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s? >> it's not a disagreement, it's just confirmation that don't have all the information but from information in your letter aad what we know about the well, a similar statement, it's not a well we would have trilled and put that mechanical setup there for operational concerns. >> mr. watson, you're quoted in "the wall street journal" saying this incident was preventable. what mistakes did b.p. mr. you would not have made? >> first we would say, as we look at this incident, we need to let the investigation run its course. what we've done since the first days of this investigation and accident we participated in the joint industry task force where the industry -- >> you made the statement. you're quoted as saying this incident was preventable. >> yes. >> what would you have done differently to prevent the diiaster that we're now encounting. >> there are several areas that appear based on the information we've seen in the joint area task force and the information we've gathered to suggest

s. capito: i thank you, mr. chaian i thank the ranking member of the housing subcommittee for her good work onhis bill and the manager's -- chairwoman of the subcommitteesorry about that. the chair: does the gentlelady ri in opposition to the amendment? mrs. capito: i'd like to claim time in opposition but i'm not posed to the amendmen the chair: without objection. mrs. capito: we have worked together on this amendment as we have the rest of the bill as she summarized in her statement this provides provisions that drops out a few povision that is were problematic but it also increases the requirements for identification for valid social security number and the u.s. citizen to be able taccess the f.h.a. program. think this is an important-- goes to the coref a lot of discussion we have hadn this floor and rtainly we want to certain that thoseho are elible for programs are able to access themnd thoe that are ire unable to access them. as i said we have worked togeer oth amendment and i plan to suort theanager's am

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-- i missed the 1970's. -- i miss the 1970's. >> you of course available on the indictment -- have a course available on the enlightenment? >> i decided to create a course to surround rousseau with the kinds of things they ought to know more about. it was primarily to teach myself. it ended up being a very enjoyable course for 12 years. >> did you report it every year? -- record it every year? >> the teaching company did not tailored -- did tailored segments. >> did you ride it out in advance? >> you do not read it verbatim. i had a teleprompter. the teaching company issued a lot of them as video. i think it is now entirely audio. i think you perceive ideas better if it is only through your ears. when you're driving or doing the dishes, for example, not necessarily watching people in person. >> what you say to someone who might be listening and trying to put it all together? what is the best way to learn about samuel johnson, rousseau, the enlightenment, and tocqueville -- all of this intellectual work? how can the average person better understand this? >> i think courses like those

i thanhairman for s wo. i risin support of thsmall business jobs tax relief act which when merged witthe small business jobs credit act wll inease ldi t small businesses, expand entreeneuhip d put americantoork. the bi offers sml buss addional capit to p rough capital gains tax cu, relief from erous tax pents -- penaltiesnd expanded productions for startu cost it provides funni to create a small business lending pooth will make loans availae to l businees thrgh our small communi banks busine access to mneeded caital, to acquire n equipment, to renovate, tma or other business growth ents opportunities. it is rd to overstate how importa access toital is for small bess. so thctn is critically important. last week during budget committee hearing, ben beke responded tme when i outlined our actio to help our small businesses. he said, quote, i'glad that toness is explori these diffent programs, r making credit ailableo our sml businesses. and he talked additionay out the need to parcularl attentive to new and star

it is very dated, written in the 1930's. there have been so many wonderful historians and political scientists who have written on tocqueville since then that there is an enormous range of context that a writer today could bring that he was not able to. also, he was trying to identify who everyone was. a couple of hundred people get mentioned in the notebooks and letters. he traced them and found out who they were. it is not a very readable book. i did not think it brought jacksonian america to life. it is just following the journey. >> why is that a problem? >> i speak for myself as a history buff. i feel like we have overdosed on the founders, wonderful as they were. they were 18th-century british, colonial gentlemen who lived in a world utterly unlike ours, although they helped create ours. jackson was our first populist president. we had become a great commercial nation. we were expanding at an incredible rate into the hinterland. it was the beginning of the america that we all know. i called my book "tocqueville's disco

