the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: chairman towns, madam speaker, chairman towns is one of my favorite people. i really come to grow and appreciate him. i happen to -- -- i happen to disagree with him on this. there are a whole lot of people on that walk of fame. we probably should recognize -- shouldn't recognize them in any way, shape, or form. there's a certain egment of our population, entertainment industry, involved in sports that gets more adulation from the public they can possibly, possibly take. yet we have true heroes, real heroes who don't get an ounce, don't get an ounce of appreciation from this body that do deserve it. the other day i was watching television, this is just recently, there was a national guardsman who pulled around a corner, i can't remember the state, i want to say the state of washington, i might be wrong, all of a sudden there was a truck that had overtu

let's go to the latest from ted rollins who is at the utah state prison in draper. are done, right, ted? so where are we now? >> well, all of the appeals to the supreme court have come back and been denied. only thing left on the table is another request to the governor of the state of utah for a stay. he denied a request for a stay earlier in the day. that is the last thing. the last hope for ronnie gardner here as he gets closer to his execution time, right now he is an observation cell near the death chamber. he apparently has had a quiet day. the mood in the prison is somber. mood here is somber. no matter where you stand on the issue, larry having covered these before when you are getting close to an execution it is a pretty somber time. >> larry: and the firing squad is his choice, right, ted? >> yeah, he made this choice. utah is the only state that still offers this. they offered it, grand fathering it out, he was grandfathered in. he made this choice himself to die via firing squad rather than lethal injection. >> larry: randy, your brother is a convicted mu

the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i'd like to yield as much time as he may consume to my distinguished colleague from pennsylvania, mr. platts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. platts: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the gentleman yielding. madam speaker, i rise in strong support of this legislation which takes important steps to eliminate federal government waste and inefficiencies. i served as the chairman of the oversight and government reform subcommittee on government management finance and accountability for four years where i focused my efforts on making the federal government more accountable.% my subcommittee held numerous hearings which all too often accounting errors such as overpayment for services or redundant payments were discovered or where programs were not effectively fulfilling their intended mission. at a time when the national debt is over $13 trillion, it has never been more apparent that

they will be on the primary ballot in june 22 to be the next senator from utah. coin toss determined that likely would deliver it -- deliver the first one-minute speech. >> my name is mike lee. i believe in the second amendment right to bear arms. i opposed amnesty for illegal immigrants in any form. i am running for the senate because i believe that our federal government is too big and too expensive. it is that way because congress has refused to follow or even read the rule book for the last 75 years. it is the 75 -- the 223 year- old document that limits the power of the federal government. it says that it can only do a few things. it is supposed to focus on things like national defense and immigration and regulating interstate and foreign trade. it is not supposed to be all things to all people. it is not everyone's best friend, not supposed to be our health-care provider. bad things happen when we try to do otherwise. i am running to restore the rules, the focus on that 223- year-old document. >> one minute opening statement from tim bridgewater. >> those of

watson, and the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. watson: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. watson: madam speaker, i now yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. watson: madam speaker, on behalf of the house committee on oversight and government reform, it is my great privilege to rise in support of h.res. 879. this measure encourages the people of the united states to observe national education week by reflecting on the positive impact of all those who work together to educate america's children. america education week spotlights the importance of providing every child in america with a quality public education from kindergarten through college and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great. madam speaker, america's success in the 21st century will be

of the gentleman's classes in utah. we'd love to have you teach in texas. you are such a good teacher. supplementing the teaching that you have already provided, i'd just like to take people to article 5 of the constitution. it's a great document. i would encourage people to read that as my friends have already mentioned. some have said, would you never want to have an amendment convention because it might be for the people who would come up with crazy amendments that would destroy the country and so you would never want to do that. some have said, these guys that wrote the constitution did such a perfect job, we should never allow an amendment constitution provided under article 5 because that might mess it up. but then on the other hand, if these guys did such a perfect job in the constitution, then they must have put article 5 in here for a reason. and article 5 simply says that congress, whenever 2/3 of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to the constitution or on the application of the legi

the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah yields back. the question is will the house suend the rules and pass h.r. 2008 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from guam seek recognition? ms. bordallo: madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1061 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1061, a bill to transfer certain land to the united states to be held in trust for the hoh indian tribe, to place land into trust for the hoh indian tribe, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from guam, ms. bordallo, and the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from guam. ms.

