secretary salazar. before the bp oil spill, secretary salazar on march 31, 2010, announced he had revised the 2007-2012 five-year plan, calling to develop oil and gas resources in new areas while protecting other areas. on the issue of safety, secretary salazar said, gulf of mexico oil and gas activities provide an important spur to technological innovation and industry has proven that it can conduct its activities safely. that statement, mr. chairman, is consistent with my own impressions while serving as the secretary of the interior. by requesting me to attend, you're asking about the record the bush administration on offshore energy development. i offer these perspectives from my experience as secretary. this hearing giving me an opportunity to address an issue about the ethical culture at the minerals management service. let me address the issue of ethics head on. shortly before leaving office i was summoned to congress to testify about unethical conduct. on september 18, 2008, i unequivocally told

i will, secretary salazar to this hearing, as well as two -- i welcome secretary salazar to this hearing, as well as two former secretaries, to kempthorne and gale norton. i believe that we must do everything in our power to find out what caused this explosion and to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. unfortunately, the administration is prematurely acting on this tragedy from a regulatory ankle while the investigation to this disaster is not complete. it is why i am furious at the department of interior issuing a new build-advised moratorium on responsible offshore drilling -- i knew elegized more time on responsible offshore drilling. -- a new ill-advised moratorium on responsible offshore drilling. this risk killing between 20,000 and 50,000 jobs and will increase our reliance on foreign oil at a time when our nation's economy can least afford it. during this hearing and it's doing investigation, it is important that we not lose sight of the fact that much of our crude oil comes from offshore and if we were to ban or restrict offshore drilling, we would simply increase

secretary salazar. one of the things that we are -- that we had with the coast guard sub commitet and transportation committee and one of the things that we were concerned about is the -- what role do you all see the coast guard playing in the future? you know, the legislation passed by the committee on transportation infrastructure will require much more significant role for the coast guard and the approval of the oil spill response plans which is crucial given that the coast guard is responsible for managing the response to the spills. so what steps, if any, mms and the ast guard taking now to strengthen the role of the coast ard and by the way, that's been one of their complats that they're asked to be responsible for overseeing the cleanup, but they don't have enough say in creating the plan. did you know that? they've actually testified to that. either one of you. >> congressman cummings, if i may, the role that we have seen play out with respect to the response with the deepwater horizon blowout a

secretary salazar. one of the things that we are -- that we had with the coast guard sub commitet and transportation committee and one of the things that we were concerned about is the -- what role do you all see the coast guard playing in the future? you know, the legislation passed by the committee on transportation infrastructure will require much more significant role for the coast guard and the approval of the oil spill response plans which is crucial given that the coast guard is responsible for managing the response to the spills. so what steps, if any, mms and the coast guard taking now to strengthen the role of the coast guard and by the way, that's been one of their complaints that they're asked to be responsible for overseeing the cleanup, but they don't have enough say in creating the plan. did you know that? they've actually testified to that. either one of you. >> congressman cummings, if i may, the role that we have seen play out with respect to the response with the deepwater horizon blo

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the supreme court decision in cocieri versus salazar, if left in place, has the potential to undo that effort. the decision threatens tribal sovreignty economic seffsi and self-determination as the act provides not only for the authority of the secretary of the authority to take lands into trust for tribes but also for the establishment of tribal constitutions and tribal business structures. the decision also has the danger of establishing two classes of american indian tribes, those recognized as of 1934 for whom land may be taken into trust and those recognized after 1934 who would be unable to have land taken into trust or their benefit. this is unacceptable and contrary to the intent of congress. in fact, the federally recognized indian tribe list act passed in 1994 provides that all tribes are treated equally. since 1934, the department of the interior has construed the indian reorganization act to authorize the secretary to place land into trust for all federally recognized tribes. and trying to right our nation's wrong, secretary salazar and his predecessors have taken steps to