and the 1950's.nk if you polled people at the first rally, you would have found a lot of people who said everythhng the american government has done since hiroshima and nagasaki was a mistake. similarly, you have the score who do want to start the debates of 1913, who want to talk about calvin coolidge and the 10th amendment, and so forth. in both cases, you have a larger group that has become sympathetic without sharing the structural critique. you can see the laager group as kind of like the old ross perot constituency, people who were conservative-leaning, no one could government, who believe in spending restraint, low taxes, and so on, but are not highly ideological, and they have been moved rightward by tea party activists in the same way many center-left or center-right americans were moved eventually to an anti-war posture. if we take this analysis seriously, i think it suggests two problems going forward. the first of which is the agenda problem, and the problem theree is whereas the anti-war

as for myview seone spends a lot of tim in wales d has great res foreoe as i always find, s, at lastdebateboutows for the assely a there's debate wantg ho we'll make progress on housing, hlth care, on schools, on jobs. theeal ises as well as just thinstitutiol ones. >> tim farren. >> mr.peer, my apologies. i go with the remarks the prime nister made in e dadful shtings in cumbria last year and the emergen services and all thosrecoveri from the palling matter the national councilefor strategy state noby shod- theyuld hao trouto ceive regular ther treatment. last december we see commitment from our calealth trust tt ishere would b a new council ut for south keland in kendall. will the prime nister agree t meet with me andealth mpaigns and health officia on to try to ensure that he also makes a cmitmen -- he makes a commitment -- >> pme minister, we really must havshorter questions. >> thank you, mr. spear. rst of all, he will n that in the coation agreement, i'm glad toemin everyone, we are protecting nhs spendin there will be real increases in s endingn thisovernment year after yeater

upper 60's tonight. during the day tomorrow, a little front or a troth will come through in the afternoon. that will be the trigger for some thunderstorms late in the day. the humidity will increase on tuesday and wednesday. the temperatures will climb into the mid 90's by the time we reached the middle portion of the week. humidity will not be bad today. the humidity increases tomorrow. thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. a strong cold front goes through. it will drop temperatures and it will be comfortable by friday and saturday with temperatures in the mid 80's. let's see what is happening on the roads with sarah. >> i will do this report and then i will make you some tea. you should do a five-day forecast instead of seven days. we have an accident investigation northbound on the j.f.x. with all lanes closed. watch for that to continue. northbound charles is a better bet. route 30 elrich 27 has now reopened in manchester. we're looking at a nice ride around the area. a bit of a sluggish s

s hands. >> woodruff: in the gulf today, b.p. cranked up a new system to burn up to 400,000 gallons of oil a day. the oil burning is part of b.p.'s larger plan to capture or burn 2.2 million gallons a day by the end of the month. that would be roughly 90% of the estimated total flow from the damaged well. bob dudley is managing director of b.p. and one of the company's executives who met with the president earlier today. mr. dudley, thank you for being with us again. >> good evening, judy. >> woodruff: the meeting at the white house today, the president last night used the term "reckless" in speaking of b.p. he earlier talked about wanting to fire your c.e.o., tony hayward. what was the tone of today's discussion. >> judy, the tone today, the president was very direct, expressed his great concern for the people along the gulf coast, and businesses operating in the gulf coast, wants to make it clear his expectations were that b.p. would meet their obligation. we assured him that we would not only meet those obligations. we'd set a

s. it's reform that begins to bring down our government's long-term structural deficit. it's reform that finally extends the opportunity to purchase coverage to the millions who currently don't have it. and includes tough new consumer protections to guarantee greater stability, sscurity, and control for the millions who do have health insurance. while it will take a ew years to fully implement this law, we can already see it taking effect. last month four million small business owners found a postcard in their mailbox informing them that they could be eligible for a health care tax cut this year worth tens of thousands of dollars to help them cover their employees. and america's largest businesses are filling out applications for critical relief to help them provide coverage for retirees who aren't yet eligible for medicare. two weeks ago tens of thousands oo seniors who fall into the medicare prescription drug coverage gap known as the doughnut hole began receiving a $250 chk to help th

s damage claims process. >> they say no claims have been denied. well, as of a couple of days ago over 50% of the claims of lost income hadn't been paid, and you have claims that have been opened for weeks. we've been asking now for weeks for access to their data to let us know how long a claim has been open and how long a claim has been processed. if somebody is not getting paid, you may not officially deny them but you have de facto denied them. >> lehrer: a all right was sent to the c.e.o. insisting on complete, ongoing transparency. >> one of the things i asked in the data was give us data on the claims processing is and make that transparent and see if there are any problems. we are getting anecdotal reports especially during the president's visit, there might be inconsistencies in the claims process. >> lehrer: criticism of b.p. echoed across the u.s. capitol today as well. >> i wonder whether the drill , baby, drill crowd ever thought about the spill, baby, spill consequences. >> lehrer: house and senate committees conducted five separate he

