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i tnkt's a stro ceback and nd to mainin the ur of recovery. ms. wassermaschultz:a pant of twin sixth gaders, often wonr,, what e heck are your cleagues on the other side oe aisldog. they wonderhy they only foc on the mos narr view. mrtko: i had ump nch with the other side of the chamber and shake things up. but we have been joined by our colleague from oohio, mr. bo cherrr who is doing a fan tass particular job and a real fighter. mr. boccieri: thank you for taking on the challenge of setting the record straiggt. just as an aside, a few years ago as a state legislator, i was watching c-span and you and congressman ryan were talling a few years ago and i thought wow, how neat would it be to stand beside each other. so it's an honor to share this stage with you to talk about how we get our country back on track and getting our economy moving again. i agree thht america has to be the producer of wealth, not just the movers of wealth. we have to invest n our work force. we have to invest in things that are going to make us different than the rest of t

we cannot consign our cheers from -- ur children to this future. the tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and powerful reminder yet that the time to embrace a cleaa energy future is now. now was the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash america's innovation and seize control of our own destiny. this is not some distant vision for america. the transition away from fossil fuels is going to take some time, but over the last year- and-a-half, we've already taken unprecedented action to jumpstart the clean in r&d -- the clean energy industry. old factories are reopening to produce wind turbines, people are going back to work installing energy-efficient windows, and small businesses are making solar panels. consumers are buying more efficient cars and trucks, and families are making their homes more energy-efficient. scientists and researchers are discovering clean energy3 lead to entire new industries. each of us has a part to play in a new future that will benefit all of us. as we recover from this recessio

[laughter] its ur job. [applause] >> seriously. the people who did theoogle and facebook and so forth, it is the new generation. it is a big problem. i am counting on you. what is your name? >> meredith. >> go to it. [applause] you have your assignment. >> let me follow up on that. what advice would you have for somebody starting out in inveigative reporting? >> how old are you? >> we have talked about this. we do not thinknvestigative reporting a special category. it is in-depth reporting. it is reporting. go find in newspaper or organization and did in and enjoy it. when you get on to something, whatever it is, do not let up. >> i have a question. how many people here voted for barack obama? how many voted for john mccain? how many of you are pleased with the job that obama is doing? how many of you would like to see a different precedent? -- president. i am just curious. when know who we are talking with. [laughter] now we can pander a little more. [laughter] should have asked that in the beginning. >> it is a great job being a

we have to fix this problem to keep the promise of medicare for ur seniors so that they get the healthcare they deserve. so i urge republicans in the senate to at least allow a majority of senators and congressmen to stop this pay cut. i urge them to stand with america'')s seniors and americ's doctors. thanks. >> i am john boehner. in these tough economic times, american families have done their best to stay afloat -- spending less and working more while mapping out a financially sound future. they deserve that same degree of discipline from their government. instead of bringing fiscal sanity to washington like he promised, the president has spent taxpayer dollars with reckless abandon, refusing to make tough choices and pushing the burden on future generations. now we are all paying the price. unemployment is close to 10%. the private sector is at a near standstill. our small businesses are gasping for air. having run a small business, i can tell you that the new health care a lot with its tax increases is already stalling these engines of our economy. a new report shows that our fisc

believe that is inconsistent with my belief that the afghan government must get a message of urgesy ur jen urgenc taking responsiblresponsiblity. i think they depend on each other, because i think success in afghanistan is going to depend on the willingness of the government to take responsibility for descent governance inside of afghanistan that will win the respect of all those in afghanistan. i do believe at the same time, that they should understand that we have a long-term commitment. and those of you who want to place greater response bity e i them share that. we thank you both. it has been a long couple of days. and it has been very, very helpful and constructconstructi. and we appreciate it. thank you very much, we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> search the cspan video library. for a snapshot of all the members of the 100 let congress, cspan's congressional directory is available at c- span.org/store. >> our public appears content is available on television, radio, and online an