e speakepro tempore: the ntleman fm utah is recoized. . b i a unanimous ent to cim the time of mrburton of inana. the speaker pro temporhe gentlem is recognized for five mutes. mr. bisho i rise today to plead th10th. earlier today this body voted n h.r. 4855 that would establish in the pament of bor an annual work-life bance award for emoyers th haveevelopednd implemented work-life balance pocies. itou etaish an asory board. though i oppose the legisla, i think thathe ultimate goa of is bare good ones. sponsors havehe best intentions. i wt reat that goals and jeives of the bill are pectle a noble ideas. no one questions that a proper work-le balance is extremely important but just because somethings important doesn't mean whington s to write a law to protet or create bureau to encourage it or have

the utah commission basis -- the telecommunication business -- the major complaint at the puc was utility bills that could not pay. they needed electricity. we had some complaints about wireless bills as well. it is a lot more expensive and people do not have the money. they call the puc and said, "what can you do about my utility bill/" would provide subsidies and things like that, but there is not enough to go around. we are letting people get what they can. ultimately, we have to come out of this recession. it will be better than. >> are you beginning to see a turnaround? >> i think so. we are an export driven state. we sell a lot to the far east, china, and europe. china and japan keep buying. we are in good shape. if iraq remains in the dump, we are not. there is a slow recovery going on. we do not know whether the sovereign debt issues overseas and the problems on the new york stock exchange will cause psychological damage to investors. we are waiting and hoping that things settle out and the economy comes back and we can get back to sufficient revenues to run the state. we have hug

the utah primary election is this tuesday. we all have the opportunity to vote. we posted links to kso.com. you can find that link at the "sunday edition" page. thank you for sharing your -- part of your sunday with us. we will save a place at the table next week for you. >> learning how louisiana is dealing with the oil spill in the gulf. this book with a doctor from the health and human services department about health-related concerns. >> [inaudible] my name is commander tim davis. i am a physician with the secretary of fairness as bonds, part of health and human services. >> where are you doing in the area in general? >> we are here as a unified command. the medical element that we are organizing the policies for the care of the -- primarily the occupational workers that are down here dealing with the -pcleanup offshore, on shore, ad inland. >> what kind of health problems are you finding. >> right now, just general. we have not found anything we could clearly identified as oil related. we are constantly looking for it, but most of the things we have seen oth

for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. with all due respect to the gentlewoman who just stood here, the fact remains the democrats are not introducing a budget. one of the fundamental principle things that this congress should do is introduce a budget. this congress should be embarrass that they have not introduced a budg that we can debate and discuss. they're lacking the so-called leadership here. talk about bush, but the reality is the democrats have the house and senate and presidency and they owe it to the american people, they owe it to this institution to produce a budget so that we can debate and discuss it in the united states congress. it's one of the fundamental things we should do, this should congress -- this congress should be embarrassed. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield

for what purpose ds the recognition? utah seek mr. bishop: mr. speak, i k unanimouconsent that today, foowlegislativ, t following membersay be permitted to address the house and revise a extend thei matial, mr. boozman for today, mr. pofor today, mr. flakeor today, mrduncan for today,r. bishop for today, mr. broun for today. the speaker o tempore: the eaker pro mpore: without obction. for what purposdoes the gentlewoman from wisconsin seek recogon? ms. baldwin: i ask unanimous nsent th today following legislative businesand any ecial orders heretore entered into, the foowg members may be rmitted to address the royce for five miutes, revise and extend tir remksnd include therextraneoumaterial. ms. wlsey for five nutes. ms. wal ba -- ms. bwin for five miter. garamendi for five minutes, mr. is a pl for five minutes,s. kaptur for ve mutes, and mr. defazioor five minutes. the speaker p tempore: withouobjection. under thspeaker's announced pof january 6, 200 a unr prevus order of the house, the following membe a recognized for five minut ach. mr. poof t