1990's. the taliban was victorious. we figured since our strategic competitor, the soviet union, had been defeated in afghanistan that our work there was done.. we saw the world through purely bipolar terms. we knew it would be messy in afghanistan, but we thought we would let them sort it out, fight it out anyway wanted to. we would not be engaged. it was a, if you will, in failure of engagement on our part based on a failure of the imagination. we will not have the excuse this time around. if we decide we want to disengage now militarily, we know how that movie goes. i, for one, do not want to see that. host: a few quick calls. john on our independent line. caller: hello, ambassador. i am so infuriated over what is going on with our country and tt see our troops supporting drug dealers in afghanistan. who is shipping them the opium out? what are we doing there? israel started tomas s --tarted hamas. host: virginia on our republican line. caller: first of all, i love george bush. i hate all

the last nomination, edward sanford, attracted taft;''s content.in 1925, he recommended attorney general harlan stone. when holmes stepped off the court in 1932, his colleague justice stone and urged president herbert hoover to name benjamin cardozo. he had pronounced him the outstanding jurists of our times. in an unsuccessful advocacy of his appointment by calvin coolidge. no justice, stone, offered to resign from the court in case people would object to his becoming the third member of the court by the empire state. hoover relented to the acclaim cardoza received an nominated him in 1932. he would serve only a halffdozen years before his premature death, but he is considered among the greats to have the grace of the nation's highest court. mr. chief justice, i believe i saw a portrait of him in the conference room. he is there. they put franklinnroosevelt in a bind. he wanted to nominate his new deal with tenant, a harvard law prof. felix. but the western states were without representation on the court since the resignation of joseph mckenna. ou

the democrats have no plan to s. under repuican plan, we borrow $p.6 tlln ls dollars thanhe admistration does, congssional democrs ha no plan. under the republican plan we end4.8 rillion less than thpresident's bloate budget, ce again congressional demoats ha nolan. mr. marchant: ica on the budget so thate can ha a bate on the impving our . scal condition. the spr pro tempor for what purpose does the gentleman fromlorida re? >> to address the house for one mite. the spker pro tempore: without objecon >> i thank eaker. day marks the 57day ofhe b.p. deepwater horizon o spill. 'sstimated thaup to 40,000arrelsf oil may be flowing ithe gu of mexico each and eve day. mr. putn: at ts poin's nearly impossible to calcule e impt this bill will have on f's econo awell a the other gulf states. oystermen, charteraptains, restaurants aralready sufferinalong wihose two demand on them -- depend on . thesuppover 2,000 jobs. 's impornt to note that florremainen for busiss. our beacs d restaunts tinue to welcome guests from roughout th

s survival is at stake? >> i didn't think survival was at stake a couple of weeks ago when we were just analyzing things in a rational sense of cash flow, assets, and you know, the ability to, you know, for a very large company to deal with a very bad environmental disaster. in the past week we've seen, i think, a lot of political hysteria kick in. although i also think that this coming week we're going to see some of that political hysteria slow down. i think that people are going to back off. i understand that the new prime minister of great britain is going to discuss it with mr. obama this weekend, the deputy prime minister was talking about megaphone diplomacy. these are-- these are things that grown-up nations need to understand. >> sam fleming, we've been reading stories about how the, in britain there are politicians saying american politicians are being unfairly tough on b.p.. how much of that is actually going on. and what does that represent? >> i think that's quite a recent development over the p

s history in this sort of event. is there any evidence to support that b.p. has had these kinds of problems before more so than any other oil company? >> well, yeah, first of all the problems that you've heard about in the oil industry the last couple of years, major fire and explosion and an oil spill up in prudhoe bay alaska in 2006, it seems to be b.p. that is coming to the forefront. b.p. has had the major problems. tallying defenses for corporations that might be worth barring contracts with a company and found that b.p. had three times as many as a company like shell that had about 80 infractions and a company like halliburton only had 7. >> ifill: is there a culture in b.p. that brings this about? >> well, that's what we've looking at. we started looking into their past actions and trying to see if it shed any light on what's happening now in the gulf. we found a very consistent pattern going back 11 years according to our investigation where b.p. especially up in al as ka but in operations across the country fell behind on its maintenance, skipped mai