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and give me ur evaluion of that in the context of being husband, a fatr, a citizen, d also in the conte o being someone who wants to see everything about anybody that goes on an airplane in order to keep a weaponffer that plane. >> you've hit on tha nsion, the dynamic thetsa and government is dealing with. i have had a demonstration of the screening equipment, and the privacyteps that are currently employed obviously hav a screener who never seeserson reviewing the image in a separate room. th person who is physically engaging the passeng never sees that image and thatmage is deleted immediately after that pson is cleared. so there are privacyish -- privacy safeguards built in that being said, some people are concerned out, they're modest would not want that. at this poin that type of enhanced, or the ait screening, the enhandmaging technolog is optional. if they don want to gthrough that, they can go through the traditional metal tector, wanding, patdown as aaropriate result. so i think it's thees technology available for right no tryg to bce the security with t priva issues. but if co

january 6, 2009, the chair will now recogne mbs fro lisubmitted by theority anminorityders for morning ur debate. ehair w arnate ition bween the parties each part limited to 30 th the majond moty ber ot limited tominutes.p pursnt to au2-a of rule the chaireclareshe house ins unl apimaty 2:.m. today. >> president obama will address the nation on the gulf oil -pspill. we will have live coverage of thess events on the c-span network. this afternoon, c-span3 will have live coverage as conservatives discuss leadership. michele bachmann will be awarded with the 2010 conseevative leadership award. that starts at 1:30 eastern. this morning, washington journal talked about security issues facing the united states. this is about 30 minutes. s. host: john negroponti joins us. we will have new appntee. yo wer the first. what wa theffice met o? wh was its intention? it was meanttoversee communy. inteigen in thete of the me, afte the wea oss the inllig we had and th 9/ comn ha the was an ipes to efo the inlligence community and p someonin chargef the ovall mmun as bee the view was that that person was

. >> i am not ure gilbert pntended it to be a convenient site for protesting.m pretty sure taft, who was heavily involved in the design and architecture, did not design it for that purpose either. i and stand people having strong feelings about some of the things that we do and we are involved in. it is not a situation where our decisions should be guided by popular pressures. the protests, to some extent, are there as a way for people to express their feelings but they should now be directed at us. you do not want us the siding with the constitution means based on what the popular feeling is. quite often in mmny of our most famous decisions,,there are once the court took that are quite unpopular. the idea we shoold yield to with the public protest is is contrary to what it means to have a country under berlin wall. >> as you look up from the west court, yyu see another symbolic3 the sum paid tribute to both of the history of the law and to some of those integral to the building process construction. >> what ou see in the west edmonton are allegorical figures.

marsha, ur troops are performing exceptionally, but it appears that we and our afghan partners have not been able to provide durable, consistent security to the population. not surprisingly, governance and development seems to be lagging. general mcchrystal recently referred to marsha american samoa and "bleeding ulcer," and questionnwhether we have enough troops there. rather than serving as proof that nato and the afghan government will succeed, which was the intention, i feel that marjah, at the moment, is sending a much more troubling signal. condor wassa successful war itself and could be determined, i agree with general mcchrystal's recent comment that "it is more important that we get it right then we get it fast." that said, the delay in our operation is not projecting an air of confidence and success. to get kaadahar right, we all political military strategy.ted as far as i can tell, the political part of that strategy still is not there. i hear a lot about the number of civilians who are deploying in kandahar, but i still have not heard a convincing explanaaion for how we will

that debate lasted nearly ur weeks and some 60 votes were democrats and republicans. one of the many that passed was the in shelby-dodd amendment. we were able to and bailouts, one of the most contentious ises of our proposal. this conference represents an extraordinary time in the banking committee. we are currently part is putting intoonference is at once. this bill and the house foreign affairs committee and the iran sancons legislation. the last time the conference was held was 2003 for the fact tax. only one of two completed in e four years that my good friend and colague from alabama was chairman of the committee. continuing that spirit of bipartisanship, the minority is as revant as they choose in these discussions. i wcome constructive input so we work to finalize the essential rorms we need to ensure the long-term stability of our financial system i do not want to see this bill weekend at all. chairman frank and i present this before you. it is essentially theenate bill would valuable additions from colleagues from the house. the text it the final word. it is

i sought myself in afghanistan ann the good leader -- a good leadership he has given to ur armed forces >> i join with my right hon. friend and of the right hon. lady in tribute to our fallen heroee. since some of us on both sides of the house have been pointing out at nauseam -- ad nauseam since 2006 that this was an undermanned and under equipped army, how does he think it came about that four successive labour defense secretary's were so uninformed? >> the hon. gentleman does take a very extreme issue with this. is right. we went into helman province was an idea of how dangerous the insurgency could become. the opposition did not have sufficient helicopters or did not move fast enough on vehicles or other equipment rograms. but we have to take from where we are and ask ourselves what is right to do now? it seems to me it is right to give this new strategy of having a correct number ofrk by forces to deliver a proper counterinsurgency and build up the afghan army and police force so we can bring the troops back home. the point in the end is what will make our country safer? if in behi

