our final guest for the morning is congressman earl pomeroy of north dakota. we will be right back with him. >> this week, as expected, the senate judiciary committee voted to recommend the confirmation sonia sotomayor as supreme court justice. what the debate and see the vote this saturday on c-span. next week, for confirmation moves to the senate floor. live coverage of the full senate debate on c-span2. coming in october on c-span, tour the home of america's highest court, the supreme court. >> on c-span radio, hear 1968 lbj phone calls with his secretary of state, dean rusk, republican presidential nominee richard nixon, an evangelist billy graham. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> george wythe signed the declaration of independence and was also murdered. this sunday on "q&a," bruce chadwick. host: congressman earl pomeroy is a member of the blue dog a coalition, and we are continuing our discussion on health care. we have been showing people the three major provisions of the deal or compromise that the blue dogs on the energy and commerce

pomeroy votes no, mr. thompson. votes no. mr. larson. mr. lumme in our. votes no. mr. kind. mr. kind votes no. mr. pass crowe. no. ms. berkeley. >> yes. >> votes yes. mr. crowley. votes no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen votes no. mr. meek. mr. meek votes no. ms. schwartz. votes no. mr. davis of alabama. votes no. mr. davis of illinois. mr. davis of oil now votes no. mr. ethridge. mr. ethridge votes no. ms. sanchez. votes no. mr. higgins. mr. higgins votes no. mr. yarmouth, voetsdz no. mr. camp. mr. camp votes yes. mr. larson votes no. mr. herger. votes aye. mr. johnson. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. brady. mr. brady votes aye. mr. ryan, mr. ryan votes aye. mr. cantor, mr. cantor votes aye. mr. linder. mr. linder votes aye. mr. nunez, votes aye. mr. tea barry votes aye. ms. brown wait, votes aye. mr. davis of kentucky. mr. davis of kentucky votes aye. mr. reichert, votes aye. mr. buse taney. votes aye. mr. heller, votes aye. mr. ross cam, votes aye. mr. mcdermott, votes no. mr. tanner. mr. tanner votes no. mr. chairman chairman votes no. 16 yeas. 25 nays. thank you mr. chairman the

. >> earl pomeroy, good to talk to you. we hope to get back to you after the august recess and see where your constituents are on all this. we appreciate you being with us. thanks. >> thank you, carol. >>> later today, the president will hold a sort of -- well, it's a beer summit. sergeant crowley will be there, professor gates will be there. the president hopes it's a teachable moment. the most effective tool the president will be using is beer. we'll explain. it's 18 minutes past the hour. i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. . >>> christine rom

pomeroy: thank you. mr. flake has raised a question in terms of what airport improvement money raised is used for terminals. most of it isn't. some of it is. i have a chart here that shows about 12%, nearly 13% is used for terminals. and i would wager that every member of the chamber has some evidence of airport improvement grant money being used for terminals. now, why would we use it for terminals when principally its direction is elsewhere? because each of -- each of us has encountered in our districts situations where the terminals frankly get beyond repair and must be attended to on a priority basis for the needs of the general public. the conditions of this airport are truly deeply problematic. they involve issues of safety. under the present layout of the airport terminal relative to the tower, a line of sight is actually blocked by virtue of how they are forced to use the terminal. believe it or not, the grand forks international airport is the 22nd busiest airport in the country. you think, how can

and earl pomeroy, a groua blue g democrat.ington journal" is live every day at 7:00 on c- span. we have bruce chadwith on the -- chadwick on the killing that shocked a nation. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> i do not know. >> they get their funding through the taxes. >> public funded -- public funding? >> america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> the center for disease control announced on wednesday that certain groups of people will have priority in receiving the vaccine for h1n1. they expect to have 120 million doses ready by october. this briefing is about 40 minutes long. >> hello. first our apologies for starting late. we will have more on the acdi meeting. dr.? >> good afternoon. today the cdc convened in an urgent meeting that was scheduled outside of the usual meeting scheduled. there were asked to look at the targets and the second was about crime lord is that action -- the second was about prioritization. the committee include 16 membe

pomeroy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pomeroy: i follow a member of the republican party who just said that the democrats have a credibility problem on budget. i would remind the gentleman that it was, indeed, under republican control of this chamber and the senate chamber and the executive branch that pay-as-you-go discipline on budget deficits was ended. why did they end? because they had no intention of living within their means. don't take my word for it. look at the record. national debt tripled, percentage of the national debt we had to borrow from other countries, tripled. national debt doubled, percentage financed by other countries, tripled. that's the record of the minority party. in fact, i believe it's that record that got them from the majority to the minority. you might think that given the economic crisis that their very fiscal policies helped bring about, we would have the opportunity to work together in a bipartisan fashion to put in place this foundation of fiscal responsibility, pay as you go. it has ha

plus congressman earl pomeroy. he is part of the blue dog coalition, a car but fiscally conservative democrats. "washington journal," live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> george winn it signed a declaration of independence. he was also murdered. bruce l. chadwick on "i am murdered," and at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific hear on c- span. >> after his recent trip to afghanistan and pakistan, richard holbrooke answered reporters' questions about the political situation there. topics include efforts to train afghan security forces, afghanistan's upcoming elections, and pakistan's military offensive against the pack -- the taliban. from the state department, this is 40 minutes. >> we have special envoy in richard holbrooke back from his visit and it was time to give you an update on the situation in both countries as we deal with the current situation in pakistan and also had toward the elections in afghanistan. richard, thank you for coming. >> thank you. i would be happy to take your questions. ju

plus, congressman orol pomeroy, part of the blue dogs, a group of fiscally conservative democrats. >>th assigned the declaration of independence. he was also murdered. q&a sunday, author bruce chetworth on "i am murdered" the killing that shocked a nation. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> a senate hearing today that the makeup of corporate boards. the witnesses included an official from the securities and exchange commission, as well as advocates from corporate and shareholder interests. this is about two hours. >> let me call the hearing to order and welcome our witnesses, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we expect that the ranking member will arrive momentarily. today's hearing will focus on corporate board rooms and try to help us better understand the misaligned incentives that wall street executives would take harmful risks with the life savings and retirement income of so many people. this subcommittee has held several hearings in recent months to focus on? in our financial regulatory system, including the market for over-the-counter derivatives, hedge funds, andç p

pomeroy is recognized. >> let me just say i support my companion fossum amendment. >> you made that clearnk you. [laughter] >> mr. pomerleau. >> mr. kind covered what i wanted to discuss essentially. i am going to oppose this amendment even though i have very serious problems with the public plan as contained in the bill. the reason i do is because it does not pay fairly frequent pays on medicare rates and their portions of the country that are under paid by medicare presently so you don't move forward in constructive health care reform by building on a flawed foundation. that needs to be changed and i am completely confident that this bill tied to medicare rates is not going to be the bill that ultimately goes to the president at the end of the enactment process. inconceivable to think, in my own opinion, that we would ultimately pass reform for a public plan option. will be enough to keep me from being able to support the bill today but that is not to say that public plan option does not have a role if we want construction that competes fairly and effectively. to suggest the american pe