we were elected, stephen van gogh, who won many medals in vietnam -- stephen banco, who won severalk of the battlefield as a province of hate, fear and anger. when you have fought and bled and you risk and you survive, you recognize it as something entirely different. hatred would hardly be enough to make a soldier leave a safe position to rescue a buddy. fear would never make one share of the last set of water with a dying, and -- the last sip of water with a dying, nad. and angewr would never make a nurse stable with a dying marine. -- stay with a gangrene. only love can trigger that kind of courage. -- and anger would never make a nurse, stayed with a dying marine. only love can trigger that kind of courage. and only their families, who share the love even more deeply, as i look at the headstones of those who gave their lives to win our independence, to save our nation, to save our union, to defend against fascism and communism, i wonder what they would think of this nation and this world today. i wonder what they would think of this new generation of warriors. the forces of glob

let me talk about our wonderful presenter, justice stephen brier. he is the first to say yes because he is interested in helping people be educated about how the court functions. he opened his chambers to us and when you see this clipqjcu thati have for you, you will see that very naturally, justice breyer has spent a long time as a professor because he helps educate people in a personal way about how the court operates. let's take a look. >> we decide just the federal questions, those statutes, books, and what the prosecution of the united states means in cases where people disagree about it. we have a trial. there are appeals. when you finally get to the final appeal, maybe there are 80,000 cases, 100,000 cases in the u.s. that have questions of federal law. what does this word mean? does it mean this or that? what does the word liberty in the 14th amendment mean? how does it apply to someone who once and assisted suicide? that is a case we had. does he have a constitutional right to it or not? it could be an important case, or the meaning of one

chairman, 16 years ago, i had the privilege to introduce stephen breyer to this committee. and with the loss today of senator byrd, i'm particularly reminded of senator kennedy sitting beside me that day. as you all know, better than anybody, senator kennedy served on this committee for 46 years. and i know the pride he would feel seeing elena kagan nominated for the supreme court of the united states. when ted introduced then judge breyer, he quoted oliver wendell holmes that every calling is great when greatly pursued. those words applied to stephen breyerrand i can share with you my complete and total confidence that they apply equally to solicitor general elena kagan. massachusetts is proud, mr. chairman, of enain lane nan kagan's accomplishments. and we believe through these hearings as each of you get to know her as we do, we willer and broad bipartisan support just as she did when she was nominated as solicitor general. by now, every one of us has heard many times repeated and you know well the high points of her record. a trail blazing pace culminating in her select

soldiers who have died in afghanistan in the last week -- from 40 commando royal marines, corporal stephen curley and marine scott taylor -- and from the 4th regiment royal artillery, gunner zak cusack. these were men of outstanding courage, skill, and selflessness. we must never forget their sacrifice. the house will also be alarmed and shocked by the events unfolding in cumbria today. police were called to whitehaven at 10:35 this morning after shots were fired by a man. and i regret to report that a number of people have been shot and at least five people have died. i can confirm that the body of a gunman has been found by the police. the chief constable of cumbria is working closely with other forces and other emergency services to ensure a coordinated response to these rapidly moving events. the government will do everything it possibly can to help the local community and those affected, and to keep the house informed. a full statement will be made to parliament tomorrow. when lives and communities are suddenly shattered in this way, our thoughts should be with all those caught up in

. >> stephen, let's get you win. >> i'm wondering -- we have seen a lot of internal division among democratsn both chambers. it seems hard to get consensus on anything going to the floor, whether it be the text extenders vellbill. balad refreshments of mars are concerned about going back on -- a lot of the freshmen and sophomores are concerned about going back home to their constituents. it seems that they do not want to do that much more for this year. that they just want to go back home and run for their seats. >> pago, which has a corning name, but is substantive -- paygo, which has a corny name, but a substantive. it is everything except for the money that is provided for the troops in iraq and afghanistan. the banking bill will also be a huge amount, $10 billion to $20 billion over a time frame. the gravity of in the government ii such that people are saying that they want to balance the budget as quickly as we can. i think what the president set out for, $700 billion over a term from four years is a pretty good one. the courts what has caused the coulter change? why are we at the point