. >> use said that the parents of soldiers need to be ure that the command structure is capable. did i hear you correctly? this is not about whetherrthe general is capable?? >> you have a mind quote. >> he said he was angry. [inaudible] >> it would be hard to limit. i do not know that i would focus like a laser on particulars. you could get there are a number of points or anger might be your reaction. >> does it matter to the presence of a general mcchrystal apologize? how will it affect the position? >> i think one of the questions -- the present to get an opportunity to speak to other members on the scene about the confiddnce in the structure. i do not want to prejudge the president's conversation that is the not fair to the president. ittis ot fair to general mcchrystal. >> as a factor in? >> says it issa matter that president cakarzai said that too is gingerly supported? >> it is important that the president gives the entire team -- many people enjoy it at the number of different levels. >> it would not be inaccurate to assume that general mcchrystal's maturity is now open to

includes several hundred local elders, and it includes a major drive by the afghan government with ur support to improve public ervices and the rule of law. from now on, what is happening there should reflect a deeper understanding of the influence of trouble sections in afghanistan. we have not paid enough attention to this and to the unintended results of some of our policies. i want you to take a look,ensuro the local economy from the huge contracts has a positive impact and does not help fund local militias for the insurgents. this is a vital year. we have the forces needed on the ground. we have our best people, not just military, but on the diplomatic and development front as well, but i do not pretend it will be easy. we must be ready for further casualties over the summer months as the sole guard -- so- called fighting season resumes. i say what i said to our young servicemen and when then on friday. they are fighting thousands of -- young men and when then -- women on friday. they are fighting thousands of miles away from home. they have the support of the entire nation. when

the point i'm trying to make is only that a of ur unterterrorism tools have th goal of limits associate with them. at's what it means to live undeand thos limits along th operatio capabilitie and a variety ofother factors should and do informed judgment about which tooleis best in any given case. okay. so to me ultimately the worst of the criminajustice system -- ain i am speaking in a very narrow range and a articular coming at this from a paticular angle the wot of the criminal justice system is a relative thing. in other words its value as a counterterrori tool has to be compared to the value of other available ools. so comping the criminal justice stem to the use of military force or dplomacy is kindf difficult because it shares so lile n common in your quickly into an apples and orges situation where i really just isn't a good comparison. but as tool r disrupting turner wasent gathering inteigence and think the criminal justie system is readily compatible with two others. detention under the law of the war and prosecutionn the military commission. so i'm going to try to do a lile c

i am ure it will be very hectic towards the end. we are making a lot of plants as we move forward. we are consulting with each other to do this. at the end of the day, our foreign policy in iraq and the way forward in the future for helping to build the capacity of iraq, we would prefer not to look like the military. we would like to have a lower key appearance. that is what we are striving for >> let me stop you there. the only observation was in your statement. i will just make the observation. i do not think the united states army, and i am not being critical, works to a standard as best as possible when it comes to remove and wounded from the battlefield. combat medics are flying in and taking the wounded out. there will be a company that says they are the combat medics. it just does not make sense. i'm explore this a little later. commissioner green? >> thank you all for being here. i know that your all excited about it. i was on a trip with the commissioner to iraq and i spent all of my time at the embassy. i do not have to tell you, you have got a huge mission. i do not know

"the wall street journal" ur orted that, in a 24-ho period, three different a.p.m.'re appliedor. so in o sense, it didn't take them any te at all to cut hh the red tape. on the other hand, in this particular example, since thers been criticisms from within industry and without at b.p. did and how they drilled, how they constrted that well, perhaps in this case there shod have oversight. rous st: michigan, democratic line. bob, good morning. caller: good morning. representative cassidy, is the fact truth to -- guest: i've lost you, bob. host: wre going to have to ove cler: said that they thought the federal governmentught to b.p. y for this. guest: bob, i jus caut the statement.f your did somebody say in the house at the federal government that? help b.p. pay for anybody say that. saying the 's government should take over b.p.? guest: well, people want the federal government to federalize the response, if y will. o aspects to the spect is and one a what's happening at the sea level, where the well is actually leaking. admiral thad allen has said, rightly so, theederal

