the department of energy has reported that 67 of these tanks are assumed or known to have leaked waste into the soil. there's an understandable sense of urgency in the northwest behind the cleanup efforts that are under way at hanford. h.r. 3053 will provide the pathway to clean up the contaminated hanford site. you see, the waste from hanford will end up in a secure permanent storage site that we believe will be yucca mountain. these tanks will be drained and cleaned out. the waste glassified and put away. this bill keeps our commitment to energy consumers, too, who are legally bound to pay for a nuclear waste management program. these consumers in 34 states, including oregon, have paid the federal government in excess of $40 billion. even after the last administration stalled the project, ratepayers continue to hand over nearly $800 million annually to develop the repository until finally the courts stepped in and said the fee collected will be halted. that money was paid to the u.s. treasury for a specific purpose, and we have a legal and moral obligation to advance the program for

ng.siti focus on further implementation of the department of energy consent-based siting process. i stand ready to partner with my colleagues on this issue and am confident that we can find a solution to this problem once and for all. with that, i yield the floor. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear president andcil senior fellow. first town university professor explains the budgetary rescission -- decision process president trump is proposing to cut federal spending by $15 million. be sure to watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. weekend at acorn 30 eastern, the national rifle association leadership forum in dallas, texas. at 6:30 p.m. come starbucks executive chair howard schultz on the responsibility of global companies. c-span2, author talks about where he begins. former p.m. on sunday, secretary of state condoleezza rice on the future of american diplomacy. tv saturdayhistory night at 8:00 p.m. o

department of energy. some of which is taking place in my district at argonne national laboratories leadership computing facility. i would also like to hear about the privacy and security measures the agencies are taking to protect our veterans personal information. in addition to these -- chronic conditions that the va, doe collaboration will address, veterans who survive combat may have to adapt to civilian life with minute -- limited mobility due to physical injuries sustained in war. a number of federal efforts to support research in related areas, including advanced robotics, prosthetics, and full- body exoskeleton suits. for example, the national science foundation funds work examining the interface with the -- prosthetics. and the national institute of standards and technology has established an international committee to bring together public and private sector stakeholders for defining standards for wearable robotics. while the physical wounds of war can be seen, the mental scars are below the surf

appropriation process for the 2019 fiscal year, to focus on further implementation of the department of energy's consent-based siting process. and i stand ready to partner with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on this issue and am confident that together we can find a solution to this problem once and for all. c-span, theend on national rifle association leadership forum in dallas. speakers include ted cruz and richard hudson. 6:30, starbucks chair howard schultz on the responsibility of global companies. eastern,night at 9:00 former secretary of state condoleezza rice on the future of american diplomacy. on american history tv on c-span3 on the presidency, hillary clinton and linda ross johnson talk about the white house years of first lady betty ford. eastern, the2:00 supreme court case hustler magazine versus falwell. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and publi

h.r. 30, 53, the underlying legislation, directs the secretary of the department of energy to create a program to consolidate and temporarily store commercially spent nuclear fuel during the development, construction, and initial operation of a national repository. the legislation provides the energy department with consolidated storage options to help fulfill the federal government's obligations to take spent nuclear fuel in other states that are waiting for a permanent repository. this bill, although i have some concerns is a good step forward. this is a complicated issue and i believe this institution has come together to present at least a viable option for ddressing a very serious need. mr. speaker, in taking up this legislation, the rules committee has acted in just a few weeks to bring bipartisan legislation to the house floor. while the bill we are debating today is certainly not perfect, it is nonetheless an example of what can be accomplished through compromise and bipartisan cooperation. this type of process should not be the exception to the rule. it should be the standard

the department of energy should harness the authority and capabilities of marketing administrations. they can be involved in transmission, utilize section 1222, and help in other ways. the administration should couple the department of energy 's planning and support for corridor designation with the department of interior efforts to identify renewable energy zones and transmission corridor s. finally, congress should consider public financing to right size transmission. too often we under build for resources that we know will be there when our children, their children, and their children's children will benefit from. those resources are there, we know they will be there even in texas when we built a lot of transmission we have essentially used up that capacity. looking back we would have done better to build at the right size. i will stop there and look forward to your questions. >> thank you, and for the panel we will have votes called within the next 10-15 minutes. we will have to go into recess but until then we will get through as many member questions as possible. we have 5 minut

of energy policy act of 2005 and help in other ways. number eight, the administration should couple department of energy's planning and support for planning and corridor designation with the department of interior's efforts to identify renewable energy zones and transmission corridors. finally, congress should consider public financing to right size transmission. too often we underbuild for the resources that we know will be there when our children, their children, and their children's children will benefit from. those resources are there. we know they will be there even in texas where we built a lot of transmission, we've essentially used up that capacity, and looking back, we would have done better to build it the right size. i will stop there and look forward to your questions. >> thank you. for the panel, within the next 10 to 15 minutes, we will have to basically go in recess but until then we will try to get as much member questions as possible. we have five minutes to ask questions. being the chasirman, i'm first. y'all know i'm a texan. y'all know that texans love to brag about fellow texans. we say they done something good. they