s. forces from this misadventure. madam speaker, the letter that mr. mcgovern mentioned, i have camp lejeune in my district and we are wearing out our miiitary. and, madam speaker, i hope the president will keep his word and have a timetable to get our troops out of afghanistan. and with that, madam speaker, i'm close -- in closing, i'd ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to please bless the men and women in uniform, ask god to please in his arms -- hold a child dying for freedom in iraq and afghanistan. and, madam speaker, i ask god to bless the house and senate that we will do what is right in the eyes of god. and i ask god to give wisdom, strength and courage to president obama that he would do what is right in the eyes of god. and three times i will say, please, god, please, god, please, god, continue to bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. weiner of new york. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois

we want to empower them, not the i s p is. most democrats feel that way. i think a lot of people who signed the letter that do not sit on the committee may not have access to all the information and all the issues that were out there. i think once we have a chance to speak to members and get more information out about this -- about what this means to the consumer you will see more people move to this direction. >> do you believe the broadband services should be rate regulated? >> no. the chairman is not proposing that. i think that is an important question. we are not looking to affect rates with this request. the basic thrust of the reclassification is on consumer protection. as i said earlier, we want to make sure that anybody can visit any web site. the isp does not control that. the consumer controls that. what the chairman is proposing in this reclassification is a light regulatory touch. it is not being opposed by all of the industry. there is some opposed to it and others that are working with the chairman. it is important for everybody to understan

and yes, the f c s. c needs to deal with at -- the fcc needs to deal with that, because consumers and small businesses have no recourse. but congress should update the telecommunications act again. we know from experience that does not happen overnight. it doesn't happen in two years. so, they need to get going, because right now there are no legislative proposals out there that would comprehensively%+ -pupdate the policy. >> how does a net neutrality play into this scheme? >> network neutrality is a different animal with different people. in europe, it sometimes has a little bit more to do with whether the monopoly telecom's want to let the government get into the act of regulating content. but our overarching principle and belief, both for the united states and internationallyy is that no government or private company should be a gatekeeper for its citizens or its customers, in terms of their online activity.3 anybody having the ability to be a gatekeeper. i think the solution basically is regulate you

early 2000's, that he was at he center of washington. and so you saw a lot of people there, ralph reed, karl rove and others, and george w. bush who were right at the center of power in washington, because i think there have been a pretty concerted attempt to use abramoff in a way to be the scapegoat. not that he didn't do things wrong. he did a lot that was dead- prong. but to lay all the blame at his doorstep as if to say jack was a unique character whoooperated onnthe fringes of government, didn't have much affect on somebody. he was at the center, thht's why i showed a lot of those people. >> you've done several other the beginning of when youk to%- personally got interested in politics. >> i was always interested in politics. way in.always about finding aa i think some years back, something happened. i've done a number of tv documentaries, and then at a certain point in time, it seemed like there was an opportunity to say things in a more interesting way by doing documentaries that might be seen first in theaters. the first one of t

in the 1980's was the big rush. in the 1970's and 1980's.nd i think it's just sort of accumulated over time. it's just more and more and more women. and part -- partly because the industries that got hardest hit were industries that were male-dominated. housing, finance sector. those are male industries. so i think during the resession more and more women have to work often to support. their families. so that's the kind of story of a zapped middle class. and it has to do with the end of a steady union industrial job. and that's been going on for quite a while. that's not something you can rely on so women have had to fill in some of the gaps. and the story there is different. because so many fewer people get married. 40% of children are born to a single parent. to a non-married couple. let's say. and that's also a radical change. that has to do with women not getting married and men not being fathers. so -- it's a really different phenom including at the top which you couldn't argue that women dominate the top. that's something viewers will

t if we s youieldg to political pressure, that would suggest to us that the priories have changed and that's why it's so important to us. i mean i've got a letter from candidate barack oba to john gauge ofhe national or the ameran federation of governme employees promising to provide collective bargaining benefits a so that's going to be a very difficult political presre for you to stand down but i think you probably have worked in difficult environments re. but when we m a few weeks ago you said you n thought of ving collective bargainingt the fbi and y are one of t nation's leading coteerrorism officers i find it instructive that you didn' even think the workforce at the fbi needed to unionize. would it be accurate to say that in implementing collective bargaining the f would not improve national security? >> i'm sorry, senator. if you couldephrase or reste that, apologize. in terms ofhe f -- >> would collective bargaing improve surity - would it improve national surity at the fbi? >> thank you. no, senator. obviouslfromhe fbi's perspective we have toave the abilityo s resources at