ys of ur transparency policy. i really think in terms of openness, that what you have seen in this administration is a historic resetting of the paradigm. we think that it is, it really sets an agency by agcy basis what we've done with the open government plans really is historic, and we feel real proud of our overall recor >> can you comment on the hrg of -- i write about the financial crisis, hiring of secretary geithner's secretary geithner's chief of staff from goldman sachs. the question goes to the hiring of the secretary geithner's chief of staff. we have tough rules. we have lived up to those rules and in every instance. i thnk that the hiring in that case, there were a series of recusals ere put in place that have been stctly observed. so i think that we have, we have lived up to our standards in that regard. and, indeed, i thnk in all of our, in all ofourhires, it makes for a lot more work for us when you these tough rules. but we have abidedby those, ided by those rules. and certainly that case is no ex

and as a result the congressional budget office tells us that it will significantly reduce ur future deficit. some claims those savings are imaginary. iiknow my good friend dave walker has concerns about it. i think those are correct concerns because he's connerned and i'm concerned that congress will cave to pressure and prevoke the bill's cost cussing -- cost cutting provisions. that is a risk we must avoid. the people making that argument are also the very same people bringing the political pressure we are supposed to be afraid of. they are the same people who complained about out-of-control spending and turned around and tried to frighten seniors with a false claim that we were cutting their medicare benefits. critics of health care reform attacks and remain, i think, intellectually honest. the house also passed two important bills to reform defense procurement. one to cut unnecessary spending+ from weapons acquisition which president obama has signed, and one to cut from contracting which is awaiting action in the senate. secretary gates have preetedly pointed out that paying fo

immigration issue last time we were toll together and i'm sure he has -- last time we ere together and i'm ure he has great insight. i would first recognize judge poe. for the time he may wish to consume. mr. poe: thank you, judge carter. i appreciate ou yielding a few moments on this very important issue. of course being from the houston area and growing up with nasa i've seen the success of this wonderful program. and like you and many others, as a mere child in 1969 i watched neil armstrong set foot on the moon. and of course the first word when man landed on the moon was, houston, because that is where nasa at the time and still is headquartered. a lot has come from space travel . a lot of our technology, our electronic technology, our computer technology, scientific knowleege, medical knowledge all has come because america went to space. and as you mentioned, judge carter, did so in just a few years with the challenge laid before us by president john f. kennedy. back in the 1960's and the 1970's and even in the 1980's and before that americans, when determined to do something, they could

because yesterday was the day where the page began to be turned and we move to a new era, where in fact ur company is made accountable and the citizens of the gulf are made whole. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. sullivan, hold your opening statement to three minutes, please sir. >> chairman, stupak, thank you for holding this hearing today. on april 20, 2010, a fire -- this terrible disaster resulted in the loss of 11 lives and injured many more members of the 6-person crew. there is no question that the bp oil spill is a tragedy. in fact it is the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history. i believe we must do everything in our power to cap the leak, find out what caused the explosion and ensure nothing like this ever happens again. bp must bear the entire financial burden for this dister and the american taxpayer shouldot be on the hook for a dime. according to the occupation safety health administration, there's mounting evidence that bp has one of the worst safety records of any major oil company operating in the united states. to this end, i'm looking forward to examining w

"the wall stre journal" ur orted that, in a 24-ho period, the different p.m.'s were applied for.n one sense, it didn't take them any time at all to cut through the retape. on the other hand, in this particular example, since there's been criticisms from withiindustry and witut at b.p. did and how they drilled, how they constructed that well, perhaps in this case there should have oversight. rous host: michigan, democratic line. bo good morning. caller: good morning. representative cassidy, is the fact truth to -- guest: i'vlost you, bob. host: we' going to have to on. aller:aid that they thought the deral government ought to b.p. pay for this. guest: bob, i just caught the statement.f your did somebody say in the house that the federal government that? helb.p. pay for anybody say that. sayin the s government should take over b.p.? guest: well, people want the federal government to federalize the resnse, if you will. o aspects to the spect is and one a what's happeni at the sea level, where the well is actually lking. admiral thad allen has said, rightly so, the federal vernment d

i like twelcome everyone here today and ur viwers on c-san to what i think will be a very stimulating and informative discussion about anwa al-awlaki. our dia in theast seeral months, includingeing linked were accused of being linked to the for hod sugar last november and the christmas day attack with ties reaching bak to yem. so today we re two great speakers, chris heffelfinger who is going to speak first and scotshanhere chris is a consultant with the comating terrorism center west point as well as for thebi and his auor of the forthcoming book about radical islam in aera. chris is going topeak for about 15 or 20 miute and then scottshane will speak. scott is national security reporter for "the new yo times. i'd li to ask everyone to tu off your phon hey ll interrupt and disrupt the speaker d the auio system. also, during the q& i'd lke each of you who askeda question to please identify yourself and you phrase your question in the form of a question. with that, chris, thank you >> well, first ever tohank you foorganizing this. it's certainly an important topic right now. it's oneor