at a house hearing today salazar was criticized by republicans for that decision. >> makes no sense to me to cut off the drilling in gulf, when you've not had any real problems except for this one catastrophe. and i just don't understand why the administration is taking this carte blanche approach? >> brown: but democrats defended the moratorium. >> the fact is that this was an environmental disaster, and that we should look at regulation appropriately and i think it's veryppropriate that the administration take the steps to ensure that all the wells are safe. >> brown: for now, the moratorium is tied up in federal court and no deepwater drilling is happening in the gulf while the legal case is debated. two gulf state senators join us to discuss the moratorium and more: democrat bill nelson of florida and republican roger wicker of mississippi. senator wicker, the revised moratorium would allow some drilling to resume with various previceos but the opposition to it has to the gone away, why not? senator wicker, i'm afraid we're-- senator wicker, my apologies, we're not hearing you. we'

oscar salazar with a cue shot up the middle. in came the winning run. padres won it, 3-2. they have a 3 1/2-game lead in the west. >>> the yanks' alex rodriguez remains stuck on 599 homers. perhaps he should take notes from robinson cano. belted his second homer in as many days. yanks beat the indians, 11-4. >>> finally, you know things are going well for a team when they come up with inside jokes or maybe a secret handshake. for the rangers, it's the claw. the gesture is kind of like a high five. rookie mitch moreland had his first experience with the claw against the a's. after his first big league hit, look at the dugout. come on, rook. show us some love. we want the claw. and there it is. the a's fought the claw, but the claw won, 7-4. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, can anyone knock off leo at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when you buy a used vehicle, it's the engine that's supposed to purr like a kitten. we'll explain. you're watching

oscar salazar, walk off. r.b.i. single wings him.y the competition winning his seventh x freestyle championship. did logan morrisonn catch this ball, help me out, watch. did he catch this ball. >> no. >> yes -- >> did he? >> yeah. >> i don't know man. the play of the night, scott marlboro in the u.s. senior open championship going for the birdie on 0, got one better. finished the day though at plus 12. >> okay. he had one good shot. >> congratulations done a perry of hayward. you are tonight's winner of a $260 gas bar from your 76 gas. you can also have a chance to win. go to our web site 76.com and click on contest. >> just giving it away. >> yeah, i always got gas. >> yeah. >> i was at the t -- >> i was at the practice today for 14 hours, i'll be blogging about that tonight, you can also enter for your gas card. >> and your sunburn too. >> forgot about that. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] get extra savings at the jcpenney appreciation sale. save an extra 15% on all regular, sale, and clearance items. everyt

>> i think it should do what it is in the process of doing trade secretary salazar has announced he is going back to the drawing board and trying to develop another moratorium, but a much more targeted moratorium, one that would be appropriate to ensure the safety of drilling operations to the extent the administration has concerns about that. but not have it in the blank form that was struck down by the court. i think that is the right way to proceed. the administration has authority to do that. i think the administration has the responsibility to ensure these drilling operations are done in a safe manner, to the extent they don't have that insurance now. they are well within their rights and responsibilities to put in place a moratorium to get control of the situation. i don't think that has to be a six month moratorium. i don't think that has to be any particular time frame. i think the administration is doing what it needs to do to refine their moratorium and hopefully shortness and ramp up their ability to insure the safety of these operations. >> how quickly do they need to allow

disaster site with the government's point man, admiral thad allen, and interior secretary kennal salazar. we landed on the helix producer. unlike a rig, it's not moored to anything on the ocean floor, it's a ship and a g.p.s. keeps it in place. it's a dramatic sight, oil is pumped in through a riser then after it's separated the natural gas is burned off. ever since the "h.p.-1" which is called a floating production unit, arrived here on june 19 it's been ramping up its capacity toy collect oil. its target o s to collect some 30,000 barrels or 1.26 million gallons of oil every single day and then pipe it into that tanker right nearby. the "helix producer" will get an assist from three other vessels. ultimately, four vessels will be charged with really siphoning up the total amount of gas or oil coming up? >> and we believe that will give us 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, which is above our current flow rate estimate. >> couric: so that will at least stop it, right? >> it will contain all the oil. >> couric: but then obviously the relief wells will actually stop it for good. >> stop it f

