he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson. one of owen wilson's major legislative achievements was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on that and skipping over a awful lot of history, i just want to point out that i don't think he would have a job today if it wasn't for woodrow wilson. [laughter] for the past five years, he has faced tremendous challenges, adversity, and frustration. that is the lot of an avid washington nationals baseball fan. [laughter] which he certainly is. he and i and the sports fans all know that with the first pick in tonight's amateur draft and stephen strassberg's debut on the mound, things are looking up for the nationals. [applause] that is not really my purpose tonight to talk about them. we know him best as the 14 chairman of the federal reserve , first nominated by george w. bush in 2006, renominated by barack obama for a second four- year term last august. his scholarly expertise is the great depression and its causes and that prepared him for the histo

he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson.one of wells in's major legislative achievements, as many of you know, was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on it, and skipping over an awful lot of history, i want to point out that i don't think he would have a job today if it had not been for woodrow wilson. [laughter] over the past five years, he has faced tremendous challenges, adversity, and frustration. that is the lot of an avid washington nationals baseball fan. [laughter] which he certainly is. he and i and the sports fans all know that work -- with the first pick in tonight amateur draft and stephen strassberg's debut tomorrow, things are looking up for the nats. that is not my purpose to talk about the nationals. he is the 14th chairman of the national reserve, first nominated by george w. bush in 2006 and re nominated by barack obama for a second term last august. his scholarly expertise is the great depression and its causes and that, of course, prepared him for the historic tas

it allowed woodrow wilson to win the presidency.as the court's sole former president to have served on the bench, he is the only person ever to have engineered his own future appointment from the white house. biographers suggesttthat president taft promoted white to the chief opposition rather than juice because the white was only 48 in would probably serve long enough to preclude a future president from appointing taft as a chief justice. president warren harding fulfilled taft highest aspiration to become chief justice. chief justice taft began participating in every presidential decision to fill vacancies on this court. he wrote to george sutherland, i look forward to having you on i know the president intendd to put you there. president harding was happy in on the court. the next court choice, pierce butler, was his second pick. he first approached john davis, whom he considered to have a sound use despite his democratic party affiliation. davis declined, so taft turned to butler. taft referred to brandeis and oliver wendell hol

and like wilson, a princeton professor -- a world-class scholar.e is one of the most respected policymakers. . he and i am a sports fans in this whole note that the first pick in the amateur draft will be on the mound for the washington nationals. things are looking up. that is not really my purpose tonight. we know him best as the 14th chairman of the federal reserve nominated by george w. bush and renominated by barack obama last august. his scholarly expertise is in the great depression and its causes, and that prepared him for the historic task in facing the second greatest financial crisis in our nation's history. he has been at the center of the extraordinary efforts of this country, indeed the world, to rescue us from the frightening near-collapse of the financial system in the fall of 2008 by making available literally trillions of dollars of official funds and helping us to understand better what happened and how to respond. for his work, we can only offer our appreciation, our support, and our fervent hope that he and his colleagues will

and again in 1916 president woodrow wilson proclaimed flag day as a national celebration. however, the holiday was not officially recognized until 1949 when president harry truman signed the national flag day bill. since the beginning of our republic, americans have flown the flag to show their appreciation and pride for this great nation. every day americans pledge their allegiance to the flag and the troops carry the flag to defend the liberty for which it stands. we reflect the loss of loved ones who died in defense of our nation. let us pledge allegiance to this flag, to declare our patriotism and to raise its colors high to express our pride and respect for the american way of life and the freedom that it represents. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution. madam speaker, i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. watson: madam speaker, i have no further speakers, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady -

role in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson of south carolina. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of depressive young man, and very adventuress. when he was in america he was 25 and having an adventure. >> a new look at the alexis de tocqueville and his 1881 tour of america. sunday, on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend on c-span2's "book tv," growing up between arabs and israelis. he chronicles -- and then chronicling one of the most vile places on earth. and a novel that took an author 30 years to polish, "matter turned -- matterhorn." >> it is campaign 2010 your way with the c-spannvideo library. it -- we make it easy to follow the prairie season, campaign trail, debates, victory and concession speeches, all free online anytime. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman joe wilson of south carolina serves as a member of the armed services committee in the house of representatives and he also has sons serv

wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, a marine corps legend and buford, south carolina, resident passed away friday leaving behind many touched lives. an iconic image and a legacy of service to our great country. this is a copy of an iconic marine corps recruit photo of sergeant chuck taliano. the way that he ended up on this famous poster is best reported by patrick donahue. the article explains that sergeant chuck taliano was awaiting an honorable discharge at marine corps recruit depot, paris island, 1948, when they snapped a photo of him giving a recruit an attitude readjustment. that cemented taliano's place in corps legend. the photo captured his snarling mug inches away from a fresh face recruit with this caption, "we don't promise you a rows garden." it was -- "we don't promise you a rose garden." i want to thank sergeant taliano and his

