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critz: i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the united steel workers in opposition to the korea free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: madam speaker, i'd yield to the congresswoman from maine, ms. pingree, fo the purpose of asking for a unanimous consent. the speaker pro teore: without objection. ms. pingree: thank you very much. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the buildi construction trades department of the afl-cio in opposition to all three f.t.a.'s. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: i'd like to yield to the representative from north carolina, mr. nes, for the purpose of unimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: madam speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record two letters opposing the korean free trade agreement, one from the american manufacturing trade acti coalition and another from the united states industal fabric institute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: ma

vice president for united states steel corporation. i will introduce a friend of the united states steel corp., rick great services in texas since taking over loadstar technologies. we have seen his ability to promote economic development, regulation on business. he is here to make an important policy. an issue that is as important here in western pennsylvania as in the state of texas. texas. [applause] today. there on the line with you. thank you for having me here today and it is great to be in the outskirts of pittsburgh, a work and the dreams of blue- collar american workers. the central issue facing american says the lack of jobs. 14 million americans are without one in six americans are job ready, but cannot find a full- time job. 45 million americans on food stamps. 48% of the households in this country have a least one benefits. our people have tough this out the best that they can but are looking for leadership and too rare in washington. i propose an economic growth package that will rebuild the engine of american prosperity.

i am a proud card-carrying member of the united steel members union, a member of the union for over 39 years and served as vice president of local 152. workers in colombia are being killed for the exact same thing. since january 23 unionists have been assassinated. 51 were killed last year. more than the rest of the world combined. just for carrying a union card like mine. nearly 3,000 workers have been killed in colombia or the past 25 years -- over the past 25 years. the administration's labor action plan is intended to address some of the decade's old problem of violence against unionists and a lack of impunity for the perpetrators but it falls far short from doing so. first, there has not been meaningful collaboration with a colombian union to make sure the action plan is being implemented thoroughly. second, the attorney generals office, according to the human rights watch, hasn't made any progress in investigating the murder cases over the last four years. ensuring that murder investigations are conducted and completed and the real killers are brought to justice is a critical com

i am a proud card-carrying member of the united steel members union, a member of the union for over 39 years and served as vice president of local 152. workers in colombia are being killed for the exact same thing. since january 23 unionists have been assassinated. 51 were killed last year. more than the rest of the world combined. just for carrying a union card like mine. nearly 3,000 workers have been killed in colombia or the past 25 years -- over the past 25 years. the administration's labor action plan is intended to address some of the decade's old problem of violence against unionists and a lack of impunity for the perpetrators but it falls far short from doing so. first, there has not been meaningful collaboration with a lombian union to make sure the action plan is being implemented thoroughly. second, the attorney generals office, according to the human rights watch, hasn't made any progress in investigating the murder cases over the last four years. ensuring that murder investigations are conducted and completed and the real killers are brought to justice is a critical compo

joining me tonight is the president of the united states steel workers international president mr. lee owe gerard. good to have you with us. i should point out we invited santorum on the program tonight. we were told he couldn't make it. he has an open invitation to come on this program. leo, if there was a 0% tax rate for manufacturing corporations, would that help create jobs? >> absolutely not. we've got hundreds of corporations now that aren't paying any tax. in fact, many of them are getting huge tax checks like general electric and others getting tax rebates. what this administration has been doing is trying to stimulate demand. what the senator's bait is doesn't do anything about giving reward to those who hire jobs. doesn't do anything about domestic content. doesn't do anything about taking away the tax break for companies sending jobs offshore. this is nothing but a smoke and mirrors. this is nothing more than hide the pea. and i don't know any company that has created a job when they repatrioted funds. in 2006 in fact it didn't create any jobs. we lost a bunch of jobs wh

i am a proud card-carrying member of the united steel members union, a member of the union for over 39 years and served as vice president of local 152. workers in colombia are being killed for the exact same thing. since january 23 unionists have been assassinated. 51 were killed last year. more than the rest of the world combined. just for carrying a union card like mine. nearly 3,000 workers have been killed in colombia or the past 25 years -- over the past 25 years. the administration's labor action plan is intended to address some of the decade's old problem of violence against unionists and a lack of unionists and a lack of impunity

