the noaa ship, thomas jefferson, is under way in a mission in the vicinity of the spill. i would -- i was down in the gulf last week and was on board the thomas jefferson with the crew of not only noaa scientists but academic scientists as they were preparing to embark and do some additional excellent work. the noaa ship, 2240-foot research vessel returned in the vicinity of the wellhead. we are committed to sharing those results as soon as they're back. the results that are in hand can be seen at noaa.gov and we are committed to transparency and sharing that information as soon as we have done the appropriate checks and balances and make sure the information is accurate. we also are flying some planes, so-called hurricane hunters. i was up in one last week, flying over the gulf to deploy instruments to characterize what the surface flow and subsurface flow of the ocean is. all the scientific information is helping us understand the oil and where it is and what impact might be having. we remain concerned about the location of oil in the surface and under the sea. we and o

thomas jefferson would never talk like th. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [caioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> next, it is "washington journal". our guests include the george mason university professor jeremy mayer on the gulf coast oil spill. oil spill.

i was just on another noaa ship today, the "thomas jefferson," that is leaving port tonight from new orleans going out and is going to be doing complementary sampling to the "gunther" and it, too, will be deploying a variety of instruments to image anomalys and to take samples. >> ifill: but none of the samps, none of the testing has happened yet? it's been six weeks? >> we've had a lot of instruments telling us that there are signal s, that there's something beneath the surface at various depths in different places. what we have yet to have confirmation of is what that is. there are a lot of possibilities there are -- there's a lot of biological activity out there. there is zoplank and fish, and one of the things the slips doing is imaging during the day as well as at night because many of the species that are there migrate to the surface or closer to the surface during the night time and then back down to depths during the day. so by taking will be the same kind of acoustic images, for example, night and day, you can eliminate the possibility that that is oil. it's really only by s

the noa, the thomas jefferson, is currently underway in a mission in the vicinity of the bp deepwaterauthorize an oil spill. i was down in the gulf last week and was on board the thomas jefferson with a group of noa scientists and academics scientists as they are preparing to embark and do additional work. the noa ship, gordon gunter return to. we have results that have been sent for analysis and we are committed to real sharing those results as soon as they are back. the results that are in and can be seen at the noa.gov website and we are committed to transparency and sharing the information as soon as we have done the appropriate checks and balances to make sure the information is accurate. we are also flying some planes, hurricane hunters. i was in one last week flying over the gulf to deploy what the surface low of the ocean is. all this scientific information helps us understand the oil, where it is, what impact it might be having. we remain concerned about the location of oil on the surface and under the sea. we and our academic partners will remain vigilant in our search for a

i would like to start a call with a quote from thomas jefferson, i have sworn upon the altar of god eternalostility against every form of tyranny over the form of man. that " is in washington d.c. at the jefferson memorial and i would like everybody who is watching know that you can do web searches for law enforcement that say our founding fathers were terrorists. >> as we hear from you, let's look at the new numbers for the senate race in nevada where sharon engle is the republican nominee with almost 60% reporting. angle at 39% compared to lowden 28%. are you with us? >> the tea party movement and how some of the more conservative right wing people like the lady in nevada, i wonder how she would fare against harry reid. >> that is a question we are keeping an eye on her campaign. sharon angle the winner. this is what it looks like from the early pictures as they await the final results from that race. she has been declared the winner. there will be two reeds on the ballot. harry gray is the senate democratic leader. tomorrow morning, in the water will join us on "washington journal." >> f

