[background noises] [inaudible conversations] [background noises] the committee will come back to order. I now recognize mr. Buchanan from florida. Think it mr. Chairman appreciate the opportunity we also want to thank our witnesses by note ms. Hilton a lot of other offices on the helper you are relentless grandfather 10 children nine and under. I read the country is made up of 25 are kids. They make up one 100 the future so that your work and the Committee Work is huge. I just ask you what i think i tu been involved with nine different states the potential impacts and we can help you and others get the best return for that tax a pair have the biggest impact in terms of the kids in the country. To push in one direction or another. You would be a couple of big things we can make a big difference to weigh in on . Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words and i appreciate your question. I work at the federal and state level to enact change. At the federal level will be reauthorized
That is not sound policy. Texans like me say, that aint very smart. It hurts American Energy and is an abuse of federal power. That stings local communities that need energy for economic growth. Like wooi likewise, blocking Safe Pipeline Development in protest is not rational governance. We must reign in what i call the enterprise prevention agency, the e. P. A. Im thrilled that President Trump announced his new administrator for epa, our attorney general from the north, scott pruitt. My friends will have a horse to ride to get this thing turned around. White cheap natural gas has been a factor in the decline of coal power, the work from day one to find creative new ways to change the Clean Air Act to close down coal plants. Their Clean Power Plan Climate Change rule didnt stretch the law. It smashed the law. No surprise the Supreme Court agreed. Despite those liberal attacks, coal is still a big part of our power grid. In texas, my own state, coal is just a bit behind natural gas. In
And Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. With President Trumps first formal address to congress two days away, an analysis of the draft republican congressional plan to replace the Affordable Care act, also known as obamacare, finds it would significantly reduce the number verage and cost the states billions of dollars more than theyre already spending. A 36page analysis of the plan was shown at the National Governors Association Conference this weekend, and obtained by the Washington Post and the news site vox. The analysis by Research Firm Avalere Health and the Consulting Firm mckinsey and company says the plan would today, a white house spokeswoman said one goal
Access pipeline . Thats the demand by thousands of activists who took to the streets across the country tuesday from los angeles to just outside the white house where senator Bernie Sanders unexpectedly joined the rally. We beg president obama in any way you possibly can, stop the pipeline. Amy we will air Bernie Sander speech outside the white house, then speak to his former advisor economist, jeffrey sachs, as well as tara houska of honor the earth and First Nations leader kevin hart. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, the u. N. Climate summit. Actions were held in hundreds of cities worldwide tuesday to protest the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which would carry crude from the bakken oilfields of north dakota, through south dakota, iowa, and illinois. The project has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock sioux tribe, representatives of mo
Secretary of state john kerry vows the Obama Administration will continue to battle the Climate Crisis in the remaining two months before donald trump takes office. But will obama stop the Dakota Access pipeline . Thats the demand by thousands of activists who took to the streets across the country tuesday from los angeles to just outside the white house where senator Bernie Sanders unexpectedly joined the rally. We beg president obama in any way you possibly can, stop the pipeline. Amy we will air Bernie Sander speech outside the white house, then speak to his former advisor economist, jeffrey sachs, as well as tara houska of honor the earth and First Nations leader kevin hart. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, the u. N. Climate summit. Actions were held in hundreds of cities worldwide tuesday to protest the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which would c