we can deny them coverage on the outset. but once said, that is not so. but they did write it that way. >> quickly. >> this is the extent of the battle. you will see the obama administration continued to be tough on the insurance industry. it is a very widely accepted villain. i think the more inches in thing to watch is who are the innovative -- innovators in the private marketplace. they will try to get out in front creatively. somebody is going to get the money. i think the smart players will get out in front, the creative, innovative and figure out how to see this new world order. >> there are many things. whether it is affordable, but there is a big question that remains unanswered. that is whether we've been the curve on health care,. the question is, are we changing the trajectory of health care spending in this country? >> david, i mentioned before, you are a medical doctor. you wrote the chapter on medical practices. with the flood of the newly insured seeking care, given the current shortage we have of primary physicians, what did you find out ab

at the outset of this the administration, president obama stated we are prepared to deal with iran with mutual respect. and we made clear to their leaders how they could begin to rebuild confidence within the international community including granting access to their previously undeclared enrichment facilities and it's changing uranium for fuel to power a research reactor. as the world has watched and seen iranian leaders refuse -- refused to take responsibility put their program violates its obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and risks sparkingga nuclear arms race in the middle east. when did not be ironic -- would it not be ironic that as the iron curtain fell and the mutual threats of nuclear destruction diminished among the superpowers that a new arms race would emerge and some of the most unstable parts of the world? it would be an irony that our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren would not forgive us for allowing to come to pass. in addition, iranisn leaders support terrorists from don't they allow the persecution of their citizens that take to

at the outset of this administration, president obama said they were prepared to deal with iran on the basis of mutual respect. we have made it clear to iran's leaders have they could begin to rebuild confidence within the international community, including by granting access to their previously undeclared enrichment facilities and exchanging low-enriched uranium for fuel to power a research reactor, but as the world has now watched and seen iranian leaders spurned our collective good-faith efforts and continue to take efforts that threaten regional security, -- seen iranian leaders spurn our collective good-faith efforts -- it risks sparking a nuclear arms race in the middle east. would it not be ironic, would not be ironic that the iron curtain fell, and the mutual threat diminished among the superpowers that a new arms race will emerge in some of the most unstable parts in the world? our grandchildren and sugar would not forgive us, in our view, for allowing -- our grandchildren and children would not forgive us, in my view, for allowing that to come to pass. it continues unconscion

has set out very clearly for new members an indication of of how to take one's opportunities at the outset of a new parliament. i do not know of any other colleague wishes to contribute, but if none -- mr. david blunket >> on behalf of backbenchers, mr. speaker, i like to congratulate you and thank the father of the house for reminding me that i was only 12 when he was elected to the house. that has made me feel a lot wonder -- a lot younger. mr. speaker, you held the chair in the previous parliament. your even-handed and fair to all major parties and were fair between members. your rigorous, so i shall brief. just wanted to say that one of the things that you advocated and that was debated at length was the need for new politics. the need for this house to be able to hold the executive -- the government to account more effectively. the ability to call to the house, as you did on many occasions with my own government, through private notice questions ministers who did not report to the house things that they were announcing in public before this house have had a chance to meet. i hope, mr.

in this context, we deliberately tried to go forward and create the right privacy settings from the outset. we'll see if it works and see if people take -- like it. thanks. >> jessica, would you like to rejoin us? >> yes. [laughter] >> jewels doesn't have slides. both you and he are the respondents really. >> oh? >> so getting back to where i started, you know, i think we see an extraordinary amount of adaptation in the privacy tool development space. the last time i engaged in this, when danny and i first met and we were working on the platform for privacy preferences p3p. and, you know, whether we were giving people too much choice, too much granularity, et cetera, and we were also working with bbb on the bbb seal and with trustee on the trustee seal, i think it's fair to say the world was two dimensional and we have lots of examples of much more sophisticated privacy-enhancing technology. and i think what i'd like to hear the panel discuss and start off with -- jessica and then move to jewels is, how far does this get us? i mean, there are a number of issues. ann mentioned the importanc

which took a lot longer than anyone predicted at the outset but nonetheless got done. so, the president's behind it, i think ultimately we will get there. >> can i get a mike up front here to darl west? >> thank you. how can we have informed debate in the united states on immigration? because each of you have pointed out that we've made great progress on border security, the number of immigrant flows from mexico to the united states actually are down, when you compare this over the last 20 years, in terms of the polling data there is support for a pathway to legalization under the right circumstances, with the various conditions you just noted being attached to it. but yet at the same time immigration is such an emotional issue for many americans, the media don't help us too much, the media sometimes inflame the passions on this issue. how can we -- not e.j. but some other people, how can we elevate the level of civic discourse on this so we can have a debate on the fact of immigration as opposed to the emotions surrounding it? >> i wish i had a better answer because it

