virginia. if lyndon baines johnson was the master of the senate, robert byrd was the keeper of all of its rules and traditions and things that most americans, when you tune into c-span, don't really understand. use either terminology unparliamentary removing, but robert byrd was the master. not just as longevity -- more than 50 years -- but through his own hard work, he decided he was going to be an inside player. he would master the roles of the senate. he would figure out through his career how to increase its power by understanding the various ways in which the senate works better than anyone, well into his 80s and 90s. he could still go to the floor and he understood things better than sometimes the parliamentarian himself. so, byrd, he is the author of a history of the united states senate. when you say he wrote the book of the senate, that is literally true. host: legislatively, what will he be best remembered for? guest: it is interesting. it is hard to pick a particular landmark bill, b

bowl spent his last few days in my district in charlottesville, virginia, at the university of virginia, and we were honored to him in for the fortunate and far too early passing of this great hero. but i hope today people will take a moment, not only to say a prayer to him and his family and all of those in sudan who continue to suffer, but take some inspiration from his legacy as someone who came were very rough circumstances, got to the top of the world and did nothing but look back to how he could help those less fortunate. he's an inspiration to all those. he's a joint of a humanitarian and he's been -- he's a giant of a humanitarian and he's been a warrior of injustice and fairness. with that we honor him today. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. jones of north carolina. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak the time. -- take the time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. jones will be recognized for five minutes. mr. jones: i was to share some words from george well. he wrote on the 20th of this year. subtitle is "an n.c.o. recognizing a flawed afghanistan s

byrd, west virginia.madam president, i yield >> c-span is now available in 100 million homes, bringing you washington your way, a public service of america's cable companies. >> in a few moments, kenneth feinberg on the role of executive pay and the cult of mexico will spill compensation fund. and a little less than an hour, the head of the economic council lawrence summers on plans to expand wireless devices. and later, we will be air some of the tributes to the late senator robert byrd who died monday morning at the age of 92. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we will look at the oil industry from of representative american patrol institute -- with a representative from the american petroleum institute. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. general david petreaus was nominated to the u.s. commander of armed forces in afghanistan. he testifies at 9:30 eastern. >> c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us

nothing but west virginia history. i am hoping that someone will pick up the torch as far as some of his bills. there is a center being built in morgantown that is still like a couple million dollars shy of being built. i hope someone will pick up the torch on that as well. i would like to see how gov. manchin either put himself in office now or congressman mollahan. he lost the election in west virginia and his term will be out in november. i want to see someone from west virginia that has been in politics for a while in that spot. he was a fantastic man. he was just unbelievable. i don't think anybody could ever fill his shoes, because they certainly couldn't. host: thanks to everybody who called in about senator byrd this morning. as the funeral arrangements are announced, whether or not he lies in state under the capitol dome, c-span will be covering and you will learn about it here on "washington journal" as well. right now we will show you something from 2005. senator byrd wrote his autobiography in 2005, "ent --

nye of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1436, the gentleman from virginia, mr. nye, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. nye: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nye: mr. speaker, recent reports on u.s. economic growth are promising and suggests that recovery is taking hold. however, i continue to hear from small business owners in my district who are still having a tough time obtaining the business loans they need today. they have weathered the worse of the storm and are ready to lead our economy to a strong recovery. however, in order to do this they need capital, capital from loans that banks are unwilling to lend. as chairman of the small business subcommittee on contracting and technology, my subcommittee examines every day how the federal government can incentivize business innovation. for example, last year with my fellow virginian, mark warner, i proposed the small business administration take action on the arc loan progr

byrd of west virginia.as i said to his family, to his sphastaff, and tophic of urse te people of west virginia for whom he has been such a champion throughout his public life, robert byrd loved three things above everything else. in the 30 years that i spent with him in this chamber, he loved his wife erma, he loved the state of west virginia, and he loved deeply the united states senate. and would say that each in turn loved him back. our sadness at his passing is tempered by our joy that he now joins his beloved erma. what a love story it was. they met in grade school. married in 1937, well before i was even born. they spent nearly 70 years on an incredible journey together. and even-her -- and even after her passing, his love for her was apparent in everything he did. when i first ran for office, west virginia ranked near the bottom in nearly every economic indicator you could think of. the bleak landscape marked by mining, the people struggling to make ends mtt and then a grocer, a young grocer from the

