rogers. >> which is why clarity is so important in this issue. we will abide by what the government decides. >> good. mr. balderas. >> absolutely. >> excellent. none did you contract directly with usaid because they do not contract directly. do any of you contract with the emblem mentors? >> we do not. >> we have one contract for security risk assessment. >> commissioner, a few months ago, we bought a company that does work as a subcontractor for one of the implement ares for usaid in afghanistan. >> this was a security company. >> yes, sir. >> you worked indirectly for usaid. how do you feel about that? you think it makes more sense to work directly for a ided -- for usaid? >> of wanted to take a look at that situation and one of the things that i saw there was the implement your -- implementer. it would be nice to have a direct line, because they need subcontractors, anyone that has a weapon,. >> by now you do not have a sense that you have a direct line to usaid at all. >> it sounds to me

i would be happy answer your question. >> thank you, miss rogers. i have asked you, is that ignacio? >> please provide your statement. >> members of the commission, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. as ceo of triple canopy, i can assist the commission understanding the role my company plays in helping advance the mission of the united states government in iraq, and how oversight of our industry may be improved. with the use of private security contractors, and allows soldiers to be taken off routine security missions. this enables the estate's embassy staff to safely conduct a greater scope of activities and further our mission in iraq. this year we've seen unsupported arguments made against security contractors and we've seen these arguments either be false or exaggerated. it's been demonstrated that private security contractors are not paid exorbitant sums, and they do not cost more than underutilized -- are utilize military personnel. our work for the department of state protecting u.s. embassies in baghdad was estimated

. >> hello, i am center roger wicker from mississippi. as we enter the third month of the deepwater horizon disaster, we continue to learn more disturbing liberation about gross negligence on the part of the p at about proposal from the obama administration that will do more harm than good. from the oval office tuesday night, president obama attempted to recover from a widespread perception that he has not made this a priority. the public outcry about the president's inattention has been loud and has been bipartisan. i am glad president obama is finally putting this catastrophe at the top of his agenda, but his response has been too slow. he was slow in listening to state and local leaders, slow in getting skimmers to the gulf, slow and understanding the seriousness of this crisis, and slow in taking ownership and responsibility for the recovery. manyyof his actions have actually taken us in the wrong direction. earlier this week, the president came to the gulf coast. after visiting with him in mississippi, i was optimistic that he was re

roger, this french meltdown, have you ever seen anything like it? what's going on? >> the world cup has had its fair of intrigue and its fair share of teams not getting along. it's definitely uwe in world cup history. the great french legend pinpointed two problems for the team last week. they were pretty sizable. the first he said was the coach. the second he said was the team. and their complete lack of teamwork. i all begins there. >> brown: it's risen to the highest levels in france. the president sarkozy has spoken about it. he sent the minister to the ... to visit the team and the sports minister today said that french football faces a, quote, moral disaster. that's very french to put it in moral terms, right? >> this whole incident is exquisitely french. only the french could do team meltdowns in such fine style. i mean french soccer ideally they love to lose with style and grace and a degree of pain as opposed to win in a classless fashion. this is a complete quandary for the nation. it started a long time ago with the qualification by a handball that got th

rogers, you talk about how nps is emphasizing a leadership role.ow does that differ from the regulatory agency? >> thank you for that question. the energy comes from people that want something, and the various levels of government serve the energy. probably 25 or 30 years, when i was running these programs in so far as you can run them, from the national park service perspective, i came to realize that i was responsible for this white-rate -- for this wide- ranging network of public officials and i had zero authority to make anyone do anything it caused me to focus on what leadership really is. one thing it is not his command. it is not control. it is not even supervision. leadership is coming in the case like this, shaping and maintaining a clear vision for the future, monetary the best in the management and selection of outstanding places, and creating environments where others, such as my colleagues at these tables can succeed in doing the things the national park service needs them to do. >> thank you. your testimony was excellent. i think the