. >>> in san diego, oscar salazar, of the padres singled in the ninth inning for are a walkoff victory over los angeles 3-2. the padres increase their lead to seven games ahead of the dodgers. >>> in the american league, the white sox now lead the central division by 1 1/2 games. paul kanerko homered. the white sox beat the mariners 9-5. >>> carlos pena, tampa bay, homered and had four runs batted in against detroit in a 4-2 victory. rays' david price became the first pitcher to win 14 games in the american league this season. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a heart-warming homecoming for some four-legged heroes. there's oil out there we've got to capture. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. then, the boats go to wor

salazar, secretary salazar, excuse me, sir, but what is it about no that you don't understand? i have asked that of lawyers who argued in my court from time to time. and i think that question ought to be asked, what is it about no ks you don't understand? we told you this is way beyond the scope of what you should be doing here and you're doing it anyway. why don't you understand the word no with people you are supposed to be answering to are telling you know? that question is valid. and i think that's a question that we as people who defend the rule of law, we ought to be asking that question. i don't think we have answers, but i do know what they did, issued another moratorium. now, those who will defend the moratorium will say they have lightened it each time of the. 9 issue is at some point in time until the area is cleared, the people who operate those rigs don't know if they're in trouble or aren't in trouble if they start to drill. they don't know. because this keeps in the court system. one of the real crimes that happens in this country and happens in every part of the

we have tried to have a good opportunity and working with secretary salazar. as governor and dedicated to building strong governmental relationship with the federal barron's particularly secretary ken salazar of the department of interior of the secretary tom vilsak of the primitive agriculture, and secretary steven chu of the department of energy. in fact, i meant to us earlier with secretary salazar today two further these goals. this is a follow-up meeting have had with secretary salazar since we last hosted him in utah this past april. the secretary attended a meeting of my balance resource council which i believe is innovative partnership building efforts that is bringing people together on all sides of the issues to address the many difficult and the challenges we face in our state. i also visited the department of energy to provide dr. to a staff with a copy of a strategic energy plan i recently and bill for the state of utah. this energy plan focuses on developing the utahs traditional renewable energy resources to the benefit of all americans while pr

and whereas president obama and secretary of the interior ken salazar selected larry oako hawk of the pawnee nation to serve as assistant secretary for indian affairs and have held listening sessions on american indian and alaska native issues around the country. and the white house. and whereas american indian heritage month recognizes and honors the continued contributions of the american indian community and promotes awareness about issues facing the american indian population today. and whereas the mayor of the city and county of san francisco is proud to partner with kqed, friendsship house, association of american indian, american indian aids project and the american indian health center to celebrate five outstanding local heroes for their work in the san francisco bay area, american indian community. now therefore be it resolved that i, the mayor, do hereby proclaim november, 2009, as american indian heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. at this time i'd also like to recognize the offices of several elected officials who are providing certificates of honors to

salazar's letter was not an isolated incident in congress, as you are seeing. when rumors were flying that chief justice renquist might free a second seat on the court, people wrote to her pleading with her to walk awe way from the court. they wanted her to be named the first woman chief justice. one wonders were they scared the court would never see another woman? did they think there weren't enough qualified women in the country to be a chief justice? does gender mean that much to them? i don't tell you these stories out of hate or malice. i tell you them because the business of politics are silly. there are very serious people in the building, in the capital and across town. i tell you these stories because i hope the young women in this room, and young men, too, of course, come to washington with a lot more common sense and frankly confidence than we have seen in washington. wiff seen ideology substituting a bit for both, and a lot of talk about freedom and choice really have nothing to do with either. here let me get back to how women might threaten freedo

one is the new moratorium that was issued yesterday by secretary ken salazar. i would like to describe the process that led up to it, the scope of it, and so forth. second, i want to describe a process that the secretary has the issuesrelate to addressed in his moratorium decision memo which i will be doing over the next 60 days or so. finally, i will talk briefly about the status of the joint boem-coast guard investigation on i will look forward to your questions after i am finished yesterday afternoon, secretary ken salazar announced a moratorium. technically, it is a suspension of certain permitted drilling activities on the outer continental shelf for that decision was based on an extensive record of information that had been compiled and developed by the department of interior since the oil spill in late april. much of it was developed since may 28 which is when the original moratorium was issued. on the basis of that information which is extensive, the secretary concluded that a continuing pause in deep water drilling was necessary in order to get additio

