i have the numberne nufacturing district in the state of ohio. ilso have the number one agricultural districin the state of ohio. and about two yes ago, cording toational facturinassociatn, had the ninth lgest number of unitedtates hf s inhe representatis. ecause of threcession acss the country ive dropped to 20th, which is unacceptable. last summ we haunemoyment r raging acss our dtricstatand co i had two of my counties over 18%, had fo othersver 16%. so, u ow, have d something in thisntry t get this country moving. it's inttinge talk about having a district that's number one manucturing and also a district that'sumber one in agricultur how did that work? i haveo ma of myarmes at worked full time off the rm but worked full time on the farm. slike my relatives who so livin my district, they're workg a lot re than 40-hour weeks e mang sure that the amerin economy keeps moving making surth ame are fed, buthey're also making sure that we don't ve to rely on foreign coues frr od like have to do when it comes to l, relying on foreign cntrior our need w

at the end of may, my state of ohio had 136,000 seriously delinquent loans. only 12.95% of those loansave been modified. ohio is 42nd out of 51. in early may, i held an open meeting in my district with treasury assistant secretary alison. in that meeting, i want you to know that in cleveland ohio i learned from numerous advocates that your bank is the most difficult one to deal with when it comes to loan modifications. over and over, i have heard that chase has been especially slow to process paper work. i have heard that chase denies far worse modifications without supplying a reason. i have heard that chastely as far worse facing foreclosure in limbo. -- i have heard that chased leads to borrowers -- leaves borrowers facing foreclosure in limbo. why is the trial modification for chase mortgages nearly 7.5 months? >> american samoa all of us have mentioned, the resource needs for this program have outstripped our ability to have the right number people in seats performing their functions. >> so you're saying you do not have enough people to handle the program

those that were very active lead to thousands of foreclosures in the state of ohio. i have gotten a lot of complaints as we look at people who are trying to seek modifications. although the discussions have started, and these have not been finalized, these modifications, the banks continue to proceed with foreclosure proceedings. they are sending mixed messages. i realize treasury has sent out some directives on this recently. but i'm very concerned about sending mixed messages to homeowners who are trying to seek modifications and of the same time sending out letters to the bank of their foreclosing on their property. i wonder if we should stop the practice of the foreclosure if we are in the process of loan modification negotiations so that it does not lead to the homeowners backing out because they fear their house is going into foreclosure anyway. >> let me be very clear that foreclosure is the last and least alternative for somebody. when you offer somebodya hamsomp modification, and it if -- and if they fail about, we are for them -- if they failed that, we offe

i was chief of staff in the ste of ohio when that reform passed in that state. and many of us, although we understood the impulse, we respected the public for the impulse, but we ulave told you the day it passed what the actual impact in the state of ohio would be. only do. it would increase the power of the lobbyists and it would increase the power of staff. so the well-intentioned impulse of the publico gain ownership in their democracy actually took a stp backwards in terms of the efficacy of the reform. we think these four organizations that a fundamental dilemma about democracy reform in the united states is, number one, it's always outside of government, maybe until just recently. it's always underfunded, competing for the same resources. and, in fact, it's just like the old tale of the elephant. one of us is the trunk, one of us has the tale, somebody has the left. , summer has the right hind leg. we've all got pieces of a puzzle that have to be looked at systemically. has to be looked at systemical systemically. and it iin that spirit that we have attempt

at the end of may, my state of ohio had 136,000 seriously delinquent loans. ly 12.5% of those loans were modified. the ratio of h.a.m.p. to ser iously delinquent loans -- in cleveland, ohio, i heard from many homeowners. chasee has been especially slow to process paper work. chase denied borrowers modifications without providing reasons. of the four largest mortgage servicers represented here today, why is the average length of trial modifications for chase mortgagors nearly seven and a half months? >> at all of us have mentioned, the resources needed for this program has outstripped the people in seats. >> so you do not have enough people to handle them? >> we were one of the first out of the box when the program was announced. we are accepting applications -- >> sorry to interrupt you. the program has been going on for 19 months. it seems to me -- >> we have had thousands of people apply. >> if you know there is a demand -- i just wonder how hard you are really trying. that is the concern that i have. when i get reports from my constituents that you are deny

of mr. jordan from ohio. we served in the state legislature together. we did know about the problems a years ago. we did a very extensive study on sub-prime lending in the state of ohio. the democrats pushed hard for legislation that would have cracked down on it. there was predatory lending legislation. it was my republican colleagues that held that up. the hell did of four years. dissenting was happening in this very congress. stephanie jones, who since passed away, in 2002 -- in 2001 introduced predatory lending legislation that was done year after year. the voters have to understand that the reason we are here today talking about loan modifications is not just because of the economy today and the foreclosures mr. lynch described due to unemployment but because of all the poor underwriting and the securitization of the loans in the sub-prime market that could have been prevented had we addressed predatory lending legislation in congress, had we past predatory lending legislation in the states. but the republicans repeatedly stood in the wake of this.

