mefio from oregon uer the speaker's announced policy january 6, 20, the gtlewomanrom wyoming, mrs. lummis is recognizefor minutes as designee of the norityeader. mrs. lummis: thk you, mr. spear. toht's dcussion will be out bills that members ofhe reblican conference hav snsored that veot yet gotten a aring that we still think are very good ideas r oucountry at this time of high debt, high deficits, d when regulations -- regulation is being heapedn sinesses that actllneed the cins -- chainto be broken so they can rsue the american dream of hiring people and crtingjobs and fulfillg r role inhe country andhe world, whi is to feed people, othe peoplecreate job cate wealt create opportunity, and so all to do so without being shackled by the federal government. with me this eveng is bob latta, who is from one ofthe most diverse dicts in the ente unitedtates. it has everything from agricuure to manufacturing, and it has experie ery up d dowthpoible for one district to expernc during the course othis evening, we hop-- mr. latta opportuni to refer you frequently to amecanroadmap.org which i

i was in the state legislature for five years in wyoming. we set up programs to try to give incentives for young people to come and practice medicine in wyoming. you mentioned what governor perry has done in texas. we've done some things in this state to get people into areas where they don't have many doctors with forgivenesses for loans, so states are doing that. i think that's a good thing. i agree with you, people go into medicine for the right rope and we had that previous call from north carolina who talked about different profession. i think 350e78 go into medicine for the right reasons. they look at specialties based on what kind of debt they have, how they can deal with that debt and how they can provide for their families. the final point i think you made had to do with contributions. all of the contributions i've ever received that's on the web site, you can find it and go through it and look at all the numbers you'd like. everything is open, public record. host: troy, michigan for senator barrasso. henry, independent line. caller

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john barasso, a republican from wyoming sorvtz energy and natural resources committee. senator barrasso , to you first, how do you feel about the way the u.s. government, the federal government has reacted and handled the oil spill thus far? >> i think they have not done an adequate job. it is day 51. it took them much too long, in my opinion, to get engaged, and even yesterday, the report came out that the president of the united states had still not talked to the c.e.o. of british petroleum. it is unthinkable to the american people that the two of them haven't talked. so i think that the -- it has been delayed and much too slow, and a reaction that i think is not been fair to the people of the gulf or the people of this nation. >> lehrer: senator nelson, you're reaction, sir. >> well, my colleague from wyoming is one of the great gentlemen of the senate. he and i have differences . and this is one. i think the president has been sitting by helpless with b.p. having the technology of shutting off the oil spewing out of the well, and the federal government doesn't have

the chairman now recognizes the gentleman from wyoming -- the missewoman frop wyoming, lummis. >> a former mms director testified that, after requesting the ig to come in and do a review of mismanagement -- excuse me -- misbehavior within the mms that it took three years report.an-- get an ig's that happened twice. why should it take three years, when the director asks for an inspector general's report, and is told, stand at ease while we do our report -- they cannot even solve the problems that they themselves have identified and requested the ig to evaluate. how is that -- how does that advanced good government? -- advance good government? >> i am not aware of an incident or that has occurred, where mms has requested an investigation and it has taken that long. the other thing that puzzles me is that our policy is one where , as we find things, during an investigation, if there is something that the department can do management-wise to solve some sort of underlying, or any problem, we will communicate with the department at the time we find this information. we do not hold it until the e

i talk to people in wyoming when i go home and they see inefficient spending. they know where it is. and there are people all across this country that know where they are. share us your ideas and share us an excitening agenda that takes us out of inefficient government and get leaner and more able to maneuver and give more room in our economy to a growing entrepreneurial sector that can create jobs and isn't shackled by oppressive taxes, but pays the taxes that is commensurate to unleash creativity and jobs. the money to borrow, expand and grow -- and create in our states where the great ideas, where the great spirit of entrepreneurism is really alive and well. i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for joining me. do you have any concluding remarks? mr. thompson: as our good friend from florida pointed out, there are many nations that are working hard to put their fiscal house in order. they have recognized they have to stop the spending and have to stop the borrowing and can't be levying these tremendous taxes on the shoulders of citizens. they have taken th

i'm not sure whether i would have gone to a camp in wyoming or died in france. either one of those -- the defense of liberty is not free, it's not cheap. but the idea that somehow there's something evil about guantanamo i think is a bankrupt idea and it only succeeds in the arena of slander. for instance this most recent case, and the court seems to be focused on the idea that bagram is a theater of war therefore we won't interfere with it and the idea that somehow you should keep the prisoners in the theater of war. first of all, the prisoner is at much greater risk there. it put ours people at greater risk because people will come and try and liberate them and in the civil war, there were attempts made in the united states to go liberate people from the prison camps and rearm them and have them fight from the back side from the other side of the line. so the dislocation of people from the battle arena is a reasonable and rational thing to do, an the idea that the court says, if you control the area too much, we have to get involve. we honor your right to do th