i commend president obama and secretary salazar for putting it together. every organization was there. we were all talking collaboration. we're talking partnership. by the way, i am sick of that word partnership. i thought, what would stewart udall say? i did a speech which was later referred to by someone who said, "everyone spoke of blandly until this guy richardson spoke like a hyena." i said we need more wilderness, we need more national parks, we need more scenic rivers. we have to protect our mustangs. you know who i was thinking of? i was thinking of what stewart udall would say. for months i had asked for a building named after stewart udall. i was told that we would get some of native american history and name -- i said i want a building. we finally found a building in the department of cultural affairs. it looked the ultimate accomplishment. the building is going to be named -- it is a building that will cover the americas. that building is going to be named after that big man with the big hands and the big voice. [applause] >> one of our technic

and secretary salazar defended his decision. and the interesting thing, the president pulled together a panel -- well, actually, secretary salt czar pulled together a panel of experts to look at this problem and to make recommendations. and then the report came out, used the secretary used this report to promote a six-month moratorium on stopping drilling, all drilling, jo shore, offshore, shallow water, deep water, all drilling. . mr. akin: did this stop the oil coming out of this the floor of the ocean? mr. broun: no. mr. akin: is it dealing with cleaning up thes me? mr. broun: they're not doing anything that bill clinton suggested they do the secretary said this panel was suggesting that we have this moratorium. an the panel came back and said, no, no, no. we didn't do that. in fact we don't want you to stop the drilling, we think you ought to continue it. and -- mr. akin: let's get this straight. this is confusing. a panel of more or less experts is put together, they're asked to come up with a recommendation, they come up w

i'm meeting on regular basis with secretary salazar and other administration officials giving them good specific concrete ideas of safety measures we can do now, today, tomorrow to lift the moratorium. >> chris: finally, less than a minute less, mr. nungesser, i wonder, not to get aof ourselves as the president says, but is there a feeling of hope in plaquemines parish this morning there hasn't been for 90 days? >> absolutely. when i was at a town hall meeting and announced it, cheers broke out in the room. i saw hope in the face of the fishermen they can get their life back soon. so, we're very optimistic. we see light at the end of the tunnel. a very long tunnel. but today we're making progress. >> chris: mr. nungesser, senator vitter, we have to leave it there. thank you for talking to us. >> thank you. >> chris: i speak for everyone when i say good luck with the oil spill. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: up next, the political battle for 2010 heats up. we have a front line report from two congressional leaders about who will control the house. one word turns innovative design into re

i commend the president and secretary salazar for putting it together.here were all talking collaboration. there were talking partnership. by the way, i am sick of that word, "partnership." what would store udall say? i gave a speech, which was later referred to by someone who said everybody smoke -- spoke diplomatically and blandly until this guy richardson, who got up and spoke like a hyena. i said we need more wilderness, more national parks, more wild and scenic rivers. we need more trails. we have to protect our mustangs. you know who i was thinking of. i was thinking of what stewart udall would say. for months, i said i wanted a building named after stewart udall. he said we are going to give some papers, some native american history and name that section. i said no, i want a building. we finally found a building, a very good building in thdeed. but the ultimate accomplishment , a building that is going to be named, that covers all of america's public lands. it is not just a building in d.c., a building that is going to cover the first americans, t

he was appointed to the senate seat that was held by interior secretary salazar in january of 2009. he is able to go and introduce himself to voters. where is andrew romanoff has to pick a fight, and a fight he picked is one about money. he has been waging the war but as the bennet campaign points out, romanoff took money from pacs and has operated one of his own. it is not really moved the needle. host: the endorsement for these two candidates have also been an issue. president obama has endorsed bennet and former president clinton endorsed romanoff. what is the impact? guest: the obama administration has been behind senator bennet early on, and some or much of his fund-raising success can be attributed to that. i think everyone here in colorado was surprised by bill clinton's endorsement of andrew romanoff, and i think it was a testament to the work he had done in the democratic party, to his support of hillary clinton's presidential campaign. but it does far has only been an e-mail letter of support. at the time the people around bill clinton said that is all it would be, it woul