at the end of may, my state of ohio had 136,000 seriously delinquent loans. only 12.95% of those loans have been modified. ohio is 42nd out of 51. in early may, i held an open meeting in my district with treasury assistant secretary alison. in that meeting, i want you to know that in cleveland ohio i learned from numerous advocates that your bank is the most difficult one to deal with when it comes to loan modifications. over and over, i have heard that chase has been especially slow to process paper work. i have heard that chase denies far worse modifications without supplying a reason. i have heard that chastely as far worse facing foreclosure in limbo. -- i have heard that chased leads to borrowers -- leaves borrowers facing foreclosure in limbo. why is the trial modification for chase mortgages nearly 7.5 months? >> american samoa all of us have mentioned, the resource needs for this program have outstripped our ability to have the right number of people in seats performing their functions. >> so you're saying you do not have enough people to handle the pr

ski any one of you in your state of ohio, in your -- i ask any one of ou in your state of ohioo in your state of connecttcut, mr. murphy, or anyone from around the country, can you imagine your local banker saying, -- having one neighbor, saying i want you to design something to fail, and then selling it to another neighbor as something that woulddsucceed. it would never happen. another failure is the government failure. the federal reserve. this explosion in asset values and real estate values and subprime mortgages where people who are permiited who had no iicome, no job, no proof of assets, no proof of ability to pay for given loans of $400,000 or $550,000 or $600,000. the regulators had the responsibility to apply the law of financial gravity and not permit that to occur. s that situation where people who point their finger of responsibility at government not standing up their right but those same people can't say that all we should do is dissuade regulation altogether and let the private sector do what it wants because it has led to excess -- destruction of value and a lot of indiv

i think about my home state of ohio. we had a fairly high income-tax rate. you also, i think in the very first question from the chairman, talk about the potential for a double-dip recession. talk to me about those tax increases that we know are going to happen. the administration and this congress have been plain about that. they are going to raise taxes. what impact will that have on the growth that you are expecting to continue through this year and into next year? >> timing is critical. we have a recovery under way. in the very near term, increase taxes cuts -- in -- increased taxes, cuts, and spending will be a drag on the economy. we need to convince markets that in the medium and longer-term we had a sustainable fiscal path. the ideal strategy in my view is to provide a plan for balancing our budget for bringing deficits down over the medium and longer- term. again, i will not try to adjudicate for congress how that should be done. i would say that in the short term, as you look at fiscal issues, he should take into account the strength of the recover

delegation for yielding to me, and with speaker mollohan in the chair this evening, the neesm buckeye state of ohio extend our deepest sympathy to the state of west virginia to the byrd family, to all the staff that served this truly remarkable human being and mirn senator robert byrd. there's a great piece of music called "ode to the common man," as i'm saying these words this evening, i think of that music and of senator byrd's remarkable life truly was a man of the legislative branch that belonged to the american people . his road had been a hardscrabble one from the very beginning and he's the kind of american that walked a tough road and when he came here he never forgot people who came from backgrounds as did he. i have a great joy of serving with him on the appropriations committee and being one of the few women that have served on that committee when i arrived there in the 1990's, i remember him sitting across from me at a conference committee, looking over his glasses at this woman who was a bit younger than he was and his great sense of welcome and somewhat surprise that history in americ

of the united states. we have a tremendous opportunity witt ohio to export our goods, invest in our work force or manufacturing sector to export some of our -- not just our jobs but export our goods. we don't want to see any more jobs exported out of the country. that's what we've seen with ssme of the trades deals championed by previous administrations. but certainly when we invest in our economy and we invest in our big opportunity for us like energy, when you build a new nuclear reactor, you can't outsource it. when you build a new solar array, you can't outsource those jobs. when you build a wind turbine that has 8,000 manufacturedd parts, 200 tons of steel, the bearings are made by a company in my congressional district. those are real jobs, you can't outsource the wind turbine. we can invest in our future and help us become energy independence in the long run. that's what we've done when taking these big steps in investing in an energy policy that makes sense. you'll hear from my friends on the other side of the aisle that want to identify our legislation, our energy, our national energy policy and legis

he's now professor of military history at ohio state university. kimberly kagan is the president of the institute for the study of war, a washington think tank. she was last in afghanistan in march. and greg jaffe is a military reporter for the "washington post." he's also co-author a book that profiled general petraeus: "the fourth star: four generals and the epic struggle for the future of the united states army." thank you all three for being with us. greg jaffe, to you first. remind us what general petraeus' leadership style is. >> well, you know, he's very good politically. i mean, one of the things i think he did a great job with and i think pete mansoor can talk about this in depth is establish a relationship with p.m. maliki that wasn't always a comfortable and happy relationship. but i think he was able to push maliki, along with the u.s. ambassador there, ryan rocker, to really do things that were both in the iraqis interest and in the broader u.s. interest. so that's critical. he's also very good at getting a few big ideas out to the troo