and i said at the outset, respect you very much. you're doing what american citizens are entitled to do, expressing your point of view. expressing your point of view. we disagree completely but i'll defend your right to do it. i will tell you, there's a person in the crowd who has ever voted for me. but that's all right. i respect that they care enough to get involved and learn about the issues on the way. so i don't view the tea party as defections from my voting base or the voting base of most democratic senators. i think they represent a very conservative element within the republican party by and large. i will tell you that when it comes to the votes, though, and what's going to bring them out, people are going to look to the state of the economy. if they feel it's moving in the right direction, that's an important part. they're going to look for honesty. i've had town meetings. i started doing something. tom harken has a proposal, $23 billion. send it back to the states and cut the number of teachers cut the number of teachers

i think we saw that with health care which took a lot longer than anyone predicted at the outset but netheless, it got done. the president is behind it. ultimately, we will get their. >> can i get a microphone up front here? >> how can we have an informed debate in the united states and immigration when you have pointed out that we have made great progress on border security and the number of immigrant flows from mexico to the united states are down when you compare this over the last 20 years? in terms of the polling data, there is support for legalization under the right circumstances with various conditions being attached to it. at the same time, immigration is such an emotional issue for many americans and the media does not help too much. they sometimes enflame the passions on this issue. how can we elevate blood level of civic discourse on the so we can actually have a debate on the facts of emigration as opposed the to the emotions surrounding it? >> i wish i had a better answer. it is an important issue. it is an important part of our sovereignty. who is allowed and our countr

steve rogers, james gordon meek, it's a bottom line question me of us asked at the outset. does he make it on the plane almost make it out of the country? sounds like improvements are being made. we appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> coming up. here's something to take with you on the road. some cities are considering charges drivers for accidents. now, if it's your fault, fines starting at almost $500. what do you think of that? city trying to make some money. if it's your fault, you pay. do you think that's fair? call in 1-877-tell hln's the number, here's what else we're working on. >>> a little league coach charged with assault. he's irate over a call, and witnesses say he let the league president have it. >> all of a sudden i see kids crying in the dugout. i see yelling on both sides of the field. he sucker punched me in the face. >> two chipped teeth, a sore jaw. and now we're learning the coach has a violent criminal record. how is he coaching our kids in the first place? [ wheezing ] i have asthma. and that's what it sounded like when my symptoms came back. i'd get t

we have made it clear, from the outset, we are going to pay everything associated with this. and we will have the natural resource damage assessment study that is under way, to establish resource damage, for restoration. >> when the individual takes payment, can they offer any future claims? >> in fact, if the payment were denied, one of this is not big enough, there is a separate process where they could go to the coast guard. on top of that, no one has signed any waiver so they have the potential for litigation. >> they still have this potential? >> we are trying very hard to be fair, and expeditious. we are wanting to minimize any impact that we possibly can have on the gulf coast. >> supplemental to his comments, i would just say that oil pollution -- in the act from 1990, each responsible party for the vessel or facility where oil is discharged, into the water or the shoreline, or exclusive economic zones, is liable for the damages including injury and loss of -- the loss of the use of natural resources, injury to the economic loss, with the destruction of personal proper

is clear to me as i read more and hear more there is a lot that should never have been done at the outset and you were talking about in this discussion what kind of regulation on securitized products are on capitol is it fair to say some for it to look at the point of origin and other words there was a situation here i am not saying it was the whole of the problem but the fact was poisonous subprimal loans were permitted to enter the system in the first place and an exotic financial instruments were treated that helped carry the poison throughout the system. .. >> but the job of government is to make those failures less damaging. they don't cause damages and consequences for the economy, and i believe we can do a better job. and i think to provide a very good framework for fixing not just the direct cause of the crisis, but making us much less vulnerable in the future. crises will happen. what policies should do is make them less damaging. >> would you agree that the problem in prime mortgages may have been exacerbated which in part may have been fueled by the availability of the no down

we have been very clear since the outset. >> excellent. this is good news. i can tell my taxpayers that they will not be on the hook for any aspect of this spil >> all costs related to the spill we will bear. >> i love that. i hope you make a big profit. i will tell you, though, i'd like to just ask my last seconds. have either one of you used the phrase that i've heard so often, drill baby drill? do you ever use the phrase? >> no, sir. i have not been part of that particular movement. >> i appreciate that. i would suggest that -- i would love people who used it to now come to this microphone and tell me how they feel today. and not that i'm against -- i think that mr. duncan's earlier commentary of the fact that the united states should not walk away from drilling, it is necessary part of life today but those that are so flip and so quick to say drill baby drill and have parties celebrating the concept i would suggest that the bush/cheney days are over. this country is no longer run by people with that attitude and i don't think the american taxpayers stand