goodison manufacturing products that the european union countries especially in term of the steel manufacture united states doesn't manufacture anymore. we've outsourced everything over the past thirty years and now it's been manufactured in other questions we have been reading in the news that leaders are considering legislation that would that would threaten sanctions against china. at this. currency manipulations do you think this is a measure that may help revive us me that. you know the the u.s. economy is a basket case economy right now the official government data that's released every three months by the labor department the commerce department has been faked essentially so systematically and so long that the real economy is running at a level of best estimates of an economist friends of mine amounted to this of twenty two twenty three percent of the employable labor force twenty three percent unemployment is as levels of the great depression of the thirty's so so. the the language x. of sanctions. he isn't isn't a language understood by countries like china here nor saber rattling but by wa

steel for down the river in our facility down the river. this morning, i have the to american manufacturing, and a friend of the united states steel corporationgovernor rick perry of texas. participation in texas since 2007, when we acquired a lone star technologies. ability to promote economic development, and to attack job- killing, unnecessary regulation on business. governor perry is here to make an important address on energy policy, an issue that is as important in western pennsylvania as in texas. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome governor rick perry of texas. [applause] >> thank you. i really appreciate you. yes, sir. thank you all for joining me today. i want to say a special thanks to jim and scott. thanks for the tour. it was awesome to be on the line with you. the men and women of u.s. steel -- i appreciate you for having me here today. it is great to be in the outskirts of pittsburgh, a city dreams of a blue-collar american workers. americans is a lack of jobs. there are 14 million americans that are without work today. americans who are job ready, but cannot find a full-time job. for 45 million americans on food stamps, and t

critz: i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the united steel workers in opposition to the korea free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: madam speaker, i'd yield to the congresswoman from maine, ms. pingree, for the purpose of asking for a unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pingree: thank you very much. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the building construction trades department of the afl-cio in opposition to all three f.t.a.'s. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: i'd like to yield to the representative from north carolina, mr. jones, for the purpose of unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. jones: madam speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record two letters opposing the korean free trade agreement, one from the american manufacturing trade action coalition and another from the united states industrial fabric institute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr

debt and police brutality political analyst and former intelligence officer robert david steele things they're united by a will for electoral reform and could even bring about a revolution. these are not stupid people they are very smart and they understand that at root this is about corruption and government and corruption on wall street and until you have electoral reform you cannot restore the integrity of the us government was so yes there is a common cause but it's a bottom up movement and so that common cause is being voiced in many different ways i see the united states right now is much more desperate to people realize we're at twenty two percent unemployment on our way to thirty percent we are at sixteen percent below the poverty line on our way to thirty percent there is no question in my mind that this is going to be a very dark winter in the united states. and iran unless the government three stories its own integrity and start paying attention of the public interest rather than to the special interests i believe that we will have a formal for evolution initially nonviolent but with the p

the younger boys are going to school in a steel truck container used to bring over united states military supplies. 80 kids going to school in a truck container. the girls are outdoors going to school in the dirt with one mat one black board that keeps blowing down and they keep picking it up in the wind and one teacher. to me, the courage and hope that resonates when i see those kids - some of these young woman, walk 1/2 hours to get to school. it's time we need to help support them and that they have the opportunity and privilege to all go to school. so, i'm - sometimes people ask ar organization and the board mass upon derd this to say half of our staff is illiterate. why do you hire illiterate people to work with literacy organization. these men and women worked for a long time for us and they're willing to go in some of the most difficult, remote or dangerous areas to risk their lives year after year just to get one girl in school and i call this is the most over achieving under qualified staff on the planet. you know, some people ask me, well isn't it difficult or dangerous over the

steele. why can't they keep it in the united states where it belongs? that would make all kinds of new jobs. people would have all kinds of jobs, building all these new refineries up there and then they would truck it all. there's a big bunch of truck drivers that have jobs. why don't they think about that instead of trying to build a pipeline that is going to have leaks and going to leak everywhere all the way down through there because after years it deteriorates and it falls apart. host goes john asked on twitter, how much will the pipeline cost versus building a refinery? why not build a refinery? >> guest: there is a lot to this question i think. it is an excellent question and actually one that we have been talking about. the oil market is the global market, so when you talk about building a pipeline down to the gulf, it is being done because that is where we have the refining capacity, the ability to process this oil. if we also have the infrastructure to be able to have flexibility in our system in the u.s., to get it to the east coast, to get i