hunter s. thompsonn about the famous gonzo journalist. and recently "casino jack and >> how would you define your politics? >> hard to say. a skeptic. i wouldn't -- i tend to look at things skeptically. i try to seek out stories that have a kind of moral component rather than here's to the democrats or here's to the republicans. i think it's fair to say that i often give republicans a hard time, but at the same time, in the film "taxi to the dark side," some of the heroes of that film are republicans. so i tend to look at things from the point of view of a mooalist. >> your father frank gibney, is he still alive, and what does he do, or what did he do for a living? >> my father frank gibney is no longer with us. he died a few years ago.. he was a writer, an editor. he was vice chairman of the board of editors at britain ca. he worked at time" and "newsday," "life" magazine. he was a journalist. and during world war ii, he learned japanese as part of his experience to become an interrogator.. that set him off as a journalist. he became the

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s for other employees.there anything unique in the indiana experience with implementing the h.s.a.'s that exist in your state that doesn't exist in other states that allowed you to be so successful in doing that? >> to the best of my knowledge which is all derivitive of mercer which operates in many if not most states, that's who told me that the average penetration of public sector is 2% versus our 70. so to my knowledge, there's not another state government that has that much uptake. my impression is they're not even available in most states. they weren't in ours. any first month or so in office, i asked the personnel people to put one on the menu. all of the 70% have chosen voluntarily have three, i guess, other options. but, they're saying those who choose it are saving a lot of money.3 at least 11-12% as the employer, so to speak. meanwhile, 30 headed for $40 million is building up in the personal accounts of our employers which is their money. they're fortunate enough not to need it all. i don't think

during ulysses s. grant's administration, members of the supreme court made justice robert greer finite retired at the urging of his colleagues in 1870 when aids- related illnesses made his services no longer feasible. though a democrat, he recommended republican joseph bradley. greer also supported william strong selection to the court in the president's 1870 appointment. when justice strong deported the court in 1880 after a decade of service, chief justice morrison wait recommended william boyd. pays an additional opportunity to nominate a justice two months before leaving office in 1881. stanley matthews had also been supported by his close friend justice plane. the democratic senate refused to take up a vote on the lame-duck presidents nominee. presidenn garfield would senate confirm him by one vote.- after garfield's assassination, his successor met with samuel miller. they supported forced great to be their new colleagues on the bench. melville fuller was recommended to the president. an illinoi

when you compare black, whoits and latino men in their 30's and 40's. when you correct for education, the gap disappears. . less of the gap between black and white workers disappears. a smaller subset go to college. than a smaller fraction still manages to graduate with a two-year or four-year credential. for thousands, it's the worst of bonal worlds. they spend the money, derively or none of the benefits of those years of education and still have to pay for it over time. to me, there's nothing more tragic than talking to a low wage worker who is paying off a higher education loan without a credential. that is just terrible. it's hard to think of a worst outcome. in school systems that have to come up with approaches to their new families to get them involved in their children's education. because these adults work more hours per week, coming up with the response has been challenging and in many case $impossible. >> in some place $, it's taken the force of coed indication starting in the lowest deprade and teaching them to read an write english right al

s c.e.o. tony hayward about the way the government treated the company, will stay on the committee which oversees oil and gas regulation, among other areaa. right now we go to a briefing by admiral thad allen on the gulf oil spill. >> good morning, everyone, i'm lieutenant joe pinker, press secretary to admiral allen. he'll be sgroined the secretary for labor and health. just a couple of ground rules follow the comments, we'll have 10 minutes of questions from the phone and possibly 10 minutes of questions from the room. at that -- at this time, i'll turn it over to admiral allen. >> thank you. good afternoon. a couple of developments to update you on but first of all, as of midnight last night, we were able to produce 27,097 barrels a new high for us, a combination of the discover enterprise, which did 668,000 and the q-4000 which flared off natural gas and oil of 420,000 oils. we had an incident earlier today where they noticed there was some kind of gas rising through the vent that carries