i appreciate ur exploring a imsion thai st admit i really hadt thought rough equatey. the threat of unrulat, insc, offshoroiling drill -- o drilling could pose to military readines and your int about what could happenn tes of naval opations and trainin one that i don'k has been giveice in this debate. i've been spending a lot of time working oit this is new information to me and ieeply appcie your putting it out before the erican pubc this evening. i think th we are wrestling wh has many dimensis at require us to step back anexpand the scope ofnquiry. e need r our fixing a broken regulatory system. we've refenced the ft at the ainistration, despite the previous administration talking abouthe addiction to foreign oil,id nothingbout it and in fact evenfter we reined control, woed against our effortso tryand increase efficicies. it's going to take time. needs to move quickly twe'd out the m.m.s. -- weed out the m.s. i wish ey could have cleaned house earlier but obviously these this take time. it's hardo undue 12 yea of running rough shod over safety anenvironmental regul

marsh, but how we have to do that recognizing that half the family efficiency, and the other half of ur families are in the oil business? >> absolutely, senator. the moratorium on the drilling affects a lottof plaquemines people. the dad might fish, and the son may work offshooe. so it is going to be a double -whammy. the oil and business community 3 a 66-man plan, and we presented it to the president. what a 66-man plan is 33 men on seven days, and the crew changes like they do offshore, and 33 go on the next seven. they swap out. you get retired i think nears, and you swear them in as federal agents. i have been in the oil field. i have spent hundreds and hundreds of nights off shore. there were fist fights on most between the tool pusher and the company man. he has an agenda. he has to work that rig. he has an agenda, and he has to make a buck. and that is a dangerous situation. we saw this kansas strove. it is not the first time there were disagreements about the mud, what is going on, is it savor unsafe? i've seen the arguments personally myself offshore. you put a federal agent ou

in this nation,ur many faiths, origins and appearances must bind us together, not bre us apart.n this nation, at the document that sets forth a lot of our land, the constitution, is meant to empower, not to exclude. in this nation, security and liberty are partners, not enemies,n ensuring safety and opportunity for all. [applause] the communities that we serve it must -- the communities that we serve must see that the federal government is committedo the impartial implementation of our gover's clause. th must know th we will do all we can to enforce our civil rights laws with the same vigor that we used to enforce public safety. these are not mutually exclusiv goals. the justice department will do both. under our leadership, that is the commitme of the justice partment and of every united states attney throuout this nation. that is also my personal pledge to each and every one of you. what exactly havwe done to ensure the equal enforcement of our nation's laws? first, we have restored the civil rights division to its rightful place as our country's preeminent civil rights agency

frankly, the policies that we ur in 2001 through 2006 andctually through 2009 because we couldn't change the policy, ough we were in charge of the house and senate, couldn't override a presidential veto, again, not contrition regnition that thpoliciesid notork. benjamin franklin said it's t a good ing to bpenny wise and pound foolish. i say that he a his colleagues f2001 t2006, i think he voted for each one of these, voted for over trilli innfunded spending. $2 trillion in unfunded spendi. that ie real prlem. geneman is probably prepared to support, as i am -- he i will probably vote together, i hope, on a supplemental that prov for funding our tops. that won't be pid for. we expect our children and grandchildren to pay for that. mr. obey suggesttax. if itor figing d protecting is geration, it worth paying for. i tento agree with that. i have,s the gentleman knows, am a lot older than he is, three grandchildren and i have a great granddaughter. tragically, history tells us that my granddr and my chdren a going to have their challenge from a security stapoint, a health standpoint, from a

ur response to his poine guest: on the need to spend to be able tooffill this call -- i have never been on deficit and spending. there are natural need from time to time to have deficits. an ecoc downturn, isl) think you want o have things to put to into a deficit to deal with a downturn. i also don't mind borrowing for investment in the future that will result in a greater return to the general economy and government. the problem is when you are borrowing for consumption, present-day consumption, you lose that multiplier in the future and you didn't get the return you need. stimulus spending -- the question is never whether federal spending into the economy palms that money into into the economy with low rates of borrowing. the question was whether it was sustainable and whether the economy would pick up on its own. i wrote this a year ago. the question is not whether you will have some job creation and economic activity when the federal government becomes $900 -- dumped $900 million into the economy. the question is whether the economy will be self sustaining and be able to run on it