and also, we find out today in our natural resources hearing, salazar and i know this will be a shock to my former freshman classmate, member of congress, bobby jindal, but i'm reading from secretary salazar's testimony today in our hearing and i got to get word to mr. jindal, governor jindal, he said, and i'm quoting, we were in the gulf coast probably -- been down there 10 times down there in houston since it started. but we made a call from the command center -- i guess that's in houston to secretary gates and to the white house that essentially gave the authorization to the states to move forward with the coast guard within a few days after this incident occurred, so it is for me, frankly, surprising that you do not have the governors of these states moving forward with the deployment of these national guard troops. oh, that's great. with all the failures of this department of interior, the secretary has the nerve to come in and blame the governors of those states that have tried to play by the rules and say, look, we understand your law that you have from washington. we have to g

so now secretary salazar has divided that agency up. they will need more reform on a question. we have got to go back and say, look. in my community, in most communities, we have a fire station. that is paid for through taxes. there is one fire in your neighborhood year. most the time, those guys felt little old ladies cross the street and get canton is out of trees. -- those guys help whittle ladies cross the street and get kittens out of trees. we have the assets repositioned. we have independent regulators who are not in any way connected to the money in the system. bizerte really big picture structural questions -- these are really big picture structural questions. the president has appointed a commission to look into these questions and look at how we transition into the big picture solutions. is really important that commission come up with these kinds of groundbreaking changes so we do not have these conflicts of interest and we move forward. >host: last call. democrat, rockfalls, for paul harrison. caller: i agree with pretty much everything that's paul harrison there i

salazar, who has been a real champion for our vets and our troops. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sali: thank you, madam chair. i want to -- mr. salazar: thank you, madam chair. i'd like to thank ranking member wamp and mr. crenshaw for their valued efforts in putting this bill together. i don't think that i've had a greater honor than to serve on a committee of this type where we all work together in a bipartisan manner. chairman edwards and ranking member wamp and mr. crenshaw and all of us have worked very hard on veterans and their families, all 17 1/2 million living veterans in the united states should applaud you for your diligent work as you fight for those who have provided us freedom. madam chair, as the chairman mentioned, it's important to recognize the bipartisanship and fiscal responsibility in this bill. with bureaucratic 2005 being completed, the sub-- with brac 2005 being completed, the bill included a total of $57 billion, an increase of nearly $4 billion, for veterans, medical care, disability and educational benefits.

the federal courts have stayed that moratorium, but secretary salazar has said that they will find a way to reinstate it. i had breakfast last week with a woman who was laid off during the drilling moratorium. there are almost 50,000 jobs directly related to those rigs in the gulf coast. thousands of businesses, many mid size and small businesses, say they cannot survive six months without revenue. have you had a chance to study the impact of shutting down our energy exploration in the gulf for a six month period. it was just announced this week that rigs leaving for africa or the middle east will not be returning for at least a year. companies are employing workers in areas that are allowing energy exploration. do you have any sense of what the economic impact of the moratorium will be? >> we do not yet. if you like, i could follow up. >> when do you think the impact startthe spell will c showing up in your report. i know that this week, for example, there was a tiny gain in tourism areas. do you think we will start seeing that impact in the next month pose a report or the following

salazar i announced that you had to leave at noon and i will abide by that and not even ask my own question. i know that you understand as a former member of congress when bells ring, i speak for the chairman when i thank you both for very important testimony here today. the hearing is in recess until after the vote. >> thank you. you can see continuing coverage of the oil spill cleanup on the c-span networks. tonight, a kentucky senate candidate forum with republican rand paul and democratic attorney general jack conaway. the candidates discuss agriculture and other national issues including health care, immigration, and the economy. we'll also have comments from both candidates who met with reporters following the forum. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> a rally was held wednesday in louisiana to protest the federal moratorium on drilling. in this portion, you will hear from the wife of an offshore oil worker, a form president of shell oil, a petroleum consultants, and the c.e.o. of the louisiana restaurant association. this is about 50 minutes. in three years we were able to tur