jeremy wilson of michigan state university. he will be talking about counterfeit incident database and some of the links between counterfeit pharmaceuticals and organized crime. by way of introduction, germany is the -- to wilson, or jeremy, is an assisted director for research and says the professor -- associate director for research and associate professor at michigan state university. he was behavioral scientist at the rand corp., were in additional to securing and directing many influential law enforcement project, he led an element of successful initiatives, including the center for quality policing. jeremy has cooperated with many police agencies and committees and task forces and governments around the united states and the world on many of the most salient public safety problems. he is a published author and the list of his books is pretty impressive, primarily on policing and violent crime, etc. he received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. i introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >

jeremy wilson. [applause] >> good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to share an academic perspective on counterfeiting. it is unfortunate for you that right before lunch you have to listen to a professor drawn on and on. i think you'll find this very interesting and a unique perspective. i am going to thwart bryans effort to keep powerpoint presentations out of discussion. the research i want to talk about today as part of our entire eight counterfeiting protection program. we will throw another acronym into the public policy discussion on product counterfeiting. for those of you that do not know, this program was launched at michigan state university to be a university -- international hub. we bring together the disciplines to about the michigan state university campus to address counterfeiting problems by partnering with industry, government associations, and other stakeholders. we develop these lessons and get them back out through outreach, a graduate educations, online programs, executive education and the like. i wan

wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, congratulations to coach ray tanner and the talented players at the university of south carolina gamecocks for winning the college world series of baseball at omaha, nebraska. when it comes to reducing washington's out-of-control spending, republicans continue to put forward more ways to save. one touch proposal is this week's youcut bill introduced by congressman phil gingrey to save taxpayers $1.2 billion in 10 years by prohibiting taxpayer funding for union activities. federal employee unions are subsidized by hardworking taxpayers while they engage in lobbying and political activities. this costs the taxpayers over $100 million a year. americans should be alarmed about a $13 trillion deficit. we should note the images of riots in greece. what i ask, what will it take for real change here? in conclusion,

it has been 100 years and whether it is woodrow wilson, fdr, lbj or obama, we need to learn that there is not always going to be a government solution for every problem. they just do not have the know- how and ability to solve every problem. host: greenville, new york, david, hello. caller: what i was watching yesterday was pretty much showing me how these congressmen and senators just do not know what is going on and they just need to make their constituents feel a little bit better about what is going on. i just feel that federal regulations, just like what happened on wall street, continue to fail the american people. they continue not to look our for our interest. they continue to just bend over for special interest groups and how much money they're getting from lobbyists and all of this other stuff. we are never going to get away from drilling in the gulf. one-third of the production comes from the gulf. a lot of natural gas comes from the gulf. putting a moratorium on the gulf is just going to make the gas go up. it is going to make everything go up. it is ridiculous. host: insid

[applause] i also want to thank the former governor, pete wilson.e] i would also like to thank my campaign co-shares, congressman kevin mccarthy, the state senator, the assemblyman, the former assemblywoman, [applause] let me also thank my incredible campaign team and the more than 20,000 volunteers in 58 counties who worked so hard. [applause] what an amazing effort. i am so proud of each and everyone of you. in particular, i would like to say thank-you to four of might senior leadership team who helped run this campaign. [applause] tonight's when would not be possible without the trust of the voters. [applause] i am humbled by this victory and i am so grateful for the support and the trust you have shown in me to die. [applause] -- have shown in me tonight. [applause] i am deeply, deeply committed to running a campaign but gives you hope for a better tomorrow. [applause] we begin a new journey together tonight, don't we? [applause] haa new california. [applause] there is a clear choice in this election -- california is in crisis and we certainlyzú

that allowed woodrow wilson to win the presidency. as the sole president to serve on the bench, taft is the only person ever to engineer his future appointment from the white house. several biographers suggest that president tapped suggested white to the bench instead of use because white was only 48 and would serve a longgenough to as a justice. president warren harding nominated president taft. once the ascended, chief justice taft began participating in every presidential decision to fill vacancies on this court.%+ he said, i look forward to having you on the bench with me. president harding was happy to place on the supreme court his brilliant friend from their days in the u.s. senate. harding's next choice was his second pick. the president had first approoched john w. davis who has held views despite his party affiliation. davis declined, so taft turned to butler. taft deferred to brandeis and oliver wendell holmes jr.. tapped appreciated butler's a nominal democratic party label. it was top-heavy with several republicans. he wo