then, a primary debate in the utah secondary district primary. >> the commission on wartime contract and hears from defense department officials on the role and oversight of private security contractors. live coverage begins on c-span. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio and on line. you can sign up for our females. >> a debate between the two canada is running for the democratic nomination in norrh carolina. >> this question will give us insight into your priorities. if you win the fall general election, what will be your first priority? the first bill you will co- sponsor when the session begins in january? >> that is a great question. let me begin by thanking the league of women voters for the opportunity to stand before you and answer questions. it is an honor to run for this job. if elected, and given an opportunity to serve in the u.s. senate, i would put six hardworking years into rebuilding the foundation of our economy, working to get jobs are growing. it will not be one specific legislation, but a series of policies i will pursue that wil

began after the attorney general of utah, shurt, sent messages to twitter as the execution happened.the criminal criticisms on twitter called his messages inappropriate and distasteful. >> lehrer : democrat alvin greene is still running for the u.s. senate in south carolina. last night, party officials ruled there is not enough evidence to throw out his primary win. he waged no visible campaign and faces criminal charges of showing obscene photos to a college student. he'll face jim demint, considered the heavy favorite. wall street finished higher for a fourth day. the dow jones finzs up for the week, the dow gained 2%. in the world cup, the u.s. team salvaged a draw sbaens slovenia today. a late goal that would have given them outright victory was disallowed. and los angeles celebrated after the lakers wunl their 16th nba title. they beat the boston celtics in game seven last night. portuguese novelist jose saramago died today at his home in the canary islands. he published his first works in 1997. one of his best known booked, "blindness" was made into a movie. he was 87. those ar

this week's youcut winner was developed by my colleague, the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz. it would amend federal law to allow for the expedited sell of wasteful and unaffordable federal properties saving taxpayers up to $15 billion. president obama himself indicated his support for selling unneeded properties in a directive released the day after mr. chaffetz's youcut proposal was unveiled. today my colleagues on our side of the aisle joined together and called upon the house to support this easy, straightforward way to reduce spending. let us remember then senator obama's 2006 words of support for removing barriers to the disposal of excess federal property. and he said, regardless of what side of the aisle we sit on, we all agree we are in dire financial straits, and we need to manage our assets in the most cost-effective way possible to close the gap. mr. speaker, america is at a crossroads. it is time for us all to act together in a bipartisan fashion to stop the runaway spending and to get our fiscal house in order. i urge the body to defeat the motion of the previous

the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. >> bank, mr. chairman, from holding this hearing. -- thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this hearing. i know the way that your company does business and we're also going to hear about the explosion on april 23 you will discuss your safety records and lessons learned from past events. i think it is fair to say that many of your companies are immune from criticism and accidents couldst happen at any place. as has been mentioned already on friday night, the chevron pippline began leaking in salt lake city, and before being shut gallons of oil. it leaks into the jordan river which empties into the great salt lake. the great salt lake is one of the most important estuaries for migrating birds in the west. current information indicates that oil has not yet hit a great salttlake. more important, drinking water have been protected. with 33,000 gallons, that is a pittance compared to the spill in the ankle. and the impact on my city's economy will not be anywhere near what it will be for gulf coast reside

the entire oil and gas industry. just this weekend, chevron spilled as much as 500 barrels of oil into a stream in utah, and in the last few weeks, there been to blowouts and natural gas wells, one in west virginia and one in my home state of pennsylvania. in pennsylvania, the blowout preventer failed, allowing natural gas to spew from the gushing well for over 50 hours while the crew with the skill to cap that had to be flown in from texas. it only took them an hour to cap the well. in west virginii, the gas explosion caused seven workers to be injured and the planes burned for days until was brought under control. our growing energy demand requires that we continue you -- we continue to use natural resources. third there reason to extract our national resources in this style. the oil resources in the gulf of mexico are not going anywhere. i think it is time we take a step that and explore how to do this better and safer and more efficiently. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back my tiie. chatha>> mr. chairman, just a if we waive opening statements, will we get the additional minute? holloway my opening statement. >>

the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announce d policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah is recognize the as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: i appreciate the opportunity of being here this morning on one of the days when obviously our time management skills are not perhaps the greatest. but it still is nonetheless an opportunity to speak before on this floor before you, mr. speaker, on a couple of issues that are significant. i appreciate also that i will be joined by my good friend from texas who just spoke so eloquently about one of those who has given his all for all of us and how grateful we are for this family and this particular individual. i think we're going to be hitting several different themes this evening as we talk about the future of this country, especially as it deals with space and here once again i'm very grateful that the gentleman from texas is here, because mr. olson has indeed, been a leader on this particular issue in charting the future of america as far as space policy will be. it is very easy in this environment to try and focus