what about the jobs that were lost in the united states? our steel mills? we need those jobs here. you go to weld on to the pipe and splits and breaks. and they get those reports that says the point is good. the problem is none of us can read chinese. please, if nothing else, before you decide on this, adopt quality standards. and i know that you may not have them right now. you think you of the nuclear regulatory commission does have them. give them a chance to build something that's right, regulate it, welding procedures, and maybe, just maybe, there won't be 14 weeks in the first year, one of the worst disasters of the pipeline in history. thank you very much. [applause] >> i would like to call number nine anita paro, number ten, mr. balk of vanderbilt, number 11 stevan rupner and number 12, rabin mann, please. >> good morning and thank you very much. my name is anita parlo with al parlo and associates you can find it at www.sustaintheglobe.com. thank you very much for allowing me to present briefly my thoughts regarding the administration's decision to approve or decline the pe

. >>> we want to turn back to the united states and the northeast in particular. alexandra steele. i want to say hello to t.j. holmes who just e-mailed me and is watching. >> it's certainly rare. unprecedented, not so we have seen snow in october, but it's about a month and a half early for the big cities. yeah. this is not december. look at this radar. western new york, western maryland, elkins, west virginia, morgantown, state college. this is just the beginning of it we will watch the cool air come in. colder air comes in, it will change the rain over to snow. for the balance of everyone, that won't happen along the eastern seaboard until tonight. here's a look at the big picture. new york city, here's the deal. windy and rainy today. we'll mix with snow this evening, the snow will taper off tonight in new york city. three to five inches. this is the first time in 59 years that we had october snow. so, pretty incredible. boston, the later and the more north and east you are, the later it will come but the later it will stay. windy, rainy day, turning to snow tonight. forecast f

united states? what's wrong with u.s. steel? or u.s. concrete? why is that such a controversy? i would say to my colleagues on that side that like to say they are open, let this be an open rule, especially since there was no hearings on this bill. my colleague from south carolina got up and said he was confused. i'm sorry he's confused. let me try to unconfuse him about one thing and that is, if you want to create jobs, you bring the president's jobs bill to the floor. economists predicts the american jobs act can create 1.9 million jobs next year and boost economic growth by about two percentage points. and you get a two-fer here. not only do you put people back to work but you help to reduce our deficit when you put more people to work. we could lower the unemployment rate in this country by a few percentage points, we can lower our deficit. why is that so controversial? and so rather than focus on partisan bills that don't mean much for the economy, it's time for the republicans to take up the american jobs act which is fully paid for and includes bipartisan ideas and will c

united states for a lot less. there is a precedent. in 2009, the steelry was facing the same thing from china and guess what happened? they won the lawsuit. i think that's what we're seeing right now. >> arthel: jonathan, how do you see it. >> there is no objective crime of dumping. if china wants to soviet union dies low cost panels, the only reason they're doing it is because we're subsidizing them at home. the only reason the solar energy industry exists is because not of china's currency manipulations, but our own energy policy in this country, which still involves unfortunately incentivizing green energy. what you get is companies like solyndra -- >> arthel: wait, wait. before you go to solyndra, explain what you just said. >> this country has -- this government, this administration has made incentive viesing green energy that leads to mal investment and situations like this where you have money poured down the drain for no objective purpose. the answer is free trade and getting government out of the energy business all together. >> jonathan, i agre

what about the jobs that were lost in the united states? our steel mills? we need those jobs here. go to weld on to the pipes and a split in break. and they give us reports that tell us that the pipe is good. the problem is that none of us can read chinese. please, if nothing else, before you decide on this, adopt quality standards. i know you may not have them by now. you think you do, but the nuclear regulatory commission has them. give them a chance to build something that is right, regulated, welding procedures, and maybe just maybe there will not be 14 leaks in the first year, one of the worst disasters of the pipeline and history. thank you very much. [applause] >> i like to call #9, miss anita a through #12, route unmanned -- robin mann. >> the morning and thank you very much. parlow, withita sustain the globe. thank you very much for allowing me to present my thoughts briefly regarding the and ministrations decision to approve or declined to permit that would allow transcanada the keystone xl pipeline that would traverse the american heart line from alberta, canada before r

