speaker, i am rising in support of h.r. 5905, the department of energy science and innovation act of 2018. this legislation authorizes the department of energy's office of science programs for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. it also authorizes upgrades and new construction of major user facilities at the department of energy, d.o.e., national labs, and universities. over the past four years, the energy subcommittee has met with stakeholders, held hearings, and wrote -- worked extensively with our colleagues to draft the language included in today's legislation. during this comprehensive process we spoke with d.o.e. officials, directors of d.o.e. national labs, academia and industry representatives about the right priorities for these office of science programs. the result was a series of bills that the science committee advanced through the house this congress including 4377, 9, h.r. 4376, h.r. and h.r. 4675. now, the legislation we will consider today combines these bills to form a bipartisan authorization of the department's basic science research. this includes over $6 billion in funda

today we will hear from the department of energy, the private sector, and texas tech university on research for creating the electric grid of the future. the goal is to assure energy delivery systems are reliable and secure. reliable grid delivers energy to consumers on demand. a resilient grid assures restoration of energy once an outage has secured. a secure grid protects our energy infrastructure from hostile disruptions due to physical or cyberattacks. which are a growing risk as more industrial control systems are connected online. the doe office is leading the early stage research and development programs that promise to deliver advancements in grid technology. small but mighty, they have the least amount of funding for applied energy programs at doe but carries out a vital mission. science expertise in physics, network science, algorithms develop modeling and data and analytics to help optimize modern electrical grids. they developed these capabilities through it's nuclear weapons program. this is part of what makes the national lab system an incubator for new technology and continue

my amendment increases funding by $5 million for the department of energy's office of energy efficiency and renewable energy for the purposes of off-shore wind job training grants. the amendment is paid for by using an equal offset from the department of administration accounts. according to the national renewable laboratory, our nation's off-shore wind energy potential is nearly double our total electricity need. it is also an energy resource available to nearly every coastline in the country, including the great lakes. off-shore wind is broadly recognized as our nation's next great energy resource, one that has the potential to create tens of thousands of new jobs in manufacturing, logistics, engineering, construction, and long-term operations and maintenance of these projects. this potential has been acknowledged by the trump administration. secretary of the interior ryan zinke recently spoke at an off-shore wind energy conference and said that off-shore wind has more growth potential than any other energy resource. in fact, he also punished an op-ed in "the boston globe" in april, u

appreciate the opportunity to discuss the research programs of the office of energy electricity and energy security and department of energy is ensuring the energy infrastructure is capable of securing our security, therefore it is of the utmost. oe collaborate with state and local governments and other stake holders on numerous programs to achieve these objectives. using the definition set forth in the presidential policy directive 21, defined as the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing positions and stand with reaction. the ability to stand and recover from delivered attacks, accidents or natch rig occurring threats or accidents. doe, which is a national security energy with a comprehensive intelligence community informed view of resilience recognizes that the energy sector has been the main focus of cyber and threat attacks. the actions doe are taking to address the very risks we face. first the office of electricity has been divided into two separate departments, in order to significantly increase the focus commensurate with the known risk of cyber and physical threats, therein creating cybersecurity

recommending is that congress provide the department of energy with some additional authority to use alternative methodfodiosing a nuclear waste. this is lower-level -- waste with a lower level of radioactivity. in washington in the department of energy can't use this one process called rting for dealing with this lower-level radioactive waste. grouting is -- encasing the waste in concrete to render it inertret safely. the department needed to use the , which is encasing it in class, which is a much more expensive and one that is rommended forit's higher levels of radioactivity, sful used thease, the department method to-- grouting dispose of waste more quickly which helped prevent it from leaking and causing problems. we recommendedharess gi depve thetment energy that authority and we think that could save tens of bon of dollar host:ou are recommeing congress give that authority, can gao not mandate these things happen when to find duplication or waste? guest: we make recommendations to congress or executive branch agencies and thewe every year at least once a year if not more often

department. and they're tied to the needs of the energy industry. the department's fiscal year of 2019 budget requests places federal funding only going to early stage research programs, only towards early stage research programs. what steps have you taken to ensure responsible stewardship of those taxpayer dollars by funding only the rnd that can be performed by the energy industry? >> so we have focused very much on early stage research, utilizing the capabilities on the super side and o.e. to identify where are the cutting technologies realized through our national labs. so we identify using a risk based approach how to best invest that money. >> thank you. this question is for you. in your testimony, you explained how texas tech university partners both with the national lab and private industry to conduct research. what is the difference between research conducted at the gleam facility and the research conducted at the san dia swift site? and should there be more coordination between the national labs and academia on grid challenges like those i