s at 13 miles per gallon. it's not our oil.we've been taking it from countries at a great cost to ourselves. my great hope is that if there's a level playing field, then we can choose the best alternatives to ourselves as opposed to being forced into having to be hostage to other countries for this oil. host: deborah gordon is a consultant for nonprofit organizations, private and public sector clients. you specialize in transportation energy and environmental policy. she was a former chemical and regulatory engineer for chevron. she's joining us because she wrote this piece in the "the washington post" outlook section, "big oil can't get beyond petroleum." georgia, brenda, republican line. you're next. caller: yes, miss deborah. i'd like to ask you, could you list some of the other things that we use around our household that is made from petroleum, please? guest: that's an excellent question. just like we have -- the hope is that when you produce something, you use every bit of it. you know, that's the goal of the production p

s. and i know one of the things i'd like to do with my life is leave it a little bit better than i found it. i certainly know john wooden left it much better than he found it. i too say job well-done. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlen reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from new hampshire is recognized. . >> i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: i'm pleased to recognize the life of jon wooden who passed away in los angeles last friday. i want to begin by expressing my condolences on his passing to his family and the countless people whose lives he touched. jon wooden coached at ucla when i was there earning my undergraduate and law school degrees. i was in my last year of law school when the bruins had their first perfect season under coach wooden, a season that cullmy nate in a championship win over duke. ev

s cleaning of the beach at port fourchon.e spoke with the newshour's spencer michels. >> well, that's the report card. well, i don't think i can give a report card per say. that is dynamic situation but certainly if we see that anything's not occurring, this year we need more resources. as a coast guard, we feel we need to bring things to bear that aren't here. we are going push back on that issue. we're going to identify those things, we're going to bring this to b.p. and say these with the things we must have. >> woodruff: the b.p. boss tony hayward insisted today his company will stay on the job. >> b.p. will be here for a very long time. we recognize that this is just the beginning. >> woodruff: but some local officials have already lost faith. john young is the chairman of jefferson parish, louisiana, which stretches south from new orleans. >> i mean, initially i advocate that b.p. should have been concentrating on stopping the flow of oil. and after a week the federal government should have come in and taken control of

s and with the motor. this is energy, anything that moves has energy. so this administration is for taxing everything that moves and a cap and trade scheme that would cripple america's economy and put us at a significant disadvantage from the developing countries in the world and in particular, india and china. underdeveloped countries. it cheapens it over there. what do we do? they produce things and ship it back to us and we buy it. what do we buy it with? we are buying it with credit. we are buying it up against the chinese. they are approaching $1 trillion and u.s. debt today. we lament the cost when a young person finishes their college education, receives their degree and there's a number out there -- this is not a survey number but a scrernl ball park number, roughly $40,000 debt for a child, albeit a young adult, $40,000 to pay off that student loan. phatever that real number is, i'm wooking with 40, which is in the ball park and we worry about that student loan being paid off by that young person that has a college degree and entering a job mar

you see the language in many decisions from the 1960's and 1970's. now all you only see reference to that language in dissent. it is a cardinal principle, around more than 100 years. >> john, the court's recent record on labor law cases is somewhat mixed. am i right in thinking that the pushback against the ledbetter decision, and the rapid overturning by congress, since some type of signal to the court? what is your take on the interpretation by the court? " i wish that i could say the reaction to the ledbetter case had been a quick cut to the supreme court and cause an ideological shift. there may be a temptation to see it that way because of some anti-retaliation cases the court has decided. they have decided several according to a number of discrimination statutes. they have been coming out favorably in terms of the employee. >> am i correct in that those retaliation claims are the most rapidly growing? >> there have been a number of them ofada 1981, 1982. and the title 9. there have been a number of those decisions. the court has been reading [u

proposal that may be offered, and i would entertain an alternative to the house proposal if anybody s one. we would then vote amongst ourselves on the house side, and the results of that would be offered to e senate, and i assume vice versa. >> what chairman frank just pointed out is that so theay before w gather, we go over what titles we will talkbout. you arnot coming in and ndering if someone is going to spring an amendment on you, so whatever the titles are will be the sject of the debate. we limited to that day and we knowhead of time what they are. >> having done energy and commerce with other committees in the past, will you announce whether members of particular committeesilbe considered to be in order for that section? >> that is a very good point. in the house, we will announce at the beginning of consideration of each item, we will announce on the house sid which members have the votes. if we don't get overcrowded, i would be ilined to recognize other members to speak, and i havesked some other members not on the conference commiee, but when theotes come, we will be clear