he said that the constitution simply says the courts and the states cannot make the decision at the outset. there has to be some opportunity while in prison to show rehabilitation. >> suarez: and in the case of murder, life without parole stands unchanged? >> that's correct. >> suarez: now at the same time as it was blocking such sentences with this ruling, the court was also dismissing an appeal from a man with a similar case. now an adult, but he was serving life without parole for a rape committed when he was 13. it seems sort of contradictory. >> well, it really isn't. joe sullivan's case was dismissed today. and the problem with joe sullivan's case was a procedural problem that prevented the court from getting to the merit. but conceivably, joe sullivan could try to take advantage now of the ruling in terrance graham's case. >> suarez: so bring it back to a lower court and in light of the supreme court's ruling today, say hey, this means i should be able to be released. >> that's right it would probably be a reseb tensing hearing in which the juvenile-- they are no longer juveniles wo

i will say at the outset that we have a vote at 2:30. the committee will have to be recessed at that time while we go over the cloture vote but we will come back and resume our sitting shortly after. we have two panels today. i will introduce all the witnesses and then result -- bring in the witnesses. joseph maine, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. he began working in the lines in 1967. 1974 he began his career at the united mine workers of america. 1982 was appointed administrator of the health and safety occupation apartment. -- department. patricia smith has served as a new york state commissioner of labor and prior to that served as chief of the labor bureau in the attorney general's office, a position she held since 1999. dr. john howard has served since 1992. prior to this he was the chief of occupational safety and health in the california department of industrial regulations. mary lou jordan has served on them not -- mining health and safety commission review board since 2009 and chairman from 1994 to 2001

they have been from the outset. nothing is being spirit. ryone understands the enormity of what lies ahead and is working to deliver an effective response at the well head, on the water, and at the shoreline. before i describe our round-the- clock efforts to respond to this event, i want to reiterate our commitment to find out what happened. figuring out what happened and why it happened is a complex process. we are cooperating with the joint investigation by the departments of homeland security and interior and investigations by congress. in addition, bp has commissioned an internal investigation whose results we plan to share so we can all learn from these terrible events. i want to be clear, it is inappropriate to draw any conclusion before all the facts are known. as we speak, our investigation team is locating and analyzing data, interviewing available witnesses, and reviewing and assessing evidence. if today i think it is important to give you and the american public an idea of the questions we are asking. there are two key sets of que

at the outset, i need to emphasize that halliburton, as a service provider to the well owner, is bound to comply to be well under's instructions. the construction of a deep water well is complicated and inform -- involves many tasks by many parties. the drilling contractor performs and directs much of the daily activity. the cement should be used to isolate formation fluid and to prevent movement of these fluids between formations and to bond the casing. there are many external factors which affect the design. these include the variability of the geometry and the hydrocarbon content, the placement of the casing, and the placement design. these were implemented as directed by the well owner. there is a diagram attached to my prepared remarks. approximately 20 hours prior to the catastrophic loss of a well control, halliburton completed the cementing in accordance with the will program. following this, the casing seal assembly was set in accordance with accepted industry practice and as required by mms and as directed by the well owner. but test was then conducted to test the integrity o

the book draws on many of the people who participated in this initiative from the outset. it includes chapters on a whole range of different subjects about homeland security spending, communication strategies, thinking about the root causes and the misconceptions about what drives people to engage in terrorism and the first places. i will not go in the details but i will answer any questions. beyond those specific proposals, it documents the many ways in which this climate of fear mongering that we are insisting under exacerbates the threat. it should be obvious but it sometimes bear repeating. terrorists get their name for a reason. fear is there coin. the benefit enormously by the nightmare scenarios and self- defeating concepts of horrible things that can happen to us. they see the way in which our actions have been so self- defeating, we brought needless force, less freedom and we did wealth. we explore all the strategies in this book. we try to undermine support for the counterproductive approach and build support for a constructive one. the specifics that we go into i

i want to make it very clear at the outset of their will throughout the book that i love animals, like most people and wince when i see them in thing. more over believe strongly that we have a profound moral and ethical obligation to treat animals humanely and respectfully, a core obligation of human exceptionalism. and by all means never to cause them to suffer. i also strongly support laws against cruelty to animals and dangers strafing them when appropriate in fact i believe animal abuse is a terrible wrong, not on because it causes the victimized animal to suffer, but also because cruelty to animals diminishes our own humanity. consider what i felt it necessary to make such an unusual disclaimer. over the past 30 years the conflicts of animal rights to has seeped into the boner of western culture they're part of the reason is animal rights as you so loosely used the terms of animal rights as it is taken to mean no more than nicer to animals. this isn't too. although animal rights groups do sometimes engage in animal welfare type activism, the term animal rights actually denotes a b