host: another call on west virginia on our west virginia line. jeff, a democrat from parkersburg.caller: i am a first-time caller. host: welcome. caller: i felt strongly about calling c-span before but never like this morning. i went to bed last night expecting the sad news unfortunately. i w lucky enough to meet senator byrd in 2006 while he was on the campaign trail in west virginia. and anyone who was ever lucky enough to see him speak live, he would we've wonderful stories, ann quite frankly, at the start of the story i wondered, where is he going with this, but he kept my attention and he would pull it all together about his humble upbringing and wonderful wife and his experiences and wrapped it up with a one of the most brilliant political speeches i have ever heard. host: thank you for calling in. we appreciate it. 202-628-0184 is our west virginia line. again, from wikipedia -- just to point out, he did oppose cameras in the senate for a couple of years prior to that until he wanted to make sure the senate did not become the invisible branch. william, tallahassee, florida.

i don't think you can look at 2008 in virginia and 2009 in virginia and compare apples to 9$(lc@&c+ ihink they are two different races and two different strategies to win. ours was very different than the governor's race. >> massachusetts 2009 was not a normal race by any means. we had it resources. we had a lot of resources that came in. this changed our voter model dramatically from what our original plan was part o. we did not run a republican- branded campaign, necessarily. it was more about the individuals themselves and that is the message. if you can afford to get that message out, you can do some big things. >> we have time for maybe two more questions. the gentleman all the way in the back. >> thank you for coming. we talked about millennial and how they grow and make tech- savvy generation. what long-term influence well but have run campaigns through 2015? will it be web based orwell's we still be knocking on doors? what will change with this generation? >> you will still be knocking on doors, unfortunately in 2050 because it is personal contact which is so valuable. when yo

west virginia governor joe manchin. >> there will never be another robert byrd. there's no one we can fill his shoes with. 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

we have way more jobs in virginia. are wary to work laws which are our individual freedom, our great competitive advantage but we decided that. you take all sorts of initiatives across the country. if it is a good one other states will follow it. if it is a bad idea they want. we need to trust the people in the states rather than having officials on the banks of the potomac dictating do we the people in the states. finally, there is a lot of other chapters but there is one, when umpires can't be trusted, everyone loses. that has to do with judges. if you have judges who are imposing their officials of-- imposing their own views contrary to the rules, everyone loses. no one goes to a football game expecting a fumble on the field to be reversed by somebody up in a skybox in calling it a talk. if that happened, i'm glad you recognize that awful call. if that happened game after game people would wonder about the integrity and the legitimacy of the games they are paying good money to watch. they think is maybe like pro-wre

the west virginia held its 2010 primary almost two months ago. some think there will be a legal challenge here to whether there should be a senate fight on the ballot in november. >> if anybody would know about senate rules it would be robert byrd unfortunately. i have to say, larry, people on the right literally will say kkk with robert byrd's name as if it was yesterday. 40 years ago. i remember saying to one of my republican friends about my dad's friend he was liberal. pro-gay rights. like the second half of his life didn't count because he didn't agree with them specifically on every issue. >> he used an inflammatory slur on air just a couple years ago. >> who? robert byrd? >> yeah. in 2001 he did. >> about what? >> he used the n word on television. >> he used the n word on television on fox news in 2001. with the word white before it. but i'm glad it wasn't me. >> i hadn't seen that. maybe the day he died is not the appropriate time -- >> i don't think so. i was just giving information. >> i think there was -- there was context. he had a vo

touri in virginia beach alone in virginia generas $1.4 billion in annually economi activity. tourism in virginia beach one supports 15,0 jobs. virginia has the longest stretch of undeveled barrierslds the entire ea coast irreplaceable habitat birds in the eascoast flay. lo to an oil spill off virginia'coast if it were mparable to the oil spi that s hit the gulf coast. in fact, close to the h the entire chesapeakbay uld be covered byilm of oil toda if that oil spill had occurred here instead of occurring in the gulf coas drling threatenthe presence l of the united states navy in virginia, triblymportant in terms of military investment in our -- in the commonwealth of virginia. theecretary of defense wrote a report issue in may tha the oil development wold impair navy operas in 70%he area. thdepartment of defense said that oil developmencould preclude live ornance aircraft carrierovements, shipng ad othe training. offshore o development could rest in t navmoving an aircraft rrier out of norfolk, reducing jo opporunities and contraorinirginia. we have a lot at stake econically i