wyoming is a lucky to have many superintendents and principals like dr. mitchell, who are dedicated to serving students in small rural areas. why so spread out? the towns are a long way apart, and we to a policy in wyoming that a grade school student -- we do have a policy in wyoming that a grade school student should not have to travel a certain distance each way. we have districts that are as big as 15 students in some areas. they are being asked to use one of the four models to turn around schools. i support accountability and believe it is important to identify the poorest performing schools and require specific actions in the schools. some flexibility needs to be given to rural and frontier schools that cannot meet the strict requirements. they need to identify and adopt turnaround strategies that will have dramatic impact an increase student achievement, but i do not believe all of these strategies can be mandated from washington. many schools in washington do not have access to turn around partners, such as the new vision for public schools, and do

let me say what an absolute pleasure it was to travel to the middle east with the gentlelady from wyoming. she was a pleasure to have as a companion. she was inquisitive, the purpose of that trip was particularly to bring members who had not been to israel before so that he -- that we could learn about the importance not just strategically the importance of israel in terms of its relative location to its neighbors, but so that members like mrs. lummis could see and understand just how important it is that we continue to be supportive of israel as a jewish and democratic state. and everyone i know that's traveled to israel comes back a stronger supporter and stronger pro-israel advocate and i commender fow -- commend you for doing just that. we began a friendship that i know will continue many years into the future. thank you so much. with that, mr. speaker, i am thrilled to be joined by my colleague, the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, this evening and we're going to spend some time talking about our economy and talking about the evolution of our economy and that certainly -- there ce

states that are landlocked in many cases, those in your -- wyoming, utah and wyoming, you derive moreey from the extraction of minerals and oil and gas on federal land, you get 50%. and to your state treasury. in 2007, wyoming that 925 million. the mexico got five and $52 million. colorado, $122 million. california, $61 million. montana, 39 million. louisiana, with more pipeline than any other state, with the exploration of oil offshore, with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, only got $24 million from the minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal land. anything outside of 3 miles. the senator has pushed the federal government's to give us 40% of those revenues now. here is the key going forward. in louisiana, what we have done asoon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion o offshore outer continental shelf revenue, we immediately dedicated goes to post a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the restoration of our wetlands. this was iediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and roy

states that are landlocked in many cases, those in your -- wyoming, utah and wyoming, you derive more money from the extraction of minerals and oil and gas on federal land, you get 50%. and to your state treasury. in 2007, wyoming that 925 million. the mexico got five and $52 million. colorado, $122 million. california, $61 million. montana, 39 million. louisiana, with more pipeline than any other state, with the exploration of oil offshore, with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, only got $24 million from the minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal land. anything outside of 3 miles. the senator has pushed the federal government's to give us 40% of those revenues now. here is the key going forward. in louisiana, what we have done as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore outer continental shelf revenue, we immediately dedicated goes to post a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the restoration of our wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from mineral

it's actually rollins, wyoming. it's kind of a funky little republican more or less town in wyoming. i would advise anybody from michigan not to bother to move to. anybody, i read a really interesting book about 10 years ago, published in 2000 by jim mars. some people may know his name. and it's called "rules by secrecy." a very interesting read for anybody out there who is interested about the general topic of secrecy. i think that there's a great wrong history of secrecy that has gone back many thousands of years, and actually, mars' thesis in the books, what he writes in the end is that perhaps we, the human race, are not really anything but ruled by a secrecy that is -- that has so many layers that we will never penetrate through all of them. and he, of course, calls for a truthful dialogue at the end of the book. and indeed, we see that now in and indeed, we see that now in our entire culture, everything that's happened, everything is shrouded in secrecy and nobody can quite tell the truth. what do you think ab

who is responsible is taken from the capital of europe to the great wall of china to jackson hole, wyoming and many other places, inter -- illustrating the interconnectedness of the 21st century global economy. prioryfss(8 to his government , he was the howard harrison and gabriel snyder professor of economics and public affairs at princeton university. he served as chair of the economics department from 1996- 2002. he began his academic career at stanford's business school before arriving at princeton in 1985. he received a ba in economics in 1975 from harvard university summa cum laude, a ph.d. in economics in 1979 from the massachusetts institute of technology. he and his wife and i have two children. born in georgia, he grew up in south carolina. the format tonight is not for a speech by dr. bernanke, but he and eric inevitable president of the wilson council, a distinguished newsman sam donaldson, will provide the program. sam will interview the chairman. i would ask the two of them to come forward now and after the interview we will have questions from the audience. sam and chairman