stephen chu, a nobel-prize-winning physicist and our secretary of energy. scientists, experts from academia and other oil companies have provided ideas and advice. as a result of these efforts, we have directed bp to mobilize additional equipment and technology. in the coming weeks and days, these efforts should capture 90% of the oil leaking out of the well. this is until the company finishes drilling a relief well that is expected to stop the leak completely. already, this is the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. unlike a hurricane, it is not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. the millions of gallons of oil that have spilled into the gulf of mexico are more like an epidemic, one that we will be fighting for months and even years. bbt make no mistake. we will fight this spill with everything we have got for as long as it takes. we will make bp pay for the damage their company has caused. and we will do whatever is necessary to help the gulf coast and its people recover from this tragedy. tonight, i would

just cities stephens. old buddy held up in a courtroom spent the weekend preparing but didn't go the elaborate preparations that's common in some ways it's like preparing for a supreme court argument sit elf. advocates like to practice and imagine what type of questions will be asked and try to get ready and someone the best way to answer it. she's practicing for the debate championship. next call. george, independent line? caller: right there. do we expect a big battle over her and what are her odds to get in? the other thing i wanted to say is who really benefit. are we making laws more convoluteed so we need a ph.d.. who's benefitting from that? guest: doesn't have a ph.d. but a jury risk doctor and p h.d.'s get offended by that. real ph.d.'s don't consider it a serious type of degree. i'm kidding of course. she's a law degree. three years after college required for that and mass a masters degree tomorrow oxford. the terms in whether or not there will be a big battle will be a lot of smoke and heat. i d

stephen hepburn. >> siemens are proposing to close trench uk in my constituency and to transfer its production to france and germany, despite the fact that trench uk has a full order book, healthy profits, and is exporting all over the world first-class products. would the prime minister meet me so that we can discuss that illogical decision which could lose the uk a jewel in manufacturing? >> i would certainly meet the honorable gentleman. i know how frustrating this can be. siemens is a big investor in my constituency, too. the jobs that he is speaking about are exactly the sort of high-tech, high-skill jobs that we want to keep in this country. so i will certainly meet him, and we will do what we can in the budget to ensure that we have in this country a tax regime, support for apprenticeships, and support for training that will want to make businesses locate and stay and invest in britain. >> mr. adam holloway. >> every household in gravesham has inherited a sort of second mortgage of debt. can the prime minister give us some idea of the level of debt per household across the country? >> m

and then president obama's and canadian prime minister stephen harper's remarks at the g-20 summit. then harry reid. then another look at "q&a." >> who left us in this mess? who left a budget deficit of 155 billion pounds with absolutely no proposals to deal with it? who put forward -- john >> order. >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. earlier this week, the british government unveiled some of the toughest tax cuts and british history. it dominated much of question time this week. david cameron defended his budget and answered questions on the mission in afghanistan and on the gulf coast oil spill. >> questions for the prime minister. lisa nandy. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to marine paul warren from 40 commando royal marines, who died on monday, and to the member of 40 commando royal marines who died yesterday. we should constantly remember, and show our support for, the services and sacrifices made on our behalf by our armed forces and their families. this morning

stephen flanagan, thank you very much for hosting this event.lease give john henramery my bt regards. he is an extraordinary leader, and i have worked closely with him. i am pleased to be here with all of you. experience shows that the values of free societies can break down the strongest walls of oppression. an american foreign policy has at its best and most creative taken advantage of the fact of that fact to keep our nation more secure. as chairman of the helsinki convention, i watched firsthand as free speech, free association, and free markets became the rallying cry for the brave dissident movement of the eastern bloc. solidarity in poland to charter said the seven in czechoslovakia, to heroes in russia. they found courage in the universal principles of free men and women. that helped usher in an era of new openness behind the iron curtain. ultimately, they helped bring down an empire. i have never forgotten the lesson. america's military is a powerful weapon. but is it not the only one we have? today we are engaged in a new struggle, unl