salazar and others should only be ignored. an industrywide moratorium will only destroy an already hurt economy, locally, as well as nationally. although we respect the meeting with us, it is questionable considering there seems to be a lack of knowledgeable experts to address all the elements that is at stake. our message to the president is this -- we need leadership, solutions, decisive action and we need it now. please, start leading. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you for allowing us to be here today. my name is philip ray and i'm president of the harvey canale industrial association. it was founded in 1946 by and for companies along the can mall along the west bank of jefferson parish which is six miles from where we sit today at this hotel. it has supported the gulf coastal system. we've imported the oil and gas industry since drilling began more than 60 years ago. be sure to understand to the members we represent and never understatement the tragedy that was the deepwater horizon or forget the loss of the 11

what is frustrating is that 24 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have sent a letter to secretary salazar, recommending a path forward that would protect the safety and security of the golf and allow exploration to go forward on the development and appraisal wells in the gulf that pose almost no risk at all, a proposal that would save 95% of jobs, avoid an energy supply problem in 2011-2012. we are just hopeful that maybe the small price to pay folks who are going to suffer can get some relief on this white house. maybe congress could delay their unemployment checks as well. jobless claims were up again last week. construction is stalled. no industry, as you said a moment ago -- none of the job growth is statistically significant. now there are worries from europe. there are concerns about manufacturing slowdowns in china and throughout the world. that is keeping consumers at bay. the saving rate continues to go up. people are banking their money rather than buying something. i am looking for optimistic signs in these numbers, anddthe sooner we get this recovery going the better. but i ju

you also, through that site, can write a letter to president obama and to interior secretary ken salazar, reminding him that louisiana's gulf coast does play a major role in the industry independence and security of our nation. most importantly, you must take the energy and enthusiasm of today's rally and continue to push forward, continue to work together, continue to persevere, and continue to make your voice heard. the great coach, vince lombardi, once said that individual commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, and a civilization work. this is your opportunity to make an individual commitment to a massive group effort, to save our industry, to save our economy, our way of life, and to get the folks of coastal louisiana back to work. as wlee today, let us always remember those who perished in the deep water horizon rig on april 20. always remember to keep their families in your thoughts and prayers. i believe we live in a country where we can do two things at one time. but it takes hard work. is it's time to roll up our sleeves and let's

host: here's what ken salazar had to say about the moritorhat.u> i think it was important to put in place until we can monitor capeabilild, as well as oil well sponls capeability. hoast: why not keep a moritorham in place until you can assure safety? guest: you have to remember, my association represents the refining industry and not the crude production. but to answer your question is, we don't stop air traffic after an accident. we don't stop bugs traffic ae pr an accident. we investigate and we find out what went wrong. by anyone's calculation this is a trageeed that hsay apened in gulf. a tragedy for the whole nation, bhu many -- but for the ones who lost thkeepr lives, their -- yo hearts and prayers go out. what will happen with the moritorium? there these rigs move. will we be more dependent on other southe ges of crude oil f perhaps unstable regions of the wowe are ds? i want to emphasize, we are the first customer. before that gasoline or diesel gets to the pump or before those petrochemicals get turned into liast lien, those are the -- t

i will meet this afternoon with secretary chu, secretary salazar, carol browner, of course -- sorry, carol. i met with strategic senators, committee chairs, and i have a rough draft of what we will do. no one has asked this question, but we will have a stage iv title for the bill. one will deal with the oil spill situation. the other will deal with a clean energy, consumer savings, and job creation. and at third will reduce consumption. the fourth title is broader and working with the finance committee on that. at this stage, we have not completed it. we are looking at a way of making sure that when we talk about pollution, we are focused just on the utility section. >> what about --? >> i have given you what we will do. >> to you mean greenhouse gas emissions from the utility sector -- do you mean greenhouse gas emissions from the utility sector? >> there has been a lot of work done with them long before i got into the picture. we need to figure out a way, any savings we can make, will return to the consumer. i hope to be able to do it week after next. there is no bill. i hope to ha

host: here's what ken salazar had to say about the moritorhat.u> i think it was important to put in place until we can monitor capeabilild, as well as oil well sponls capeability. hoast: why not keep a moritorham in place until you can assure safety? guest: you have to remember, my association represents the refining industry and not the crude production. but to answer your question is, we don't stop air traffic after an accident. we don't stop bugs traffic ae pr an accident. we investigate and we find out what went wrong. by anyone's calculation this is a trageeed that hsay apened in gulf. a tragedy for the whole nation, bhu many -- but for the ones who lost thkeepr lives, their -- yo hearts and prayers go out. what will happen with the moritorium? there these rigs move. will we be more dependent on other southe ges of crude oil f perhaps unstable regions of the wowe are ds? i want to emphasize, we are the first customer. before that gasoline or diesel gets to the pump or before those petrochemicals get turned into liast lien, those are the -- t

