is there some alternative way to cleaa this uu? to minimize the risk of dispersants? >> the alternative ways are to recover it from the slick, dispersing it into the water column. which has a huge environmental impact. it will not be as visible as when it comes onshore as you saw. >> let the members know that we let's get one round through and move on. >> you told us that they were forced to sign waivers that severely limited any future legal claims. that was resulted with a waiver is being removed. how did you get that to happen? >> we went to court on may 2 as they were -- as a result of these limited to the state of louisiana, once we get a decision in court is about enforcement. five days later the court said that bp must train and provide protective gear off. and it is not being enforced. lack of enforcement, lack of engagement so far, the agreement >> in the context, the bp ever explain the rationale for saaing they wanted to remove liability? >> they agreed in court that it would not be appropriaae and therefore would not hold water. like any of the agreements

junior high sccool and then promoted to superintendent for the school district and from there he went uu to the progressive independence school district and recently retired from the charlotte independent school district. throughout his career he has been one that served the public% and has taught the difference between right and wrong. mr. speaker, it's an honor to have time to recognize mr. agagon, a great educator, of south texas. i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of reeresentatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on june 18, 2010, as 2: 57 p.m. that the senate agreed to senate joint resolution 33. that the senate passed with amendments h.r. 3962. that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 242. with best wishes i am signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the housement -- house. the sp

if we choose not to, it will eventually happen without uu. but unfortunately, not to the benefit of our mission. >> thank you. >> that's interesting. colonel, let me ask you again, you were a former military commander. you have done everything from the ground on up. if you were still a military commander in this bidder, how would you feel about knowing that a convoy of pickup trucks machines were on them with men with ak-47's firing at villages to proteet the potential attackers? >> this s a contradiction of coin approach. but it is rooted in necessity and that's the problem we have built for ourselves. the figures indicaae 15 armed contractors doing this job. u.s. troops, means you need more convoyy. you consume your plus-up in afghanistan. when you choose to fight a battle where your lines of communication run through territories that have been challenged, it is hard to envision a way to resupply that other than making deals with the locals. >> there is talk about transingsing out of ttat model to a better model. do you fore's a better mode

the bill has been passed by the house and i anticipate energy legislation will be taken uu some time over the course of the next several weeks in the senate. hopefully we can get something done before congress adjourns this year. >> can you talk about the reports about handing over bahgram to the afghans? >> i would point to to the department offense. >> [inaudible] >> i don't have anything on that now. + >> with the miners in west virginia, the president went to the memorial service. there was a memorial service last month for the victims of the bp disaster. why didn't the president go? >> [inaudible] >> was it considered? >> let me look at the schedule. if i don't know the answer to the first is likely at one of the answer to the three follow- ups. >> was there an attempt to meet with the families in the gulf of he was there? >> not that i know of. >> is the white house trying to arrange a meeting between the white house and the chairman of the board? >> there are concerns we number of things. i would not rule out. >> [inaudible] the families is a drilling is our economic lifeline.

vincent joins uu from for washington, maryland. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. i support the president and what he is doong. most people who got money do not want to see him make get. if the poor man rises, then what do they get? they don't like for their taxes to get larger and hours to get smaller. if we're healthy, it means we can work and have money in our pockets to take care of the kids. weecan make schools better. kids can learn more and everyone rises. i understand why they would have a problem with that when it is getting their pockets full when the kids to learn. c'mon, it is just greed. host: ok, if the obama theory is spending more will solve the debt, then should we all just go on a spending spree? north carolina, good morning. caller: i support the president. i think that the republicans need to think about this one -- if consumers do not buy these corporations' products, then where would the corporationn be? i did not hear them complaining about taxpayer dollars paying for the iraq war so that the bush family could have their own little oil field

that is a new record for uu. and we continue to make progress in optimizing the capacity out of the well-head there. regarding the relief well feet below the sea floor in 077 preparation of closing in on a pipe in a ranging technique for the beholding -- that will penetrate the well-head. we continue to divide our vessels of opportunity, task force, provide them with radios. be more effective on the water as far as surveillance information. this week we will have meetings with the air force regarding coordination and plan to go in with a coordinated structure in dealing with the significant flights occurring at the well-heads, the sites for oil and the flights to support logistics and so forth out there one other interesting note, we fouud -- we didn't find -- we were able to recover the 40 feet of reiser pipe that was cut -- riser pipe that was cut off. that section of pipe is important for forensics and inquiry. that will be brought to new orleans. of course, that will be part of the evidentiary issues -- evide

but i think the answer to your question is that this matter has been uued in a political way by republicans, frankly, and others to inflame and instill fear in people. the bush administration did not confront that debate within his party when they pursued the disposition of cases in the civil courts. and in fact, the civil courts have been very successful in disposing of cases. i mentioned the number 300 there about. at the military tribunals have a place, and i think the administration is trying to work on that place now. i am hopeful that we will have to consider discussion and debate about that. not simply a political gotcha environment where if someone indicates that we should dispose of the case in a venue of the united states -- i mention some conservatives, and you had some very conservatives with whom i disagree very substantially but you talked about the times square bomber having rights to be informed and tried here in this venue. and there, it was the constitution should not be put aside simply because -- and their comments was wish not to the constitution aside simply because it

there is a different way of envisioning uued programming in a community in a way that the whole communityarticipates. we have done a publication where we talk about that convening function. once people, i think, start thinking that way, then it is not about my program, but it is about how to assemble resources to deal with the problems. >> thank you. audience -- questions from the audience? here. >> hello. i direct the program on race ethnicity and the economy at the economic policy institute. in the discussion, it was mentioned that you control for many things. i was wondering, dr. mcdaniel, if you could tell us what things you controlled for, and what things therefore, do not explained the difference -- do not explain the difference you found. >> i will probably miss some. some of the key variables -- we looked at whether they lived in a distressed neighborhood. we looked at the proportion of the federal policy -- poverty level that their parents, -- that they grew up in as young kids. as i mentioned, we did not look separately at gender, but we looked to see what the effects were. some

before party comes back, we have a vote in the senate coming uu.i turn to my good friend and colleague, from the state of arkansas, chairman lincoln. >> hank you so much, chairran dog. i want to thank chairman frank as well and all of our colleagues in the senate to be here today. significance of what we're here financial market reform is the single most important factor in will be the foundation of our nation.. base act that is well over 99% of all we had in the senate bill. only a small technical corrections that are there, and we are excited to begin with that product. everyone here today recognizes the importance of the task at hand, but no one more so than the hard-working families of each of our states and districts, as well as the small businesses on main street. into the snake, our nation's economy was on the brink of the greed -- in 2008, our nation's economy was on the brink of collapse. america was held captive by the financial system that was so interconnected, so large, ss irresponsible that its failure almost destroyed our economy and

give us some guidance on how to use them consistent with those values, and then let uu try to make sooe adjustments about which tool is best. that is part of the conversation. but your question gives me the opportunity to say that values are important, and they do have an effect, not only on us and how we see ourselves but how our allies see as and how they will cooperate with us and our adversaries -- adversaries see as. i think you can be pragmatic in your outlook. you ccn be focused on winning and still think about values as something that tells you whinn they're good in depriving your3 what it might consider the moral high ground or recruitment tools that might allow them to get more people in. we need to be conscious of that as we go forward and tried to, you know, reduce their supply of recruits as much as we can. >> yes, dan. >> thank you. denmark is, teaching at american university's law school. -- dan marcus. i want to ask about the intersection of your talk today with the problem of closing guantanamo. if i am -- if my memory serves me right, none of the people have been prose