department of energy. prior to nasa he served as director of the office of research and development for national security and science and technology. dr. kuznetsov earned a bachelor of arts in physics and pure mathematics from the university of california-berkeley. he also holds had a masters of science in physics as well as a phd in theoretical nuclear physics both from princeton university. our second witness today is mr. christopher meek, founder and chairman of soldiers strong. soldier strong helps america's service men, women and veterans take their next steps forward by identifying and filling gaps in the traditional systems supporting veterans and the members of the original. originally called soldier socks, soldier strong stems from mr. meek's first project, organizing donations of socks and other supplies from communities and businesses. mr. meek holds a batch lover arts in economics and political science from syracuse university, and a masters of business administration in financial management fro

he took a pledge in a campaign to eliminate the department of energy. we are in morgantown, west virginia. hundreds of jobs right here under the department of energy to fund a future for coal. we don't need to eliminate the department of energy, we need to find a cold future. these are important jobs. >> bret: we have to head to breaker. very quickly. >> i find it very rich that the person who just voted for the big pork omnibus, $1.3 trillion has the gall to talk about smaller government. i'm the only proven conservative in this race. we've gone after spending, voluntarily returned a lot of money back to the treasury here in west virginia. a lot of inconsistency, my friend. >> i eliminated a half a billion dollars from the budget of the epa. i have cut the cost of government. you want to do away with the deferment of energy, the jobs here are creating a future for west virginia. >> martha: with got to take a break. coming up next, we will be back with a lightning round from west virginia in morgantown. great night. we will be right back after this break

money that previous congresses have said here department of energy you take this couple of billion dollars. or h.h.s. you take this couple of billion and it never gets spent and just sits there in these accounts. some of this money that rescinding and not making this up is stimulus money from 2011. that simply hasn't been spent yet. it's your money. it's sitting there. and we are going to have to find it looked under every rock that we have been able to. found about $15 million and we hope congress gives it back to the taxpayers. steve: that's one the problems with washington. they wind up giving programs money that they don't even need and can't even spend. you know the political calculation here. so many republicans, mic, were steamed that the president and the president congress went along with gigantic spending bill. i know you are trying to claw some back before the november election. really, it's just a drop in the bucket. >> by the way, if it passes it's more than a drop in the bucket. it will be the largest rescissions package in history. keep in mind most presidents used to do. th

included. >> the administration should improve federal coordination on federal lands. >> the department of energy should harness the authority and capabilities of marketing administrations. they can be involved in transmission, utilize section 1222, and help in other ways. >> the administration should couple the department of energy planning and support for corridor designation with the department of interior efforts to identify renewable energy zones and transmission corridor is. finally, congress should consider public financing to right size transmission. too often we under build for resources that we know will be there when our children, their children, and children's children will benefit from. those resources are there, we know they will be there even in texas when we built a lot of transmission we have essentially used up that capacity. looking back we would have done better to build at the right size. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, and for the panel we will have votes called within the next 10-15 minutes. we will have to go into recess but until then we will get through a

having ferc and the department of energy take interest. i think there is an interesting study that i cited in my written testimony called the scenes study -- seams study, that a -- a number of national labs have been working on, and that will be a great model. when that comes out, facilitating a dialogue on how we get that type of grid would be very worthwhile. >> you mentioned there is a lack of private rocket interest in the public in financing high-capacity versions of the lines, such as the texas competitive renewable energy zones. public financing may be appropriate. you discussed about how such would be structured so we do not build excess capacity needlessly. mr. gramlich: thank you for that. yes. there is always a risk in regulated industries of overbuilding, and you need to think about that. but in this case, we know where the resources are. the wind, solar, geothermal resources. these are resources that will not move over generations. we should not be that worried about overbuilding to access those resource areas. our great-great

in fact, ncsc, we brought only in department of energy but major companies in fuel, gas, oil, gave them a classified briefing of the threat and help them mitigate those issues back in their home facilities. senator heinrich: did that include utilities? mr. evanina: it did. senator heinrich: are we getting utility leadership to the clearance process fast enough? mr. evanina: i am not sure about that, senator. i have to get back to you with respect to the speed that it's occurring. senator heinrich: i know that's a concern and senator warner brought up the overall issue. one of the things we heard on the energy and natural resources committee is even former members of congress who served on the intelligence -- relevant intelligence committee can't get through that process. if we don't have partners who are read in on the other side it makes it very difficult for those utilities and those other energy institutions to actually implement the changes that they need to implement. mr. evanina: thank you, senator. i believe working closely with d.h.s., they are working diligently to provide an e