[applause] >> first, i want to sit think you to roger and -- to say thank you to roger and bob.ause] i also want to appreciate darcey who is a magnificent leader in this prressive movement. i thought about this debate, and reflected on the fact that i have been arrested at the white house for criticizing the administration for the lack of leadership on immigration reform. i have been an early in a consistent critic for the white house on that figure to articulate a big enough and bold in a solution to our country's unemployment crisis, especially in communities of color, and i wondered if they might be thinking over as 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is this the best they could come up with to defend us? we agreed pretty much across the board. i want to make a couple of points that i hope will be provocative. first, we have achieved much more in the last 18 months and progressives typically give ourselves credit for. the change is woefully inadequate given the level of crisis that our country faces in the scale of the crisis that the world, france, but we do ourselves a deep disservic

please welcome hi [applause] >> fir, i want to sithink you to roger and -- to say thank you to roger[applause] i also want to appreciate darcey who is a magnificent leader in this progressive movement. i thought about this debate, and reflected on the fact that i have been arrested at the white house for criticizing the administration for the lack of leadership on immigration reform. i have been an early in a consistent critic for the white house on that figure to articulate a big enough and bold in a solution to our country's unemployment crisis, especially in communities of color, and i wondered if they might be thinking over as 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is this the best they could come up with to defend us? we agreed pretty much across the board. i want to make a couple of points that i hope will be provocative. first, we have achieved much more in the last 18 months and progressives typically give ourselves credit for. the change is woefully inadequate given the level of cris that our country faces in the scale of e crisis that the world, france, but we do ourselves a deep disser

thank you roger. [applause] i want to make five simple points this morning.st of all, i love this country and i am a true over- the-top believer in the american dream. secondly, this is not our fathers or grandfathers economy. in fact, this is the third economic revolution in world history. 3, in global economies countries are teams. team usa lacks a growth-oriented long-term fiscal irresponsible economic plan. four is when we spent too much time writing and worrying and wining and not winning people. ., \e, students workers pay the price. we have to remember how we achieve change in our country. sometimes in the midst of these conferences and analyses and debate and criticism, progressives forget to say what i know underlines the most fundamental reason for our activism. that is that we love this country. i happen to think america is a gift. the greatest gift is that people come here from all over the world like my grandfather. all he ever expected from america was that he would work really hard. all he ever hoped for was that his work would be rewarded. wha

thank you bob, thank you to the campaign, thank you to roger.applause] i just want to make five simple points this morning. first of all, i love this country and i am a true over the top believer in the american dream. secondly, this is not our father's grandfather proxy economy. it is the third economic revolution in world history. 3, in global economies, countries aae teams. team usa lacks a growth oriented long-term fiscally responsible economic plan. four, when all this ben to much time worrying and winding -- when all of us spend too much time worrying and whining, poor people, students, workers pay the price. last, we need to remember how we achieve change in our country. in the midst of all these conferences, analyses, and debate, criticism, progressives forget to save what i know underlines the most fundamental reason for our activism. we love this country. i happen to think america is a gift. its greatest gift is that people come here from all over the world, like my grandfather. all he ever expected from america is that he was going to

. >> roger, sir. tell them we have problems i agree it's important, but the soldiers will think we're taking their prayer time. >> we're only asking two days. just two days a week to educate them. if they need to go to a mosque we'll get a van and go to the mosque. but if they can make an exception and pray in class, that's good. okay with that? >> i've told them what time to be here, how many soldiers to be here. nobody shows. >> suarez: was that cultures colliding right there? the idea if we have a schedule and it says 4:00 you ought to be there. they sound perplexed, bewilders almost. >> in a lot of ways this is a very good moment because kirby was trying to train damage major kirby, colonel he's over there now again -- he was trying to train this guy to organize something. the guy organized something. he just didn't organize it like all the way. part of that is cultural. the prayer time in many ways it's kind of like our sunday. it's not necessarily that we're going to go to church but if somebody

