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The House Armed Services committee will be hearing from secretary of defense chuck hagel and general Martin Dempsey about the military budget for next year. Our cameras will be there. Go to cspan. Org for more details. In washington, the American Conservative Union kicks off its annual conservative Political Action Conference Today with speakers including senators ted cruz, governor chris christie, marco rubio and mike leigh. Go to cspan. Org for more details. E begin washington journal with the...

Will come from is coming out of the biomethane. And if you have any questions, and i have blasted through the presentation and i will be happy to answer any questions. Thanks, bill. Questions . Thank you. Thank you, bill. Commissioner courtney . Well, i think that. One quick question, and does the city or the city and county of San Francisco offer tax rebates for owners of electric vehicles . Do we know that . Good question. Bill . Or todd . Question from commissioner tores . Do they give rebate...

A huge benefit that we can realize depending on how we and or in the, or sorry in the use of bio methane for the vehicle fuels and so we are working with the puc staff right now to kind of get a balance on that. And the rebuilding of the south east plant is one of the big sources of bio methane and one of the other areas where it will come from is coming out of the biomethane. And if you have any questions, and i have blasted through the presentation and i will be happy to answer any questions. ...

As chair of this committee, ive worked to ensure that every person dealing with addiction can access comprehensive treatment and care and when it comes to the bad actors that fuel this crisis, i have use this gavel to hold them accountable for their actions. This feeling comes at a very difficult moment for our nation. Overdose deaths in america have been rising for more than two decades and during the coronavirus pandemic, fatal overdoses skyrocketed to historic levels. Tragically, Overdose Dea...

We are talking about people possessing drugs for personal use. Reporter the real question tonight is, how many of the countrys 94 u. S. Attorneys will implement the changes that holder is suggesting . How they handle the criminal cases is really at their discretion. I contacted Northern California u. S. Attorney melinda haag. A Spokesman Says she is not making any comments. Linda, when were talking about all the people in federal prisons across the country and drug offenders, how do the numbers ...

Move that to even, even greener with each budget cycle and those are the next two slides, five and six in your packet and then, again, the replacement strategy is outlined here and targeting the oldest vehicles in particular, to help with the particulate matter reductions in the environment as well as following the department of environments green, vehicle grid and Compliance Standards and then, we dont have a eligible vehicle and we look at what the greenest in the class will be for that specif...

As chair of this committee, ive worked to ensure that every person dealing with addiction can access comprehensive treatment and care and when it comes to the bad actors that fuel this crisis, i have use this gavel to hold them accountable for their actions. This feeling comes at a very difficult moment for our nation. Overdose deaths in america have been rising for more than two decades and during the coronavirus pandemic, fatal overdoses skyrocketed to historic levels. Tragically, Overdose Dea...

Vehicles . Do we know that . Good question. Bill . Or todd . Question from commissioner tores . Do they give rebates. Not at this time, they usually come through the state and from the California Energy commission, carb and sometimes through the air district. But the bay area air quality district. And we manage, a lot of those grants. And we had a very Successful Program that you will notice that all of the taxis are hybrid and there was a program that was started by the department of the enviro...

Meet High Standards and these standards we develop in conjunction with the puc and the dph and we dont need to develop the standards but we help the businesses meet the High Standard by providing on site consultations. And so, my take away here and i know that there was a lot of information here but the big take away is when we design the programs and implement them, they are always, we always recognize that the chemicals are products that do not belong in the trash or in the sewer and so we wor...

Studies. I want to make sure i understand. Yes, on your on the studies. The Commission Decision has been to not require further work to require any look at transfer. Weve closed that issue. Okay. On the in 2012 the Districts Court remanded nrcs waste confidence rule. When will the revised rule become final . The revised theres a draft rule thats supposed to come to the commission this summer, and we expect the completion of that waste confidence rulemaking in the fall of this year. Okay. Given t...