efficient and promoted deep sea or oil drilling. mr. burr has done their bidding and accepted contributions from them. he is the senator from big oil. i would like to be the senator from north carolina. >> cal cunningham, your take on the opposition you have expressed to offshore drilling. >> offshore drilling and raises a question of what our energy future will look like. how do we balance our priorities? how we make sure we protect north carolina's unique nature? and we have a wonderful travel and tourism. our beaches are a splendid destination. that is important to the economy. as we think about protecting our environment, there is not enough oil or natural gas off the coast to be a meaningful part of an energy solution for america. it is why in this campaign i have talked about ending tax credits and tax favored status for big oil companies. it is why in this campaign we talked about over $400,000 senator burr has taken

in the 1860s, as war raged between north and south, abraham lincoln worked to realize another vision that would unify america from east to west. how did lincoln and congress, immersed in civil war, manage to build a railroad spanning the american continent? performance-based government bonds, extensive grants of government-owned land, and competition among the major rail companies. traveling across the united states used to require a journey of several months. after the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, it could be done in a single week. public action, private investment. same principle. -- this same principle motivated one of the great educational achievements in our history -- the establishment of land grant colleges and universities. again, public-private the -- public property. the morrill act of 1862 transferred a total of 11.5 million acres of federal land to the states to establish educational institutions. together with an expanon of this effort in 1890, these land grants broadened access to higher education just as the demands of a rapidly industrializing society called for more highl

america have nothing to do with national identity. hon. members will remember that, in 1998, the also rig in the north sea exploded with 167 fatalities. following that disaster, our own regulatory regime was significantly tightened and we split the functions of licensing and health and safety in the u.k. the u.s. has announced that, in the future, these functions will be held by a separate organization. we hope that we have some experience in operating such a system. my department and the health and safety executive have been discussing this with the u.s. counterparts. it is my responsibility to make sure that the oil industry remains with the highest possible standards. i have thursday his review undertaking. the industry's record in the northern sea is a dish -- is strong. but with the beginning oo exploration in deeper waters, we must be vigilant. initial steps are already on the way, including doubling annual inspections from decks to drilling rigs. we are building on the work already begun by the newly formed oil spillage and response advisory group. i will also ensure that lessons relevant regulators and operating companies. mr.

north carolina, congresswoman foxx. ms. foxx: please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 10 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: good morning, madam speaker. i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kucinich: what if the b.p. gusher in thh gulf is unstoppable? this is a challenging question which is making its way through various blogs. what if millions of barrels of oil continue to flow uncontrolled from the hole in the seabed? we should be preparing now for a worst-case scenario. we should be mobilizing our nation now, developing new comprehensive plans for sustainable alternative energy, for environmental protection, for public health, for preservation of species, for security, for rebuilding our economy and repairing commerce. we shoulding challenging our fellow citizen

america have nothing to do with national identity. hon. members willemember that, in 1998, the also rig in the north sea exploded with 167 fatalities. following that disaster, our own regulatory regime was significantly tightened and we split the fctions of licensing and health and safety in the u.k. the u.s. has announced that, in the fute, tseunctions will be held by a separate organization. we hope that we have some experience in operating such a system. my department and the health and safety executive he been discussing thisith the u.s. counterparts its my responsibility to make sure that the oil industry remains with the highest possible standards. i have thursday his review undertaking. the industry's record in the northern sea is a dish -- is strong. but with the beginning oo exploration in deeper waters, we must be vigilant. initial steps are already on the wa inclung doubling annual inspections from decks to drilling rigs. we are building on the work already begun by the newly formed oil spillage d response adsory group. i will also ensure thatessons relevant regators and erating companies. mr. speaker, iow turn to the pos