guest: joe wilson was looking pretty strong going into this primary. host: chicago, doris on the democratic line. you are on with john mercurio. caller: one of the problems i have with the media only one, with your guest, the same thing. he zeroed in on the amount of money that the unions put into the campaign. it didn't even mention the amount of corporate money that blanche lincoln got. and from the lead coming from of the clinton people the white house, i'm a liberal democrat and i feel just like a moderate democrats did before, the democratic party has no room for an african-american liberal democrat. have to look at other options like the green party. i voted for two green party candidates in the primary and one of them won. host: corporate money and blanche lincoln donations. guest: i think your caller makes an interesting point. she was backed strongly by a lot of corporate interest in washington, but if you look at bill halter's campaign reports, he also received corporate might as well. despite the fact that he was running with the strong back

wilson: the house is playing politics with troop funding. the money is being held up by liberal lawmakers so they can add billions of dollars to the so-called stimulus funds and special interest moneys to the troop funding package. partisan special interest moneys and a hodgepodge of wasteful spending has no place in a true funding bill. we need a clean bill that will pass easily so our military operations will not be disrupted. secretary gates has warned us not to play or hold up this essential spending or else defense spending will suffer. meaning our troops will be at risk. as a veteran with four sons in the military, nothing is more important to me than making sure that our troops on the frontlines receive the funding they need. with two counterinsurgency operations going on in afghanistan and iraq, it's highly irresponsible to hold this up any longer. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >>

of sheriff brown, but also members of the house of representatives i mary jo kilroy, and charlie wilson who are all here. wave, guys. [applause] that's why these folks work so hard to pass the recovery act. which cut taxes for middle class families. that way, boosting demand, cutting taxes for small businesses so that they could make payroll and keep their doors open, extending unemployment insurance and cobra to help folks make it through some really tough times to, rebuild our infrastructure and making investments that would spurrier additional investments from the private sector and strengthen our country in the long run. and in ohio, nearly 2,400 small businesses have gotten loans to keep their workers on payroll. 4.5 million families have gotten tax cuts to help pay their bills and put food on the table. some 450 transportation projects are under way or have been completed and more than 100,000 ohioans are at work today as a result of these steps anded today, i return to columbus to mark a milestone on the road recovery. the 10,000th project launch under the recovery act. that's wo

wilson: mr.speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman froo south carolina is recognized for one minute to address the house. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, today all across south carolina residents are celebrating carolina day to commemorate the brave south carolina patriots who defeated the british fleet on june 28, 1786, promoting american independence. this victory saved charleston from british occupation for another four years. it occurred at the first fort on sullivan's island, later named after his commander. the battle is known as the first decisive victory by american revolutionaries. this battle is just one example of the direct role south carolina played in the revolutionary war. throughout the war for independence, more than 200 battles and engagements took place in south carolina. more than any other province. one popular symbol of south carolina leadership in the revolution is still

wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one ute anto revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, 20 years ago today i served as an election oerver in bulgaria on behalf of the international republican institute, i.r.i. it was a life-changing cream come true for me to experience firsthand the birth of liberty in acaptive nation, which -- and a life-longold warrior, also promoted victory over communism. the people of bulgaria participated in the first re-election since the 1930's. it was inspiring to visit polling places in the region and witnessed the young and old participate freely. the talented people of bulgaria were unshackled people didn't want to be a slavh soviet satellite. sincthen bulgaria has evolve from a antiquated time in the 1930's to being a vibrant, free market today. it's a member of nato with troops having served in iraq and afghanistan. it's the dynamic member of the european union. in con

wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: madam speaker, congratulations to the university of south carolina's baseball team for a spectacular showing in the college world series at omaha, nebraska. the journey to this point hasn't been the easiest for the game cockscocks. they won four consecutive games -- easiest for the gamecocks. they won four consecutive games. they said south carolina in command after game one victory. i'm very proud of the way that these student athletes are representing the university of south carolina on the national stage. whit maryfield withstood a hard collision in south carolina's victory on saturday and stayed in the game, ultimately bumping his average to .300 in the college world series. and talk about stats. evan marzillis a an impressive d .378 batting average. blake cooper last night was m.v.p. with an outstanding defeat over ucla in championship game one. congratulations, u.s.c. the speaker pro

wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, the american people are tired of washington politicians turning a deaf ear to their wishes and concerns. two days ago congressman dave camp put forward a proposal to repeal the provisions of the government health care takeover that demands americans buy government-run insurance. but this popular proposal was defeated by washington liberals by a vote of 187-230. people in my home state of south carolina do not want an out-of-touch washington bureaucrat forcing them to buy government-run insurance. we support the lawsuit of attorney general henry mcmaster. washington bureaucrats do not know what is best for south carolinians and their families. the government mandate is unconstitutional. i have a solution. siding -- the swap act to repeal the government takeover and replace it with an affordable solution that

in about 45 minutes, we will look at the war in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson. we will discuss the gulf oil spill with congresswoman kathy castor and assistant labor secretary david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the cleanup effort. working in the cleanup effort.

