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clean, renewable energy future. i have put forth plans, paid family leave, tuition, debt-free tuition for public colleges, tapping prescription drug costs and much more. and it would cost about $100 billion a year, all of which i pay for. in contrast, senator sanders has very big ideas but he hasn't yet told anybody how he would pay for them. he had promised that he would roll out his tax plans before the iowa caucus on february 1st. well, if you wait too long nobody will have a chance to see them or analyze them and so, i am very clear about what i would do and how i would pay for it. >> another point of conflict between you and senator sanders is on gun policy. >> uh-huh. >> we watched this very emotional event that you were involved in where this mom whgç lost two children to gun violence got up and spoke. >> right. >> it was heartbreaking to hear her. it sounds like she lost her children to criminals.
the truth is the cost for solar power is going consistently down. >> costs are dropping. but solar is still up to five time more expense i than conventional energy. those plans typically pay millions of local property taxes. solar pays next to nothing. when riverside tried to impose impact fee, big solar sued. >> the reason we decided to litigate the riverside county tax, it was illegal tax. >> average price of solar dropped 50% in the last few years. consumers still pay twice as much as natural gas. supporters say that is the price of a renewable energy future. others feel solar is not the cheap a tern a terntive they w- alternative they were sold. >> bret: thank you. egypt expanded military there. mohammed morsi issued decree to give troops the right to arrest civilians and joint responsibility the police ahead of saturday's constitutional referendum in egypt. north korea extended the launch window for a
is there a reason the president didn't say the senate needed to pass the bill just sitting there doing nothing in the senate? >> well, you are right. the president mentioned the legislation, which congressman waxman and i and senator pelosi was able -- and representative pelosi was able to pass through last year.representative pelosi was able to pass through last year. there's no more impornt item for our country than this leg. and this is ironically, unexpectedly, going to create an appetite amongst the american voter for us to turn to this new energy future in our country, this renewable energy future, create the jobs here, back out the imported oil, and basically ensure the plume going up into
knowledge that the president didn't even say in that speech that the senate needed to pass the bill that's just sitting there doing nothing in the senate? >> well, you are right. the president mentioned the legislation, which congressman waxman and i and representative pelosi was able to pass through 9 house of representatives last june 26th. and what he was saying, and i think it's clear to me anyway-s that congress should finish that business, that there is no more important uncompleted agenda for our country than this energy and climate legislation. and i think that this is now, ironically, unexpectedly, going to create an appetite amongst the american vote for us to turn to this new energy future in our country, this renewable energy future, create the jobs here, back out the imported oil, and basically ensure that the plume that's being sent up into the sky each day that matches the
didn't say the senate needed to pass the bill just sitting there doing nothing in the senate? >> well, you are right. the president mentioned the legislation, which congressman waxman and i and speaker pelosi were able to pass through the house of representatives last june 26th. i think what he was saying, it was pretty clear to me, anyway, is that congress should finish this business, that there's no more important uncompleted item for our country than this energy and climate legislation and i think that this is now ironically, unexpectedly, going to create an appetite amongst the american voter for us to turn to this new energy future in our country. this renewable energy future, create the jobs here, back out the imported oil, and basically ensure the plume that's being sent up into the sky each day,