caller: we have had run at least for the past year flying for in utah. en they go through there is a high frequency vibration. the cause is a severe headache. do you know about that? do these cause health problems? host: whole lot. are you still there? do you know what they are being used for in utah? guecaller: we have military in the desert and it is probably for homeland security. host: thank you for your call. guest: i am not aware of any health problems associated with drones or unmanned aircraft. however, after i wrote a story that ran on a wire monday, i did get a call from someone up in the boston area who mentioned the same thing. i do not know if that means anything. host: brunswick, maine, on our independent line. jack, go ahead. caller: i have a question. to in the government will be responsible for overseeing what they are using the drums for? will be -- will we leave -- will we be looking out our windows in the interest of nafta -- national security? guest: there are privacy concerns. i do not think that any of the permissions for the aircra

under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: thank you very much, madam speaker. i come to the floor today during the specific time to talk about issues that are taking place on the borders of the united states. the issues i talk about are issues that impact both the northern border and the southern border as well, but we have had quite a bit of hype in the media lately about things that are taking place on the southern border. so i would like to try to focus my attention primarily on what is happening between the border between the united states and mexico. i also want to try and narrow the focus of the discussion tonight in some particular way. because i'm not talking about everybody who is coming through the border both legally and illegally, i'm talking about certain kinds of bad guys that are doing great harm to this particular country. let me talk about the kinds of me that -- for which we should be vastly concerned. i'm talking about d

the run up. whoever wins will be your next senator because utah is reddest state in the nation. bennetttendorsed bridgewater. it will be a tight race. according to the polls, bridgewater was n the lead. host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or bennett has tot say? ggest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not haae much clout innwwshington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-partyy+ conservative is running against the son of one time strom thurmond. tell us about the ccntest and what ay happen? gueest: this guy came from nowhere, and ll of a sudden hhs a ton of momentum. he is doing surprisinnly well to the run-up. thurmond has all the momentum, -- he mightely win be the best shot the republicans haae o have an african-american in the congress in eight years. both eric cantor and another% have backed him. hh is the tea party favorite. sarah palin has backed him. seat for henr

inglis was the fifth incumbent turned out of office this year. and in utah, another new republican face emerged, attorney mike leigh, winning the nomination for u.s. senate. >> we face a federal government that thinks they can be all things to all people but it solves all the world's problems just by giving more money. money that hasn't yet been earned. because the people who will one day earn it have not yet been born and in some cases their parents haven't even met. >> reporter: utah republicans ousted bob bennett at a state convention last month. for more on the primary and the historical results in south carolina, we're joined by amy walter, editor and chief of the hotline, national journal's political daley. and adolphus belk jr., a professor of political science and african american studies at winthrop university in rock hill south carolina. he joins us now from charlotte, north carolina. thank you, both, for being with us. amy walter, to you first, and focusing on south carolina. an african american being nominated fair congressional seat, an indian a

they are suggesting he is expanding his clout all the way to utah with the wind of might leave. -- win of mike lee. that is "the washington times" today. the last -- al gore has an opinion piece in "the wall street journal," along with david blood. if you get on any political website today, you will find a story about a former vice president that he is surely not pleased. it is virtually everywhere. oregon investigated sex accusation against gore. this was broken apparently by "the national enquirer" about 24 hours ago but it is now all over the political news cycle. let us go back to calls. we are talking to you about president obama's decision yesterday to accept the resignation of general much -- general mcchrystal and put david petreaus in charge of afghanistan. harold is on our republican line. caller: how are you doing? host: what are your thoughts on this decision? caller: i am an army reservist, commissioned officer. what needs to be known here is as a commissioned officer for the united states military, we take an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the united state

the nominee. when his term came again, utah republican orrin hatch returned to the campaign finance case -- known as "citizens united." >> of the cases usually cited in democratic critiques of the court this is the only one in which the court actually struck down an act of congress. it did so for a simple reason: the law passed by congress violated fundamental law, the first amendment of the united states of america. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham of south carolina noted that both conservatives and liberals complain about judicial activism. >> an activist judge is something none of us like, apparently. nobody on that side likes it, nobody on our side likes it. help me find one. >> i'm sorry? >> help me find one. can you think of anyone in history of the united states that was an activist judge? because we don't like these people. it seems to be that an activist judge rules the way we don't like. it's getting to be no more sophisticated than that and i'd like it to be more sophisticated than that. so what is your definition of activist judge? >> well, senator graham, i think my definition