when i was a kid, i used to read "gasoline alley," "li'l abner," "buck rogers," "blondie."alled "the funny papers," even though they were never very funny. "the funny papers" are a thing of the past in some newspapers, of course, although i must say there are days when my newspaper could use one on page one. they call them "comic strips" now. "comic" is a pretentious name for "funny." the fact is, people who can write really funny funny papers are scarce. it's hard for them, too, because, generally speaking, editors don't take to humor. humor is inimical to an editor's nature. i think that if someone came up with a good comic strip that had a story line and humor, it would sell newspapers. the sad fact is there's no agreement on what's funny and what isn't. i'm funny sometimes, but i'm the only one who thinks so. >> stahl: i'm lesley stahl. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." the court with 2 hands, nestling underneath the rim, shooting it up granny-style, watching it roll around, roll around, and whoosh, through the basket. 2 points. the crowd eru

. >> cameron: working for roger corman, but that was big time for me. >> safer: corman was and is thegendary king of the "b" pictures, who in the '60s and '70s, gave many young filmmakers a chance to show their stuff. besides cameron, corman alumni include jack nicholson and directors ron howard and martin scorsese. >> cameron: people came in with a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of passion, not much experience. >> safer: cameron made himself useful on a "star wars" rip-off called "battle beyond the stars." he designed model spaceships, helped with special effects, and soon was running the art department. >> cameron: you had no money. there were no delusions of grandeur. you didn't care what film it was, it was a movie. >> safer: his first directing job was on a preposterous bit of business called "piranha 2". >> cameron: it's the very best flying piranha movie ever made. ( laughter ) >> safer: but cameron and the italian producer did not get along. and soon, the director was finito. why were you fired? >> cameron: the producer wanted to take over the movie and direct it himself, especially

later, roger taney of world of this hamber as well until the court moved upstairs into a ppace vacated by the senate where they would meet until 1935. with very little space available pn the building for justices to do their work and with even less for attorneys to find a place to prepare for oral argument, when chief justice determined it was time the court have a building of its own. >> i do not think it is an understatement to say that this building would not be here f it had not been of chief justice taft. >> he had in his mind that the court needed a uilding of its own. became an obsession. congress and, but ultimately taft chaired the committee to choose the architect. gilbert was the first choice that taft had in mind. he was one of the est known architects of his time. architect and employer. their idea was to have a building that would comport to jefferson's concepts and would look right next to the capitol building but still stand on its own. the appropriation that taft asked for was less than $10 million.+ during the great depression, they were able to build the building and

later, roger tawney ruled over this chamber as well until the court moved upstairs in a space vacated by the senate where they would meet until 1935. but with very little space available in the building for justices to do their work and with even less for attorneys to find a place to prepare for oral argument, one chief justice determined it was time the court have a building of its own. >> i don't think it is an understatement that this building would not be here if it had not been for the persistence of chief justice taft. >> taft believed that they needed a builddng of his own. he believed that as president and when he became chief justice it became almost an obsession. >> there was some opposition in congress, but ultimately taft became the chairman of the committee that was going to build the building. >> tass gilbert was one of the best-known a. techs of his time, so it was the perfect match of a. tech and employer -- architect and employer. >> their idea was to have a building that would com important to jennnfer -- would comport to jefferson's complex. the task was less than $

first, even when money is short, we will commit to these important regional transport rogers -- the upgradeter, the extension of the manchester metrolink, the redevelopment of birmingham new street station, and improvements to the rail lines between chef flop -- to sheffield and between liverpool and leeds. we will create all large regional growth fund to provide finance for regional capital projects over the next two years. we will announce the details shortly but priority will be given to projects that have the greatest impact on innovation and jobs. third, we will shortly announce a new tax scheme to help create new businesses in those regions where the private sector is not strong enough. for the next three years anyone who sets up a new business outside london, the southeast, and the eastern region will be exempt from up to 5,000 pound of employer national insurance payments for each of their first 10 employees hired. we now have the scheme up and running by september, but any qualifying new business set up from today will also receive help. and the treasury estimate that some 4000 bus