nominated and the nominee's lack of judicial experience has certainly been no barrier to success woodrow wilson nominated lewis bran highs in 1916, many objected on the ground that he had never served on the bench. over his 23-year career, justice brandheis proved to be one of the greatest members. his opinions is exemplify judicial restraint more than 70 years after his retirement. felix frankfurter, william douglas, robert jackson, byron white, loss powell, harland fish stone, earl warren and william rehnquist all became justices without ever being previously judges and they certainly led to distinguished careers on the supreme court. as justice frankfurter, someone who knows wrote just to experience in 1957 and i quote, can one is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the function of the supreme court is zero. ." we've all now had the opportunity to review your extensive record as a lawyer, policy adviser and administrator throughout your career. you have consistently demonstrated the all too rare combination of first rat

began his acting life on stage and has had a special and ongoing commitment to the work of august wilson and his exploration of african-american life. thurgood, he says, fits right in. >> thurgood marshall who was the great grandson of a slave, yeah, it fits. there's continue newt there i think. >> brown: i assume at this stage of your career you don't have to be working as hard nightly as you do in a play like this. >> i love what i do. my work is my service. i couldn't imagine not doing it. >> brown: thurgood marshall retired from the bench in 1991 and died two years later at age 84. now, of course, there's new resonance to his story. let the man himself set it up. >> for the past four or five years one of the questions ... know, one of the questions i ask respective law clerks why how do you like dissenting opinions. if they said no they didn't get a job. >> brown: one person who did get the job was the new nominee, elena kagan. lawrence fishburn declined to offer her any advice. he's the actor, remember. if she's so inclined she can now watch her former boss in action. >> color makes

and as we know up until the 17 tfer -- 17th amendment, woodrow wilson liked the federal government running everything and he would have been proud of the health care bill because it was about the g.r.a., the government running everything, this 17th amendment was an effective way of taking away any check or balances that the states were provided under the constitution. because under the constitution, the state legislatures selected the u.s. senators. most students were never taught that. but the founders felt like there had to be a way that the federal government could be prevented from just usurping all the power from the states and the people, as the 10 st. amendment talks about and this would be it because you would never send a senator up here if he's go go to add unfunded mandates to your responsibilities in the state and take away your powers at the same time. there were senators that were recalled. so from the day after the health care bill was passed in the house, i have been talking about an article 5 amendment constitution that would allow the states to come together and propose a

. >> when joe wilson said you lie he should have pointed at every member of kong.know what it will take washington and the truth. every congressman knows we're headed toward bankruptcy but they are afraid to tell you the truth for fear of using their jobs, afraid to tell you eliminate every program except defense and the debt still grows. why? medicare, medicaid and social security. beyond commitment to seniors, everything's got to change. al sacrifices, tax snikes they strangal our economy. our debt, at any point foreign governments can come knocking to collect. i've made mistake but i am not wrong. cowardly politics will not solve this. i'm one of 12 fighting for radical change in washington. if you're ready for this change, so am i. honest change starts with your vote. i'm bob innin license and i support this message. >> i'm running for congress to fight for the essence of this country. we need free market principals and government that respects the constitution. we need fiscal responsibility and secure borders. and what we really need is a willingness to fight

wilson: i ask annapolis csent to address the committee t rder. the chair: witht objection. mr. wilson: today i se to recognizreverend eddie lee carter on his retement from the hous where since 2004 he's been repairing d shining shoes. reverend eddie lee carter and i have a shared heritage. was born ineach island, south colina. mgrandfather was born in beach isla, in akin county, soth carina. at very you a, his family moved to augta, georgi wch wasearby he attended elementary sool with the wod famous musici james brn, another great south carolinia reverend carterirst began to rk on shoes as aoung man, even beforoid the ar in 1953. was stationed primarily in germany while servi in the army, a musician mself, he was renowned for singing and entertaing generals wn they passed througthe post. in 1955, he left the army wth the rank of corporal and later moved to washington fm augusta to work shoe repair. the chathe geman may procee mr. wilson:n 1992, he was ordained a methist nier. june 7, 04, he came to work athe u.s. capitol, reiring and shining shoes he lives in fort washington, m