we've lost upwards of 20% of .ur clients they are dead. and many others les are in dis array, andhis money would d to put them back in play. and the money would have prided them with a sense of justice. understand where ey on would have that had mon o defend self. where did you get the money to prosecute the case? >> the lawyers takeover years -- the lawyers, over the years, contributed th the hopes that in the end we would win. so for 21 years we were living on our credit cards. ost: and would you do it again? ptive to your ru life. it's disruptive to your professional life. it's very narrowing to work on one matter for 21 years. but you're going to law school this was my one chance to make the world a better place. o your question is, yes. ost: with the arrival of the al on the scene this week, anticipating of course, bp's parts that there will be all sorts of damages sauth, perhaps even crimin es, what are you observing to -- observing bp too to position themselves for criminal charges >> i don think they are ing no such position themse

it's disruptive to ur professional life. it's very narrowing to work on one tter for 21 years. but you're going to law sool place, and this was my one chance to make the world a better place. so my answer to your question is, yes. host: with the arrival of the atrney general on the scene this week, anticipating of course, bp's parts that there will be all sorts of damages sauth, perhaps even criminal ones, what are you observing to -- observing bp to do to position themsels for criminal charges? >> ion't think they are doing no such position themselves. they make contributery statements and qualified statements. by qualified statements i mean you say, well, we'll pay all legitimate claims. think think you just say we'll knows it's legitate claims. i think bp is not in as much trouble as people think it is for a couple of reasons. the first is even though attorney general andhe state attorney generals areaying we're going to prosecute or take at the prosecution of bp and sue it for natural resources. we saw it in alaska and it took two years for exxon to come to a cheap and me t

pnecame 52% of ur revenue. the mess was huge. 90% downgrade. even the dumbest thing in the classets 10% on their exam. it seems theesources were not apply to understanding these products. . . >> it does not seem to me that you built in the capacity to structure your products well. and this is a huge new industry that brought in revenue, but does not seem to be from a management perspective. and we spent countless hours trying to understand the modeling. if you look at the modeling, data was put in that was incomplete and inadequate. there were a lot of human judgments. is that not a significant management failure to not have built innthe capacity? might you have missed this last had you been on top of this? >> i think that we certainly believe that we were on top of this. we believe the information made available was adequate. there were other parties in the marketplace that have other roles and responsibilities in respect to evaluati of properties and review of mortgage applications. we are analyst. we can send that information. we believe our

to fix the biggest problems by removing all of the new and permanent bailouts,ur motion says that financial companies that fail should be aowed to fail and use bankruptcy laws and not back rm deals that give creditors more preference over others and different treatment for different creditors. our motion says the regulators should be held accountable and not decide who is too big to fool. the taxpayers want it fixed but don'tant it fixed with permanent bailouts. insist on real protections and reforms for the taxpayers and a financial in our economy. the american people want reform and don't want another replay of bailouts. support the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentleman from massachuset. mr. frank: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of my time. i remember when the gentleman from texas was a little less harsh on freddie mac and fannie mae and amendment was adopted over the objection of the secretary of treasury. i want to repeat the central theme here. history is one of bailouts initiated by

we have found that bp employees made five critical decisions that may have contributed to welfare ure, where well safety was traded off and was not the priority. so today, will you assert before this subcommittee that all decisions by bp employees related to the horizon horizon reflected your pirate -- priority of safety first? mr. chairman, the disaster in the gulf coast shows the cons against of a series of unchecked back decisions. we in congress and the federal government must be mindful of the cops conferences of bad decision-meaping. at a field hearing last week in louisiana, the committee heard some of the administration's decisions are threatening the livelihoods of the workers and families who depend on the fishing industry. we have killed half of their fishing with the spill, and it looks like we are going to kill the other half of their economy with a moratorium. we look can he consequences of bad decisions and the lessons learned. may we have the human it and wisdom to apply some of those lessons and apply them to ears. >> i would lick to turn to the chairman of the energy

pppay and pay their fair hare and a prescription drug plan that left huge holes, doughnut holes for ur eniors who couldn't afford to pay for prescription drugs. these are the facts. like joe friday used to say,le on the facts, please, ma'am. right now, we're trying to set the facts straight. my colleagues are appropriate in pointing out these efficiencies -- these deficiencies in the arguments by our colleagues on the other side. mr. murphy: -- mr. ryan: i represent a district that is sttong in manufacturing. we've seen in the last couple of months a couple of point decrease in the unemployment rate. + still way too high. but this stimulus plan is coming down the pike, it is helped in so many different ways in so many different road projects, train structure projects.. + y got $100 million in title one money for our schools ppeventing tens if not hundreds of teachersing with laid off. we got grants for fire and cop,% 20-something cops on the beat bauds of -- because of the grant in the city of akron. if we weren't putting money into roads and bridges and infrastructure, if we weren't m