establish republican from the outset that do not let up. guest:nef the things democrats benefited from in this race, it is fair to say it is a stronger, sharper method, tied to the local issues. we saw the democrat in that ce really honing in on some of the local economic issues that matter soh in this district. the republicans are focusing on the broader attack on nancy pelosi and washington democrat. that may not have worked as well. . >> this conclusion of the senator. >> absolutely. and i think for senator bennett and for others, seeing your career sort of ending like this is obviously difficult thing. i think, though, what senator bennett faced with the tea party isn't unlike whate're seeing democrats in other districts and other races face as well, which is general anti incumbent sentiment. so what you're seeing with the tea party is unlike what you're seeing with articlen spector being booted out this week. host: from cage brill, -- dr host: from cage brill, -- dr came bridge, illinois. caller: know, with the republican victory in haw

and the book draws on many of the people who have participated in this initiative from the outset. it includes chapters on a whole range of different sectors about homeland security spending, communication strategies, thinking about the nelson peltz and root causes of some of the misconceptions about what drives people to engage in terrorism in the first place. i am not going to go into detail unless you have specific questions. beyond the specific terror -- proposals, terrorism -- the book documents the way that this climate of fear mongering that we exist under today exacerbates the strategy. again this should be obvious but is sometimes bear responsibility -- terrorism is named that for reason. terror is thereir coin, and they benefit enormously from the self-defeating concepts of horrible things that can happen to us and they see the way in which our actions have been so self-defeating, bringing on needed wars, wasted well, and less freedom. we'd look at all of these strategies in this book to build support for constructive approaches. the specifics that we go into in the book d

president, at the outset let me congratulate you on your election to preside over this crucial thismpt conference. the non-state parties are confident that under your able leadership you can yield tangible outcomes. we earnestly hope at the end of the conference that the state parties will have produced a clear and balanced structure to enable implementation of the mpt, as well as commitments as agreed at the 1995 mpt review conference, and the 2000 review conference. the non-state parties assure you and your bureau of our full cooperation to further the implementation of the treaty. we also assure all non- -- state parties that you always find is ready to work and to cooperate with you to effectively fulfill the agenda of the review conference. our mutual collaboration is vital to the success of this conference. 40 years after entering into the tree and after the cold war of the world is still at a critical juncture. while there are some positive signs for disarmament, much more needs to be done to achieve complete nuclear disarmament. we need to capitalize on those emerging signs and

again, go back to what i said at the outset. lot of time is spent talking about what happened to the big firms and wall street and what happens to large institutions and large manufacturers. the root cause of the problem we're in began because there was a total disregard for small business and families and individuals out there, that they could take advantage of them, as they did, because they could sell off, they get paid off, they securitize these crummy mortgages out there leaving the homeowner in a situation they could never afford to sustain. the house of cards came to tumbg down. it all began with that. i say respectfully but this proposal goes right at the heart of very issue we must address in this bill, flyings to all the other aspects we're -- in addition to all the other aspects we're talking b there's no more important vote this awe'll cast than this one. if we walk away from providing the safeguards for the average american, i don't care what their politics are i don't care what their ideology is, anything else. they

board respect does he share political argument that i want to make so let me indemnify him here at the outset. [laughter] his book, however does show persuasively and unmistakably that progressivism, even t.r.'s progressivism was indeed radical and t.r. teamed for nothing less than a comprehensive transformation of the american political order. the project was transforming america ought to be somewhat familiar to us by now. sid's book shows how the two key ways in which the original progressives sought to transform the political system have come to fruition today. first he shows the progressives vision for hyper democratized national politics focused on a charismatic presidency. and second, the democratized politics as he shows plus combined with actual governance that is to take place mostly in a centralized bureaucracy responsible for the redistribution of wealth and largely insulated from public opinion. now there is really little to quarrel with in this argument and in the book as a whole. but since i am here i suppose for the purpose of getting some discussion going with me bring out jus