stephen flanagan, thank you very much for hosting this event.please give john henramery my bt regards. he is an extraordinary leader, and i have worked closely with him. i am pleased to be here with all of you. experience shows that the values of free societies can break down the strongest walls of oppression. an american foreign policy has at its best and most creative taken advantage of the fact of that fact to keep our nation more secure. as chairman of the helsinki convention, i watched firsthand as free speech, free association, and free markets became the rallying cry for the brave dissident movement of the eastern bloc. solidarity in poland to charter said the seven in czechoslovakia, to heroes in russia. they found courage in the universal principles of free men and women. that helped usher in an era of new openness behind the iron curtain. ultimately, they helped bring down an empire. i have never forgotten the lesson. america's military is a powerful weapon. but is it not the only one we have? today we are engaged in a new struggle, un

still to come on c-span, canadian prime minister, stephen harper holds a summit on canada. and next regarding the energy bill on the oil spill. and secretary janet napolatino on the border security. >> i believe that this is the civil rights issue and not about race but class. >> monday we have madeline sackler, at 8 eastern, on c-span's "q & a." >> next canadian prime minister, stephen harper holds a summit with members from germany, russia, japan and the united states. the meeting focused on economic security and funding of child care in the developing world. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. [speaking foreign language] -sp. >> the g-eight has committed >> the aid has committed $5 billion u.s. delivers over the next five years. as new money. we have contributions by all departments that raises it up 7.3 billion. so we insisted on the need to be accountable for our actions. and we have discussed many international issues, nuclear preparation, iran and the implementation of the resolution, 1929 of the u.n. and the korean attack by north korea. and the iranian

let me talk about our wonderful presenter, justice stephen brier. he is the first to say yes because he is interested in helping people be educated about how the court functions. he opened his chambers to us and when you see this clipqjcu thati have for you, you will see that very naturally, justice breyer has spent a long time as a professor because he helps educate people in a personal way about how the court operates. let's take a look. >> we decide just the federal questions, those statutes, books, and what the prosecution of the united states means in cases where people disagree about it. we have a trial. there are appeals. when you finally get to the final appeal, maybe there are 80,000 cases, 100,000 cases in the u.s. that have questions of federal law. what does this word mean? does it mean this or that? what does the word liberty in the 14th amendment mean? how does it apply to someone who once and assisted suicide? that is a case we had. does he have a constitutional right to it or not? it could be an important case, or the meaning of one

host: stephen moore of "the wall street journal" has been our guest. his most recent books -- "the end of prosperity" published in 2009 and "the return of prosperity" published in 2010. 45 minutes left in "the washington journal," and we will turn our attention to obama's visit to columbus, ohio, in just a few minutes. we will be right back. >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of depressive young man and very adventurous. when he was an american he was 25 and having a venture. >> take a new look at the alexis de tocqueville and his 1881 tour of america. a new book "tookville's discovery of america." sunday on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend on book tv, growing up between arabs and israelis. an autobiography. charles -- chronicles one of the most violent and corrupt places on earth, juarez, mexico. and on afterwards, a vietnam veteran on the novel that took in 30 years to publish, following the soldiers of bravo company through vietnam. find the entire weekend schedule at book tv.org, and join us on twitter. more than 30,000 already h

he and i and the sports fans all know that with the first pick in tonight's amateur draft and stephen strassberg's debut on the mound, things are looking up for the nationals. [applause] that is not really my purpose tonight to talk about them. we know him best as the 14 chairman of the federal reserve , first nominated by george w. bush in 2006, renominated by barack obama for a second four- year term last august. his scholarly expertise is the great depression and its causes and that prepared him for the historic task of responding to the second greatest financial crisis in our country's history. he has been at the center of the extraordinary efforts of this country, indeed the world, to rescue us from the frightening near-collapse at as the financial system in the fall of 2008, by making available trillions of dollars of officials bowens and helping us to understand better what happened and how to respond. for his work, we can only offer our appreciation, our support, and our fervent hope that he and his colleagues will succeed in enabling healthy and sustainable economic growth. t

after that, president obama and canadian prime minister stephen harper's remarks from the g-20 closing news conference. . the families are experiencing something very difficult. so i think to reduce that to prop glanda or calling it advocacy or something like that is a little bit unfair. >> what is it? >> the film? the film is called the lottery and it's about four families from harlem and one from the bronx who are entering the children in a lottery for the school in harlem. unfortunately, thousands and thousands of families are going through this process every year, and so their chances are about one in seven. and initially we were very excited to make a film solely about that, just about four families, a portrait of them and their experience. but what we found is that there's an enormous political controversy surrounding that process and the particular school that they were trying to get their kids into. so that became sort of the second story line in the film. >> let's watch a little bit and i will ask you some more questions. >> stay nice and quiet. hands on top. thank you. 100%.