i think one thing people may look for, particularly in the early republican primaries, you have seen a couple of republicans -- bob bennett in utahthree-term the senator who was very popular year ago, lee is in a primary a few weeks ago. you saw -- very popular a year ago, lose and a primary. you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate. on the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called derate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too

the run up. whoever wins will be your next senator because utah is reddest state in the nation. bennett endorsed bridgewater. it will be a tight race. according to the polls, bridgewater was in the lead. host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or interest in what bennett has to say? guest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not have much clout in washington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-party conservative is running against the son of one time segregationist strom thurmond. tell us about the ccntest and what may happen? guest: this guy came from nowhere, and all of a sudden has a ton of momentum. he is doing surprisingly well committed to the run-up. thurmond has all the momentum, and will likely win -- he might be the best shot the republicans have to have an african-american in the congress in eight years. both eric cantor and another have backed him. he is the tea par

we can just hope that we can carry on some of the beliefs and the hard work that he gave to all of us. >> ifill: utah republican orrin hatch. >> in the end, i gained such tremendous respect for him and love and even though we differed on so many issues. >>. >> ifill: as fierce guardian of the senate's rules and prerogatives as he was an advocate for the mountain state, senator byrd left his mark almost everywhere. frank and kyley lewis live in charleston. >> i think he's had his hand in everything that happened here. the interstate system. the federal building down to the charles town. he's brought in so much money or pork as they call it. but he's been good to us. >> ifill: born in north carolina in 1917, byrd's career tracked the complicated history of a region and a nation. once an active member of the ku klux klan he led a 14-hour 13-minute filibuster against what became the 1964 civil rights act. he later apologized, writing in his 2005 memoir that his ties to the klan in particular emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me. and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mista

i think one thing people may look for, particularly in the early republican primaries, you have seen a couple of republicans -- bob bennett in utaha three-term the senator who was very popular year ago, lee is in a primary a few weeks ago. you saw -- very popular a year ago, lose and a primary. you saw charlie crist being pushed out of the republican primary and accused of being too moderate. on the republican side, that is what i am looking -- are you going to see that trend continue, where the so-called moderate candidates are losing d, the tea party-fuelde conservative candidates are winning? i think that is what you would expect. on the democratic side, you are seeing that with the blanche lincoln race and arkansas. you have labor unions and people on the left are very frustrated with her as being too conservative. that is why she is getting this challenge from the left. host: ben evans, political reporter with the associated press, thank you for joining us. following on that, this is a piece from "the new york times" looking at the race and arkansas -- unions take a stand in the arkansas race. they have knocked on 170,000 do

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the debate in utah. >> noncandidate has -- no candidate has given more opportunities to ask questions and see what he is made of. >> see some of their early television appearances in the c- span video library. with over 160,000 hours of video. a quarter century of history you can search your way. all available free online. >> cleanup crews continue to aid wildlife affected by the gulf of mexico oil spill which has reached more than 100 miles of beach. this was at the fort jackson bird rehabilitation center. >> [unintelligible] >> [inaudible] >> at today's white house briefing, admiral thad allen says cleaning up the gulf of mexico oil spill will take years. he talked about the claims process for those whose livelihood has been affected by the accident. this briefing was before a meeting with president obama. >> good morning, everyone. we are joined this morning with thad allen, our national incident commander dealing with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. he is also here for a meeting with cabinet agencies that are dealing with this crisis as well, that begins in a little less than

how best to be able to pay our bills with the resources we can generate by liquid ating unneeded assets -- liquidating unneeded assets. i think mr. chaffetz of utahbrought up a bill that looked a lot like this. i know this house did not support his bill to go after and create that $18 billion fund for the american people, but i think this bill gives us something we can work with following the leadership of the gentleman from utah and that is let's take a look like any family is doing today and what do we own that we do not think we can use and how do we liquidate that so we can get the resources and funds we desperate leet -- desperately need to pay our bills? i ask my colleagues to join us in passing this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from the district of columbia. mrs. christensen: mr. speaker, i yield he to -- ms. norton: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, such time as he may require. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i first of