joe wilson. and david michaels on protecting the safety of those involved in the cleanup effort. blog starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- live starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> our public affairs content is available on radio, television, and online. you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and - span.org. >> president obama met with bp executives at the white house. bp agreed to put $20 billion in an escrow account to pay damages resulting from the oil spill. now, statements following the meeting from the president and the executives. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i just concluded a constructive meeting with bp's chairman. and i raised two issues at the meeting. first was the containment of the oil that is still spewing into the gulf. as i mentioned llst night, my administration has directed bp to mobilize additional equipment and technology and in the coming days and weeks, these efforts should capture of to 90% of the oil that is leaking out of the well. that is not good enough. we will continue to press and drop on our best mines and

wilson: mr. speaker, it's an honor for me to thank john breweden for serving the second congressional district with distinction. for the past two years john has ensured the residents received timely and accurate updates about happenings in congress. he's also been a key advisor on issues of science and technology, and welfare. john's dedication and creativity will certainly be hard to replacc as he heads off to law school at the university of south carolina. john is the son of jean and john of columbia, south carolina, two parents who have been instrumental in their son's success. he's the grandson of aalegend of integrity for the legal profession. i'm confident that john's education, his experiences as a sigma alpha epsilon have made john prepared for success in the field of la. he's a credit to the people of south carolina. i wish him godspeed. in conclusion god bless our troops. we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. congratulations to primary victors, nikkishaley.

i also want to thank former governor pete wilson, the chairman of my campaign.eers and applause] i would also like to thank my campaign coceres, congressman kevin mccarthy, congresswoman mary bono mack, state senator tony strickland, assemblyman, nathan fletcher, former assemblywoman sharron runner, and bill simon. [cheers and applause] now le met thank my incredible campaign team and the more than 20,000 volunteers in 58 counsel to worked so hard. -- in 58 counties who worked so hard. [cheers and applause] what an amazing effort. i am so proud of each and every one of you. and in particular i would like to say thank you to four of my senior leadership team who helped me run this campaign. [cheers and applause] but tonight's win would not have been possible without the trust of the voters. [cheers and applause] i am humbled by this victory, and i am so grateful for the support and the trust that you have shown in me tonight. [cheers and applause] and i am deeply, deeply committed to running a campaign that gives you hope for a better tomorrow. [cheers and applau

jeremy wilson from michigan state do his presentation on the links between counterfeit pharmaceuticals and ioc. that is the change that is different than what is in the program. with that, i would like to welcome our opening keynote speaker. aretino speaker this morning is mr. james dinkins. he is the director of investigations for i.c.e. i.c.e. is the second-largest criminal investigative agency in the united states. it is the largest investigative arm of the department of homeland security. we employ more than 6700 agents. prior to assuming the directorship, james dinkins held a number of key leadership positions within i.c.e., including special agent in charge in washington, d.c., special agent in charge in baltimore, and he also ran our financial investigations program at headquarters. he also served overseas in frankfurt, germany. he began his law enforcement career with u.s. customs. he later transferred to san francisco. he went on to detroit. he also holds a bachelors of science of criminal justice from the university of detroit. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome di

wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, yesterday the administration held a town hall by telephone with seniors across the country to promote a health care takeover bill that costs more by the minute. seniors need more than a sales pitch. they need to know the facts about this bill. 50% who depend on medicare advantage could lose this coverage. the impact of the bill could be devastating. in texas 300 doctors have already stopped seeing seniors. seniors' loved ones will be impacted by the takeover bill with a $2,100 hit. this is the amount the nonpartisan congressional budget office has predicted that early retearees, the self-employed, small business workers and millions of others who buy family coverage in the individual market will pay more for their health insurance. instead of spending time selling a broken product, lawmakers need to repeal i

anton wilson's berth at the woodrow wilson center. this is for mr. nick nyhart. thing i didn't hear and maybe i missed it is the public opinion on public financing of campaigns. last i looked there is taxpayers don't want their dollars to be used for politicians to campaign. maybe that has changed since. but even if we assume they supported a need to get back, have you shut up a special interest from giving? i mean, is this something of a constitutional amendment and finally an relionship, what kind of example to think president obama said in public talking of the general election campaign? >> levies are with the last one because i think we form groups all faith that in watching a candidate to attend pro-reform in word and indeed in the illinois state senate, then turn around and say noto the public financing system as presidential candidate. i think it's important to remember the reform committee spoke pretty loudly for years earlier that the system is broken. getting most of him said qite publicly that forcing people, for us in the community same system is brok

