it merely -- fairly short trip up to wheaton, maryland. we continue to ask your thoughts on this headline. it comes from the white house. they are asking agencies to cut 5% of their budget, to come up with a list that -- of things that are not high priorities or don't match the president's priorities. peter orszag will speak about it today and he wants the list by mid september. san antonio now, john. republican. what do you think? caller: i guess 5% sounds good. of we don't need the part education, department commerce, department of energy. half of the government, we don't need. ok? is ii don't understand, don't think people who called in so far this morning understand anything about taxation and money. that is to say, you had a few callers the said that corporations need to pay taxes. think about that for a minute. we are going to charge a corporation on their profits 50% tax. ok, what ever. any kind of figure. what is going to happen to that 50 percent that we get from the corporations? it will be passed on to the consumers. unfortunate

he is going to racing center in wheaton, maryland to answer questions about the new law.the town hall coincides with the release later this week of the first batch of $250 checks to seniors who fall into the medicare prescription drug data known as the doughnut hole. we will have live coverage starting at 11:40 here on c- span. to is the busiest day of the year so far for congressional and gubernatorial elections with 12 states holding primaries or run off to bed. in california, the democratic senator barbara boxer will learn who her republican opponent is. there is a republican primary and the race to succeed arnold schwarzenegger. we will have live coverage starting tonight at 9:00 eastern on the cspan networks. >> no candidate in this race has given voters in new hampshire or america more opportunities to ask them questions and see what they are made up. >> these are the faces you see every day. see some of their earlier television appearances at the cspan video library. it is a quarter-century that you can search your way. it is all available free online. >> now, form

president obama will hold a town hall meeting in wheaton, maryland to talk about health care. citizens will be able to participate across the country by telephone. live coverage on cspan and cspan radio. >> candidate in this race has given voters in new hampshire or america up more opportunities to ask him questions and see what he is made of. >> these are the faces you see every day. see some of their early television experiences on this cspan video library. it is 25 years of a video all available free on line. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says that despite declines in financial markets, he does not think the u.s. economy will slip back into recession. he was interviewed by former abc newsman sam donaldson at the woodrow wilson center for international scholars. this is a little less than one hour. >> would you spend so we can reach you? [applause] he was chairman of the board and his wife judy is within. we are delighted to have floms with us. david m. burke and his wife -- david anmburg, you and betty spam up. [applause] he was president of the carnegie foundati

. >> president obama all hold a town hall meeting with senior citizens in wheaton, maryland, tomorrow to discuss the health care bill. the $250 rebates are the first in a series of measures to close so that of aughnut hole medicare part b recipients have full prescription drug coverage. it will be live tuesday at 11:45 a.m. eastern time on c-span and c-span rate appeared in an effort to keep oil and the gulf of mexico from reaching the coast, sand bags are being airlifted to basis between the barrier islands. -- to bases between the barrier islands. [no audio] >> you can see more coverage of the gulf of mexico oil spill on line, including congressional hearings, press conferences, and a video from the scene as well showing the feeds blown out well. that is all epo c-span.org -- at c-span.org. the campaign for america's future looks at the role of elections this year. after that, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars where he is interviewed by former abc newsman sam donaldson. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, we will look

here on c-span, president obama holds a town hall meeting with citizens in wheaton, md., to discuss theealth-care bill and the efforts to combat scams and frauds. live coverage at 11:40 a.m. eastern. >> no one has given them more opportunities. >> they are the faces you see every day. see some of their early television appearances at the c- span television library, with over 160 hours. it is one quarter century, and you can search in many ways. all available free, on-line. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says that despite declines in financial markets, he does not think the u.s. economy will slip back into recession. he was interviewed by a former newsman sam donaldson -- by former newsman sam donaldson. this is about one hour. >> before i introduce our program, i would like to say a word of welcome to several people who are here. i want you to know, i think he was introduced a little earlier, but we would not have a wilson center if it were not for the work of joe. joe, could you stand so that we can agree you? he was chairman of the board. -- so that we can greet you? and his

at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman fr wheaton, illinois, mr. roskam. the speaker o tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i cam here to the floor a couple minutes ago and i thought surely i'm not going tohear and see the tired old symbolic show pony of george w. bush and his administration being trotted out in this chamber once again, but i wasn't disappointed. it just amazes me, mr. speaker, at the lack of creativity and forward thinking and problem solving that we see animated on the other side of the aisle that all they can do is look in this rear-view mirror and wring their hands and moan and grown and say it's george w. bush's fault. i think the american public is just tired of that. i think the american public isn't persuaded by it. i offered an amendmenvery straightforwardly last night, it was offered by mr. sessions of texas, in the rules committee, that would have said a very simple thing. uld have said, if you are running fannie and freddie,

. >> president obama holds a town hall meeting with senior citizens in wheaton maryland tomorrow to discuss the health care bill and efforts to combat scams and fraud. in -- in advance of the first mailing of rebate checks. the $250 rebates are first in the series of measures to close the, so called doughnut hole so medicare part d recipients have full prescription drug coverage. seniors across the country will be able to participate by phone. live coverage tuesday at 11:40 a.m. eastern time on c-span and c-span radio. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captions performed by the national captioning institute] [applause] >> welcome to america's future now. [applause] you're over here. are you? you here? >> are you over there? one way name cards. my name is robert and i direct the campaign for america's future. i welcome you to washington. this has been a city of great heat and big storms recently. and i'm not talking about the weather. and we need you to turn up the heat a little bit more. [applause] you will be over 1 now, people -- 1,000 people strong, you come from