disturbing to me and others who share my concern about this, this is not strictly a utah provoke you wish you is theack of evidence, the complete lack of evidence that any coordination between nasa and the pentagon before undertaking the action to basically tell this industry, and do you have any reaction to that statement? we have discussed this in hearings before, but are you aware of anything that has been raised with the department of defense on behalf of maseth as they've decided unilaterally to shut down the creation of the solid rocket motors? >> i'm just not aware how much coordination there was, center, but i can certainly get an answer. >> i think the implications for this are very serious. nasa, i think, is making a mistake. for nasa purposes. i think the absence of solid rocket motors and nasa is going to raise nasa's costs. to destroy the space program and a number of areas where i think it is important. but to go ahead on the decision without even talking to the pentagon in terms of the implications for the minuteman and other inhabitants in the defense department where your dependent

utah. caller: i wanted to ask you a question. i more or less of the situation this way. and i was wondering with the knowledge you have if you felt this was accurate. i see this as being something like this. there is the u.s. military, and then there is the people, some of the people in vietnam i see the situation as the people are saying look at this, and the u.s. is saying yes. the people are saying basically -- they are trying to show them this. the u.s. military is saying yes, this is yours and rolling it back. -- throwing it back. the people said because there is not enough for everyone. then they say only the supreme colden ninja warrior can grant as power. guest: i think that is probably overstating its. we had a very good dialogue group. we have the gates foundation that has helped a little bit. this is very scientific-based. i do not think we were getting into all sorts of unnecessary political battles. and i think we were just trying to say this is not the hardest problem to solve. each chip in a bit of money to show the will, the desire to clean this up here a

i was at the national monument in utah a couple of weekends ago. i saw a young man painting a sign. was doing a great job on behalf of the national park system. i am an old painter. i appreciate good painting. the second bit of good news is that i was impressed with a little brochure that they hand out there. it had a section on what americans can do to deal with climate change, what you can do to reduce carbon emissions. that is a good thing that the park service is doing to give americans that information. hats off to the work you are doing there. but it is not fully working because we are losing a lot of the ecosystems that the parks are responsible for because of climate change. here is one question. one national park is predicted not to have glaciers in the next century because of climate change. the national science foundation and a whole host of federal agencies believe it is called by him activity. the question is, when all of the glaciers are gone in glacier national park because we did not deal with our energy crisis, what are we going to call glacier national park? >> i h

you can criticize it, but on the other hand, there were good exchanges. senator orrin hatch, republican from utah, he had a very interesting and informative dialogue with the nominee about the first amendment and campaign finance reform and the citizens united case. dianne feinstein had a good conversation. lindsey graham as well on the legal war -- were on terror. there is some substance, but it is surrounded by platitudes that we have come to expect. host: it seems that yes today and there was more talk yesterday and the day before about thurgood marshall and "the roberts scored." depending on whether you are democrat or republican. democrat -- democrat spring of the roberts scored and -- why all this talk about justices? guest: democrats clearly want to make a point of comparing and contrasting this nominee with what the roberts court has done the past couple of years. there is a feeling that chief justice john roberts came before them in 2005 trying to get that seats and he said he would be a neutral umpire, and yet he voted conservatively in virtually every single case, especially in cases i

the royalties. states that are landlocked in many cases, those in your -- wyoming, utah and wyoming, you derive more money from the extraction of minerals and oil and gas on federal land, you get 50%. and to your state treasury. in 2007, wyoming that 925 million. the mexico got five and $52 million. colorado, $122 million. california, $61 million. montana, 39 million. louisiana, with more pipeline than any other state, with the exploration of oil offshore, with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, only got $24 million from the minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal land. anything outside of 3 miles. the senator has pushed the federal government's to give us 40% of those revenues now. here is the key going forward. in louisiana, what we have done as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore outer continental shelf revenue, we immediately dedicated goes to post a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the restoration of our wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from mineral