and former intelligence officer mr steele the occupy wall street protesters they reset everything from lack of jobs to global warming is there a common cause uniting the activists. there actually is and if you look at the day of rage cage it's electoral reform these are not stupid people they're very smart and they understand that at root this is about corruption in government and corruption on wall street and until you have electoral reform you cannot restore the integrity of the u.s. government so yes there is a common cause but it's a bottom up movement and so that common cause is being released in many different ways all right and you mentioned electoral reform is that what they want to achieve and candid administrations achieve this in her opinion. i can't speak for them but i am driving up to new york on thursday and we are having a meeting and they are adopting or i hope they will adopt the nine point lecture reform program that ralph nader jim turner christine told and myself and several others have put together. my objective on thursday is to get the group as a whole to consider demanding electoral reform legislation by the fourth of july

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and lyric opera-- two state-of-the-art spaces united by a multi-tiered lobby with sweeping views of the city. on the north facade, waves of stainless steel gigantic shell. on the south, 40,000 square feet of glass anchored to the ground with 27 high tension cables. >> it's almost like a musical instrument. a giant person could come and play the strings, play the building like a harp. >> brown: safdie, who's designed numerous cultural institutions all over the world, says, for him, the function of a building always determines the form that he creates. >> performing arts buildings are complex. the acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. so you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. and if you fail there, you've failed it all. but it's got to go beyond that. because it's got to be about the ritual of partaking in the performing arts. it's just got to uplift people's spirits so that it becomes a place for the community. >> brown: uplift people's spirits, is that the essential task? >> absolutely. i think there's architecture that uplifts you, that makes you feel optimistic, that makes you

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the american iron and steel institute, the national association of manufacturers, even the united states chamber of commerce have said the problem pits american and chinese manufacturers against one another in an unfair fight. this issue a has also forged some strong alliances. the afl-cio has called for swift action to level the playing field. the chamber of commerce, the afl-cio are together. this is what the afl-cio said, and i quote. "the single most important jobs measure that congress can take is to adescries the chinese currency manipulation." business groups agree that american workers aren't getting a fair share. they agree that congress should take action to give them that fair shake. here in the senate we've heard the message loud and clear. we can't ignore blatant, unfair trade practices that put american workers at a disadvantage. supreme court justice potter stewart said, "fairness is what justice really is." fairness is what justice really is -- close quote. this week the national is demanding justice for american companies and their employees. i know that a few of my demo

units away from hot zones, ie, poorer neighborhoods where they are actually needed. instead of patrolling the projects, the police are baby-sitting educated whinerswho worry someone might steel their ipad. among the troubling states which is short for statistic, the number of people in the city jumped 28% in the last month. that's a lot. meanwhile, at the parks protestors are squabbling over money. they have $500,000 in the bank from donations, but apparently has been reluctant to share the wealth with the other protesters. and some are threatening to splinter off. this happened while occupy yes, sirs marched -- occupiers approached the salary. and katy perry and russell brand stopped to show their support and they were welcomed warmly. >> that would happen. but that was just a joke. terry, welcome back to the show. nice to see you. >> good to be back. i am happy and giddy. >> i don't care. the spike in crime is hating the poor inib thats. -- in poor neighborhoods. do they care? >> no. their message is more important than those in the poor neighborhoods. dam them. they are so self-indulgent and we talked about what we were going to say. we won't do the smell -- oh i just did

this is a man who is dealing in the real world of production,the steel production, around the unitedd states. and i think he knows a lot about what goes on in the world and how this system works. so the bill i have joined with my colleagues on, i believe is a thoughtful, commonsense preach. it does not place an immediate tariff on all chinese goods that enter the united states but it does, however, explicitly direct the commerce department and the international trade commission to take currency manipulation into account when estimating counterveiling and dumping duties. under the current law, the commerce lay the commerce department can take manipulation into account when evaluating counterveiling duties but it does not. it does not take currency manipulation into account. it could, but it does not. and the obama administration has not instructed them to do so, and neither has his -- his predecessors. moreover, neither agency up currently has the authority to include currency manipulation in their calculation of antidumping duties. so the practical effect of this legislation would be