e gentlen from virginia. mr. nye: i thank my colleague from west virgin for her support of the amdment. i urgell my colleagues to supporthis andment. i yield back the balance of my time. e chair: jb. -- thgentleman yields bk the balance of hisime. the estion is now on the amendment ofred by the gentleman from virgini so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair,he ayes have . the amendment is agreed to. it is noin order to consider amendment number is it, printed for what ppose does the 03. gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. edwards: mr.peaker, have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the crk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment nr 12, printein houseeport number 111-50 offered by mr. dwards of texas. thchair: psuant to house resolution 1424, thegentleman from texas, mr. edwards, and a member opposed, each will control five minus. the chair now recognizes the gentleman texas. mr. edwards: m spear, thank you. members, my amendment is a simple, commonsense pr

he was born and raised in west virginia. he wants to start a clean energy company in west virginia.i think he will be governor of that stake and perhaps serve in many capacities beyond. also here is ms. evans, a long time mountaintop removal coal mining activist. chooses her talents as an artist. she is made a powerful documentary called "coal country," which she generously allow us to be shown without cost. her producer is also here. i understand there are university of kentucky alumni represented. i want to say thank you. no one does any of this work alone. although i stand at the podium ostensibly by myself, i am surrounded by an extra regroup. i am surrounded by people doing work to help the environment. everyone was panicked because i do not have a hard copy of my speech. . . >> being and eastern kentucky and is the simple fact that brings me the most honored and greatest sense of self. i love and am proud of being a hillbilly. [applause] i trace my family in the mountains of eastern kentucky back at least eight generations. in kentucky we talk about counties, so mind include a

rahall of west virginia is recognized. mr. rahall: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt a member of the committee on natural resources. the speaker pro tempore: mr. holt is recognized for two minutes. mr. holt: i thank the chair of our committee and i rise in support of h.r. 5481, which mrs. capps has brought before us to grant subpoena powerr on the deepwaterer horizon oil spill. our nation is in the midst of a great environmental disaster of historic scale. tens of thousands of barrels gushing into the gulf, hundreds of miles of coastline contaminated, thousands of people suffering from the economic impact. with today's news that the cap has been removed, this environmental catastrophe continues only to get worse. b.p. has not been forthcoming over the past months, not forth coming in what they were doing or how it was done or how much oil was gushing out and on and on and on. we owe it to the american people that they have an answer for what has happened, why it has happened, how it will be brought

was virginia senator robert byrd served more than 50 years in the senate. he appeared on c-span more than 1200 times. watch our 1988 profile with the senator, all online at the c- span video library. it is washington your way. sunday, your questions for bill bennett, live on "in depth." he is the author for more than 20 books. three hours with bill bennett, sunday, part of the three day holiday weekend on c-span2. if the complete schedule at booktv.org. the congressional directory, a reference guide, supreme court justices, all at your fingertips. order online ad c-span.org /store. >> read c-span latest book, "the supreme court." it provides unique insight about the court. now available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: dennis henigan is the author of "lethal logic," and lott is the author of "more guns, less crime." in the clear politics website, the gun control laws -- the second amendment to the constitution means individual americans have a right to bear arms. what can we expect? guest: i think this is an impor

the chair: without objection, the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. connolly: thank you, madam chairwoman. i thank my colleague from ohio for his leadership and my friend from illinois for the kind words. the small business lending fund act will expand opportunities for small businesses to access critically needed capital today. our amendment ensures that the program works as intended. that america's small businesses receive access to that capital and that taxpayers' loans are repaid. the lending facility encouragings small business loans to creditworthy companies with the repaid funds and interest payments going to reduce the deficit that our %% friends on the other side say they are concerned about. small businesses will lead private sector job growth if they obtain the capital. the office of small business lending fund program oversight will provide accountability and enhance the effectiveness of the lending fund. helping to spur robust small business sector. they have a reputation for safeguarding taxpayer funds as my friend from ohio said. and re