. >> now bob woodward and carl bernstein talk about watergate and the state of american journalism at ohiohe "washington post," woodward and bernstein began investigating the watergate break-in. from columbus ohio -- from columbus, ohio, this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> i'm bob, he's carl. good to get that out of the way. >> i think the best thing we can do, given what people seem to be asking us lately, particularly about could this happen again? is to tell you a little bit about what we did and what happened. because it is very anomalous, concerns of the way that we in terms of the way journalism work then and the way it works now. we were reporters at the "washington post." i happen to be in the office on that day, june 17 or 18th, 1972. bob was called in by the city editor. >> if it was a nice day. and it was a saturday. and the editors in the morning said, who would be dumb enough to come in and work today? [laughter] and my name immediately came to their lives. >> and i was already in the office. i was late handing in another piece. that was a good story, obviously better th

come in and change the conversation from the gulf oil gusher to one of john's, particularly in a crucial battleground states like ohio. host: how many times as the president into ohio in the last couple of months or year or so? guest: he has been here eight times since he took office. he has been to ohio -- i think this is his fourth trip this year. he was in youngstown last month at another stimulus-related event, again, road improvements to pave the way for the expansion of a steel company. he has been in the cleveland area three times this year. that is home to about 40% of the state's democrats. so, i think in an election year, part of the aim is to make sure the base is wis -- with him, with congressional races and a hotly contested governor's race. host: have you seen a lot of evidence of stimulus spending and the columbus area besides of this project of president is coming out to do? guest: there was one very visible example, very early when the stimulus bill was passed. the president came to town to dedicate a new police class, which would not have been possible without stimulus funding. the city of columbus,

of the key states. off -- our guest is bob benenson. our first call is from toronto, ohio. we will show you a map from "the wall street journal" of the u.s. essentially the dark states are the ones who have action today. bernie, a caller from ohio. i think he cannot wait any more. we were talking so long. guest: i apologize. host: it is my fault. linda on the democrats' line from the mexico. go ahead. caller: my question is about carly fiorina. i did not know when she left hewlett-packard. at the time it is my understanding that she was fired. but i have not heard one word about that. host: what does it mean it is true? caller: it means to mate she probably was not bowing as good a job and she would like us to think she was. because i do believe she was fired. and i would like to know the truth. host: would that make heard less and effective elected official? caller: it would make it less attractive to me, yes. legacy as fiorina's head of hewlett-packard appears to be a matter of significant debate in the business world. there was a very interesting profile of her in "the ne

of the key states. off -- our guest is bob benenson. our first call is from toronto, ohio. we will show you a map from "the wall street journal" of the u.s. essentially the dark states are e ones who have action today. bernie, a caller from ohio. i think he cannot wait any more. we were talking so long. guest: i apologize. host: it is my fault. linda on the democrats' line from the mexico. go ahead. caller: my question is about carly fiorina. i did not know when she left hewlett-packard. at the time it is my understanding that she was fired. but i have not heard one word about that. host: what does it mean it is true? caller: it means to mate she probably was not bowing as good a job and she would like us to think she was. because i do believe she was fired. and i would like to know the truth. host: would that make heard less and effective elected official? caller: it would make it less attractive to me, yes. legacy as fiorina's head of hewlett-packard appears to be a matter of significant debate in the businessorld. there was a very interesting profile of her in "thnew york

network and i think at the end of the day that is something that could help somebody like harry reid and democrats another competitive states like pennsylvania, like ohio, like florida, where there are also competitive statewide races. host: before we let you go and amy walker joins us, let me ask you your read of the election results so far. guest: overall i think we are seeing a strong anti-incumbency wave, blanche lincoln not withstand it. you are seeing the fact that somebody comes from washington can be a beat -- real detriment in terms of their ability to make the case that they can be most effective. i think it is scary not just for democrats, but for republicans as well heading into november. as we saw last night with bob inglin, he has been relatively conservative, but it has had very little impact on voters. they were upset with the fact that he was from washington and the few positions that he had taken that were more moderate than they were expecting one wanted. it becomes an issue i think of credibility, and it becomes a problem for people who have washington next to their name. john mercurio, executive editor of the hotline. we will conti