i should say at the outset of this, i conducted all of these interviews under a ground rule that they would be effectively on background. so i wouldn't talk -- i won't talk about the substance of the interview, but -- but i got permission from all them to be able to list their names so that i could say, 'in this section, i relied on my interviews on the following people.' but dr. kissinger -- and i -- i used a couple of footnotes to point out that i had gone to him on issues where he disagrees with the reconstruction i have made, and i have shown him the evidence, and he still disagrees. but he can't produce anything that -- that marshals the argument on his side, except hi -- his assertion that it's not true, a -- the critical issue being whether they considered attacking china in early 1969. so i've tried to give him his due. at the same time,i've tried to stay with the most faithful reconstruction of events that i could marshal through documents and interviews. c-span: what do you think of him? >> guest: hmm? c-span: what do you think of him? >> guest: i -- i -- i -- i think that h

at the outset of this the administration, president obama stated we are prepared to deal with iran with mutual respect. and we made clear to their leaders how they could begin to rebuild confidence within the international community including granting access to their previously undeclared enrichment facilities and it's changing uranium for fuel to power a research reactor. as the world has watched and leaders refuse -- refused to take responsibility put their program violates its obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and risks sparking a nuclear arms race in the middle east. when did not be ironic -- would it not be ironic that as the iron curtain fell and the mutual threats of nuclear destruction diminished among the superpowers that a new arms race would emerge and some of the most unstable parts of the world? it would be an irony that our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren would not forgive us for allowing to come to pass. in addition, iranaiisn leaders support terrorists from don't they allow the persecution of their citizens that take to the streets

>> well, as coach shanahan pointed out from the outset, we will let the investigation take its courselation and third party information. >> talk about how this is detected. the nfl doesn't specific test for this substance, right? >> right. that's kind of a complicating factor in santana's case. the nfl pa and the nfl owner's association through the collective bargaining agreement agreed that urine testing would be appropriate. unfortunately for substances like hgh there is not a reliable urine test. there is blood testing. because blood testing was not approved and specified by the collective bargaining agreement, at this point there is no definitive and discernible means to detect it moang athletes. >> does that mean that santana moss has nothing to worry about or by association there could be some type of punishment handle out down the line. >> even though i said from the output it's important to pump the brakes and this is merely an accusation, that doesn't mean that santana doesn't have something to be wore lid about. nfl has the discretion to discipline players without a positive

opinion when i read their decision, which came out in february, that this decision had been made from the outsetthis the final blow to your credibility, doctor? i mean, if you look at the studies that have been conducted since your research was published in the lancet that have all, it seems, disproven your theories, "the lancet" said if we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have published this study in the first place. you lost your job and now your medical license. is that it? >> replicated in five different countries in the world. this is a bump in the road. that's how it should be perceived, a bump on a very bumpy road. it does not detract from the fact that there are millions of children out there suffering and the fact that vaccines can cause autism. and that is a fact that's accepted by the american government, because they've been settling cases of vaccine-induced autism since 1991. >> you say to me that the findings have been replicated. i have seen studies, several major studies. your study involved 12 children. i've seen studies that involve hundreds of thousands of children that

i was determined at the outset, i think i said this, that i was determined to prove not only that we could pass important legislation but we could do it with a -- with a strong dose of civility in the process. that while we have strong views and we speak, as i certainly do from time to time, with some degree of emotion and passion about things i care deeply about, that no issue be -- that in no way should be a reflection of my feelings about my colleagues. and too often what's happened in recent years is we've allowed i think the lack of civility in this process to -- to make it difficult or more difficult for us to get our jobs done. and we didn't get elected here to, in my view, to let those emotions dominate our -- our jobs on behalf of the people who send us here. and this last couple of weeks has produced i think a good bi bill, a stronger bill but also we've been able to do it in a way that the american people i think can take some pride in how their senate has operated. so i'm very grateful to all, not just my colleagues but the sta staffs and others who make it possible for us

let me emphasize again what i said at the outset. the overwhelming majority of auto dealers play by good rules. again, i'm not talking about the vast majority that do this, but the unscrupulous ones, those who engage in ripping off people and are doing everything they can to get away with, that is what our bill is designed to deal with. this is the way the mark place is supposed to work where, again, people can shop fairly. competition to provide higher quality products and services at better prices. mr. president, a strong consumer bureau will be good for responsible auto dealers as well. if the brownback amendment wins, wall street wins and those responsible dealers will lose. let me explain why this is true. if auto dealers are carved out of the bill as the brownback amendment will do, we are exempting the wall street-funded auto dealers and putting credit unions and community banks at a disadvantage. wall street will continue to incentivize auto dealers to have bad, overpriced loans to make it impossible for responsible dealers to