garrett: i'd like to say to listen to what the gentleman from virginia said before. we are not about looking back. we are about looking forward. we are not looking at pointing blame. i know you have been speaking for over an hour saying you are not at fault, you are not the responsible party, nothing to do with the g.s.e.'s, fannie mae and freddie mac and it's all the republicans' fault. we are not here to point blame when you said, let's roll the dice d see what happens. we're not here to point blame at you when you said repeatedly in the past that there's not a systemic risk with the g.s.e.'s. we are here where the american public is to look forward to see what we can do now with the crisis that we're in and i rise today with a message from the american people and that they are simply tired of pointing blame and they are tired of the hollowed promise of reform by speaker pelosi and the democratic majority. they're tired of hearing that fannie mae and freddie mac are projected to cost the taxpayers upwards of $389 billion. so they're probably a little bit shocked to

a friend in west virginia called it creeping permititis. what few restrictions therr were on the permit process could easily be waived by merely applying for a permit variation. often, however, a coal company did not even bother to apply for a permit. that sounded more convenient to mine without any permits and simply leave. others were good enough to sell the report, and state often -- self-report, and the state often showed them leniency for having done so. access roads are made. the timber on those mountains, one of the most rich and bio diverse habitats in the entire world, which shares species with places like china, are not even harvested. the old growth trees, hardwood forests, and in some places 30 -pspecies can be found standing together, they are simply razed. explosive so volatile the must be carried on separate vehicles, small hills are drilled into the rock in the mountains and every single day, in kentucky and west virginia, around-the-clock, seven days a week, 2,500 tons of explosives are detonated. blast 1000 times greater t

byrd, a senator from the state of west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the last day's proceedings and announced to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. >> madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i request the request be put on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the yice have it. the -- the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. >> madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on aapproval of the journal will b followed by a five-minute vote on suspen

this twitter comment -- >> is a viewer from centerville, virginia. -- is a viewer from centerville, virginia. you are on the air. go ahead. caller: everybody is calling in this morning and talking about this is a real -- israel stuff and talking about the borders down there in arizona and all that. i don't understand why the whole thing, everything people call in about, nobody knows nothing about or they get different answers or conclusions to solve the problems. why doesn't somebody just get together, make plans, and do what needs to be done? host: "usa today" -- world of troubles for the u.s. anxiety in the gulf, tensions in korea and protest in the gaza. charlotte is joining us from all cretonne, florida. democrats line -- boca raton, florida. caller: that is the problem, that's israel doesn't stand alone. the yukon -- united states is an ally, but half an ally. if israel goes, there goes the middle east. it amazes me that people are so naive and do not understand this. turkey is a muslim nation, the middle east is a muslim, they will stand together. against the united states. so, if the

you mentioned the five guys from northern virginia arrested in pakistan.i found thatfascinating for the reason that they had been active the local chapter in the islamic circles of north america. that is an organization in the u.s. since 1971 and was part of the longer activist tradition of islamic activists whcame to the u.s. in the early 60's and set up an champagne the illinois and for most of their history they were not concerned with preventing radicalization. we will say that. i think it is fair to say they were more concerned with pursuing atimuslim discrimination than worrying about their people becoming radicalized. after th happened that was the first time i can recall clearly they were going to take action they wanted to set up programs to intervene. they wanted to be involved and obviously preservation to the degree but that is a change from what was happening in the past ten or 15 years and so i think encouraging more of that is the answer that you have to be involved with muslim community period. that is more of an issue for the law enforceme

he is in virginia beach, virginia. please, go ahead. caller: good morning. i don't think we should stay there if we are not going to see the civil-military cooperation have been the way it should. i have been to afghanistan twice. i don't think the troops should be pulled out for nothing. folks from usaid to build after we clear areas -- they are not coordinated, if it is not happening, it will be futile. there have been too many times where we cleared areas where we looked for ngos or the government to come in and set up things like hospitals and some of those facilities, the requirements that the locals need. if that is not going to happen, yes, we do need to pull out. and i think general mcchrystal and his staff did this to call the state department and other officials to task so they could do more. again, i think we should continue the mission but if we are not going to get the support after we clear places, we need to get out. host: i was there in 2002 and in 2002. in 2007 -- and in 2007. in 2007, one of the things we would hear is we don't mind working

