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for the -- last month. john so it has been a fierce advocate on this issue, and you will not want to miss what he has to say. that is coming up. but first, i want to start tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete pitt a judge was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. unt...

transportation secretary pete buttigieg was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. until one republican congressman on the committee suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerds. youre welcome. have a watch. >> we now have president biden in office for 18 months, and just recently, we now...

tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete buttigieg was testifying before a house committee and as you woulde expect, for several hou, theyfo discussed infrastructure roads, railway, electric vehicles, energy prices, all of the usual stuff until one republican congressman on the committee suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerd, youre welcome. have a watch. >>...

Payments compared to huge pollution cuts on the other side of the ledger. >> quick last question, 30 seconds left, they say that they are gonna hit 40% reduction by 2013 carbon emissions, is that a number you think they can hit based on this bill? >> absolutely! we already have several independent analyses that say that is true. energy innovations as we can get 40% below those pollution numbers, road improve as well. and that is going to put us on path to meeting president bidens goal of cutting...

We have to get 50 senators to vote for this thing. and we have to be clear eyed. we cant miss the force for the trades here because literally the fourth will burn down if we do. what we are talking about here is optional lease sales that companies can choose to buy into. and there are also going to be royalty increases alongside those lease sales. so it is possible that we are gonna get fewer companies wanting to actually do those leases. and as we get more people buying electric vehicles, and u...

Look, its not the bill that i would have written, its a compromise. we have to get 50 senators to vote for this thing and we have to be clear-eyed. we cant miss the forest through the trees because literally the forest will have to burn down if we do. what we are talking about is optional lease sales that companies could choose to buy into. and there are also going to be royalty increases alongside those lease sales, so it is possible that well get fewer companies wanting to actually do those le...

That the clean electricity programme was going to do. because the thing is that programme was going to be about a quarter of our climate spending, and it was going to deliver about a third of our pollution cuts. there are many ways to solve this problem, but its clear that the leadership in the senate and in the house have to figure out a way to deliver on climate so president biden can meet the goals he has laid out. paris climate so president biden can meet the goals he has laid out.— the go...

The majority that we need. before the programme got cut, we were on a pathway to meet those targets, but we now have a whole about one third of the pollution cuts from the package with that programme going away. jae package with that programme going awa . g ., , ., package with that programme going awa. , ., ., package with that programme going awa. , ., , away. joe is from the state of west virr inia. away. joe is from the state of west virginia- he — away. joe is from the state of west virgi...

Ways to cut carbon pollution. and they can deliver that, they can find ways, including in the power sector, that will work and passed the house and the senate.— and the senate. when we talk about this tax, because _ and the senate. when we talk about this tax, because the _ and the senate. when we talk about this tax, because the way _ and the senate. when we talk about this tax, because the way that - this tax, because the way that it works is you charge industry for every tonne of carbon dio...

Remember theres still a big chunk of climate spending on the table and still two thirds of those pollution cuts in the package. not good enough by my count, but it isnt nothing either. president biden and leaders in congress have been working hard to get this over the finish line, and what we need now in the wake of senator manchen saying no to that part of the policy is to find other solutions, to figure out how to still deliver on president bidens climate promises so he can take a bold package...