the department of energy has reported that 67 of these tanks are assumed or known to have leaked waste into the soil. there's an understandable sense of urgency in the northwest behind the cleanup efforts that are under way at hanford. h.r. 3053 will provide the pathway to clean up the contaminated hanford site. you see, the waste from hanford will end up in a secure permanent storage site that we believe will be yucca mountain. these tanks will be drained and cleaned out. the waste glassified and put away. this bill keeps our commitment to energy consumers, too, who are legally bound to pay for a nuclear waste management program. these consumers in 34 states, including oregon, have paid the federal government in excess of $40 billion. even after the last administration stalled the project, ratepayers continue to hand over nearly $800 million annually to develop the repository until finally the courts stepped in and said the fee collected will be halted. that money was paid to the u.s. treasury for a specific purpose, and we have a legal and moral obligation to advance the program for

it includes the department of energy and noah, is extremely likely that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming. and i have no reason to doubt the science that comes from that. >> to agree with the scientific consensus that includes nasa researchers that the climate is changing on the human cost? >> yes. >> to commit to supporting the funding, independence and climate science at nasa? >> without question. >> we've had conversations and since then impersonate over the phone i want to recognize this issue. and this is for you to abide by the science. you're the first nasa administrator that wasn't an elected official. and also a partisan confirmation vote. we needed to move through this ideological disagreement and political disagreement back to where the nasa administrator is the leader of the science agency. you cannot leave that if you're not grounded by the science. thank you for that. it's not easy to come to that conclusion. what i've seen from you with my interactions is this is a true revolution they respect the people with whom he worked in the science. you want t

i can think of the department of energy, the department of homeland security. of course we have some nongovernment partners as well. so, we do utilize nasa's facility to do governmental things that are broader than what nasa it self does. we want to continue doing that. we believe that we are a national asset that can be utilized by a whole host of government and nongovernment sanctions. we want to make sure when we do that we are not impacting nasa's missions. that is an important thing that i want to make sure we don't impact nasa's missions. certainly, we see ourselves as a partner to the government or large. >> thank you. west virginia university with select it to test the research in simulated microgravity at the johnson space center. mobile to conduct experiments in the pole for the astronauts train for their spacewalks. this is a unique and tremendous opportunity for students as you can imagine. they call for the elimination of nasa's office of education. rename it to be the office of inspiration because you are inspiring through the educational opportun

we have on this list about one third of the cutbacks come from department of energy program and that is a pretty big deal and there's some in here and some of these programs that u have been repeatedly on the top block and it's money that has not been used in a while. the leaders in congress have been looking at it to use for offset for legislation that includes clean energy (as well as a loan program that goes towards technologies from vehicles in both of those have been in frequent targets of spending bills in the past and it is unclear right now whether the white house will have the support to go ahead with those but there is also about half of the money that comes from the cutbacks is from the children's health insurance program. on its head it doesn't sound that great. the republicans go after the sloan and help but on the face of it and cbo the nonpartisan budget office has confirmed that thactually none of the funding that will be taken away here impact the program. this is budgett authorities and not money that would be spent and a lot of it has been expired. those are the big

the savannah river easy a key department of energy industrial complex responsible for disposition of nuclear materials we still management environmental cleanup and environmental stewardship so the pentagon wants to weaponize a facility which was intended to be a nuclear arms burial ground but what exactly do they plan to produce pates bombs that when armed with nuclear warheads can create a blast to one thousand times stronger than that of hiroshima it's expected to produce fifty each year and the u.s. has been crystal clear as to why they need to pay it so badly back in two thousand and ten the obama administration's. with misplaced hope that quote russia is not an enemy it is increasingly a partner close quote anyone who watches the news today knows that this is not the case if it ever was president putin announced that russia is developing and building for new and horrific nuclear weapons nuclear deterrence is our number one priority defense mission forces or here it's a three people and infrastructure it's all part of the deter it is time to buckle down and get after all of it n

i can think of the department of energy and the department of homeland security and of course we have nongovernment partners as well so we do utilize nasa to do governmental things that are broader than what nasa itself does. we want to continue doing that. we believe that we are a national asset that can be utilized by a whole host of government and nongovernment functions. we want to make sure that when we do that we are not impacting nasa's mission so that is an important thing that i want to make sure that we don't impact and suspicions but certainly we see ourselves as a partner to the federal government at large. >> inc. you. last week nasa announced the team from west virginia university was selected to test the research insulated microgravity at the johnson space center. they will be able to deduct their experiments and a pool with the astronauts train for their spacewalk. this is a unique and tremendous opportunity for our students that you can imagine. it's part of nasa's education program. i continue to be frustrated that the imagination continues to call for the limitation