did the virginia prescription- monitoring program pay the $10 million?> henry: i can't discuss that. >> kroft: as serious as the electronic theft and extortion of hundreds of millions of dollars might seem, they pale in comparison to some of the other possible scenarios that are no longer outside the realm of possibility. they include an assault on the fiber-optic networks that run the world's financial systems. admiral mcconnell, the former director of national intelligence, worries about the integrity of america's money supply. i know that people in the audience watching this are going to say, "could somebody steal money out of my bank account, or could somebody attack a bank that would wipe out my life savings?" >> mcconnell: and the answer is yes, that's possible, but that's not the major problem. the more insidious issue is what happens when the attacker is not attempting to steal money, but to destroy the process that accounts for money. that's the real issue we have to worry about. >> kroft: to destroy the records. >> mcconnell: it's all record- k

we will go next to charles from virginia of the republican line.aller: thank you for taking my call. host: it sounds like you're listening to c-span radio. caller: i am. when it comes to afghanistan, my only concern is that it is not iraq. iraq is a mitropoulos compared to afghanistan. changing the hearts and minds of people in iraq was a lot different. they will basically do what they need to survive. i think that is the problem. i just do not see what the actual end -- i do not think we will ever be able to leave. will we build bases there? permanent basis? the thing about afghanistan as we spend so much money over there, and if you want to raise my taxes to make sure our troops have the best equipment available, then raise them. i do not want to see another american life lost to poor technology or lack of proper equipment, but the fact that the chinese won the copper beeid, tt could have been done without the bid. afghanistan should start to pay the u.s. to help support our troops effort there. maybe the minerals would have been a good start. an

bristol, virginia. brent, republican line. go ahead. caller: obama has not shown good leadership in the oil crisis. everyone is fighting amongst themselves about it and they need to start worrying about solving the problem. my suggestion is to blow it up with a new. thank you. host: lydia, lake charles. democratic line. good morning. are you there? i think we lost her. first, politics and the nation. this is a piece from "the washington post." "most leadership has given away less than 40% of their expenditures this cycle, even though they say they are bundling donations for others. showing expenditures made by lawmakers tapping into their leadership packet, the john boehner spent about 70,000 at the ritz carlton over the past 16 months. harry reid spent $4,000 at the charlie palmer stakeouts -- steakhouse." we can show you this as we go the next phone call. charlie, good morning. what do you think? should president obama be showing more a motion? caller: i do not defend the question. of we all know that his strong leadership point as a

and we don't want it repeated in virginia. even though the governor and the republican party have pushed and pushed with these silly, drill, baby, drill. drill here, there and everywhere, we aren't going to let it happen. if we had not been diligent, we might have some drilling rigs off the shore of virginia today, but we don't and they're not going to go there until there is a substantial modification of the industry practices with regard to offshore drilling. let's bear in mind that what we're talking about is our nation's oil. it's not oil that's owned by these oil companies or by the private sector, it's owned by us the taxpayer, it's public land. it's owned by our children and grandchildren. and instead of being put to our benefit and their benefit because of neglect, carelessness, irresponsible decisions, it is destroying the ecology of the gulf and could well destroy the ecology of the everglades along the florida shore and could even go up the east coast. we have no idea how extensive this damage is going to be. how ex

the chair: the gentlewoman from west virginia is recognized. mrs. capitoi reiterate that this bill has my support. it passed out of the committee by voice vote, it was carefull i think we did a good job meeting each other halfway on ceain issues we might have had disagreement on and i look forward to the passage of this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you very much, madachair. i would simply like to close by thanks mrs. capito for all of the work she put into this legislation and the cooperation that she gave to me and her staff to my staff. this is a good bill. the differences have been worked out between both sides of the aisle. we worked hard to make sure that we maintained f.h.a. but we keep a close watch on it that in fact we give it flexibility but at the same time, ensure the continuity and the consistency of f.h.a. that should be there to provide the guarantees for our citizens that so desperately need them. with that, madam