i have a bill to ask you to look at the heart mountain in wyoming possible designation.his was a bottoms up effort. this came from a community that wanted to preserve the history of the internment camps during world war ii that held so many japanese americans and how that history should be recognized and what a great example that is. i don't know that if you're doing strategic planning without those kinds of grass roots organic efforts that you would even know that those types of facilities have been preserved so well by local community organizations that now want to work with the park service to have those units considered. so as -- i understand your desire to develop a strategic plan through the national park service, but i would also encourage you to find ways to engage in some of these grass roots efforts to i have possible units that you may not even be aware of have the kind of local support that heart mountain does. another quick question, mr. chairman. how does the designation of a national heritage area differ from other national park units? and if you establish

this is butch from jackson, wyoming. you're on the air, butch. ahead. >> you know, 62% of the american people favor the public option. this health care we have now is a gift to the insurance companies. and health care should be actually privy to the american public -- [inaudible] that's the way it should be. >> earlier, our caller mentioned representative chris van hollen. he is there in the center of your screen. here is appleton, wisconsin. terry is an independent. >> hi. >> hey there, terry. >> i am not sure about the health care plan, if it's so good, why doesn't congress have it it, why doesn't the president have the same thing? they're working for us and they're getting better benefits that we are and we're paying for it. >> maryland, congresswoman donna edwards there from the neighboring district outside of wheaton. that's the fourth district. here's charleston, south carolina, next up, charleston -- excuse me, fayetteville, north carolina. republican line, alex, go ahead. >> you said -- >> i said fayetteville, north carolina, is that you,

income projecons and where we're going to get theoney to pay the debt we're requestg ba.whn statef wyoming doing a budget, it pojects its venue, andvery month we see much mon we've colltepursuant to thse ojections. d if we dot have enough ney we c our budgets. in washion we doeven have a budge first timeince974 this house does have a budet at's irresnsibleat's not leersh. mrspratt was right. if you can't budgeyou can't govern. and this is a peect example, mr. speaker. i eld back. the speaker pro tempore: th gelelaies ck the balan of heme. for whaturpose ds the gentleman fm iowa rise? >> addresshe house for one minute. the spe pro tempore: hout objecon. >>r. eaker, week ago i was in louisna for a fid hearing on the b.p. deepwater horizon oil dister. wheard compelling testimony om people whe lives re devastated, cludg two wids who lst tir husbands on that rig. we flew over the site ofha disast and as ey oned the rear hatch on the ple, you can see the burnoffnd smell the overpering steh ofil coming off wat. mr. braley: the otheride said off whenit comeso d be hands velopnt, and b.p. is let si

i'm not sure whether i would have gone to a camp in wyoming or died in france. either one of those -- the defense of liberty is not free, it's not cheap. but the idea that somehow there's something evil about guantanamo i think is a bankrupt idea and it only succeeds in the arena of slander. for instance this most recent case, and the court seems to be focused on the idea that bagram is a theater of war therefore we won't interfere with it and the idea that somehow you should keep the prisoners in the theater of war. first of all, the prisoner is at much eater risk there. it put ours people at greater risk because people will come and try and liberate them and in the civil war, there were attempts made in the united states to go liberate people from t prison camps and rearm them and have them fight from the back side from the other side of the line. so the dislocation of people from the battle arena is a reasonable and rational thing to do, an the idea that the court says, if you control the area too much, we have to get involve. we honor your right to do things

you've seen rapied -- rapid oil and gas development and leasing in states like wyoming and alaska.his administration has, up until recently, been supportive of additional off-shore drilling. i think the reality is, there is going to be additional drilling. the question is, it's appropriate to pause right now to take a step back, to reassess what the real risks are, where the places are that make the most sense to move forward, and where we really should avoid the potential for additional environmental catastrophes. host: a recent survey talks about the entop oil spill 30 years ago. tim johnson writes "it serves a distant memory to today's disaster." he reports that surprisingly mexican scientists say the sound itself recovered rather quickly and a sizeable shrimp industry recovered in a few years. do you see potential for recovery here in a way that maybe we're not predicting or talking about? guest: i hope we will invest in recovery and getting this ecosystem back on its feet as quickly as possible. we should be keeping our eye on the ball in terms of the health of the ecosystem i

for instance, in 2007, wyoming got $925 million. new mexico got $552 million.a $135 million. colorado got $132 million. california got $61 million. montana got over $50 million. we have more pipelines than any state in the union. with the amount of refineries we have up and down the mississippi river, we only got $24 million. minerals and royalties from the drilling on federal lands. this is of the louisiana coast. senator mary landrieu has pushed the federal government to give us 40% of those revenues now. the key going forward is in louisiana, what we have done, as soon as there was an opportunity for us to be able to get our portion of offshore revenues, immediately we dedicated coast to coast a restoration, to the restoration of the barrier islands and the wetlands. this was immediately after katrina. any money derived from minerals and royalties from the federal government on the drilling of a federal lands, offshore, immediately goes into rebuilding what has been lost because of salt water intrusion and the offshore drilling, the pipelines that have been