my name is stephen demint. i am the chief executive officer of transocean. -- i am stephen newman. i am a petroleum engineer by training and i have spent considerable time working on drilling rigs. i have been with the company for more than 15 years. . . all like to provide the subcommittee with more details about these efforts. transocean is a people-focused company. since the events of april 20, our h.r. teams have focus on providing grief counseling and a range of benefits and employee services to those directly and indirectly affected. we are taking a number of steps, including providing the families of the 9 transocean workers whose lives were lost but benefits. continued full pay and benefits. compensation for personal possessions lost in the incident was offered to all crew and families and accepted by most. on may 25, we held a memorial service in honor of the men lost on the tragedy. it was attended by all 11 families, by many transocean personnel, and by people from across the industry. it was a moving event and an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the lives of these

owner of the company, stephen neal.applause] i want to thank k neal for having us here today and given us eight or to look at all of these trucks. this is a business that has been selling commercial trucks for over 40 years. this company employs workers from all over the greater washington area. after two years of recession, that caused so much pain and so many communities, this is an example of a company that is starting to see business picked up again. i was talking to steven and he said that rental and lease sales have improved and there is a pent-up demand out there for new equipment and he added workers over the last few months pontiff he says if things keep going well he will add more in the months ahead. we are hearing more and more stores like that all across america. a lot of businesses were hit hard during this downturn. they are starting to hire again. workers who were laid off are starting to get their jobs back. companies that were almost forced to close their doors are making plans to expand and invest in

and i've learned the value of a habit justice stephens wrote about of understanding before disagreeing. i will make no pleddes this week other than this one that if confirmed i will remember and abide by all these lessons. i will listen hard to every party before the court and to each of my colleagues. i will work hard, and i will do my best to consider every case impartially, modestly with commitment to principle and in accordance with law. that is what i owe to the legacy i share with so many americans. my grandparents came to this country in search of a freer and better life for themselves and their families. they wanted to escape bigotry and oppression, to worship as they pleased and work as hard as they were able. they found in this country and they passed on to their children and their children's children the blessings of liberty. those lessons are rooted in this country's constitution and its historic commitment to the rule of law. i know that to sit on our nation's highest court is to be a trustee of that inheritance, and if i have the honor to be confirmed, i will do all i can

we are waiting to go to the final speech from the canadian prime minister stephen harper. they have been discussing economic stimulus measures and the promotion of open trade. we will have the remarks live here on c-span very shortly. we go now to the jack and 20 summit. the canadian prime minister -- we go now to the g-20 summit. from "washington journal." this is the "sunday star." to give you sense of the security around the g-20 summit taking place. behind the black block is the headline. meanwhile the toronto sun, the measures to keep this under control and anarchy is from the autoaway sun. 2k34r joining us is marty kruts inninger covering this story. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. hoot: i'm going to talk to you about security in a moment but some of the policy coming out of this g-20 summit, it seems president obama wants to spend more and others want to reign in the deficit. so there seems to be a difference between what he wants to do and the other. >> the g-20 summit process was begun in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. where the lead

prime minister stephen harper is expected to take questions and give a statement.ou're watching live coverage now on c-span. >> the g-eight has committed $5 billion over the next five years of new money. we have commitments from all of the partners that raised this to $7.3 billion. we insisted on the need to be accountable for our actions, and we have discussed many international issues, nuclear proliferation, iran, and the implementation of the resolution 1929 of the un and the attack by north korea, the iranian and north korean governments. the iranian and north korean governments have chosen to threaten their neighbors with arms. we need to ensure that these expenditures are not the only costs associated to this, so we have also discussed afghanistan, pakistan, and stability in that region. and the situation in the middle east and climate change. we must stick to our commitments because this put into play our credibility. the g-eight needs to be stronger and have common goals, and i am now looking forward to welcoming the g-20 countries. >> we have refocused the