proclamation of woodrow wilson in 1916. 30 years later, harry truman signed an act in congress designating june 14 as flag day. the flag is a direct reflection of the people and many enemies burn our flag as a symbol of their hate for us and what we stand for. on flag day, it is our job to contribute to the american brand which stands for justice, fairness, and the generosity. our independent line is next. caller: last night of a coast- to-coast radio, they had three hours of coverage about the deep water -- deep water drilling. russia has been doing this at 40,000 feet. they have not experienced what bp did in the gulf. that well was about 25,000- 35,000 feet. they experienced a pressure that was unbelievable between 20,000 and 70,000 pounds of pressure. the flow rate is about 4 million gallons per day. they do not think they can stop this thing could go on forever. they did not expect this. this was an accident. the united states, bp, our military were all in this together. quit pointing fingers, do something to solve the problem. host: 1 more of view on the issue, warren, ohio caller: [

with engles, some believe he party, havinghe criticized joe wilson, and voted deeocrats. on energy policy he has strayed from the party. was one of the few republicans to ddsapprove of the iraq.in he was in a runoff, but his opponent got more votes. so, enlrd looks to be in trouble. then we got a big runoff in utah. it is the seat that senator% bennett now holds. he did not make it into the run up. whoever wins will be your next senator because utah is reddest state in the nation. bennetttendorsed bridgewater. it will be a tight race. according to the polls, bridgewater was n the lead. host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or bennett has tot say? ggest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not haae much clout innwwshington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-partyy+ conservative is running against the son of one time strom thurmond. tell us about the ccntest and what ay

i also want to thank former governor pete wilson, the chairman of my campaign. >> i would also like tohank my campaign chair, the congresswoman, the assemblyman, and bill symmon. [applause] let me also thank my incredible campaign team and the more than 20,000 volunteers in 58 counties that worked so hard. [applause] what an amazing effort. i am so proud of each and everyone of you. in particular, i would like to say thank you to four of my senior leadership team who helped me run this campaign. mike murphy and others. [applause] win would not have been possible without the trust of the voters. [applause] i am humbled by this victory and i am so grateful for the support and trust that you have shown in me tonight. [applause] >> i am deeply committed to running this campaign that gives you hope for a better tomorrow. [applause] we begin in new jersey tonight. we have it in our power to build a new california. [applause] there is a clear choice in this election. california is in crisis. we certainly cannot save california's future by repeating the failures of the past. [applause] jerry b

with engles, some believe he strayed from the party, having criticized joe wilson, and voted with democrats. on energy policy he has strayed from the party. he was one of the few republicans to disapprove of the surge in iraq. he was in a runoff, but his opponent got more votes. so, enlrd looks to be in trouble. then we got a big runoff in utah. it is the seat that senator bennett now holds. he did not make it into the run up. whoever wins will be your next senator because utah is reddest state in the nation. bennett endorsed bridgewater. it will be a tight race. according to the polls, bridgewater was in the lead. host: has there been a resurgence in popularity or interest in what bennett has to say? guest: no, he is upset he lost. he says whoever wins will not have much clout in washington. this will truly be a freshman senator without the clout that bennett did, but it is not one of the endorsements that bridgewater is talouting. host: this concerns the runoff in south carolina. an african-american two-party conservative is running against the son of one time segregationist strom thurmon

on tomorrow's "washington journal", a look at the war in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson. we will speak with congresswoman kathy castor about the gulf oil spill and david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the cleanup effort. "washington journal" is alive, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> she was 8 -- he was a complicated, the press of young man and very adventurists. >> take a new look at alexis de tocqueville and his 1831 tour of america. "q & a." c-span's >> a senate hearing on the costs associated with the gulf of mexico oil spill. testifying are the bp vice president in charge of the claims process, and officials from the coast guard and government accountability office. senator tom corporate shares this hour, 45 minute hearing -- senator tom carper chairs this hour, 45 minute hearing. >> we will come to order. i want to welcome my neighbor from across the delaware river, my colleague. before i call on him, i would like to give an opening statement. once we are joined by other colleagues, if senator mccain it joins us before i recognize s