in the private sector every day as a matter of fact you can see we brought in but only the department of energy that major companies with fuel, gas into the perspective to give them a classified brief of the threat and so we can help them navigate. >> did that include utilities as well? do you see a greater sense of urgency and other institutions to utilize the information? >> are we giving leadership to the process fast enough? >> i would have to get back to you with the speed of that debt is occurring. >> i know the senator brought up the overall issue on one of the things we've heard on the resources committee is that even former members of congress who served on the intelligence committee can't get through the process. they can receive this on a primary basis. >> the government honestly has not done a good job. industries are able to conduct the continuous evaluation of the employees. why is it then occult to do so and what can we do about that? >> it's been a constant bedrock in the committee for years and we've been asked to deal with the auspices of the committee for years to provide a c

having ferc and the department of energy take interest. i think there is an interesting study that i cited in my written testimony called the scenes study -- seams study, that a national -- a number of national labs have been working on, and that will be a great model. when that comes out, facilitating a dialogue on how we get that type of grid would be very worthwhile. >> you mentioned there is a lack of private rocket interest in the public in financing high-capacity versions of the lines, such as the texas competitive renewable energy zones. public financing may be appropriate. you discussed about how such would be structured so we do not build excess capacity needlessly. mr. gramlich: thank you for that. yes. there is always a risk in regulated industries of overbuilding, and you need to think about that. but in this case, we know where the resources are. thermald, solar, geo resources. these are resources that will not move over generations. we should not be that worried about overbuilding to access those resource areas. our great-grea

we have on this list about one-third of the cutback frs department of energy programs. that's a big deal. there's some in here, some of these programs that have been repeatedly been on the chopping block. it's money that hasn't been used in a while. leaders in congress have always been b looking at it to use for off sets for other legislation. that includes a clean energy loan program as well as a loan program that goes towards advanced technologies for vehicles and both of those have been frequent targets of spending bills in the past and it's unclear right now if the white house is going to have the support to go ahead with those, but there's also a half of the money is from the children's health insurance program, which on its head, doesn't sound that great. but on the face of it and cbo, the nonpartisan budget office has confirmed that none of the funding that would be taken away here impacts the program. this is swrus budget authority. not money that would be spent. a lot has been expired. >> steny hoyer said this. not a nickel. the only place the look is nondefense

chairman, the department of energy asks this exact question. the department of energy produces a fiscal year stockpile stewardship and management plan. it's a 25-year plan with long-term costs. it's required in federal code. we are doing this analysis in other areas. why sblet the department of defense -- isn't the department of defense doing this? the majority seeks to say, why even ask the question? and we have to ask ourselves, what is oversight if we don't ask hard questions? now, i think that there's a reason why folks like the national taxpayers union, who have supported this amendment, and have said that they're going to score this amendment, have signed on to support. it's because we need to ask these tough questions. if we're going to genuinely offer oversite we need to ask how much these programs cost, we need to plan and we need to budget. it seems like a reasonable step to take. i appreciate my colleague's concerns and i would ask an aye vote of my colleagues. and with that i'll yield back, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman yiel

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and then how did the department of energy and the corps of engineers fit into the hierarchy and what about the creditors? so there are many questions. there's also an opportunity to provide clarity to the questions that many in puerto rico are asking. why are we still seeing islandwide accounts, and they're asking where have the federal dollars gone and where have they been directed. and as we enter into a new season that you're asking whether or not it is more stable and resilient and asking what efforts are being made to incorporate alternative energy sources so that the island is not dependent on the global price of oil. and then they are also asking what the status of the prepa privatization proposal is, so there's a lot of questions to be answered. i woulanswered. i would add about the conservation of the regulatory agencies in puerto rico, particularly the perc. the issues attracting capital investment is a struggle. and without a stable regulatory environment bringing investors to upgrade to electric grid would be even tougher. i am hopeful the witnesses can help us sort throu

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department of energy found the designated energy efficient home said to sell eighteen to thirty nine days faster than their competitors however it isn't just the rich in their new homes that benefit from energy efficiency it turns out the lowest twenty percent of income earners pay almost ten percent of their income on electricity while the highest twenty percent of earners spend under one and a half percent which is what makes the california move so interesting it isn't just about forcing solar panels on rubes it's about lowering the cost of those panels creating jobs for their installation and making new homes more affordable in the long run for families and any economic situation so the question is will the sun shine on california's new building codes or will it cloud the issue of the state's costly housing your god that's a great and awesome question lou it's an interesting kind of issue that school on a cold war because like you say go for it is over the largest economy in the world the decision whether they want to or not or we want to believe it out of whatever decisions made

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