published author and the list of his books is pretty impressive, primarily on policing and violent crime, etc. he received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. i introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >> well, good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to share an academic perspective on counterfeiting, although it is a bit unfortunate for you that right before lunch you have to listen to a professor drone on and on about research methods, data, terry. but i think you'll find this very interesting and unique perspective. thwart his effort to keep powerpoint presentations out of the discussion by putting some in here. what i want to discuss today is part of the count of aiding and product protection program. if nothing else, we will throw another acronym, acap, into the discussion. this program must lost to be an international -- this program was launched to be an international help to the counterfeiting strategy. we addressed counterfeiting problem spite partnering with industry and government associations and other stakeholders in a developer the separate and get them back -- and develop these efforts and get them back o

state. you picked $500,000 sthere's o impact on the ste of ohio. $50000 a great amount to pull out of their. in l. cnty, the limits are $729,0 or $750,000. these are some of the best-performing loa f.a. is making. whenou look at the f.h.a. nationwide, they're making over 90% of the ans to this count. if they were not there today, people would not be able to selloans in high cost ars. you would not be able to sell a hom a high cost area, nor would yobe ae to buy a home in a high cost area. if this were impacting the federal governmt or taxpayers, i would age with my good friend, i will say again my good friend, mr. turner, i wod agree th this. but this isot impacti xpayers orhe f.h.a.'s some of the besterforming ans. why should people in high-cost areas be penalized because we wanto pick the nuer $500,000 out the air that wl have no beneto anyone anywhere. i oppose this amendment and ask my colleagues to oppose the amendment. thank you for yielding. the chair: theentleman fm ohio. mr. turner: i appreciate my good friend's statements, there is one statement i want to correct, all of ohio would

some of these members of the committee who have experienced deregulation, i know from my experience in the state legislature and pass airline mergers, it has not gone well and ohio. dayton, columbus, wilmington, cincinnati have all experienced significant service and job loss and a movement to complete outsourcing of these jobs. i remain concerned, while not taking position on this, remain concerned this business model that is being proposed would put added strain on the cleveland, especially after so many taxpayer dollars have been funded to expand the facility, as well as corporate investment. but i remain concerned about that. i want to just hone in on one thing. i am really concerned, and i have not been convinced by the testimony thus far, that by reducing the number of competitors currently that we will increase competition. we may be setting up a scenario of too big to fail. can you briefly comment? >> certainly, i think we are creating a carrier not too big to fail, but big enough to succeed. we compete on a global scale. we compete with large foreign airlines. we compete with large domestic airlines, like delta or american. we're putting ourselves in at

of the revolutionary war. the county was established on february 19, 1810, seven years after ohio was admitted into the union as the 17th state. it takes its name, clinton county, from george clinton, the fourth vice president of the united states and one of our founding fathers. before the civil war later that century, clinton county would be a station of the underground rail road, providing refuge to thousands of people seeking to escape the horrors of slavery. today clinton county is home to about 43,200 residents and let us acknowledge them today as we celebrate the bicentennial of their historic home. in closing, i urge my colleagues to support this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. turner: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. turner: i rise in sprong support of house resolution 1121 congratulating clinton county and the county seat of will mington, ohio, on the occasion of their bicentennial. clinton county has been an

ohio. mr. tiberi: the bottom line is, a lot of people in our state are hurting and people would like a job and lot of people in michigan would like a job. looking over the last year, we spent a lot of time on energy, cap and trade, health care and stimulus and the bottom line is ever since we spent that time, more and more people are out of work. we have record unemployment, record unemployment going back to when i was in high school, 1980's, with no end in sight and tax increases coming, spending out of control and we have spending that is higher than i have ever seen than we thought we saw a couple of years ago is minor league compared to the spending today. and all the time we spent on the legislation that you have talked about that is not really important in people's lives is starting to penetrate to the people of ohio and michigan that we need to be tackling these tough issues. how do you tackle these tough issues without passing a budget and that's the bottom line? mr. latourette: we have people from ohio and michigan and at least each november we don't get along very well, but on this i