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up next, we will show you a number of commencement addresses. first, leigh ann tuohy, the mother of michael oher. then william lowry at kenyon college. and later, the ceo of jpmorgan chase, jamie dimon, talks at syracuse university. join us tomorrow when "washington journal" welcomes windy sherman. then taught tucker and daniel griswald on the north american free trade agreement. and then sam gerdano of the national banking institute joins us. "washington journal" is live every day starting in 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. tomorrow, a look at new orleans in the wake of the gulf oil oil spill. our coverage is under way at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. his government broken? the brookings inst

and only two americans in this great law givers in the history of the world, george mason and thomas jefferson on either side, some great language from webster telling us to use our resources to develop this country. i thought it was ironic that jefferson and mason were the two great law-givers in the united states. neither one of them signed the constitution. jefferson wasn't present at the time. and george mason spent the entire time at the constitutional convention and at the end of that time, still refused to affix his signature to the document itself. as i was teaching school, i insisted every one of my kids had to say why mason didn't sign the document and it was because the document did not have a bill of rights. i was always hoping one of my students would always ask what i think is a significant question which is why did mason did not sign but why washington, franklin, mad ison, hamilton, wilson, why did they not go along with mason and add a bill of rights intohe base document. it was certainly not because these founding fathers did not believe in the idea of individual liberty, but

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bildt would never talk like that. >> what would jesus do? >> then i thought, washington, jefferson, bill, the new mount rushmore. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama will be holding his first meeting to lead a panel investigating the gulf of mexico oil spill. bob gramm and william reilly a. president obama will brief reporters after the meeting, live on c-span at 12:15. eric holder is headed for the gulf coast today to see areas affected by the spill. he will be meeting with attorneys general from louisiana, alabama, and mississippi. we will have his remarks to reporters a little later in the day. more about the oil spill and a live simulcast of the radio show. that is at 1:00. the four candidates running for the republican nomination for governor of south carolina debate tonight at 7:00 on c- span. is government broken? that is the focus of a panel discussion today

experience in american law as america because america hadn't been created yet but they were some of - thomas jeffersonas a broad at the time and when he heard who was going to the convention, he wrote back, this sounds like an assembly of demigods. direct quote. they were plenty experienced. lost host from shreveport, louisiana. dwayne? republican line? caller: i don't think she ought to be nominated with a xhaunist president wanting to put her on the bench. we have the constitution being attacked and as far as i'm concerned she ought not be nominated. all i got to say. host: losing our rights left and right? you agree with that? guest: i think it might be slightly overstated but it's easy to argue, and perhaps accurate to argue that rights are being eroded and chiped a way at. when you have a president who is setting salaries for private corporations chief's, that's something that's never been done before. when you have an administration that's unilaterally changing the terms of debt, so that for instance, the bonded stake-holders, suddenly get the value of their holdings cut from about 5.25% to 20%

thomas jefferson said -- to be a poor steward of programs.ne state can emulate another, so i agree with mr. bridgewater on this. this is somewhat different from what my opponents and a few years ago when he was running for congress, when he indicated he would support the medicare modernization act. this is a difference between this candidate as he is running for u.s. senate today and candidate bridgewater as he was running just a few years ago for the u.s. house of representatives. at the end of the day, some roles belong to the states, because they are not in the constitution as having a federal nature. >> mr. bridgewater, would you like to take a 30-second opportunity for rebuttal? >> sure. we no longer trust the states. we need to move towards a model where the federal government is out of the equation. there is waste, fraud, and abuse in the billions of dollars in medicare. when you pay medicare taxes, a sliver of it goes to organized crime. it is moving in the direction that will ultimately return power back to the states. >> all right,

i'll just conclude with this, thomas jefferson's own words, god who gave us life gave us liberty and can the liberties of the nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis and conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of god, that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? indeed -- i tremble for my country when i reflect that god is just and is justice cannot sleep forever. this government is not god and the only protection from those who think they might begin to be is the enforcement of the three branches of government and their separate powers and we've got to get back to that. to save this nation. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.%% the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for a motion. mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, at this time i move that we do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly the house stands

thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill wouldever talk like that.hter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. all next, our reason number of commencement speeches. leigh ann tuohy, the mother of baltimore ravens football player michael oher. she was betrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie opened "the blind side -- she was portrayed by sandra bullock in her academy award winning performance in the movie: "the blind side." >> it is my privilege to intruce for the first time dr. leigh ann tuohy. >> it's good to have some women appear instead of men helping me. i am truly honored to be up here today. when cbu called, our schedules are crazy right now and i hesitated a little bit. my husband has to call a doctor tuohy took on a whole different meaning. so here i am and i am happy, let me tell you.

