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>> ever since the federal ruling came down friday, all it really does is keeps the status quo in place. illegal crossings continue and they have continued over the weekend in the hours after the ruling. take a look at this video saturday morning. this is a group of 60 here in eagle pass. some waving to the fox news drone. once they get to the u.s. side, its single adults. many are from cuba, venezuela, nicaragua. the administration is not enforcing title 42 for the most part on those c...

Is actually a critical part of the energy transition. we know theres a global issue were dealing with both on the energy security side, weve seen in ukraine. you start to take that russian energy off the market, we need to replace that somehow. we know that the u.s. not only has the ability to do it from a volume standpoint but just about the cleanest producener the world. so as we send our energy overseas to growing populations and growing markets, were seeing a climate advantage. you know, a w...

42% less emissions than rail, according to the state department, if you say no to the pipeline, you are saying yes to higher risk and higher emissions, and so its good on the energy security side, its good on the economic side, and its also the only sensible way to proceed on the environment, so it really does cover both of the issues, and were working together with the united states on climate change. we work together on lying vehicle emission standards, something the president doesnt get enoug...

An energy security side. but what we have to be able to say to people is that in the process of getting this natural gas, were not going to screw up your ground water or drinking water or your air. there are air impacts potentially as well. states are stepping up and doing a good job. i always say, it doesnt have to be epa that regulates the 10,000 wells it might go in, but there needs to be standards and they need to be transparent. when it comes to the chemicals in the fracking fluid, thats a ...

Efficient way of getting at energy sources, but people are also concerned we do not know what the chemicals are that are injected into the earth in order to do that. do you think that there should be additional regulation of that? and does epa have enough room to maneuver in order to protect drinking water supplies in a fracking environment? >> so epas in the middle of a study. its going to take us another year and a half to look at the impacts of fracking on ground water. i think its really imp...

To do that. do you think that there should be additional regulation of that? and does epa have enough room to maneuver in order to protect drinking water supplies in a fracking environment? >> so epas in the middle of a study. its going to take us another year and a half to look at the impacts of fracking on ground water. i think its really important to get scientific information to show the american people what we know. epa has access to more data than is publicly available. and also to have ou...