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The natural resources defense council come of helping china by filing environmental lawsuits against the united states military with a long-term intent of undermining military readiness. kevin joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. give us a sense of the scale of the lobbying in washington on behalf of the communist government of china. >> you mentioned the lawsuits, we had very well-funded environmental groups and thehe national resources defense council really stands out in it that it has con...

Ceremonial pens from the white house, we can imagine some of what dow chemical would like to have happen. having it done by may 15th should be no problem for them since theyre talking every single day anyway. but if it isnt just dow chemical, if its also like our lungs and skin and vital organs that have a stake in these regulations, are those interests getting consulted, too? as we wholesale plan to get rid of health and safety regulations? that we dont know. we talked to two leading environmen...

We talked to two leading environmental groups today who have been epa stakeholders in the past. each of them said theyve heard beans from the epa about these new processes that we have documented in these two memos that we have obtained. one of them told us they used to talk to epa all the time under the old administration but under the new administration their official communication is down to zero. maybe that will change. they have a whole six weeks. something else interesting to watch here, w...

Weeks from now. and thats the first step in the process. obviously, it makes it a huge difference who the epa considers to be a stakeholder affected by their regulations. if its the dow chemicals of the world getting daily calls and ceremonial pens from the white house, we can imagine some of what dow chemical would like to have happen. having it done by may 15th should be no problem for them since theyre talking every single day anyway. but if it isnt just dow chemical, if its also like our lun...

Anybody. so i think when they see that the chemistry council wrote the bill, that 450 groups including the asbestos group, the breast cancer group and i could go on with, you know so long. i have them at the hearing tomorrow. all the groups that oppose it. its unprecedented. i think maybe my colleagues will rethink it. look, the bill is a udall-vitter-inhofe bill. i want to tell you something, rachel, the rating of 1234589er vitter by environmental groups is 5%. he votes against the environment ...

Alex, is this criticism too harsh or do you think its pretty fair? >> i think its somewhat fair. but you have to ask, alternative to what? what kind of news is he going to make back in washington where nothing is happening? congress is on recess, and is probably not going to do anything before the election. so, sure, if i were the president, judging by the way things are going here, and his approval rating, i would be happy to go abroad and eat fancy sushi. he can sprinkle in a few bits of forei...

That voter id about doesnt really exist. you are more likely to get struck by lightening in the same place twice than somebody -- than see someone engage in impersonation. but we need to come back -- there should be a table of morality in politics where both sides come together and whether it is down sizing our criminal justice system or raising the minimum wage or securing the right to vote, gentlemen just agree that as the worlds greatest democracy, there are limits to how little we pay somebo...

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