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 at tuesday's primary races in 10 states, with bob benenson, nicholas lardy examines china's economy and its effect on the u.s. and more about the supreme court nomination of elena kagan from jliulie hirschfeld davis. we have got three new c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," the supreme inrt" and "who's buriedn i grant's tomb?" to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one a great gift idea for father's day. the campaign for america's future began its annual conference in washington focusing on the progressive movement assessment of the obama administration and its role in this year's elections. this is a little more than two hours. [applause] >> welcome to america's future now. [applause] hi. you are over here. namecards. my name is robert. i welcome you to washington. this has been a city of great heat and big storms recently and i am not talking about the weather. a

those words are written by woodrow wilson well before he was the president of united states. they are no less true today than they were one century ago. implementation matters. it is our duty to continually strive to be improving the use of tax dollars to create the government that is effective in the service of the public. thank you. i would be delighted to take some questions. >> is every non-security discretionary going to be cut by at least 5%? >> this happened last year too. when we send out budget guidance, what we are asking agencies to do is come back at the beginning of the process with a set of proposals that meet certain constraints. last year we also asked for a 5% reduction so that we could hit, which we succeeded in doing, hit an overall freeze in a non- security spending. it was not in the fiscal year 2011 budget. it will not be in the 2012 budget either. each agency will not be exactly at 0. some godown, some will go up. we are creating the room to push up some and reduce others, so that we can continue to hit the overall freeze. it is the second year. . . >>

i am with the woodrow wilson center. you have a good grasp of public opinion did the one thing that i did not hear is public opinion on public financing of campaigns. the last pilot, taxpayers do not want their dollars being used for politicians to campaign. maybe that has changed since. but even if we assume that they supported and you get there, how you shut out special interest from giving? is this going to happen without a constitutional amendment? and what kind of example you think president obama said in opting out of public financing for the general campaign? >> let me start with the last one. he had been pro-reform in word and deed in the illinois state senate anddthen turned around and said no to the public financing system as a presidential candidate. the reform communities spoke pretty loudly and said that the system is broke with -- broken. going out and saying that the system is broken but you better use it, i think the reform groups were very clear about that. . that, for turkey pushed them come to pledge s

the chair ben bernanke was interviewed at the wilson center by sam donaldson. a portion of what he had to say. >> there seems to be a good deal of momentum in consumer spending and investments. and so, my best guess is we will have continued recovery. but it won't feel terrific. the reason it will kill to read it is because it would not be fast enough to put back 8 million people who lost their jobs within a few years. it will take a while. even though technically we will be in a recovery, the economy will be growing, the unemployment rate will still be high for a while. that means a lot of people will be under financial stress. >> this -- host: this piece from "the financial times." the financial crisis inquiry commission accuses goldman sachs of "abysmal response" in requests for information. that is an "the financial times." new york city, barbara, back to the budget cut its. caller: i have a couple of ideas. number one, i would raise taxes on all corporations, especially those who have their work force offshore. i would raise gasoline to $5 a gallon. i woul

wilson: mr. speaker, tod i would like to diver some good news to medicare paicipants around th country. th week seniors who fall into the medicarpart doughnut hole will begin receiving $250 checks in their mailboxes to help them cover their prescripon drug costs. th ione of many benefits for medicare participants included in the health care reform law the democrsasse earlthis year. ross the country, narly four millioseniors will be helped by these checks. over 9,000 pele wil receive this benefit. while dohnut he w seniorwill continue to see lower prescriptionrug costs. next yeathosexperiencing a coverage gap will receive a 50% discount on their bra name drs. m outoork h to improve medicare for a nior i yield ck the balce of my time. e spear pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from micgan rise? flora. >>hank yo mr. eaker. i rise for the concerns i have heard fromhousands of my constituents. they tell me that washington hafailed to focus on economic recovery and yo know what they're ri

host: peter wilson says the spark that set off the financial situation. but how so?what did companies do related to what fanny -- fannie and freddie were doing? guest: they were at the vanguard of this market for terrible loans. basically to buy loans up, mortgages up, that were not backed by proper credit that were on these subprime and alt-a mortgages is what they're called. and private financial institutions got into the mix. they saw this behemoth doing this thing and it became part of the culture. this is not to say that any private sector organization was doing this and you'll get off the hook. in point of fact, a lot of wall street firms were leverrged at 30 and 35-1 to buy up these lousy mortgages, slice them up into these mortgage-backed securities that turned out were highly unstable and horrible for the economy and ultimately were what destroyed the financial system or part of what really destroyed the financial system so there was private sector complicit for sure in this thing. but when the public sector, which is geared to try to help markets succeed, c