at the outset i want you to know that just because i am here and addressing you today does not mean that i believe that gordon's death was more tragic or more important than the deaths of the other 10 men that day. i know their families grieve just as much as we do. but the only one of the victims i knew was gordon. he was 28. hour youngest child. he is survived by his widow michelle and two sons, stafford who is 2 and maxwell gordon who was born 13 days ago. gordon was a m engineer for m.i. swatco would had a contract with bp to provide that service. he searched his bachelor of arts from lsu and then completed something called mud school. after spendg se time oob seing the work of those more experienced gordon began working as a mud engineer. as a relatively newcomer he was sent to a different rig every two weeks including the transocean deepwater horizon. gordon was good at what he did, it was evidenced by the fact that one of the mud engineers from the deepwater horizon left, bp was offered a list of mud engineers who had worked aboard the horizon and from that list chose gordon. as y

at the outset i want you to know that just because i am here and addressing you today does not mean that i believe that gordon's death was more tragic or more important than the deaths of the other 10 men that day. i know their families grieve just as much as we do. but the only one of the victims i knew was gordon. he was 28. hour youngest child. he is survived by his widow michelle and two sons, stafford who is 2 and maxwell gordon who was born 13 days ago. gordon was a mud engineer for m.i. swatco would had a contract with bp to provide that service. he searched his bachelor of arts from lsu and then completed something called mud school. after spendg some time oob serving the work of those more experienced gordon began working as a mud engineer. as a relatively newcomer he was sent to a different rig every two weeks including the transocean deepwater horizon. gordon was good at what he did, it was evidenced by the fact that one of the mud engineers from the deepwater horizon left, bp was offered a list of mud engineers who had worked aboard the horizon and from that list chose gordon

speaker, from the very outset, mr. speaker, we concurred with the desire to ensure that this authority exists. at this point i'd like to yield a minute to my very,ery good friend from michigan, a hardworking, very, very thoughtful member, mrs. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. miller: i thank the gentleman for yielding. and, mr. speaker, all americans, all americans share the grief of the families of the miners of west virginia. mr. speaker, spending by this congress is out of control. in the next few days our national debt will surpass $13 trillion, and today the federal government borrows about 40 cents of every dollar that is spent. the american people have been speaking out saying that this out-of-control spending is not sustainable. they're very frustrated that washington and the democrat majority is not listening. mr. speaker, the house republicans are listening. we've heard their voices. you cut allows the american people to vote on specific spending cuts. we actua

the book draws on many of the people who participated in the initiative from the outset. t includes chapters on a whole range of different subjects about home last occurred spending, communication strategies, thinking about the nuts and bolts and the root causes and some of the misconceptions about what drives people to engage in terrorism and the first place. -- in the first place. terrorizing our cells documents the ways in which this climate of fear mongering that we are existing under today exacerbates the threat to prin. terrorists get their name for a reason. here is the corn. --fear is their coin. they see the way in which our actions have been so self- defeating. they brought needles wars and wasted well. we explore the strategies in this book. we want to undermine support for our support and build support for constructive ones. the specifics that we go into in the book document what an effective counterterrorism strategy would look like. it would provide absolute defense against all attacks. that is impossible a government that is trying to protect everything is p

i wanted to return to the chairman's question at the outset of the hearing. he-to whether this was a game changer -- he asked you whether this was a game changer and i guess you could look at that from a variety of angles. i'm focused on whether it is a game changer in our approach offshore drilling. we have obviously my credit from a time when we had a moratorium to win the wit -- when we began discussing a certain mileage ban offshore to where now, i guess, there are a set of presumptions that operate in how we go forward. i understand we're focused on the tragedy at hand primarily, but i think it is important to anticipate where the next tragedy might occur. and now we have a number of people on the committee here today who are thinking about what could happen in their part of the world, so to speak. it is fair, i think, to anticipate this a little bit because the foundation is being laid now and in the various comments that we hear on what the narrative is going to be, going forward. and i would urge you to think about this event as a game changer and to

fair, responsive, expeditious and do the right thing here and we've been clear about that from the outset. we can put blame and fault and everything off to the side. we are a responsible party and we're acting that way and intind to continue doing that. >> we're going to hold you to this. my concern, smn a long way away from the gulf but it's where the mississippi river starts, and i hope that this gets stem bud we're very concerned about the damages. yesterday, "usa today" reported that oil executives argued against having the mineral management agency adopt resolutions ke sined to reduce accidents caused by human errors. one of the reasons for b.p.'s opposition is it would have been too costly. a week after this accident you announced record quarter profits. i know senator menendez mentioned last year's profits of $16 billion. do you still think that stonger safety regulations, given the amount of damage we're facing, are too costly? >> i'm not familiar with us saying it would be too costly but i do believe there will be a need to look at regulations and how they work going forward. we