salazar to gulf workers -- moved to egypt. he goes on to write at the end of the piece -- "the financial times" front page, one more oil story. $10 billion less they will pay in taxes over the next four years. they are basically saying here that the cost of the spill cleaned up can't be written off against tax, so they will save $10 billion over four years according to "the financial times." buffalo, new york. a republican line. your faith in congress and the present. caller: i have no faith in president obama or congress right now. i know there are a few congressmen that i think are doing a good job. paul ryan would be one of them. i can't say the same unfortunately for my senators. i have no representation right now because eric massa was my representation and unfortunately we have no special election, nobody is an office and i feel mired and bob down because i have no one to speak for me from my district. my faith in a president obama was a -- there are some decisions that i support him in, but there are some things i have

ken salazar rejected the moratorium imposed in may, saying that the difficulties bp has encountered underscores the need for stopping deep sea drilling for now." portland, go ahead. caller: i work for two of these communications companies. some of those people talking about satellite, the only thing about it is that when you have weather disturbance, your satellite will not pick up the signal. -- fiber optic underground lines carry direct signal. people saying that it is not worth that, that people outside of rural areas do not deserve it -- let me tell you, these people can get on line. they can do their homework. parents can pick up the homework on line. by the time a book is printed and on the shelf, it is already outdated. you can get instant information online. i think that everyone should be connected. if the government has to do it, so be it. working for a cable company, i know that they do not go into areas where they cannot get their money back. when we set up a new connection, if there are no other people in their area, they will not put it in. maybe a tax credit for those companies.

because, i would argue, secretary salazar is ignoring the courts and ignoring the rule of law. and we ought to be concerned about that. . it has nothing to do with protecting british petroleum. they ought to get hammered. they did some very bad business practices, it's going to prove out, i think, they still owe to pay for the tadges they've done -- damages they've done. which they've agreed to, by the way. let's talk about another issue that in texas at least is on our minds 24/7. and that's the issue of what's going on at our borders. president obama made a speech about 10 days ago that specifically raised this issue of immigration. and he talked about, we needed to do a comprehensive immigration plan and that we were defending our borders better than we have ever defended them ever. that we've improved the situation greatly. in the interest of fairness, i would argue that maybe he should have mentioned that the day before he made this announcement that there'd never been a better defense of our borders automatic weapon fire hit the city hall of el paso, texas, fired from acr

immediately secretary salazar came in and ordered that the checks not be cashed and then ordered that they be reported, that he was not going to allow the leases that took seven years to come into being to exist because they were done at in his words, the midnight hour -- at, in his words, the m.i.t. night hour. for seven years -- at the mid knight hour. for seven years -- midnight hour. there was the oil that was going to eliminate the need for deep water drilling. we've seen that happening over and over. last year, as i ppeds, the second most -- understand, the second most rich deposit of uranium was declared off limits, came through our committee, that was a bill we voted out, to put our second highest, second best source of uranium off limits. and that all at a time when we're trying to figure out ways how to get off carbon-based fuels. and nuclear should be one of those ways that we utilize. and especially when you find out, as we have in our committee, that 90% of our uranium we're using in our nuclear plaments right now is imported. and -- plants right now is imported and yet w

salazar i announced that you had to leave at noon and i will abide by that and not even ask my own question. i know that you understand as a former member of congress when bells ring, i speak for the chairman when i thank you both for very important testimony here today. the hearing is in recess until after the vote. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> here at c-span we recently made the switch to high- definition television. on "washington journal", we spoke with the franklin plan board, the first cable system to carry c-span in hd. morning i want to tell you about a new step in c-sp growth and development. c-span is transmitting all of s programming in hd. we are welcoming our very first high-definition affiliate's this morning in frankfurt, ky. we want to introduce you to the gentleman who runs the cable system, john higginbothom, who joins us from on board the digital bus. nice to see you again. guest: good morning, susan. host: we figured state capitals are full of polical junkies like those i

