Run for reelection this year. This is 40 minutes. Also joining us in the east gallery is his wife, first lady, ann scott. [ applause ] good morning. Thank you for your graciousness towards me and my wife. And its wonderful to be here. I can think just starting, i can think about the first time i gave this speech. So im honored to deliver my final state of the state address today. I would like to first recognize a few people. First, speaker of the house, richard corcoran. [ applause ] speaker, i appreciate your commitment to cutting taxes, for fighting to make sure every student can get a great education. Senate president joe negron. [ applause ] mr. President , your focus on lake okeechobee and floridas environment will benefit businesses and residents for generations. Senator lopezcontera. [ applause ] carlos, thank you for all you do for our great state and joining me in the fight for freedom and democracy in cuba and venezuela. I would also like to recognize attorney general pam bon
With that kind of cha keenry. Finally, the philadelphia refinery could have avoided needing to buy any r. I. N. s at all if it had just invested in blending infrastructure years ago like many of its fellow merchant refineries did. In fact, the philadelphia refinery is partly owned by sunoco which owns blending infrastructure. We also know that that refinery has an arrangement whereby about supplies ethanol with r. I. N. s attached to sunoco for blending with its gasoline. Other independent refiners with smaller arrangements have an agreement to return the r. I. N. s to the refiner once they are detached. The r. F. S. Was created to bring cleaner burning, Renewable Fuels to consumers. The r. I. N. s system was developed as a flexible system that would allow obligated parties to choose between investing in blending infrastructure or buying r. I. N. s for the renewable fuel standard compliance. Philadelphia refinery made the decision to buy r. I. N. s instead. That hasnt worked out very w
Through the karl rove front group. What does the chamber do with all this money . It lobbies, it litigates, and it runs political attack ads on television, radio, and the internet. Lets start with the lobbying. The chamber exendz far more than anyone else lobbying the federal government. It spent more than 80 million last year aloan, far more than any individual company. Over the last 20 years, the chamber has spent more than 1. 4 billion, 1. 4 billion. Thats billion with a b, and the nine zeros after it, lobbying the federal government. That is three times more than the next largest lobbying spender. A swamp monster indeed. Much of this lobbying is against environmental policies, with the chamber lobbying congress, the white house, e. P. A. , the department of energy, and the department of the interior on behalf of yes, you guessed i. The Chamber Champions the fossil fuel agenda, opposing limits on Carbon Emissions and supporting drilling and mining on public lands and in offshore wat
In his physical eternal rest, jennifer said then, do you see that smile on his face . My husband is going to heaven hes already gone, and with that she had peace. So i hope that we have peace and we continue this, and make sure that we keep these doors open and keep this family wrapped around with us. Thank you. I hope that we welcome jennifer to the senate and give us a moment and we can be at ease and we can all go and greet her. The senate will stand at ease. So the South Carolina senate has voted to remove the Confederate Flag, and it was 36 yeas to 3. They are greeting the widow of senator pinckney gunned down a few weeks ago in a shooting that took place in South Carolina. The Associated Press is reporting that the bill that was just voted on faces a less certain future in the South Carolina house. Republicans met behind closed doors on monday and struggled to reach a consensus on what to do next. The senate bill would remove the Confederate Flag in front of the state house on th
[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for joining us today, another fun day at the rules committee. Before we begin id like to take a moment and recognize the immense bravery and share will of the people of my state, the state of texas, who, and also for the people who are First Responders and volunteers and people across this country who have offered not only the prayers of support but a bunch of people who brought their boats with them, tried to help at the time our nation was in trouble here i would also like to say that the heroism that we witness shows i think the very best of this country and everybody pitched in together. Just walked in from watching this new storm that is out in the atlantic is the largest ever in the history of the recorded at that point, and it hasnt even hit warmer water yet. It is aiming for the United States of america. I would hate to say anyone state because we dont know. Its going to hit america. And the things that we do today are in audit of w