unit with nothing, certainly nothing to cut through metal. this guy, he got ahold of some kind of cutting agent. the cell doors is all mild steel.ing clip, like part of a fingernail clipper and that is spring steel, hardened steel, and they'll sharpen that, they'll cut the weapons right out of their cell doors. they'll simply choose a section of the door and scribe on the door the same size as a weapon that they want to cut and they'll just keep scribing it until it cuts all the way through the mild steel. >> when gang members in the pelican bay shu make weapons, they're expected to use them. >> i was involved with the aryan brotherhood back in 1984 when i was at folsom prison. you know, we had some work that needed to be tended to. so i put in some work, stabbed an individual. he needed to be taken out. >> walter "big foot" farmer's involvement in the white supremacist gang, the aryan brotherhood eventually landed them in the pelican bay shu. but that didn't end his loyalty to his gang. >> of course, you have to earn your bone, which basically means you have to earn your blood in, blood out. you know, and i got my assignment an

steel in washington. a couple of things, first after weeks of speculation, new jersey governor chris christie said unequivocally he will not run for president of the unitedolitics were urging christie to jump in the race. but in a news conference yesterday, the governor said, "it's not my time." >> in the end, what i've always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i simply will not band on. so, new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me. the deciding factor was it did not feel right to me, in my gut, to leave now when the job here is not finished. >> you know, let's just talk for a second. joe and i were both talking to chris christie together and separately right up until the night before. and he was there. he was so there in many ways and trying to figure this out. and you obviously can never know exactly what deeply personal reasons might have kept him from staying in the race. but, howard, you do know how hard it is. >> yeah. this is a smart thing he did here. he's been in for two years as governor, big state but still, two years as governor. the prob

but michael steele, jon huntsman is the most qualified to be president of the united states.atever reason, he's not up there. and that's fine. that's up to the republican voters to decide. unfortunately, when you match him next to the number of unqualified candidates that have been in the lead over the past year, it raises significant questions about this primary process. >> well, it does. and it goes back to the point we were making on who is the better christian to serve as president. if that's part of the primary speak and thinking of the voters, yeah, you're going to have someone like jon huntsman standing on the sidelines, going, what? i'm not qualified to play in this game? the only problem i have about huntsman not being there was taking himself out of that debate. i always think it's good to show up and plant your flag. and last night, i think, actually when you look back on it would have been a great opportunity for him to do that. given all the bric-a-bracs thrown around. >> i think it's one of the great mysteries -- well, not mystery. the branding of huntsman as a

distinction between the united states and the european union is that we are institutionally mature whereas the european union is still building its institutions. it started out with the steel community in the early '50s, the common market, they moved to the single market, then passed the euro. i think one of the distinguishing features is that in europe, you still have a large number of people both on the level of the public and the level of the leadership who are very strongly committed to creating a stronger european cooperation for the good of all. i think that motivates a lot of the decisions that are being made and motivates a number of the leaders, motivates the public, and i think that impetus to create more cooperation at the european level for the good of all is something that shouldn't be underestimated as a driving force, and so i think that if things go well, i think historians may look back at this time as one of those sort of crucibles where the european union found it had the strength it needed to move to the next level of european cooperation. let me say i think that is one thing that distinguishes the united states from the european union. my colleagues ha

actually right now they have auto and steel and other consultn't as i businesses and actually employ thousands of americans in the united states. this is not about coming here to outstores india. and right now tata consultn't as i has about 1,000 jobs to fill. some of the issues for these companies are getting the high skilled workforce to manufacture and do r. & d. here. historically these companies have been good which is why so many businesses have been attracted over time but the fact that other countries are stepping up their game, we're going to have to work harder to get these global companies to zom invest here, currently if 5 million companies is ate way to push us out of the economic hole we're in now? >> one asks how many of these bring a whole workforce that get pension from their home land? >> no. company a company first comes to the u.s., they'll bring in some management to help get things set up but predominantly, they are employing locally. so that's not true, they need bring them in here to help set up the company, put in sort of management-styles that the company wants to see through in other countries