after my education was over, i taught at university of virginia here in college park. then i went to harvard. >> the three schools you went to? >> undergraduate, yale. two graduate years at cambridge. then i finished at princeton. >> how many years were you in the internment camp? >> the better part of the three. i was three when there was a brilliant rescue. they dropped paratroopers into our camp which was a perilous situation. the americans had landed. the guards were panicking. we might not have lived. they got us all out alive -- many of them infirm, elderly people and children like me. that was my first memory was being rescued from that camp. >> do you remember the first moment this was an idea for a book? >> i do. i had finished a biography jean-jacques rousseau. i wanted to keep up on my french. i thought i would take a look at the "democracy of america." i would recommend a recent book in the library of america series, which is a beautiful translation of tocqueville. i got curious about where this book came from. what did he know about america? i discovered i

host: i will move on to eva from virginia beach, virginia. caller: good morning, i'm a first-time caller. i would really like to say to the united states of america, polls are overrated. i am so sick of all of these polls been taken. the polls that really matter of the votes on voting day. thank you. host: next up is hamilton, ohio. ronald, democrats line. you are on. are you there? caller: about the oil spill, i heard every -- people say they should get every ship out there in the whole world. do you realize how hard it is to turn and maneuver a ship and you have all of them in that one area? you will have more accidents. you really have to consider how the coast guard is trying to coordinate all of this. as this bill gets bigger, they bring in more ships. that is the only way they can do it. host: next up, now pleasant, iowa. anthony, republican line. caller: i think the firing of general mcchrystal was unnecessary. but he also made comments that were unnecessary. but i would like to get general -- i think he would make a good addition to i

from the university of virginia. phen she was at louisville, she visited louis brandeis.professor perry is a prolific author. her works include -- "the michigan affirmative action cases," and jacqueline kennedy, first lady of the new frontier." she served as a fellow at the supreme court from 1994-1995, so this is a homecoming for her. she is working on a volume on the supreme court and the judicial process. please join me in welcoming prof. perry. [applause] nice to meet you. >> thank you, mr. chief justice for your kind introduction and for pottery us with your when i was here -- for honoring us with your presence. when i was here in 1995, it was equally an honor to serve william rehnquist. my mentor, henry abraham, is here this evening. he taught me everything i know about judicial appointment. his book, now in its fifth edition, is the definitive work on supreme court nominations. i would also like to thank jennifer low and my longtime friends and students and colleagues who have come here this evening, many came all the way from sweet briar college, particularly our

host: virginia, independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i am a first-time caller. keep this bill moving. we need things to export. have a great day. host: phoenix, republican line. caller: thanks for your contributors, c-span, and the people that call in. it is a really complicated issue. it is a shame that -- it is hard to implement policy emissions, epa regulations when everything is coming from the top down. we under estimate as consumers the ability for us to change how we buy from, what we buy -- who we buy from, and what we buy. the oil companies have tons of money. if we, write to them and the legislature, they have lobbyists that will go to washington for us. i am conservative. i am in an area where my environment, my responsibility as a consumer and what i can choose to purchase and choose to say to the companies that fail to make money -- are you seeing lobbying influence? guest: they are involved in every piece of legislation. it is basically because people's interest are affected by legislation, so you have interest groups and lobbyists that tried to ad

in this setting, in northern virginia, and it was. this was an act of this committee that had been there forever these decades before that. millions and millions of dollars have been provided from saudi arabia from individuals and the government to set up a wide range of organizations -- muslim organizations. those reorganizations that were raided and operation green quest for four or five months after 9/11. in that lecture that was mentioning, it is a march 2002 sermon. he discusses operation green quest and how this is a war against muslims. we can say no longer this is a war on terrorism. it is a war against muslims. they raided all these organizations. they arrested them. they held them in handcuffs. even from that point on, this idea that he was once moderate and was there to speak out against 9/11 and he was the representative moderate moslem voice -- muslim boys, i think that is a misrepresentation. that ism voice ba, i think a misrepresentation. what turned him into militancy in the formal way it was after his imprisonment in