he was one of america's founding fathers and served as vice president under both thomas jefferson and james madison. clinton county was a very important part of the anti-slavery movement before the civil war because it had a station that was part of the underground railroad helping thousands of slaves escape. also a less serious aspect of clinton county's history is that it is the place where the first banana split was created and every year they have their annual banana split festival. i want to thank my ohio colleagues, all of whom who are original co-sponsors, and thank chairmanowns and ranking member issa for their support in moving this bill through the committee process. i urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this resolution and congratulate the more than 43,000 residents of clinton county on the bicentennial anniversary of their county. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: madam speaker, i also urge my colleagues to joi

thomas jefferson among them. george washington had some of those struggles as well. there are others that had difficulty with their finances. it wasn't something they were handed something that didn't require them to be a manager. their management of their finances and the production of their operations had a lot to do with their successes or failures. 1776 adam smith touched the nerve and educated the marketplace of western civilization and they fwan to embrace the -- began to embracc the idea of free enterprise capitalism. the idea of the invisible hand managing our economy rather than -- rather than the king ordering it to be done or in a later century, the next century, karl marx calling it come out of central demand top down. adam smith's vision was if you only have one loaf of bread, one brand of bread on the shelf and you have a set price for that loaf of bread you can take the price up well above what it's worth, people are -- if they are going to eat bread they have to pay more than what it would be costing if there's competition. as soon as company a has co

later today, the noaa ship at thomas jefferson will leave new orleans for a 10-day research mission.ther team of government and academic scientists will study the location and the movement of oil and dispersed oil below the surface. noaa has also coordinated research efforts with the university of south florida, and a vessel called weather bird 2, to conduct sampling work to assess am, to the oil spill. other efforts under way include monitoring of air and water quality. many of these are being le b -- led by epa, noaa, department of homeland security, and the department of the interior. there have been calls to share information about this water and air quality sampling to be able to share information in real time fashion with the american public, with stakeholders in the region, non-government organizations, others who are interested, in an effort to continue to keep people price of what is happening. efforts are also underway to assess any and all potential impacts to human health. these are being coordinated by the national institute for occupational safety and health, and the fo

to my home state of missouri, to jefferson county and to jefferson college, whose namesake, thomas jefferson, was famous for many things, but especially for agricultural innovation. as we emerge from the worst economic crisis since the great depression, we must make it smart and strategic investments that not only grow jobs in the short term, but develop economic strength for the long term. i believe america is at its best, especially rural america is at its best when we face a challenge and we work together to get the job done. that is part of the core values of our country. here in the heartland of america, we must consider conservation and development of our rural communities central to our strategies, and exports to global market as a vital to our success. this is very close to my heart. i grew up in the small town of raleigh, missouri. we still have a family farm there today. a few years ago, that town was dedicated the population center of the united states. it is pretty appropriate that so much of american life is centered in small towns in world misery. in a rural missouri. president

experience in american law as america because america hadn't been created yet but they were some of - thomas jefferson was a broad at the time and when he heard who was going to the convention, he wrote back, this sounds like an assembly of demigods. direct quote. they were plenty experienced. lost host from shreveport, louisiana. dwayne? republican line? caller: i don't think she ought to be nominated with a xhaunist president wanting to put her on the bench. we have the constitution being attacked and as far as i'm concerned she ought not be nominate all i got to say. host: losing our rights left and right? you agree with that? guest: i think it might be slightly overstated but it's easy to argue, and perhaps accurate to argue that rights are being eroded and chiped a way at. when you have a president who is setting salaries for private corporations chief's, that's something that's never been done before. when you have an administration that's unilaterally changing the terms of debt, so that for instance, the bonded stake-holders, suddenly get the value of their holdings cut from about 5.25% to 20%