The california market but putting those together i was there when reggie negotiated requiring volunteer agreements by states to come together and deciding on the goal, who gets what allowances, who puts what in and who gets what out the difference is, they put together states with substantially different portfolios and substantially different epa targets that might not naturally agree and will require a little bit of a negotiation to get there. , we have states like texas and indiana that are served by multiple rtos. The markets themselves are going through a lot of transition as the generation mix in the country changes, and ferc is is doing a lot of work that it needs to continue to make sure the market rules in the Market Designs are written to support the investment and resources. We put out a few will assurance order earlier this year, that is one example of that effort and we have been doing a lot on the capacity arc it. Working all this out so we can markets. Working all this ou
For the members who are present, except for the ones that are here already, it will be on seniority, then other people that come in, youll be called on according to how our respective staff keep track of you in the order of your appearance. Before chairman leahy and i give our Opening Statements, id like to go over some things i said yesterday. First of all, we welcome everybody back to this second day of hearing on ms. Lynchs nomination to be attorney general. As i said yesterday and everybody abided by this, and i want to thank everybody that was here yesterday for their courtesy i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction and if people stand up and block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn its not fair considerable to the others. So officers would remove those individuals. Thats what i want to thank because we didnt have any of those incidents yesterday. Before we begin the Opening Statements take care of a couple housekeeping items and explain
As hank myers said, i am privileged to be the president and ceo of the National Constitution center in philadelphia which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. What an inspiring charter that is. I am thrilled to be here at the Gerald R Ford symposium for our symposium on gerald ford. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of collaborations with libraries across the country where we will join in partnership to explore not be political legacy of the president s, but their constitutional legacy. We forget in partisan politics , every person who serves as president makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the constitution, and the limits in places on governmental powers. I could not imagine a better panel than the one that we are going to talk about today. This panel is devoted to president fords domestic policy and features scholars of the Ford Administration as w
Swedish prosecutors agree to travel to london to question wiki leeks founder over Sexual Assault allocations. Egypts neighbors say they are going to inject more than 12 billion to support the egyptian economy. The promises were made at the Global Economic summit being held in egypts a tended by heads of state from across the region. The president alsisi also spoke at the event. Where he unveiled what is being described as anning a an aggressive economic recovery plan. Translator the Egyptian Society is 25 of the population of the middle east. Stability in egypt is a very Important Role for the civility of the whole region. We need to make sure that this power will be for the benefit of the stability of the region and the nation. This is a comprehensive development. The development will go strong in all things in order to achieve the balanced development, Fair Development and this will be for the sake of building a modern state, a modern state that is not only gaining that prestige of i
This proceeding. But the facts, the law and my oath of office just dont leave any doubt about what i have to do. The three legislators are representative reverend Louise Williams bishop, representative Michelle Brownlee and former state representative harold james. All three are charged with accepting illegal Cash Payments in exchange for agreeing to peddle their influence. All three had the opportunity to appear before the investigative grand jury. Two of the three accepted responsibility admitting what they had done. All three have surrendered this morning to the Pennsylvania State police in harrisburg. The full details are laid out in the grand jurys presentment. Returned this past friday. Ill give you a brief summary here. Representative bishop was captured on tape 14 different times, by the same lobbyist who paid off other legislators already indicted. Bishop was a long time acquaintance of the lobbyist. She told him that she was worried about raising campaign funds. He handed her