[applause] >> first, i want to sit think you to roger and -- to say thank you to roger and bob. [applause] i also want to appreciate darcey who is a magnificent leader in this progressive movement. i thought about this debate, and reflected on the fact that i have been arrested at the white house for criticizing the administration for the lack of leadership on immigration reform. i have been an early in a consistent critic for the white house on that figure to articulate a big enough and bold in a solution to our country's unemployment crisis, especially in communities of color, and i wondered if they might be thinking over as 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is this the best they could come up with to defend us? we agreed pretty much across the board. i want to make a couple of points that i hope will be provocative. first, we have achieved much more in the last 18 months and progressives typically give ourselves credit for. the change is woefully inadequate given the level of crisis that our country faces in the scale of the crisis that the world, france, but we do ourselves a deep d

rogers: this is unconscionable behavior, and if it doesn't make you mad, it ought to. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request one minute. and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> it's time for america to end its addiction to oil. mr. garamendi: our national security is at stake. we spend $1 billion a day sending our money overseas to the oil companies. many of them owned by foreign nations. some of whom are not at all friendly to america. i hear a lot of whining from the republican side of the aisle about we can't do that. well, we cannot continue doing what we are doing today. we see the risks, $20 billion worth of economy destroyed along the gulf coast. big oil has had its day. $12 billion. you want to save some money on that side? let's retrieve the $1 billion subsidy we send to the oil industry every day. it's time for us to move to renewables. it's time for us to protect our coast on the west

>> with all due respect, it is because they have people like hal rogers in congress. and i do say that with all respect, congressman rodgers. i have met him, and he is a lovely man. his policy and stands about coal -- and stance about coal mining is radically destructive to the people of appalachia. until recently, he was the single most tenured member of the house. i believe he still is, and documented as the single most unhappy and poorest place to live in the entire united states of america. his county is also the highest coal producing county. now there is good news, because we also have members in congress such as been chandler, who -- ben chandler, who opposes mountaintop removal coal mining. there are some folks coming forward on the right side of the issue and understand we need to develop clean sources of energy and get off and renewables such -- unrenewables such as coal, and we need more of them. >> could you elaborate on some of the efforts you have seen at the state house are federal or federal level, attentively to stop this practice? >> folks are empowe

roger on independent line. caller: i think the president should take responsibility for the damage along the shores. because as of the lady from tennessee just called in about, "the houston chronicle" reported that as soon as three days after the oil spill, the dutch government and other foreign governments offered us equipment that could have cleaned up the oil that was spilled and obama ignored those offers. so, the damage we see is his fault and no one else's. host: bill is on the line from annapolis, maryland. democrat. caller: yes. excuse me. what i would like to say is that congress, the republican congress for six years did no oversight of virtually anything, especially the war. the oil industry and everything. host: take us o the president's speech. what would july can to say? caller: oversight is the most important thing we have. the government overseeing these industries, to make sure they are doing right. now, the new wave and now is to decrease oversight. well, we just went through a financial disas

i am senator roger wicker. as we enter the third month of horizonaeepwater disaster, we hear about proposals from the obama administration that will do more harm than good. from the oval office tuesday night, the president attempted to recover from a widespread perception that he has not made this crisis a party. the public outcry about the president's in attention has been loud and bipartisan. i am glad president obama is finally putting this catastrophe at the top of his agenda, but his response has been too slow. he was a slow and listening to state and local leaders, slow in getting skimmers to the gulf, slow and understanding the seriousness of this crisis. many of his actions have taken us in the wrong direction. earlier this week, the president came to the gulf coast. after visiting with him in mississippi, i was optimistic he was removing politics from this disaster and focusing solely on fixing the problem. republicans in congress and at the state level looked forward to participating in a bipartisan,