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the b.p. oil spill, but last week, we saw yet another spill in salt lake city, utah. any oil spill is one too many and the era of our planet being constantly contaminated by crude oil must come to an end. the preventable accident in the gulf claimed 11 lives, as we know, tragically, and is now the worst environmental disaster in this country's history and the biggest environmental cleanup that we have ever undertaken. it served as a terrible reminder of our country's dangerous dependence on foreign oil. as long as we remain addicted to that oil, both foreign and domestic, spills are inevitable. and the question we've got to ask ourselves, how many more do we want to somehow live with. live with the damage to our ecosystem, live with the damage to the people that are afflicted by it. the jobs that are lost, the tourism that is lost. they've been with us for over a century, these oil spills, and they'll be with us for centuries more unless we break that addiction to oil. we must replace oil and our energy supply with clean fuel and it's right here. we have it. we know wh

the right to fail. if you fail, you should pay a price. host: utah, peter, an independent caller. ller: good morning. [unintelligible] i was writing it president obama about there being less restrictive requirements for the business industry. there was no one there to answer my proposal. [inaudible] [unintelligible] there is no way for me to start because the lending community cannot give me any loans because of my employment, which is why we moved. host: did you have a question? caller: we need to have legislation for lending services. the banks will have less restrictive requirements for first-time borrowers to start a small business. there is a good, driving business in the philippines. guest: it sounds like he is having trouble getting a loan. people have to understand how the banking system works. i am not an expert, but banks have banks and large banks go to the fed. on it down to this gentleman on the phone who wants a loan from the committee bank. in the market, just as you saw in the credit-card bill that passed last year, people on the margins like yourself will be too ri

senator bob and judy utah senator bob bennett, pennsylvania senator arlen specter going down to defeat. this will be an interesting test to see whether the party unity and ideological purity becomes an overriding issue for incumbents. host: neck and neck in arkansas. any late polls? guest: all the polls show it is very close. if you show the tenant governor bill halter with a small lead, but within the margin of error. but all you need is 50 percent plus one. host: what is he bringing? guest: something different. that is what much of the challenger candidates are doing. they are saying, these people who have been serving in washington are part of the problem. we need to get a fresh-faced and new blood. he is running with the support of a lot of liberal activists who just feel that blanche lincoln has not been with them as much as they want him to be on health care, organized labor issues. they are sending a message of saying, no, we are not going to tolerate these variances from the party line. bill halter is not a down the line progressive or liberal, but strong enough on in of key issues that democrat activist voters care about, and th

states that are landlocked in many cases, those in your -- wyoming, utah and wyoming, you derive more money from theraction of minerals and oil and gas on federal land, you get 50%. and to your state treasury. in 2007, wyoming that 925 million. the mexico got five and $52 million. colorado, $122 million. california, $61 million. montana, 39 million. louisiana, with more pipeline than any other state, with the exploration of oil offshore, with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, only got $24 million from the minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal land. anything outside of 3 miles. the senator has pushed the federal government's to give us 40% of those revenues now. here is the key going forward. in louisiana, what we have done asoon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion o offshore outer continental shelf revenue, we immediately dedicated goes to post a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the restoration of our wetlands. this was iediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and royalties from the

disturbing to me and others who share my concern about this, this is not strictly a utah provoke you wish you is theack of evidence, the complete lack of evidence that any coordination between nasa and the pentagon before undertaking the action to basically tell this industry, and do you have any reaction to that statement? we have discussed this in hearings before, but are you aware of anything that has been raised with the department of defense on behalf of maseth as they've decided unilaterally to shut down the creation of the solid rocket motors? >> i'm just not aware how much coordination there was, center, bui can certainly get an answer. >> think the implications for this are very serious. nasa, i think, is making a mistake. for nas purposes. i think the absence of solid rocket motors and nasas going to raise nasa's osts. to destroy the space program and a number of areas where i think it is important. but to go ahead on the decision without even talking to the pentagon in terms of the implications for the minuteman and other inhabitants in the defense department where your dependent on the s

landlocked in many cases, those of you live in wyoming, new mexico, utah, colorado, california, montana, you guys derive more money from then of minerals and oil and gas on federal lands. you get 50% immediately into your state treasuries. for instance, in 2007, wyoming got $925 million. new mexico got $552 million. you took a $135 million. colorado got $132 million. california got $61 million. montana got over $50 million. we have more pipelines than any state in the union. with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, we only got $24 million. minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal lands. this is of the louisiana coast. senator mary landrieu has pushed the federal government to give us 40% of those revenues now. the key going forward is in louisiana, what we have done, as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore revenues, immediately we dedicated coast to coast a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and royalties from the federal government