distinction between the united states and the european union is that we are institutionally mature whereas the european union is still building its institutions. it started out with the steel community in the early '50s, the common market, they moved to the single market, then passed the euro. i think one of the distinguishing features is that in europe, you still have a large number of people both on the level of the public and the level of the leadership who are very strongly committed to creating a stronger european cooperation for the good of all. i think that motivates a lot of the decisions that are being made and motivates a number of the leaders, motivates the public, and i think that impetus to create more cooperation at the european level for the good of all is something that shouldn't be underestimated as a driving force, and so i think that if things go well, i think historians may look back at this time as one of those sort of crucibles where the european union found it had the strength it needed to move to the next level of european cooperation. let me say i think that is one thing that distinguishes the united states from the european union. my colleagues ha

united states of america. [applause] [cheering] week of the 21st century economy in this country does not shackled to dirty fossil fuel. there will be thousands of additional miles of steelchanning our country to its antiquated fossil fuel economy if we fill the keystone xl pipeline. we have to choose. we have to choose between the queen energy economy or the dirty economy, and we've had and all of the above energy policy the past 30 years and that is an obvious failure. as part of the 99% of americans come, and decent people of this country, we must have a further expansion of the fossil fuel economy. the richest 1% can cope with climate change by biting themselves safety. it's the 99% who suffer from the deadly and damaging effects of climate change. [applause] that is why i urge you to deny the keystone xl permit. if this government still works in the best interest of the american people, you will be my this pipeline. thank you. [applause] [cheering] >> we are going to call the next series of numbers, however, i do want to tell you that our time has passed very quickly. there are many people who signed up. we you're going to end it to but we will go a little bit =to 2

the fact of the matter is that the steel for this pipeline has actually about 50% of it already been constructed outside of the united states. that's not about u.s. jobs. it's about transcanada's profits. >> host: looking at the numbers with transcanada, what the jobs impact would be. 250,000 permanent jobs, $100 billion in economic activity, $5.2 billion in property taxes, and $500 million in construction. damon moglen, you don't agree with the numbers? >> guest: it's not just me, the government's numbers are far smaller for jobs. a new cornell study says those numbers are extraordinarily inflated, that the methodology for generating them is very questionable, and, again, what we are talking about is a smaller number of temporary jobs, and also not jobs for local people. finally, this cornell study, which i think is extremely important suggests that, in fact, the pipeline in many ways could be a jobs killer. what we have is a situation in which first of all, a lot of this steel is being constructed outside of the country. second of all, what we have is the likelihood that oil and gas prices in the midwest are going

steel and capital lapped. it features spied, the theft of intellectual property and it features that 30% stealth subsidy that gets applied to every export china ships to the unitedtates. so we're in a trade war. the only difference is that on the floor of the united states senate we've taken a big step toward abandoning the failed tactic of unilateral disarmament. workers in my state know we've been waving the white flag in this war. to my friend i remind them that the united states has more leverage than any of china's trading partners. as china's overly dependent on access to our market. this isn't smoot-hawley as someone wants you to believe. it doesn't mandate sanctions against china or any other nation, does not slap an across-the-board tariff which the senate considered doing once on chinese imports tomorrow as china has effectivelily done to ours. if this bill becomes law the duties would apply currently to less than 3% of chinese imports. and when you think about this, mr. president, the chinese -- the america, of all chinese exports about one-third of them come the to the united states. if senator durbin is in business in chicago and he has a company --

united states of america. [applause] [cheering] we, the 21st century economy in this country isn't shackled to dirty fossil fuel. there will be thousands of additional miles of steel chaining the country to an antiquated fossil fuel economy if we fill the keystone xl pipeline. we have to choose. we have to choose between energy economy or dirty economy. and we've had and all of the above energy policy the past 30 years, and that is an obvious failure. as part of the 99% of americans, the common decent people of this country, we must resist further extension of fossil fuel economy. the richest 1% can cope with climate change by volume themselves safety. it's the 99% to suffer from the deadly and damaging effects of climate change. [applause] [cheering] that is why i urge you to deny the keystone xl pipeline permit. if this government still works to invest interest of the american people, you will deny this pipeline. thank you. [applause] [cheering] >> okay. we are going to call the next numbers however, i do want to tell you that our time has passed very quickly. there are many people who signed up. we were going to end at 2:00. we will go to 2:15, because we have