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> canadian prime minister stephen harper announced the most industrialized nations agreed today to cut deficits in half by 2013 in an effort to stabilize the global economy. his remarks are 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. we came to toronto at a time when concerns on government debt were growing. this was the challenge that we had to face, and during this summit, we defined a clear and historical goal for the developed economies in terms of reducing debt and stabilizing and reducing the debt-g.d.p. ratio, by 50% up to 2013 and for the debt ratio, these are to be reduced or stabilized by 2016. having said that, fiscal is not an end to itself. stimulus will have a long-term effect in order to guarantee durable and powerful economic growth, and this is part of what we promised in pittsburgh. we congratulate various countries that have managed to adopt measures to this end in terms of budget and deficit reduction such as what has happened in u.k., reduction of unemployment in china and new regulation framework i

later, stephen more will talk about congressional spending, politics, and the economy. that is each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the environmental protection agency is here as well. we have the wildlife and fish service here to talk about how they are cleaning birds. back here is kirk hanson. you have an idea how to clean this up? kirk is here to take your ideas. we hope this'll be an educational opportunity for you to learn something tonight, and if you are concerned, we also want to hear on that perspective as well, but this is a better format for all of us. i want to say something. i took command over two weeks ago, and i was here during katrina, so i saw them rescued 33,000 people from their houses, and i saw how tough that was. and here to tell you that is what this is about. this about a new way of life. -- this is about a new way of life, and i am here to fight for you and your way of life, so thank you very much. [applause] >> we will try to figure out where it is we would like to clean up the oil so it will not keep moving through that area. >> i have a que

today i offer my sincere condolences to joel's parents,, stephen anddjudith gensk, siblings, jar odd and racialle, and to his loving -- jarred and rachel, and to his loving widow kath lynn. may god's grace be upon them. may they find peace in knowing that joel's service and his sacrifice mean everythinggto our country's freedom. he will never be forgotten. our nation's debt to him will never fully be repaid. i yield back. .+ mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to take mr. jones' five1 mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to take mr. jones' five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: mr. speaker, the president of the united states believes that government can do the job better than the private sector. he has proven he believes that because he, in effect, is taking over the health induutry and uing the federal government to do it. he reached into the automobile industry and took control of a large part of that and eventually will try to take control of all of it. he has reached into the %% financial industry across this country and has scared the financial indu

earlier this month, stephen banco was kind enough to send my wife jill some of his speeches after wee of the dedication of a purple heart memorial in buffalo, new york. he said, "most people think the battlefield -- think of the battlefield as a product of hate, fear and anger. when you have fought and bled and survived, you recognize that it is something entirely different. hatred would hardly be enough to make a soldier leaves a safe position to rescue a buddy. fear would never make one share the last sip of water with his dying comrade. anger would never motivate a nurse to stand tall in a bloody operating room for half a day or longer to put the life of a soldier or marine back together. only love, not only love can motivate that. only love can trigger that kind of courage. only love. love is why we are here today." we want to show our love for the men and women who died honoring this great country, and honor the families to share that love even more deeply. as i look over the headstones of those who gave their lives to win our independence, to save our nation, to say our union,

earlier this month, stephen was kind enough to send my wife some of his speeches when we were elected and other metals all in vietnam. he spoke at the dedication of a purple heart memorial in buffalo, new york. he said, and i quote, "most people think the battlefield -- think of the battlefield as a place of hate, fear, an anger. when you have bought and you have bled and you have survived, you recognize it is something entirely different. hatred would hardly be enough to make a soldier leave a safe position to rescue a buddy. there would never make one share the last sip of water with nine comrades. and anger whenever motivate a nurse to stand tall in the bloody operating room for half a day or longer to put a soldier or marine back together. no, only love can motivate that kind of heroism. only love can trigger that kind of courage. komen love onl -- only love. that is why we are here today, to honor the families to share that love it even more deeply. has the look of the headstones and gave their lives to win our independence, to save our nation, to save our union, to defend agains

host: this is stephen sloan, staff writer with congressional quarterly at cq.com. thank you. looking at this -- tentative deal to limit debit card fees. the house and senate democrats announced a tentative agreement to impose new limits on the big card fees which would resolve the main difference between the two chambers as the race to complete financial legislation before the fourth of july. it largely preserves the senate's language. also, and jumping over to this piece of el china's currency off the table -- the g-20 focuses on europe. looking ahead, the decision of china to allow its currency to rise gradually against the dollar has strengthened obama's hand going into the summit meeting this weekend in toronto. a little bit of other financial news from "usa today" and its financial section. more troubled mortgage borrowers are failing out of the obama administration for closure- prevention program. our main topic now looks at the new report out, looking at how the u.s. funnels money into afghanistan, perhaps paying war lords. this is how "the wall street journal" covers

