this is not a partisan issue. this is to protect americans. you ve been in congress. what kind of horse trading needs to be done to get this kind of law passed? look, jeanine, i think this needs the attention of someone like our friend darrell issa who chair as committee that s investigated a lot of things and what i suggest is that your folks get darryl s attentiell s. he could introduce legislation. i know congressman waxman from california has taken an interest in this. i know governor richardson, he s no longer in office. but to me, i think what you ought to be doing and others ought to be doing is get on the phone with chairman issa and say, hold some hearings and then introduce legislation. that would get the public s attention. well, the great ideas. we re going to do that, secretary lahood. thanks so much for being with us this evening. good to see you. thank you, jeanine. thanks for all you re doing. thank you.
we know how to do it. we ve got to protect particularly these 2,000 other so transformers that truly are the critical component of our 21st century society survival. all right. frank gaffney, always great to hear your insight. thanks for being here tonight. thank you. joining me, ray lahood who is joining us from peoria, illinois. secretary lahood, in your view, how vulnerable is the american power grid? well, i think the incidents that you ve been talking about tonight, jeanine, and by the way, you focused on this like the laser beam and people ought to be in your debt for the kind of attention that you ve paid to this. i think that your previous guest, frank gaffney, with the work that he is doing with this special group of people that are
with. there s no question, congressman, this would end civilization, as we know it. i m not being dramatic. i am not. you re not. you re not. you just heard the former secretary of transportation talking about the issue and, you know, what it would do to everything. but at the same time, if we all agree that it s a problem, what needs to be done in congress? is it a question of who gets credit for it? because, with all due respect, congressman, i don t think anybody gives a damn if we end up paying for it because we re going to end up paying for it anyway. why can t we get these bills out of committee and pass what the house passed in what do we need to do? you should. and i m going to disagree with secretary lahood. we don t need any more hearings about this. we ve had hearings. everybody understands this issue. i was briefed on this a couple of months ago. people in congress knew about this attack a couple of months ago and i m surprised that the committees of jurisdiction
this is not a partisan issue. this is to protect americans. you ve been in congress. what kind of horse trading needs to be done to get this kind of law passed? look, jeanine, i think this needs the attention of someone like our friend darrell issa who chair as committee that s investigated a lot of things and what i suggest is that your folks get darryl s attentiell s. he could introduce legislation. i know congressman waxman from california has taken an interest in this. i know governor richardson, he s no longer in office. but to me, i think what you ought to be doing and others ought to be doing is get on the phone with chairman issa and say, hold some hearings and then introduce legislation. that would get the public s attention. well, the great ideas. we re going to do that, secretary lahood. thanks so much for being with us this evening. good to see you. thank you, jeanine. thanks for all you re doing. thank you.
with. there s no question, congressman, this would end civilization, as we know it. i m not being dramatic. i am not. you re not. you re not. you just heard the former secretary of transportation talking about the issue and, you know, what it would do to everything. but at the same time, if we all agree that it s a problem, what needs to be done in congress? is it a question of who gets credit for it? because, with all due respect, congressman, i don t think anybody gives a damn if we end up paying for it because we re going to end up paying for it anyway. why can t we get these bills out of committee and pass what the house passed in what do we need to do? you should. and i m going to disagree with secretary lahood. we don t need any more hearings about this. we ve had hearings. everybody understands this issue. i was briefed on this a couple of months ago. people in congress knew about this attack a couple of months ago and i m surprised that the committees of jurisdiction di