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to share my concerns as well about iran and to express my support for tough sanctions against iran. iran poses a threat to the united states as well as to the international community. it continues to support terrorist organizations around the world including hamas and hezbollah. iran has also called for the destruction of the democratic state of israel. mr. president, these actions illustrate iran's destructive intentions. iran continues to pursue nuclear capabilities. while iran claims that its nuclear programs are intended for civilian use only, this is very difficult to believe. in fact, reports from the international atomic energy agency, february of 2008, may of 2010, question iran's claim of pursuing nuclear capabilities for purely peaceful purposes. nuclear capabilities and proper management of these capabilities is a serious responsibility. iran has neither earned the right nor the trust for this nuclear responsibility. iran continues to develop its nuc

cou commence, in that 500-square-mile area, as i understand it, inuding some of colorado, utah and wyoming, secta salazar, u' recall year and half ago, sd, well, these as were let at the midnig hour. we've returned the checks. wee not going toet something thbush admintration diat e midnight hourtake place. so this administtion has already hurt us dramatically in our ability toecome energy free of countries that don't re for us. and when you get behind secretsalazar's position that this was the midnight hour lease, well, that's when the checks were accepted, turns out it was seven-year process ven years that oil compans have been workg on examining the possibility, the potential for production so they could make their bids. you don'tust come and maka bid at thmidnight hour without having a chce to amine what is you're bidding on. you don't wri a check for something you've neverxamined, i guess unless y're the government. but it was a seven-year process, bit disienuous to say it was a midnig hr rease. so we hurt the country there and now we've got a moratorium because two things rely, itpetr

senator john barrasso of wyoming will discuss republican efforts to repeal the health care law. and we are joined by deborah russell of aarp to look for the economic outlook of those over 50. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. several live events to tell you about tomorrow on c-span 3. the senate commerce, science, and transportation committee holds a confirmation. hearing. that hearing is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 3:15 p.m. eastern, house and senate will offer opening statements as to begin work on the financial regulation bill. this is a first of a series of sessions planned to run to the north dakota of the month, with a final vote expected -- run to the end of the month, with a final vote expected by the fourth of july. then the governors' debate at the university of rhode island,, kingston. this sunday, c-span takes you inside the supreme court to see the rarely seen spaces. hear directly from the justices. the supreme court, hold it to america's highest court, this sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> federal reserve chairman ben be

i remember one time being in wyoming, and it has the largest geographic county in the country. we have a few law enforcement officers who need to cover the territory and provide resources and safety and is very hard for rural setting, to provide for safety needs that they may have. we do programs to deal with teen awareness we have our range of other programs that deal with a host of issues. it is just a very wide scope of programs. when programs now to address culturally and -- we have programs now to address is culturally and linguistically specific situations. we have programs for troubled collisions. it was not until recently upset -- for tribal coalitions. it was not until recently that we recognize that we have responsibilities that were un fulfilled. this administration and attorney-general are deeply committed to addressing the wrongs of previous administrations. host: it was signed by a democratic president, bill clinton, and tune out a democratic president, president obama. was president -- you now have a democratic president, president obama. was president bush's sup

his responsibilities taken from the capitals of europe to the great wall of china, from wyoming to manylaces, it illustrating the interconnectedness of the 21st century global economy. prior to his government history, he was a professor of economics and public affairs at princeton university, serving as chair of the economic department from 1996-2002. he began his academic career at stanford business school before writing at princeton in 1985. received a b.a. in economics in 1975 from harvard university, summa cum laude, and a ph.d. from massachusetts institute of technology. he and his wife have two children to report in georgia, he grew up in south carolina. the format tonight is not for a speech by dr. bernanke, he and sam donaldson will provide the program. sam will interview the chairman. i would ask the two of them to come forward now and after the interview we will ask questions from the audience. salmon chairman bernanke. -- sam and chairman bernanke. [inaudible] >> hello. i am delighted that you have agreed to do this. what you think of the great wall of china? >> you can see i

in rural jisdictions in a a more unique and potentially more dangerous situatio being in one time wyomingorcement officers who need to cover the territory and provide resources safety and is very hard for rural setting, provide for safety needs that they may have. we do programs to deal with awareness we have our rae programs that deal with issues.f it is just a very wide scope of progms. when programs now to address -- we haveand programs now to address is culturally and linguistically situations. programs for troubled collisions. it was not until recently upset coalitions. it was notntil rectly that recognize that we have unponsibities that were fulfilled. administration and attorn-general are deeply addressing the previous administrations. host: it was signed by a democratic president, bill clinto and tune out a president, president obama. -- you now have a mocratic president, president obam was psident bush's support of this? guest: every administration and of this.was supportive n have our renewed for this -- renewed focus. ortly, a month or two after office, president obama cted a w