i support this amendment, and i ur an aye vote. and, mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. cao: i have no further speakers so i'll yielback the balancof my time. thair: does the gentleman yield back his time? mr. cao: yes. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his ti. the gentlady from california. ms. waters: i yield back the balance my me. the chair: the gentlelady yields back her time. thquestion is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. those in favor say aye. those opped, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. iis now iorder to conside amendment number 4 printed in house rort 111-503. for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? ms. bean: mr. chairman, i have an amdment at the desk. the chair: the clerk wi designe the amenent. the clerk: amendment numb 4 printed in house report 111-503 offered by ms. bean of illino. the chair: pursuant to house resolutio

here's thetrick, have a popular candidate en people will go to ur web site. everybody has a web si.ly te popul once people go to yet tey're still list this that somehow it's like the old steve martin routine how to have a million dollars taee steone first get a million dollars. laught, i guarantee yowill have a successl mia campaign if you have a widlpopular candidate first bausethen the re will come. n technogy it's the actor will persona. anyway thegentleman al standin the back might need some exercise. now there's one. estimate why was wondering if you guys ought of as a problem that t teaarty, which started off as being local aairs aren't really focsing on the local part. we'v go gerrymanring, redistricting, state house races, all these tngs happening whic like thete party stuff would be wel inclined to take care of given how local thmovementhas been paid to you see it as a problem or in your coverage have you noticed people do talk a lot out the local issues? >> i guess i'm the on in bed with thed i give you edit early out in the room of the organizers of the first you wer ther

-pjim's unique experience, i ur the senate to do so again and as swiftly as possible.'ve spoken with the senate leaders and expect this nomination to be completed during this work period. this nomination can't fall victim to the usual washington politics. and as we go forward, my administration will continue to work with congress to ensure that jim and all our intelligence professionals have the authorities, resources, and support that they need to succeed. finally, let me say to the men and women across our intelligence community, most americans may never see your work but every american is safer because of your service and we are profoundly grateful. you have chosen to serve america, now it's america's duty to back you up so you can fulfill the mission that we ask of you and keep this country safe. that's my promise to you as president of united states, and that's what jip will do as director of national intelligence. so, jim, to you and your family who joins us here today, thank you for taking on this critical assignment. and i invite jim to say a few words. >> than

you mentioned media reform in ur list at the end of your talks.onder if you could just elaborate on that a little bit, please. i ha my list. >> se. and i'm not posinthis as an expert on edia reform, but i think so much of what we have been talking about, especially in the appearance of extreme polarization and how that's playing out on the ground. much of that isn't, while it is connected to the party system, is a direct result of that. i believe the primary thing that has chand has been the way in which the media are regulated and structured a corporate control of the media. and that has, i mean, there have been whole studies written of this. basically living in a direct line to what we're seeing right now, which is, which is really extreme demonization. and that has a huge impact on how people are proceeding, because how people get their information it's all connected to transparency. and again, i noticed a whole media reform movement, and i'm not going to be able to speak well to it, and i would let you what you have to say. and that's basicall

to do that, this legislation focusen ur maj areas there has long been aeement on thesareas betweot parties the bill will protect consumers from unsafe and enjoy markets, it will end bailouts which threaten the stability of our economy as a whole. that will create and events warning syytem and our economy so there is always someone responsible looking out for the next large problem, as it will pertainly come, an insurer that further practiies are exposed to the sunlight of transparency, including hedge funds and derivatives not working in shadows and compete on a new level playing field. it will restore our financial security so our economy can create jobs and offer middle- class families a chance to build back wealth that has been lost. we begin the conference to produce a final bill incorporating the strongest+ elements of both bodies into a package which can be proud of and that will become the foundation of our financial regulatory structure for decades to come and upon which we hope our vibrant economy will continue to be the envy of the world. chairman barney frank and i have agreed t