in this context we deliberately tried to go forward and create the right privacy settings from the outset. we will see if it works and see people like it. thanks. >> jesse, would you like to rejoin us? >> both you and he are the respondents really. so getting back to where i started, you know, i think we see an extraordinary amount of adaptation in the privacy tool development space. and the last time i engaged in this, actually when danny and i first met. we were working on a platform for privacy practice, p3b. whether we're giving people too much choice, too much granularity, et cetera. and we're also working with bbb on the bbb seal and trustee on the trustees who. i think it's fair to say that back in the world was two-dimensional and that we have lots of examples of much more sophisticated privacy enhancement technology. i think what i would like to do, start off with jessica and move to jules is how far does this go out? there are a number of issues. anne mentioned the importance of scale. scale is also important for the entire ecosystem. one of the things that lead mentioned that m

at the outset of this debate there was one item which needs to be cleared up. i want an apology from congressman sestak for his television advertisement which calls me a liar. i've been in public service for 43 years, including wearing the cloth of a -- of my country in the united states air force. nobody has ever called me a liar. if the navy times d is wrong in saying that congressman sestak was relieved of duty because of poor control climate -- command climate, then the navy times owes him an apology. but what i have said is based upon fact. when i have challenged him on his voting record, it's a fact. 127 missed votes. what i challenge -- when i challenge him on not paying the minimum wage, it's a fact. but when he calls me a liar, that's out of bounds. i want an apology. >> senator, that's your time. before we go to congressman sestak for the first question, would you like to respond to that? i'll give you 30 seconds. >> i want

substantive matters, but also ts undervalues that you articulated in quoting teddy roosevelt atdy the outsetof this hearing. >> i appreciate that and i appreciate answering your questions posed by this committee. but i still remain concerned. since 1853, customs servicetrolg outside responsible only for controlling our borders. bhe agency retains to secure th borders unlawful and i believe your failure to complete and to maintain eye and i goes to the heart of your duties as of customs and heart of the agencies to securee our borders, to incredibly enforce the law, you must first. follow the law unless you've been appointed as commissioneria coming your term will expire atx the end oft next session. have in the meantime coming ofhe important duties to fulfill.wel i hope you fulfill them. i look forward to working with you what the metrics we're going to work with and see the progress we can undertake >> tnkn now and the end of next year. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you. meeting is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> defending the un

read more and more and hear more and more as there is a lot that should never have been done at the outsetand when you were talking about, in this discussion, what kind of regulation of securities progress on capital. is it fair to say that we can't also forget to look at the point of origin of problems. in other words, there was a situation here. i'm not saying it was the whole of the problem, but the fact was the poisonous subprime loans were permitted to enter the system in the first place and an exotic financial instruments were created that helped carry that poison throughout the system. and so, and a look back and look forward has to look at the point of entry of the contamination, doesn't it? >> i agree. but again, i would just underscore -- this isn't in the character of saying it's much worse than anything. i would just emphasize that if you look at losses on prime mortgage loans, and conforming mortgages in this crisis, they are very high, too. well aside the expectations of mustard on this case because again house prices paid so far and unemployment rose so much more than people

at the outset i need to emphasize that halliburton is a service provider and is contractually bound to comply with the oilwell owner's instructions immolated to work activities. the construction of a deep water well is a complex operation involving the performance of many tasks by many parties. while the owner has ultimate responsibility for planning and approving, much of the daily activities are directed. cement can be used to prevent movement of fluids between formations and to bond and support the steel casing. there are many external factors which affect the design. and the execution. these include variability of the geometry, the relative location of hydrocarbon reserves, and hydrocarbon content of associated drilling fluids. the centralized replacement on the production casing, the drilling fluids, a conditioning program, and t cement replacement design used for the well were implemented as directed by the owner of the oilwell. as shown on the diagram which is attached to my prepared remarks from a design so there was no connuous cement column throughout the entire well board. 2

want to underscore at the global resources of bp are committed to this effort and have been from the outsetunderstands the enormity of what lies ahead and is working to deliver an effective response. at the wellhead, on the water, and on the shoreead. before i describe our our round- the-clock response to these events, i want to reiterate estimates to find out what happens. the are really two the lines of inquiry here. first is what caused the explosion and fire on board the transocean are rising region horizon rig. and why did the blowout preventer, the key fail-safe mechanism, fail? we're cooperating with the joint inquiry as well as investigations by congress. in addition, bp has commissioned an internal investigation whose results we plan to share so that we all learn from these terrible events. in the meantime, we cannot draw any conclusions before all the facts are known. we will continue full speed ahead with our investigation, keeping all lines of inquiry open until we find out what happened and why. at the same time, we are fully engaged in our response to the devastating event. no