. >> today, stephen harper holds a news conference at the g-20 summit in canada. the leaders of france, germany, china, india, the 19 them, and the u.s., among others are attending. it is focusing on the financial crisis and ways to cut the high debt levels of countries. -pwatch it live this afternoon t 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the summit in canada. you can see his remarks beginning today at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> this is a change in the personnel, but not in policy. general david petraeus participated in the review last fall, and helped and supported to design a strategy in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to have david petraeus said the troops in afghanistan. watch the generals appearances at hearings in briefings on line, any time at the video library of c-span. >> tonight on "book tv," these authors. this author writes about spending time in a dark cell. your questions live on the show. the first drug czar is the author of more than 20 books for adults into them. fi

stephen told me that rental and lease sales have improv, that nd out there for new equipment, and you ve added workers over the last few months. steven says that if things keep on going well, he will add more in the months ahead. we are hearing more and more stories like that all across america. a lot of businesses were hit hard durg this downturn, but they are arting to hire again. workers who were laid off are starting to get their jobs back. companies that were forced to close their doors are making plans to expand and invest in new equipment. this progress was reflected in the monthly jobs report that we get each month. we received one today. the economy added 431,000 jobs. [applause] this is the fifth month in a row that we have seen a drop gains -- job gains. while we recognize the recovery is still in the early stages and there will be ups and downs in the months ahead, they never go completely in a smooth line. this report is a sign that our economy is getting stronger by the day. i want to emphasize that most of the jobs this month that we are seeing any statistics represent

here is the summit's host, canadian prime minister stephen harper, as he welcomes participants on this first day of talks. . . . . [indistinguishable conversations] [applause] >> president obama is now in canada for the g-h and g-20 summit. you have comments at noon eastern. president obama milk -- will meet with leaders from south korea, india, and china. you can see live coverage on sunday starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. yesterday, house and senate members held an all-night meeting to hammer out differences in their financial regulation bills. the 20-hour session finished at about 5:40 friday morning. after the vote, senator christopher dodd and barney frank talk to reporters about the bill. >> i asked the clerk to call the house members who are all entitled to vote on this. >> will be conforming to technical -- do we as consent for that to occur? >> the effort will be to get this bill on to the internet as the title is red, and expect a vote on tuesday. the clerk will now call the roll -- >> when will we anticipate seeing the technical amendments? >> can i ask the staf

and i and the sports fans all know that work -- with the first pick in tonight amateur draft and stephenstrassberg's debut tomorrow, things are looking up for the nats. that is not my purpose to talk about the nationals. he is the 14th chairman of the national reserve, first nominated by george w. bush in 2006 and re nominated by barack obama for a second term last august. his scholarly expertise is the great depression and its causes and that, of course, prepared him for the historic task of responding to the second greatest financial crisis in our country's history. he has been at the center of the extraordinary efforts of this country, indeed the world, to rescue us from the frightening near collapse of the national system in the fall of 2008 by making available trillions of dollars in official funds and helping us to understand better what happened and how to respond. for his work, we can only offer our appreciation, our support, and our fervent hope that he and his colleagues will succeed in enabling healthy and sustainable economic growth. the other day, i saw a picture of him stan

host: stephen in tampa. republican. caller: the people that made that mess -- there would be plenty of jobs just to clean. get it nice and clean before they think about doing more drilling. host: thinking about -- speaking of cleaning it up and who is paying for it. here is a full-page ad bp took out in "the washington post." we will get it done, we will make it right, is the main tagline. but in the body of the text, it says -- and this is written by bp, again. we will honor all legitimate claims, we will continue working for as long as it takes, and our efforts will not come at any cost to taxpayers. greenbelt, maryland, democrat. do you think we should keep drilling in the gulf? jay? we will have to move on to break into, florida. margaret. caller: are those people crazy out there who are saying to keep drilling? the only reason the louisiana politicians wanted to keep drilling is because they accept money from the oil companies. what about the money that these people are losing now from losing jobs and resorts are d

