of this is the same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly 8 million jobs. same crisis that cost people their homes, their life savings, maybe i m confused. do you think that the financial crisis was an ant and we just need a little ant swatter to fix this thing or do you think that we need to restructure how we regulate the financial system so you aren t on the hook again and we don t have this kind of crisis again? get your cell phones out. we want to know what you think. tonight s text survey question is do you think senator scott brown is trying to kill financial reform. text a nor yes, and b for know. we ll bring you the results later in the show. joining me now the other senator brown, democratic.senator sherrod brown of ohio. thanks so much for coming on. good to be back with you. i guess my first question is, what s your feeling what they did in conference committee late yesterday told appease senator
going to pay? because you know what, folks, in this recovery, cash is king. if you don t have the money, you re not going to have a recovery. and the president put in the corner politically knowing that the republicans aren t going to help him out had one option and he played it to a tee. and now he s on record, his creditsibility is on record going to the oeflt office and he comes away with a commitment unlike anything we ve ever had before from an oil giant, get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think about all this. tonight s text survey question is do you accept bp s apology? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. joining me now is charlie ma lon sin. great to have you with us tonight. good to be with you. what do you make of the money? it s a start. it s not a cap. is this a big step forward in, your opinion.
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our ecosystem which the oil spills do. there are a lot of congressional members in the back pocket of big oil. bill nelson, senator from florida said big oil is a bully, they get what they want. what s the congress going to do? what s going to come out of all of this? well, you know, it would be good to take away the depletion allowance. it would be good to have a windfall profits tax to pay for the damage to the ecosystem. none of that is likely to happen. the american people are going to have to make a determination, collectively, that sooner or later we have to move away from all these hydrocarbon products. it s ruining our children s future, our planet. we don t have a place to live. the whole ecosystem is damaged, the food chain is damaged. we have to recognize this is a national emergency and requires strong action, not just to keep investigating congressman, good to have you with us. come back and talk on this issue. thank you, ed. text survey question, i asked you,