wilson, n.c., on our line for independents. caller: i think the browns will do good over the ocean.p -- i think the drones will do good over the ocean. i do not believe in them being over the cities. there is a safety issue with that. i have a suggestion for c-span. please listen to me. i think you should have a show on how to plug that oil leak. have callers called in and pick his brain. i think c-span has a very small audience -- a very smart audience, so it seems maybe we could come up with something. the last thing i might say, which is the most important, please do not cut me off. i have a suggestion i put into bp over a month and a half ago and i never got a response. if we would announce an umbrella of plug on the end of a snake and lay it down the compression type all the way down to a well reservoir and open it up and back it out, the pressure of the well will push that right up against that wall. that would fill it. we have the -- it is only 11,000 pounds of pressure down there. you do not have to have a real big plug to hold the pressure back. then, after that we cement i

in particular, i'm thinking about things like what congressman joe wilson said to the president during his state of the union address and things like that. host: richard wike of the pew global attitudes project. >> that is not something we're necessarily look at in our survey, divisive politics in the u.s. and how that might affect our image. it is interesting how much people around the world to know about the u.s. and its policies. for example, for the most part around the world, people have very little problem offering an opinion of president obama. people are familiar with him. they know what they think of him. we ask about other world leaders, chancellor merkel of germany, french president so cozy -- sarkozy, we did very high numbers of people do not know enough about them. but when we get to u.s. leadership, this is something people follow very closely and have strong opinions one way on the other about it. caller: you sort of glossed over who your partners were, gathering the information for this study that you did, so i'm curious about how you were able to find these people, who

whether or not we should well, let's see, for instance, we designated a post office called the roy wilson post office as an example one time this year. that bill was called up and debated for 40 minutes and 15-minute vote. just shy of an hour is consumed naming a post office after mr.Âwilson. if you looked up the recorded vote on that, i doubt that anybody who was present that day voted against it. and we just named two post offices earlier this evening, one after ronald reagan and the second one was aft a couple of marines. again both worthy designations but there were no no-votes. so you say to yourself, well, ok, why did we have to have a recorded vote? why did we have to consume 40 minutes of debate and consume another 15 minutes on a vote when nobody is opposed to it and everybody thought it was a good idea? as a matter of fact, you know, mr. speaker, that you could call up a post office bill and say, i want the post office and wherever this happens to be and wherever it is, i don't know, i want this post office named after mr.Âwilson and ask everybody to vote for it and sit down. an

on august 25, 1916, president wilson signed into law the national park service organic act which gaveur parks a fund yamtal statement of purpose and created a body of dedicated professionals to care for them. since then, the park system has grown from an initial 36 parks monments and reservations to 392 units. from a handful of park wardance, our workforce has grown to 22,000. our annual visitation has grown from 350,000 to 285 million. so fs fitting that we consider the national park service for the next century. our core responsibilities will remain the stewardship and care of our national parks, service to our visitors, and attention to our community prograas. and i believe the national park service can become a more adaptive and inno sative organization to better respond to the challenges of the second century. as director, my priorities are, one, to provide our employees with the resources they need to do their jobs. two, assure continued relevancey of our parks by connecting all americans to them. rededicate the service to the stewardship of our natural and cultural resources, a

take on a challenge like this without the love and i also want to thank our -- former governor pete wilsonld also like to thank my campaign cochairs, congressman kevin mccarthy, congresswoman mary bono mack, state senator john d. strickland, assemblyman nagin fletcher, a former assemblywoman sharon runner, and bill simon. let me also thank my incredible campaign team, and the more than 20,000 volunteers in 58 counties to work so hard. -- who worked so hard. what an amazing effort. i am so proud of each and everyone of you. in particular, i would like to say thank-you to four of my senior leadership team to help me run this campaign. [applause] but tonight's win would not have been possible without the trust of the voters. i am humbled by this victory, and i am so grateful for the support and trust that you have shown in me tonight. i am deeply, deeply committed to running a cammaign that gives you hope for a better tomorrow. we begin a new jouuney together tonight, don't we? we have in our power to build a new california. there is a clear choice in this election. california is in crisis, a

. >> from tomorrow's -- on tomorrow owes "washington journal," joe wilson and a talk with kathy castor about the gulf oil spill and david michaels on protecting the safety of those working in the clean-up effort. >> this weekend on c pan 2's book tv. growing up between arabs and israelis. charles bowden. and on afterwards vietnam veteran on the novel that took him to 30 years to public. matterhorn. find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org and join us on twitter. more than 30,000 viewers already have. >> defense secretary robert gates and joint chief of staff chairman were on capitol hill today to talk about next year's defense budget. president obama is requesting $708 billion for the next fiscal year. it is the largest defense department budget request since world war ii after adjusting for inflation. members also asked questions about military operations in iraq. we begin with questions by texas senator kay bailey hutchison. this part of the hearing is about an hour. >> senator hutchison, i think you were -- you're next and then senator specter. we're going to try to recognize