states of america, polls are overrated. i am so sick of all of these polls been taken. the polls that really matter of the votes on voting day. thank you. host: next up is hamilton, ohio. ronald, democrats line. you are on. are you there? caller: about the oil spill, i heard every -- people say they should get every ship out there in the whole world. do you realize how hard it is to turn and maneuver a ship and you have all of them in that one area? you will have more accidents. you really have to consider how the coast guard is trying to coordinate all of this. as this bill gets bigger, they bring in more ships. that is the only way they can do it. host: next up, now pleasant, iowa. anthony, republican line. caller: i think the firing of general mcchrystal was unnecessary. but he also made comments that were unnecessary. but i would like to get general -- i think he would make a good addition to it and the republican ticket in 2012. military man, nobody else in the republican bill has more foreign policy experience as general mcchrystal. he would add eight -- to the ticket to mitt romney or pawlenty, who already have a good grasp of the economy. host: anthony colling

states, bp, our military were all in this together. quit pointing fingers, do something to solve the problem. host: 1 more of view on the issue, warren, ohio caller: [unintelligible] why is president obama not willing to send ships from other countries to help them? we need all the resources we can get. they have not acceetee help to stop this. host: you are breaking up but thank you for the calls and all of the calls in this segment. in a moment, we will talk to the first director of national intelligence and a former assistant secretary of state, john negroponti. we want to talk with the president of the national association of public affairs network. welcome to cspan. guest: thank you for having made. host: what do you do? guest: this is a nonprofit that was formed to develop best practices for state networks across the country and to provide guidance and advice to grass-roots groups that are looking to create a state pubbic affairs network in their state. host: how many states have dedicated public affairs that works? guest: there are about 20 now. they range from alaska to flore , conn to washington. host: talk about why your organiza

of his books are pretty impressive. they focused primarily on policing, but crime, and others. -- policing and violent crime. jeremy received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. let me introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >> good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to share an academic perspective on counterfeiting. it is unfortunate for you that right before lunch you have to listen to a professor drawn on and on. i think you'll find this very interesting and a unique perspective. i am going to thwart bryans effort to keep powerpoint presentations out of discussion. the research i want to talk about today as part of our entire eight counterfeiting protection program. we will throw another acronym into the public policy discussion on product counterfeiting. for those of you that do not know, this program was launched at michigan state university to be a university -- international hub. we bring together the disciplines to about the michigan state university campus to address counterfeiting problems by partnering with industry, government associations, and other stakeholders. we develop these lessons and get them back out through outrea

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states to allow us to maintain the cutting edge. from the very first roads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always been built to compete. the history of ohio is a testament to this. nearly two centuries ago, our nation's first federally-funded highways -- the national road -- was extended across ohio, burning and generation of settlers west to the new frontier. -- bringing a new generation of settlers west to the new frontier. for our economy to thrive in this century, we have to act with that sense of purpose and spirit of innovation. that is why the recovery is just beginning. this is just the beginning of the investments we have to make for many years on our infrastructure. it is just the beginning of the work and increasing our mobility, productivity, reducing congestion, reducing pollution, creating good jobs that cannot be shipped overseas. we know what we can achieve when we act boldly and invest wisely. we're seeing it here in this community. we have seen it in the hospital and the deaths of its commitment to the city. we see it in the city leaders who saw a need -- and the depths of its commitment to the city. we see it in the cit

states that are going to allow us to maintain that cutting edge. from the very first railroads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always been built to compete. and you know, the history of ohio is a testament to that. nearly two centuries ago, our nation's first federally funded highway -- the national road -- was extended across ohio, bringing a generation of settlers west to this new frontier, and paving the way for the automobile that would transform our landscape. and for our economy to thrive in this new century, we've got to act with that same sense of purpose and that same spirit of innovation. that's why the recovery is just beginning -- just the beginning of the investments we're going to have to make for years on our infrastructure. it's just the beginning of the work of increasing our mobility and our productivity, reducing congestion, reducing pollution, creating good jobs that can't be shipped overseas. because we know what we can achieve when we act boldly and invest wisely. we're seeing it right here in this community. we see it in this hospital and the depths of its commitment to this city. we see it in the city leaders who saw a need and an opportunity in th

ohio or the lower east side. they drove out to different states and not on doors. my guess is that they ended up alienating themselves. the idea that we will form a social bond of around our politics emerge. what they did is they went into these big republican suburbs and said, how do you feel about your neighbors and their narrow mindedness that you read the nation as well. i did not know there are people like this who lived in plan of texas. they were serving a function. we are talking about these democrat that live in these apartment complexes that are alienated. we are giving them an avenue of some social organization that feels very real. i just think that all of this stuff together, i did to the stuff is coming together. when you look at the christian evangelical families, -- when you look at families that have three or more children, they have a bigger slice of the next generation. i think we need to look at the future of the parties. this looks pretty stable and solid. it indeed a major terrorist attack or if it be an economic crisis that stems inflation. why is this generation identified with republican policies. there are certain interpretations on ho