host: stephen, savannah, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. good to see you, mr. drucker, you are normally on the other side in your studio. i appreciate your input whatever c-span has done. my comment is amazement at the political ineptitude of the democrats. they have no sense of exploiting a situation to their manager even when they have moral superiority. whenever there is a crisis she is always out there with the president. host: you are calling on the democratic line? caller: i am a democrat. it amazes me that even when the democrats have moral superiority the republicans always find a way to the run- down and issue. senator lugar is holding a press conference to put out his own blueprint on the energy situation. just another opportunity for him to get ahead of this issue. the democrats will sit silent. the republicans exploit the situation to their own advantage, it is amazing to me. sarah palin is the most vocal out there and more concerned about this by next door. host: thank you. guest: i understand his frustration. when every party is in power to the le

senator charles grassley, forward, who will be coming up for reelection, rep stephen king will be coming up for reelection. and it behooves all of them to look closely at their record and for us to look closely at the record and make the decisions based not so much incumbent versus new as what the individuals have done. host: houston, texas. add all the democratic life of caller: wanted to comment on the election so far -- and on the democratic line. caller: i wanted to comment on the election. he said it is a republican year. i'm not so sure. it is an anti-incumbency year. the thing about the democrats in the house, a lot are pretty safe seats. only 40 or 70 actually competitive. i'm wondering it is perhaps he bought the the republican lineup too hard. i do want to comment on texas for governor. i think bill white is the best candidate the democrats have had since he and richards. he is well funded and have crossed over appeal to republicans and business people. whereas the governor in there now, only 149% in the primary -- only won 400 -- 49% in the primary. the possibility if latinos

stephen, independent line. caller: it is very interesting that you are having this subject this morning, because i had every intention of writing you a letter. i can't disagree with anybody who called in so far. the tragedy in new orleans, the pain that the people are suffering. but this is what troubled me a lot, and i really could go on. i will try to be as brief as possible. i think the american media is really not doing its job at all. this is how the american public gets informed. i am very disturbed with c-span because i think you guys of the best. i listen to you every day. i record the show and i make it a point to listen. but there is one subject that it seems to me, if you guys have board meetings, that you are just afraid to touch. you will not put on the subject of israel. i know people call up and say anti-semitic things, but there is something between anti- semitism and support of israel. there are legitimate issues and discussions about israel without people being anti-semitic. frankly, one of tw

to connecticut and stephen. are you with me? let's go to bob in arkansas. are you in arkansas?yeah. i have some time on the ocean down there and i worked as an engineer offshore for several years. the big thing i think you are missing about this disbursement -- i worked on a platform for about a year and we carried two 55 gallon drums on that? . -- on deck. my job was to turn the pumps on if there was a spill. by that time the deckhand would have a 55 gallon drum. the skipper would put one engine forward and one in reverse, drive into the spill and churn it up. that -- i don't want to name me rig but they just had a big fire. according to the rigman, that there'll would get rid of several hundred barrels of oil. the reason -- my theory, and i don't have a card in the game, my theory is you have a company that makes their own disbursement, ships and on their own boats and injects it into their own well. when you are hauling a product the those land to the reaig only solid handled in bulk monitored is normally just helicopter fuel. when you go to the dock they will fill your tank

after being awake for 50 hours, stephen davis caved in and signed the papers. he said most of the others did as well. do you think this is an appropriate way to treat people that experienced that? since you had people on the rig, what was their feeling about that? what is your feeling about that? >> i think it was inappropriate. it has nothing to do with bp. >> bp had no comment on it and had no opportunity -- did the commany know about it? >> i think we were aware it was taking place. it was nothing to do with bp. >> i did mention during my opening statement this document that says such voluntary effort shall be at my own risk -- that people were made to sign. there were two court appearances that were needed to finally get bp to take responsibility. what i understand is that bp continued to fail to provide adequate protective gear to the fishermaen. on may 16, osha issued a detailed directive on a training requirement. osha had officials monitoring the training and asserting the cleanup. according to testimony we heard in louisiana, bp still failed to provide