i returned a short while ago from a visit out to the well site with secretary salazar, secretary of theinterior. we are on the this he lick producer one, the production platform we have brought on to be able to increase our production. this is the first time a floating production unit has been employed in the gulf coast. it was a pretty significant event, we had a chance to talk to the crew and that was a very -- that was very, very helpful moving forward. out on site today in and around the well site, we had 40 skimmers, 20 of them within 15 miles of the source we did five in situ burns, we are looking at the new stacking cap and the shift, i would like to brief you on that as i briefed the press in houston we intended to proceed yesterday with the well integrity test related to the new capping stack put on the well site after we were able to remove the piece of riser pipe that had been there for many, many days. we had a meeting yesterday, went from about 11:00 in the morning almost 3:00 in houston and we wanted to make sure we were getting this right. that we were attending to all th

the wife of a rig worker forwarded a letter to me that she sent to the president and to secretary salazar saying that while they may not need regular work she and her family cannot keep going without jobs. her family pays -- has bills to pay which is now three months behind and they will lose almost everything they have worked for as a result of this arbitrary moratorium on energy production. her husband relies on rig exploration jobs and even sent copies of their bills. she said her bank will not wait out the moratorium to receive her mortgage payment of over $3,000 past due. she said her family will probably lose their cars. they don't even have a car to live in if this thing persists. due to the moratorium, her husband lost a job, a 30-day exploration job that would pay $732 a day, a total of $21,960 for 30 days, 30 days. this is an arbitrary and malicious moratorium and it needs to end. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. kucinich: good morning, madam speaker. i ask permission to address the house fo

we've been asked, met with the secretary salazar and was looking for a water depth line that would be green, red, kind of stuff. and unfortunately, we didn't feel like we could give that. but i think, senator, you've touchdown upon some sort of review we could certainly, certain development wells are fine, certain exploration wells should be fine. i don't know on this well to what extent they knew the difficulties going into it, but they had lots of problems, lost circulation where the drilling mudfl flows out of formation an had to be constantly working with that well to get it where it needed to be. so yeah, those kind of things, either it comes up up front or would come up throughout the well. and there's precautions that you need to take. as you see those circumstances develop. >> thank you. >> chancellor elmer? >> mr. chairman, do i have a few follow-up questions. mr. dickerson, you mentioned the question i guess that a lot of people have asked why the bop wasn't activated earlier. the question i have, is ordinarily, not in this case, but just generally speak on exploration rigs,

what is frustrating is that 24 lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have sent a letter to secretary salazar, recommending a path forward that would protect the safety and security of the golf and allow exploration to go forward on the development and appraisal wells in the gulf that pose almost no risk at all, a proposal that would save 95% of jobsavoid an energy supply problem in 2011-2012. we are just hopeful that maybe the small price to pay folks who are going to suffer can get some relief on this white house. maybe coress could delay their unemployment checks as well. jobless claims were up agai last week. construction is stalled. no industry, as you said a moment ago -- none of the job growth is statistically significant. now there are worries from europe. there are concerns about manufacturing slowdowns in china and throughout the world. that is keepinconsumers at bay. the saving rate continues to go up. people are banking their money rather than buying something. i am looking for optimistic signs in these numbers, anddthe sooner we get this recovery going the better. but i just do n

secretary of the interior, i'm asking you to join with me in challenging the president, secretary salazar and the federal government to protect all gulf states from another spill as completely as possible. stop all oil tankered traffic in the gulf of mexico. are we considering all the risks? or we looking at one industry? statistics indicate that an oil tanker is four times greater chance of spilling its cargo than an oil well has of blowing out. let my make this perfectly clear, the president has said we must -- we cannot risk another spill while all of these resources have been deployed in the gulf. tankers from around the world carrying up to three million barrels of oil, close to what's been spilled by preponderance's well in 84 days, traverse the gulf. louisiana and offshore oil ports are 18 miles off our coast. they offload one million barrels of oil a day. i am not advocating that we stop all tankers from providing energy to this country. i am also not advocating that we stop all drilling in this country. lafourche is a resilient parish. we have weathered storms, we have weathered