i think it does go to underscore the point i made at the outset, that at least in some areas, not the fourth amendment area that irwin was talk about in the kwan case but in other areas justice scalia really has been a criminal defendant's best friend in some of these areas of the law. and i think his role in the honest services area will perhaps underscore that. the last thing that i'll say just by a word of what would happen at the end of this term if the court does strike down the government's prosecution in these cases this would mean in a single term that supreme court not only ruled for the corporations and citizens united but also ruled in favor of conrad black and jeffrey skilling. and i do think just to raise really in my own view a word of caution, i think all of those would be decisions that a majority of the court would feel very strongly were moored in the constitution or the statutes, be it the first amendment or the due process clause or the statute itself. yet do i think that we might see something of a kind of populist backlash of the court that we have -- kind of a t

but i wanted to at the outset of the debase and discussion thank him for his wonderful legislation. let me thank senator merkley and senator klobuchar, as well as other cosponsors in this bill, bipartisan support for the amendment. i would like to be included in the record some correspondence. i have a letter that we sent out in 2007 -- well, let me start out with a letter in december of 2006. to give you an idea it was four years ago. it was signed by myself, wayne allard, who is no longer with us of colorado, senator sarbanes, jim bunning of kentucky, jack reed of rhode island and jack schumer. the letter is push regulators for guidance for subprime mortgages. that's in 2006 that we sent that first letter. we were in the minority, we democrats. in april of 2007, we sent another letter to chairman bernanke, and here we said that our committee had held two hearings this year on the problem of subprime mortgage rates. this is in february and march of 2007, three years ago, at the hearings a number of committee hearings raised concerns that the regulators have not kept space with the

want to underscore that the global resources of bp are committed to this effort and have been from the outset. nothing is being scared. everyone understands the enormity of what lies ahead and is working to deliver an effective response. at the wellhead, on the water, and on the shore head. before i describe our our round- the-ock response to these events, i want to reiterate estimates to find out what happens. the are really two the lines of inquiry here. first is what caused the explosion and fire on board the transocean are rising region horizon rig. and why did the blowout preventer, the key fail-safe mechanism, fail? we're cooperating with the joint inquiry as well as investigations by congress. in addition, bpas commissioned an internal investigation whose results we plan to share so that we all learn from these terrible events. in the meantime, we cannot draw any conclusions before all the facts are known. we will continue fu speed ahead with our investigation, keeping all lines of inquiry open until we find out what happened and why. at the same time, we are fully engaged in our respo

i wanted to note from the outset that attorney general holder has reinvigorated the civil rights division which suffered for a while from low morale, and under assistant attorney general tom press, the division is i think doing a good job in protecting the rights, including voting, of all americans. the attorney-general has raised the issue of statutory modifications to the miranda public safety exception into the national debate. i would hope that he can go into this in some detail. the most important thing to me that we are dealing with in this country right now is the failure of the so-called war against drugs. we spent more money incarcerating more non-violent people under an antiquated, mandatory minimum sentence to less and less effect. 1.5 million people are arrested every year for drug violations. we spent $2 billion a year to imprison people who violate federal drug laws. we incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet earth, but the drug use in the u.s. and around the world is more prevalent than ever. if there was one thing that we could accomplish successfully b

i wanted to note from the outset that attorney general holder has reinvigorated the civil rights division which suffered for a while from low morale and under the cysteine -- assistant attorney general, is doing a good job in protecting the rights, including voting of all americans. >> the attorney general has raised the issue of statutory modifications to the miranda public safety exception into the national debate. i would hope that he can go into this in some detail. the most important thing, it to me, that we are dealing with in this country is the failure of the so-called war against drugs. we spent more money incarcerating more non-violent people under an antiquated, mandatory minimum sentence to less and less effect. one and half million people are arrested every year for drug violations. we spend too dollar billion per year to imprison people who violate a federal drug laws. but we incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet earth but the drug use in the u.s. and around the world is more prevalent than ever. if there was one thing that we could accomplish successfu

at the outset, may i say that your work on the committee has been outstanding. you have been here a little more than two years, and you are already the chairman of the committee, acting chairman of the committee, which is quite a testimony to you. we have forged together closely in those two years -- we have worked together closely in those two years, and it is nice to work with a lawyer's lawyer, which you are. i welcome the two nominees. both present outstanding academic credentials. in the situation with dean kagan, she is now the dean of the harvard law school to supplement her outstanding academic work in the professional world. the senate has a broad responsibility under the constitutional confirmation to make increased beyond even extraordinary resumes like those presented here today. in evaluating president barack obama's nominees, we see perhaps what is a cautionary word during the campaign, when candidate obama had this to say about judges. now, the solicitor general is a substantially different from a judge, as is the position of associate attorney ge