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Him out with that one. obviously the energy department. that was then. what about now? manu raju joins us with more. so his previous statements were among the first things i imagine he was questioned about today. >> no question about it. the first opening statement of maria callow, the democratic senator from washington state, she said in case you havent forgotten, you once wanted to abolish that agency. rick perry was ready for that in his opening statement saying hes changed his view. he said ...

Conspicuously absent from the invitee list though, argue hably the president-elects favorite tech company, twitter. they are not expected to be represented here today. in other news it is now official. mr. trump is going to nominate rick perry as the energy secretary. in announcement just a few hours ago this morning the transition team said the former texas governor helped his state prosper by developing energy programs as well as infrastructure. and fox news has learned now that mr. trump plan...

And listened to what president obama had to say, and his measures to encourage solar power use. what stood out for you? >> i think what stood out was that we really reached this tipping point where renewable energy isnt just an increasing part of our energy mix but an increasing part of our economy as well, that we need to increase access so that people can take control of their energy choices. >> now we heard there on that sound grab from president obama, he talked about clean power from the su...

>> now to senator marco rubio, he announced his campaign at a rally in miami yesterday saying the country needs a leader who is not, quote stuck in the 20th century. team fox korch conditions carl cameron live in miami. whats senator rubio doing today, carl? >> reporter: hes back to work in the u.s. senate. he went back to washington, d.c. to do the work for his current job, one that hes not going to seek reelection for as he goes for the white house. hes at the foreign relations committee where...

Mark begich said he was unhappy about the energy programs that the president was talking about. one of the candidates in montana, the leading candidate there, the democrat, said the president didnt talk enough about the nsa and pulling back the nsa here. natalie tenet, the democratic candidate in west virginia, says she was unhappy with the president on energy regulation. is this a sign that red state democrats feel they have to run away from the president? because all of these releases collecti...

Balanced budget, but very close to that. so get the economy going. do the kind of things that build the economy, the critical investments, investments in infrastructure, your research and energy programs. make wise cuts. i made the nuclear weapons suggestion. there are things we must do. make sure our levees are built, our roads, all those things. so you get the economy moving, make wise cuts, eliminate unnecessary tax breaks. for example, the oil industry, one of the most profitable or indeed t...

Look at public polling have mixed feelings about the need for a big military and the need to put a lot of money into defense spending, but when you talk about issues like education, local public safety, energy programs and these test extraordinarily well in focus groups of middle class swing voters who with are exactly the kind of people that need to be there in the run-up to sequester and if it does take effect those will be the voters who decide who is to blame afterward. >> there is this 11th...

Boehner immediately saying he generally supportive of trying to close the loop holes. do you see that as raising taxes? >> what boehner said and in the republican position since republican we should reduce rates have economic growth many of which are put in by obama for the solyndra green-type energy programs. lets bring the rates down. boehner was clear he wanted increase revenues it is not a tax increase to put more americans at work. if our recovery was growing the rate reagans did more ameri...

Savings on lower interest costs on two previously claimed savings. i didnt know interest was a spending program. that is what were obligated. better way to look at this, gregg, he add as trillion dollars in new spending above the house republican budget and $300 billion in taxes over next 10 years. a net of $700 billion on spending on red ink side and negative side than the republican plan. gregg: he is blaming some of things your ex-boss did? >> he said i ended. he ended on forces of agreement ...

And, you know, this has got to stop. as chairman of the energy and commerce committee, we have a real role to not only go after fraud and abuse but when we find it and laws that have been ignored, we need to come back and fix it and thats what this new legislation will do. >> thats what you want to do. i want to take a look at the failed energy programs that we know about thus far. so you have solyndra, of course, that you spoke about. $528 million of taxpayer money. beacon power, $43 million. e...