now, we have north carolina republican senator richard burr, a member of the senate energy committee. mr. burr, off shore north carolina, do you expect any drilling? >> well, larry, this is a nod in the right direction. the question is, is this really a wink and a nod from the president? the truth is that we can put together an energy plan but not one that deals with carbon or climate effects. i don't think they can get it through congress and certainly i'm not going to be there to help. >> let me just ask you on some of the specifics. as i understand it, in order to put these leases up for sale, you still have to go through a congressional process. in other words, president bush put a more torium on the end to drilling. he put an end to that. congress let it run out. the moratorium ran out in 2008. now, what happens now. even mr. obama wants it. will he get even what he wants without congressional authorization? >> he's not going to get it without some type of coshare, revenue share with the states. and i think that the secretary of the interior went out and quickly said there's not

our guest will be senator richard burr of north carolina.in the meantime, some news from c-span radio. >> said democratic whip dick durbin speaking earlier says republicans are engaging in a "political exercise by slowing the reconciliation process." adding, the gop should except when came through yesterday. republicans at the same time say that there are not backing down. the senate resumed debate at 9:00 a.m. live coverage on c-span2. the national urban league is weighing on health care. they say blacks have made gains in overall quality but still lag behind in employment and health care. in annual state of black america report asked that a $150 billion be pumped into local job creation in hurting communities. in california, restrictions have been relaxed for nonviolent criminals, like burglars, drug offenders, and front stairs. no more random drug test, trouble requirement to check in with an officer. the law aims to shrink the prison population. more on that later in the program. >> google closed its search engine in china this week over

>> i'll give you one example, richard burr, senator from north carolina, my old boss, my home state, enter doesed legislation with senator tom coburn, he's a doctor. companion legislation was introduced by kevin mccarthy and paul ryan in the house. that's an example. >> but there are examples -- but they came up short, doug. my point is the democrats covered 94% of the people. and through all of their various machinations saved $140 billion. the best we got from the gop, was 83% coverage with a $68 billion savings, because neither the democrats or the gop had the guts to deal with actually reforming the health care system. and i can understand why the democrats who don't want to alienate their money, don't want to do it but why the republicans aren't willing to step in and call the democrats out, as you would think an opposition party would, for their accommodations, and say, we can cover 96% of the people or 97% of the of the people for less money if we simply obliterate all of these special interests. and that has not happened. >> i think we're looking at different things, then. be

bill the president talked about and the president referenced the bill i had with tom coburn and richard burr which coverses those 30 million people and gets us toward full coverage, in america without all of these new tax increases and without all of the medicare cuts. so, we believe we can get to the same coverage numbers without having a government takeover of health care. >> chris: how do you -- generally, how do you do that? how do you cover 27 million other people? >> we propose to do it through refundable tax credits and give people the ability to have tax credits by ending discrimination of those who don't buy health insurance from their jobs and there are better ways of doing this and there are lots of republicans' ideas that have been offered, all session long, to get at the coverage number, without massive tax increases and medicare cuts, and a government takeover of health care. the point is, we haven't -- have been frozen out of the process, chris and the only time we have had bipartisan discussion, you have seen it because it has been on t we have been frozen out of the process,

we will discuss congressional agenda with richard burr of north carolina.from the peace center of the states, where they have declined for the first time in nearly 40 years. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day. in a few moments, treasury secretary timothy geithner testifies on capitol hill about the governor -- government's role in the housing markets. a couple of events from great britain including conservative party leader david cameron's news conference and remarks by prime minister gordon brown on goal -- the global challenges. then, president obama signs the health care bill passed on sunday night. >> our commitment to israel's security in israel's future is rock-solid, unwavering, enduring, and for ever. >> whether as secretary of state, senator, first lady, or attorney in 1991, you can share it on line at the new c-span video library with a hundred and 50,000 hours of video. -- 150,000 hours of video. >> now i house financial services committee hearing from the future of the housing and mortgage markets. the federal role in housing from

we will discuss the congressional agenda with richard burr of north carolina.ok at why prison populations have declined for the first time in nearly 40 years. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. google closed at search engine in china this week because of concerns over government censorship. tomorrow, a group will examine internet regulations in china. live on c-span3 at 10:00 p.m. eastern. president obama today signed into law the health care bill passed by the house on sunday. the move was necessary and over for -- in order for the senate to take up a package of changes to the bill also passed by the house. after the signing, the president and vice-president biden spoke at the interior department three together, but the events last a little more than an hour. >> the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states. >> thank you all. >> we got to get going. thank you all. >> fire it up. a fire out. >> fire it up. ready to go. >> mr. president, i think you have a happy room here. [laughter] it seems r

will take your questions about drug trafficking we will discuss the congressional agenda with richard burrf north carolina. we did get white prison populations have declined for the first time in nearly 40 years. we are live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> google close its search engine in china this week because of concerns over government censorship. tomorrow, a commission members of the congress will examine and regulation in china. it is led to a p.m. eastern. >> now and finance hearing on the future of the housing and mortgage market. members heard about the federal role in housing from treasury secretary timothy geithner for about two hours. >> thank you for giving me a chance to come before you again. i want to complement many of you for pointing out the challenge requires a broad but at the full range of government institutions in the housing market. this is a complicated question. fannie mae and freddie mac is significant role in this crisis. they were about to take on excessive risk. their potential class pose a threat to the entire american financial system. the ope