stephen from connecticut, welcome. are you with me, steven? let's go to bob in arkansas?in arkansas? >> yes. >> welcome. >> >i worked as an engineer off shore for a couple of years. the big thing you guys are missing about this dispersant -- i worked on a platform for about a year and we carried to 55- gallon drums of dispersant. in case of a spill, my job was to go below, turn the pumps on, go up above, get on the fire monitor, and by that time, the deckhand would have a 55-gallon drum. i would train the fire monitor on the drum. we would put one engine forward and one in reverse. we would drive to this bill and turn it on. that barrel of dispersant -- we never used it -- but according to the redmen -- rigman, that barrel of dispersant would get rid of several hundred barrels of oil. it would be gone. my theory and, i don't have any cards in the game anymore, my theory is you have a company that makes their own dispersant, ships on their own boat to their own rate, indexes into their own well, and when you are calling product -- ships it on their own boats to their own o

to connecticut and stephen. are you with me? let's go to bob in arkansas. are you in arkansas?yeah. i have some time on the ocean down there and i worked as an engineer offshore for several years. the big thing i think you are missing about this disbursement -- i wked on a platform for about a year and we carried two 55 gallon drums on that? . -- on deck. my job was to turn the pumps on if there was a spill. by that time the deckhand would have a 55 gallon drum. the skipper would put one engine forward and one in reverse, drive into the spill and chu it up. that -- i don't want to name me rig but they just had a big re. according to the rigman, that there'll wld get rid of several hundred barrels of oil. the reason -- my theory, and i don't ha a card in the game, my theory is you have a company that makes their own disbursement, ships and on their own boats and injects it into their own well. when you a hauling a product the those land to the reaig only solid handled in bulk monitored is normally just helicopter fuel. when you go to the dock they will fill your tank in bulk. th

. >> here is stephen harper as he welcomed the participants. [inaudible] >> nice to see you again. thank you. [inaudible] [applause] >> president obama is now in canada for the g-8 north dakota 20 summits. tomorrow, we'll have live coverage of the closing conference beginning at noon. sunday, president obama will meet with the heads of the g-20 countries, including leaders from india and china. you can see live coverage of that on sunday, starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. president obama is in canada this weekend for the g-8 and the g 20 summits. house and senate negotiators gave final approval to the bill this morning after staying in the entire night. it is the largest rewrite of a rule since the great depression. it now has to be voted on by the full house and senate, which we expect to happen next week. right now, we'll show you the last 20 minutes as the negotiators gave their final approval and then spoke with the press. >> chairman, i now intend to put to a roll-call vote the completed package which we have before us. i ask the court to call the role of house me

after being awake for 50 difficult hours, stephen caved in and sign the papers, and most others did as well. do you think this is inappropriate way to treat people who have experienced bad? and since your executives, you had people on the rig, what was their feeling, and what is your feeling about that? >> i think it was inappropriate and has nothing to do with bp. >> i see, and bp had no comment or opportunity -- did the company know about it? >> i don't believe we wereeaware it was taking place, but it has nothing to do with bp. >> i did mention during my opening statement this document that basically says such voluntary effort shall be at my own risk, that people were made to sign. there were two court appearances needed to finally get bp to take responsibility, but what i understand is that bp continue to fail to provide adequate protective gear to the fishermen. on may 16, ocea issued a detailed directive on training requirements for specific tasks , and stated specificocea head officials monitoring turning and observing the clinic. according to testimony that we heard in louisian

neal international, stephen nickel. i want to thank k. neal for having us here today, giving us a quick tour and having us look at all these trucks. this is a business that has been selling commercial truc for over 40 years. this comny employs workers from all over the greater washington area. after two years of recession that caused so much pain in so many communities, this is also an example of a company that is starting to see business pick up again. stephen told me that rental and lease sales have improved, that there is a pent-up demand out the r new equipment, and you have added workers over the last few months. steven says that if things keep on going well, he will add more in the months ahead. we are hearing more and more stories like that all across america. a lot of businesses were hit hard during this downturn, but th are starting thire again. workers who were laid off are starting to get their jobs back. companies that were almost forced to close theiroors are making plans to expand and invest in new equipment. this progress i