of skimmers and it's my understanding we gave no response, maybe that's different, i'm like will rogers, all i know is what i read in the newspapers. now i'm more upset when i find out we have american-flagged ships waiting in harbor to help and no one has asked for help. the leadership that run this is country, the executive branch, should be ashamed of yourself. mr. mica: if i might, if you'd yield for just a second, i've worked very closely with mr. oberstar, the democrat, the chair of the t and i committee, when we found out they $1.6 billion fund has $150 million cap for emergency use, we came together last week, i offered legislation specifically to deal with that, again, we have to act in a responsible manner for the country. we passed that, the house concurred with us, and we have provided some temporary relief, again, i'm not going to let the $1.6 billion or the $150 million be a piggy bank for b.p. or any respoosible parties, but we want to make certain that all the resources are there on an emergency basis to the administration, to the coast guard, whoever. so no one can say

which is a joe rogers organization. now, i know this sounds conconspiracyy. host: in the interest of time, if you had a specific question. caller: isn't it very interesting that people are begging to help out down there and they get absolutely no response? guest: it's very similar to the exxon valdez where the state officials were on top aad really angry and wanted action fast and the federal officials and the oil industry took a long time to get ramped up and to deal with that. but one of the problems that you have to recognize is that there's this crisis situation down there. they're not prepared. they've got to find offices, they've got to get set up. and then you've got all these inventors, some of them probably have good ideas, most whom have crazy ideas. the time to sift through the inventions was before the oil spill happened. once you're in the middle of a crisis, you can't take the time to decide, figure out what's going to work and work all that out. out. and one of the tragedies of this is that the oil industry spends virtually nothing on oil spill

foxx: madam speaker, i rise today to honor mark rogers of mount airy, north carolina. mark is an accomplished auction near and real estate broker and been in the business for nearly 30 years. over his career, mark has conducted auctions in a dozen states, selling estates, farm machinery, equipment and real estate at public auction. as a real estate broker, he served as the regional vice president of the north carolina association of realtors in the early 1990's and the president of the local board of realtors in 1997 and named realtor of the year for the local board in 1986. it should come as no surprise that mark was elected to be president of the national auction eers association and takes office this july. mark's father, who founded the family's real estate and auction business in 1964, has also served as the president of the national auctioneers association. when mark takes over as president, he and his father will be the first father-son duo to have been elected president of the association. before elected president as the national auctioneer, he served as preside

which a joe rogers ganization. now, i know this sounds concspiracyy. ho: in the interest ofime, if you had a specific question. caller: isn't it very interesting that people are begging to help out down there and they get absolutely no response? guest: it's very similar to the exxon valdez where thetate officials weren p aad really angry and wantedction fast and the federal officials and the oil industry took a long time to get ramped up and to deal with that. but one of the problems that you have to recognize is that there's thi crisis situation do there. they're not prepared. ey've got to fd offices they've got to get set up. and thenou've got a these inventors, some of them probably have good ideas, mo whom have crazy ideas. the te to sift through the inventions was before the oil spill happened. once you're in the middle of a crisis, you can't take theime to decide, figure out what's going to work and work all that out. out. and one of the tragediesf this is tt the oil industry spends virtuly nothi on oil spill cleanup. it's an area, it's a back wa

what you are talking about is that in an fela case, federal employees liability act case called rogers many years ago, the jones act incorporates the fela, the supreme court said you could recover, if you could prove cause in any way. caused in whole or in part and that has been interpreted to slightly reduce the burden of proof on causeation for the jones act seamen but first that he or she has to establish status, then they have to establish a breach of duty of reasonable care that same rule does not apply in a general maritime law case if the claim is unsea worthiness -- is on sea worthiness of a seaman or a general maritime tort law claim filed by any other than a seaman nor does it apply when a seaman seeks to recover from a third party. it is limited to a seaman versus an employer. >> my time is up, if you'd like to comment, mr. coleman. >> i don't have any comment that would disagree with what professor galligan said. >> thank you. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you again for holding this hearing. mr. jones could you tell me a little bit more about the