glenn knight from virginia beach, tom -- from charlottesville, and gerry connoley from northern virginia, have tough races. democrats are most excited about results from the connolly district, the more conservative candidate, sort of outsider beat the favored candidate, fairfax supervisor pat herrity in that primary, which may give gerry connolly an opportunity. he beat fimian, the republican businessman, in 2006. but in virginia is second and fifth district, where you have freshman democrats who won thanks in part due to a really strong turnout in 2008, this is going to be much tougher for them in the fall. host: let us talk about north dakota, the senate race. senator byron dorgan is retiring. what is the analysis for this race? guest: not a lot of attention paid to the north dakota raised because once senator byron dorgan announced he was stepping down and democrats did not put a strong candidate forward, it went almost into de facto republican column. the governor john hogan -- he is heavily favored to win the seat. democrats playing a lot of defense but this is not the place where t

host: fairfax, virginia, joshua on the democratic line. caller: now, i don't think helen thomas should resign. what she said was provocative but i know she has a string of provocative opinions, which is fine with me. it seems as if she was -- the merit of for discussion or comments was more about what people were having back in the 1940's leading up to the founding of israel. about like whether there should be a jewish state and where it should be located, and such things as that. it seems like a very emeritus thing to have been talking about. i heard lanny davis -- i read about his reaction, he compared it to perhaps helen thomas making a disparaging remark about how african-americans should go back to africa. i don't think that is the best comparison. perhaps the better comparison would be more about it helen thomas had made a comment about the political borders of african countries, which is actually a legitimate discussion, i think. host: in another issue, do you think the white house press corps should be made up of pure reporters and

program back in place, because we would provide a little bit of seed money, and i won't forget west virginia. it was a small county that leo and i went to, and when we got there, they had this really bad flooding problem, and there was five ladies, because they had bake sales, they had pie suppers, they had car washes, they did everything they could do to raise money to help fix the flooding problem in their counties. so they just were declared a project impact community with their partnership, had a big signing ceremony. and these ladies were just amazing. they collected all their recipes, put it into a cookbook, and they sold cookbooks just to raise money to fix that flooding problem. well, what was interesting is they we want to the governor, they got a little bit of seed money from us, about $300,000, they went to the governor, got a million dollars from governor, and they fixed the flooding problem in that county that had been there for years and years and years for $750,000. so our first project impact summit, she won the citizens of the year award. her name was katie. katie was 84 yea

host: independent line, virginia. caller: this is my first time calling the show. when the corporate bailouts were given out a year ago or so, they gave all of the banks their money. they continue to give money to c.e.o.'s.s obama said it would not happen, but it still happens today. host: should be addressed? guest: it should be. the government should not be setting salaries. that is not how the private markets work. when the government gets involved as it did in the situation and started giving bailouts to these people, now it is our taxpayer dollars at risk. maybe you should not make $90 million. now the government should have a say in it. the last administration did not do it. this administration is not doing it. they should have learned from the past mistakes. nothing in the bill addresses those issues. host: l.a., democratic line. caller: republicans are keeping things the way they were prior to the bailout. they have not done anything. host: would you like to see more regulation? caller: of course. we were on the verge of bankruptcy in so many people are suf

guest: west virginia. independent line. see, i have been reading lately -- caller: i have been reading lately about labor unrest in china. how do you think that will effect the economy here, long- term? guest: it could be a great thing for a lot of reasons. it could lead to higher pay for people in china. i think i have been reading some of the same things. people are talking about the younger chinese who do not have as much experience with the poverty the country has had in the past. they are requiring more. it will probably play out over time. you are seeing small indications of companies bringing production back over here. at the same time, you are same companies that might simply move to another country, perhaps the vietnam, or some places where manufacturing is trying to open up. the real results could be that they could buy more, including buying more from the united states. china has spent on the boosting exports, if they increase their own consumption, they could buy more from us. host: we heard about the impact of

