Attacked democrats and say there is a war on cold. The traditional existing infrastructure. Your age say you are and all of the above energy guy. Theres the promotion of natural gas pit of republicans that attack democrats and say theres a war on coal. Is that true . There is no war on coal. Make no bones about it there is a fundamental commitment that starts with the president on moving towards a low carbon future. What we mean by all of the above is that within that constraint we have made Major Investments in developing the technology lowering the cost for using all fuels that low carbon world. What does that mean for coal . Him into have to . 6 billion to advance the kind of integrated coal projects that involve capturing the Carbon Dioxide most of them involve using that Carbon Dioxide to enhance the recovery to provide you with a valuable product that lowers the cost. We have a solicitation right now for the Loaner Program committee to billion dollars for supporting full soul fue
Clearly if these prices persist for a long time, then the reductions in capex that we are seeing are clearly going to start coming in down the road. Right now i think were looking carefully, were being prepared with analyses for alternative pathways forward. Right now consumers are having the benefit. Excellent. Ok, a question over there and the mike will be made available. Please identify yourself. Im a Public Policy scholar here at the wilson center. Can you talk about what the role is for biofuels to remain in the future energy mix . Well, i think the first of all, we certainly continue to invest in biofuels. In fact, just in i guess it was october i was pleased to be in kansas for what is now the largest commercial functioning biorefinery in the country. Our loan program helped put that into place. So if i go back to the what i mentioned about our entry in this book, first of all, actually i think its important that sorry. Let me go back a step. As we celebrate our incredible incre
Legislatures of threefourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the congress. Mr. Goodlatte yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. Tipton. Mr. Tipton amendment xxiii section 1 the district constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as congress may direct a number of electors of president and Vice President equal to the whole number of senators and representatives in congress to which the district would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state. Mr. Goodlatte i now yield to the gentleman from colorado, mr. Buck. Mr. Buck they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered for the purposes of the election of president and Vice President to be electors appointed by a state, and they shall meet in the district and perform such duties as provided by the 12th article of amendment. Section 2 the Congress Shall have p
America is now the worlds number one producer of oil and gas, helping to save drivers about a buckten a gallon at the pump over this time last year. Thanks to the Affordable Care act, about 10 million americans have gained Health Insurance in the past year alone. We have cut our deficits by about twothirds. And after 13 long years, our war in afghanistan has come to a responsible end, and more of our brave troops have come home. It has been six years since the crisis. Those years have demanded hard work and sacrifice on everybodys part. So as a country, we have every right to be proud of what weve got to show for it. Americas resurgence is real. And now that weve got some calmer waters, if we all do our part, if we all pitch in, we can make sure that tide starts lifting all boats again. We can make sure that the middle class is the engine that powers americas prosperity for decades to come. Thatll be the focus of my state of the Union Address in a couple weeks building on the progress
Clog traffic on this road. Delia goncalves joins us live from the scene with more on the break and the sheet of ice that is there too. Delia . Reporter right, we just learned moments ago that the crews who are here have located the water main break. They are locating the pipe via the valve rather and just trying to get to the valve so they can shut off the water. Of course they have to dig through all the snow and ice that is covering the valve. But in the meantime, yeah, sheet of ice here on river road. And you can see the trickle of water that is now coming down flowing down wilson lane and pooling on to river road. So your outbound lane of river road covered in ice and slush and periodically, were seeing a salt truck which is on standby periodically that salt truck will come out into the lane and treat the roads. So expect delays if you are on outbound river road at wilson lane. Now heres another problem because of the cold, crews say its going to take a little longer than typical b