huge swaths of oil and gas resources, stifling our economic potential and costing us high-paying jobs. this problem isn't specific to alaska. it's actually nationwide, and it's being quarterbacked by president barack obama and senate majority leader harry reid. the obama-reid agenda has locked up america's natural resources, burdened small businesses throughout the country with an avalanche of regulations and suffocated job growth through a complete disrespect for the rule of law. what our friends on the other side of the aisle don't understand is that none of this is helpful. we all lose when the federal government stifles responsible resource development -- it means

fewer jobs, less revenue, higher energy costs and a diminished manufacturing ability to grow our economy. but the american dream is resilient. time and again, americans have proven themselves up to the challenge of creating new opportunities and handing off a better world to our children. all we need is new leadership in washington to make it happen once again. a republican senate would approve keystone xl pipeline jobs, because canada is our neighbor and ally. we'll authorize more offshore development, because it's good for coastal states and the rest of the country. we'll seize the opportunity to expand our energy trade, because that will benefit our nation, and others who need energy -- like ukraine. and, when it comes to alaska, instead of watching federal agencies say 'no way,' 'not here' or 'never going to happen,' we'll open up areas like the national petroleum reserve and the arctic coastal plain to responsible development and will do so, maintaining the highest standards to protect our

environment. as we do, we'll create new jobs. we'll reduce our debt. we'll improve our energy security and we'll drive the cost of energy down -- not up -- for families and businesses. another important way we can empower americans, especially here in alaska, is to reform our burdensome federal regulations in a way that makes sense for today's economy. right now we're stuck in the last century and the old system is needlessly stifling us. solving problems does not have to mean big government solutions dictated by dc bureaucrats. republicans like me believe that the key to getting our country back on track is less government intrusion into our lives and more freedom for you. if we empower americans to on the next washington journal, nathan gonzales and jessica taylor. syriang editor of

deeply.org. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation. washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern. monday, bill clinton and george w. bush will be at the museum in washington dc to launch the presidential leadership scholars program. the event is a partnership between the presidential centers of bush, clinton, and lyndon johnson. watch coverage beginning at 9:30 a.m.. with congress returning to washington, the house rules committee will consider two bills before they go to the house floor. one would restrict the epa attempt to define which waters it regulates under the clean water act. the other would condemn president obama for not giving congress advance notice of the

bergdahl taliban prisoner exchange that occurred in may. that is live at 5:00. >> with congress returning, here is a message and one of this year student cam competition winners. >> foods that are modified are -- but soybeans are the most common. >> approximately 90% of corn and cotton and 92% of soybean crops planted in the united states are genetically modified. despite suggestions of noble intent. -- they are modified rice to deficiency.n a >> people starving in africa. if we can get them the food they need, why not? >> the safety and nutritional value is inconclusive and highly disputed.

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a cbs special report and president nixon's address to the nation. and john farrell on richard nixon's legacy. gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend. >> this week on the committee caters, two former commissioners of the fcc are here. robert mcdowell a republican. michael copps a democrat. should the comcast merger go through? like's absolutely through. it should have been dead upon arrival.

it is another chapter in this never-ending saga of consolidation that has wreaked havoc. >> what is the issue with consolidation? >> the issue is you have huge companies who are not only in control of distribution, but of content increasingly. we as a democracy rely upon them to govern ourselves. .t has been a never-ending tale i went to the fcc in 2001 not knowing i was going to be listening5% of time to ceo after ceo come in and say you have to let us get bigger because we have these inefficiencies we going to pass on to consumers. think the average cable bill has gone up 4% a year. consumers are