kagan, i hope you will be forthcoming in ur answers so we can have the open and honest discussion of the issues our country deserves. in 2005 when we began our confirmation hrings for chief justice roberts, the court had not seen a new mber for 11 years. now we're beginning the fourth supreme court nomination hearing in the last five years. and today for the first time, we begin a hearing in a nomination that could result in three women sitting on the supreme court at one time. we've come a long way from the days when justice ginsburg was turned down for a prestigious clerkship because she was a woman or justice o'connor graduate from stanford law school but no law firm would hire her as a lawyer, instead offering her a position as a secretary. women are increasingly outnumbering men on law school campuses throughout the nation and i'm pleased that the court is beginning to reflect that fact. i also hope that we'll continue to see greater diversity on the court in other ways including representation from midwestern and western states. it's important all americans feels the court repr

believe that is inconsistent with my belief that the afghan government must get a message of urgesy ur jen urgenc taking responsiblresponsiblity. i think they depend on each other, because i think success in afghanistan is going to depend on the willingness of the government to take responsibility for descent governance inside of afghanistan that will win the respect of all those in afghanistan. i do believe at the same time, that they should understand that we have a long-term commitment. and those of you who want to place greater response bity e i them share that. we thank you both. it has been a long couple of days. and it has been very, very helpful and constructconstructi. and we appreciate it. thank you very much, we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> sunday morning on "washington journal", james weakely on the merchant marine act of 1920 and the application to that gulf oil spill. then brian fisher and discusses his recent trip to afghanistan. then carrie severino, policy director o

we are a pitical body and we report to a political body with ur repo our reports. when we walked in this building this morning, we were met by uniformed security guard, government employee a member of the u.s. capital police. they are providing security for us. my observation is from our trips to iraq and from general awa awareness, we are undstanding that our forces in iraq are provided security at their operating bases by largely thi country tionals. many thousands of em, and very often provided minimal wages. the question is the political question is, if it i good enough to have publicly provided security in this builng, by a public employee, why isn't it important enou to have it for our forces in iraq? mr. burman? >> ihink again, the question is the resources available to do it. perhaps if you didn't have the resources you might go that route. and the other question is what are the circs and the risk? it is not an overall question, i think you could go either way? >> okay. dr. stanger? >> i think that there was an attempt to learn the lessons of iraq in afghan

go-ahead with ur comments. caller: i am saddened to learn about senator byrd's debt.as a politician i did not care for a lot of things. i pulled out a piece o memorabilia that i had. from march of 1979 when senator byrd actually. on the grand old opry in nashville, tennessee. most of the people on the peak -- on the sheet i am looking at, the program, most of these people are all dead and gone and i remember the weekend he. on the standard candy company portion of the opera -- this is primarily for people like senator byrd -- he autographed by program backstage. i asked him to. the funniest thing i remember about our conversation back there, i have an autographed copy of an album he made called "now and fiddler." most probably are not aware he enjoyed music much less pyed a musical instrument. but he did. and he signed this thing and he asked me who my favorite politician -- i am trying remember part of the conversation. i told him i said, senator byrd, to be honest, i am not really particularly fond of any politician. his head jerked back and he kind of laugd and he

where do ur investors go? they leave. host: so, the investors are the oil and gas companies in the alternative? guest: know, the investors are the venture capital. pennies to the dollar, they are not completely missing in action, but they are not really invested. the alternative is oil in the market. if they want to end up getting alternatives along the way, i am sure they have the deep pockets to do it. they should not be blocking alternatives. host: how are they blocking alternatives? guest: no other alternative can weather the storm of the market. it is not something america wants to deal with. when the price goes up we get innovative. we have a generation from the 1970's of inefficient cars and over consumptn, which is not a great position for americans to be in. i think if we export the money to other countries, if we could actually put a price of oil and said it more favorably, there could be an aernative. host: how could you do that? i thought you said that opec was in charge of this. we are talking about oil stand

and so i am not ure that i fully understand how you were, how you're actually dong these ratings. howdid you make this, how did you make these judgments without the information from, say, fannie mae and freddie mac or fha through ginnie me? how could you possibly do that than? >> that was,it was not viewed by us as imminently going to drive and never before seen housg price declin >> okay. then we afford all te sampling point or another, as we have heard in every one of these hearings, we couldn't posbly have foreseen what happened. this was completely unprecedented, is the way many people have expressed it. and we accept that. it was unprecedented. we've never seen housing declines like this, but what is also unprecedented i think is the number of subprim and alt-a loans that were outstanding at the time, of which, as i understand it, you were unaware. and the number, at least the commission has received information, that the number is approximately one half of all mortgages outstanding in 2007 in 2000 they were subprime and alt-a. wouldn't it then sugsts that the enormous number