herndon, virginia. chris. caller: i think that is crazy. a landing in is too extreme for america -- elena kagan is too extreme for america. i am sure she is a nice person, it is fun to hang out with at the local bar, but this is an appointment to the supreme court. she prevented military recruiters from meeting with students at harvard. she encouraged the supreme court to strike down the solomon amendment. her thesis is about socialism. we are to expect she is moderate? host: 1 and the point. final comment on the release of these documents. what else is coming? guest: i think that we are going to hear more of her voice. documents written to her. i think what we will see will run the gamut. it is unlikely that we are going to find anything that is a huge surprise. she worked for the clinton white house. it is clear what her politics work. no one would have expected president obama to nominate someone who does not share his agenda and his world view, but whether or not she is extremist is in the i of the beholder. there might be something in

byrd, a senator from the state of west virginia. the speaker pro tempore: is in objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order -- house concurrent resolution 284, house resolution 5395, house resolution 1446 and house resolution 4307 each by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion by the gentlelady from hawaii, mizz hirono, to suspend the rules -- ms. hire oweno, to suspend the rules and agree -- ms. hirono, to suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 284. the clerk will report the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 284, recognizing the work and importance of

west virginia, the gulf, big banks on wall street.ve seen the cronyism, the score for government, the world that of regulation, the corruption of regulatory agencies. in the case of mineral management services, in bed with the companies that were supposed to police. conservatives had their way and they got it wrong. and americans are paying the price. but the drill baby drill crowd is unapologetic. the right seeks to return to power with the same ideas and the same policies that threw us off the cliff. there is no chance of that. -- we will have to fight. they can succeed only if we step aside. we have to provide an independent movement, the energy and activism that forced the majority in the first place. that means we have to stop waiting for obama. we have to stop taking the president's temperature. we have to stop being critics and analysts and start being an -- actors once more. it means taking the battle of ideas to the right. taking on conservatives in both parties and reminding them of the temper of this act of this space. thos

i'm from west virginia. obviously natural gas, coal is huge here.when the miners died, god bless them, i watched mr. bois obama d vice president biden and joe consumption. but yet i see the administration wanting to cut out coal, which doesn't make any sense. that's an ironly. .. . guest: then you have the case of china which doesn't tax their gasoline or oil at all. they're desperate to get oil. that's what they're trying to fuel their economy on. so you get a lot of extremes in the world. the greatest thing that we could do is bring up the price of gasoline, turn on -- and the price of oil, turn on these alternatives and become an exporter. an energy exporter not importer. host: you're saying explore the natural gas that is in the west virginia area, in the shail part? -- shale part what what you're saying? >> this is precious stuff it comes at a great cost to develop. you're displacing people. there's environmental damages. these are risky ventures. very, very risky ventures. we should have alternatives for ourselves. then if we want to use this

we did that in agent orange and we did that in virginia tech and we did that in 9/11. the opportunity, if you walked in voluntarily, to meet your decision maker and have a vested stake in the process. that testimony is under oath, with a transcript, and it goes a long way in giving the plan and a vested interest in the process. second, the right to appeal the administratively. if you do not like the results of your claim, he can appeal to another individual or a group to get another bite at the apple. third, the right to have counsel if you want councisel. bring a priest, a rabbi, a brother, whoever you want to represent you. transparency, openness, decisions not rendered in the dead of night, procedural protections. the administrator not as an adversary but a fiduciary. to try, in the confines of the law, to maximize your award. those are some of the time- honored principles. if you take professors -- of the course in administrative law, there will be a whole section on administrative due process and what is required. we try to follow those prescriptions. >> by a stud

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 chair recognizes the chairman from arizona. >> i semele wave my opening st

we recognize his honor in being a call minor in west virginia.recognize the need of a coal miner and a black woman witching -- working at chevron's richmond have the same agenda and we need to focus their needs. that is who we are. i come out of the labor a moment so i am used to people yelling at me. [laughter] members, politicians, it does not hurt my feelings. glenn that started talking about me and i was asked if i was angry. i told him we have a plot to take over this country. absolutely, we do. [applause] it is not a hidden agenda. it is and ed agenda that says all people deserve high quality and white call miners in west virginia and black women in richmond, calif. want the same thing. what they want is for us to divide ourselves. they want us to say that one is better than another. we say it is immigration vs column writing. we say no because our vision of america has all of us, not some of us, when we think about what green is, it is green for all and not for some. that is the difference. i thought about how we make this happen. we have