s mistakes are unique to them or are indicative of industry wide practices. regardless, we must ensure adequate cleanup practices are in place. it is assumed this type of disaster would never happen but it did. i hope this tranlic event illustrates the need for action. many of us on this side of the aisle have advocated a fundamental overhaul to our energy policy stressing a broad portfolio of energy sources and efficiency. it can be market driven if we apply a real cost to carbon and its effect on our economy, our quality of life and our environment. this disaster demonstrates that we cannot delay in acting comprehensive energy and climate change legislation to diminish our dependence on oil, both foreign and domestic. today's hearing will provide unambiguous answers, i hope, on what to expect in the days, weeks and years to come. millions of people who face this nightmare, we must demand transparency and a clear assessment of the future. i thank the witnesses for being with us today and let me join my good friend mr. welch in requesting b.p. to consent to a

in the late 1950's and early 1960's. decatur, alabama. you are on the air.caller: i want to thank you all for takingy call. of cake, and deepest sympathy to the bird family -- ok, the deepest sympathy to the byrd family. the stimulus package -- will that continue to go on with him being gone now? would hurt the democrats? will a democrat able to come in and appalled d bush's vision and goals out? host: 57, 41, and two i think is the cuen breakdown. 57 democrats, 41 republicans and two independents. sohis would be 56 and 41 and two independents. so, the democrats still have a big majority in the senate. and the governor of west virginia is a democrat. and he could appoint -- he can appoint anyone he wants, but chances are he will appoint a democrat. and he is term-limited. according to one article, he could possibly appoint himself as well because he is term- limited as governor. back to the article from "the west virginia gazette." here is how it concludes -- on the republican line is david from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. caller: just wanted to make one point

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in the early 1960's. for most of their history, they were not concerned with preventing a raddcalization. i think it is fair to say they were more concerned with pursuing anti-muslim discrimination than worrying about their people becoming radicalized. after that happened, they were going to take action. they wanted to set up programs to intervene and they wanted to be involved -- obviously, it was self preservation to a degree, but it was still a change from what we have seen in the past 10-15 years. i think it's encouraging more of that is the answer. that is more of an issue for law enforcement and policing, but the models -- i worked with some people in australia, and they have learned a very simple motto from the uk that communities and defeat terrorism. they learned that from the ira. that is really the only way that can be done. to counter-radicalized people i think is an impossible objective. you cannot prevent people from liiing bad thoughts. you can learn and to address the signs, and most impor

s handling of the cleanup. from the gulf came word b.p. crews are now collecting or burning off a million gallons a day. that's a substantial increase from earlier totals. to put that in context, the government's point-man, coast guard admiral thad allen, said the most probable daily flow from the well out of a range of estimates is 1.4 million gallons. the high end of the range is 2.4 million. >> we will achieve basic containment and normally you would we'll just operate that way until the relief well is finished. the added issue for us, however, is that we have hurricane season coming. we need a better way to be able to hook up and disconnect from the production facilities if we have hurricane weather approaching. >> brown: the latest plan to capture nearly all the oil hinges on a new containment system due to be installed by month's end. it will include the so-called "evergreen" burner which turns a flow of oil and gas into a vapor. the vapor is burned and pushed out of 12 nozzles without creating any visible smoke. 60 days into the spi

high 60's? but i think just a thought in the callers point of view, the outcome of that form of critique is that by being nominated by president barack obama you're automatically disqualified from being on the supreme court. seems to be the lo dpik if obama nominates someone that in itself is proof someone isn't the deserved to be nominated. as senator graham tomorrow south carolina said, during the alito hearings that elections of consequences and the president gets to pick what he wants an and that's why the democrats should get in line and vote for alito. he said is same thing during the sotomayor's confirmations. this president gets to a point someone unless there's an outrageous why you should vote fence them you should sort of go along. that's how some republicans view it and some democrats too. host: next call from pennsylvania. democrat line? call cow this woman scares the be jesus out of me for two reasons. first and for most, her adamant - stop against the second amendment right of thi