he is responsible for coordinating energy polic policf the department of many individual bureaus as well as with other government agencies and has been an advocate for the role that advanced energy can and should play into previously held several leadership roles at the department of energy and many state energy offices. following his address, he will be joined on stage for an armchair conversation with a distinguished fellow at the global energy center. serving key leadership roles in the department of transportation and the department of the interior including serving as the former director of the management service in the clinton administration. i can think of no one better to lead a pragmatic and frank conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and water so without further ado it is a pleasure to welcome to the podium mr. vincent devito. [applause] >> that is an outstanding introduction i appreciate it. thank you everybody for coming today and hopefully you have good takeaways to share thank you from the atlantic council to put this together and everybody i love

so, we have the department of energy, the ministration weighing in. so, my question, it seems that retirement, in my view, has not reached the point where quality of electric service has been visibly compromised. so, are you confident that this situation will persist, and i would just ask if you agree yes or no. chairman? >> thank you madam chair. with the idea that we have not seen -- >> the quality of service visibly compromised. >> i do. i do not quarrel with the study you referenced in an earlier remark about how there is no immediate calamity or threat to our ongoing of availability to have our bulk power system operate and satisfy energy needs. >> do you agree with that? >> i think we need to take a longer-term lens and ask ourselves what should the future landscape of our generation resource mix look like to ensure that we get that right as well. >> with the rest of you in green that where we are right now, is that the quality has not been visibly compromised? >> i agree, senator. i think the history of electricity in this country for the last c

department of energy and in many state energy offices. following his address, mr. devito will be joined on stage for an armchair conversation with cynthia quarterman, fellow here she has send in key leadership roles in the department of transportation, and the department of the interior, including serve has former direct orow in minerals management service in the clinton administration image think of no one better to lead a pragmatic and frank conversation on the role of advanced energy across american land and american weares. so, i without further adieu it's a pleasure to wok to the podium vincent devito. [applause] >> thank you. an outstanding introduction. appreciate it. thank you everybody for coming today, and listening to us. hopefully you will have some good takeways to share. thank you hereafter from the atlanta counsel 'obut this together and every from doi as well. if lou you love you starteds with the stats. i happen performed remarks but never use them. they're very gut by'll start with the predded stats. one of the things that i have learned being at i

devito here for an event that the department of interior plays in the advanced energy future. it is also a pleasure to be hosting this event with so many familiar faces in the audience and such a distinguished set of guests. i would like to thank the department of interior for its cooperation with this event and think our staff here at the atlantic council. especially becca -- for putting this together today. the department of interior is often overlooked. it manages 1/5 of the land in the united states, 35,000 miles of coastline, 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf and it also oversees 700 million acres of subsurface minerals. it is responsible not only for managing this wealth, this natural capital if you will, but also overseeing the conditions under which some of this wealth is responsibly and sustainably transformed into income in the form of energy production. indeed, the department is the second largest source of government revenue after the irs. by the majority of these revenues have been generated through fossil fuels, there is also a significant opportuni

, buying power from coal saying the department of energy, buying powerfrom coal plants sayinguying power from coal plants to keep them alive, regardless of whether they are economically viable or not. those on the policies i support. you also said when you are criticising him, the most vexing untreatable, the supposed hoax at the heart of the russia investigation. do you think that president trump is only in power because russia influence the election? no, i don't. no, idon't. i no, i don't. i do think the russians try to influence the election, they did intervene, not at the teahouse, but certainly at the benefit of donald trump. we don't know if that was disposed of or not, if that effected the election. i accept that donald trump is the president, he was duly elected, we will never know how much influence that had, but i am troubled that he simply won't let that investigation take its course. it ought to. i have a lot of faith in robert miller. the investigation is going on. president hasn't done anything to stop it. right, well, he has tried to undermine it. i hope he let

department of interior. the department of defense. the department of energy. that federal land is larger than the state of connecticut. that's the local concern that we're dealing with and we're addressing here. this is all the operating commercial nuclear power plants. that's why there's 31 states, 121 locations. that's why this debate is important because more and more as we are able to lay out the facts the consensus by the national media is that it is time to move forward and finish the project. whether that's "the washington post," the "san diego union-tribune", the akin standard. "los angeles times." chicago tribune. my colleagues, i understand the "not in my backyard" but there's more nuclear spent fuel in chicago, illinois, in chicagoland , in chicagoland, not 90 miles away, in chicago -- and chicago has 55 million visitors. not 33 million. more than las vegas. so it's not going to hurt your tourism. actually it's going to help diversify the economy. we understand the argument debate. thank you for letting me address this again in this chamber so that w

of the reasons is oil wars. this department is one of the most important departments in the country to lead us to energy independence as a country. i don't think we should do what you're asking us to do here. if we look at our trade deficit, we haven't had balanced trade accounts since the mid 1970's. adding trillions of dollars to our trade deficit every year, making it harder to fund social security, medicare, programs that are essential to social stability in this country. crash and at the 2008 the money that cost us as a country. nobody on wall street went to jail. it's interesting to me where people want to pick away, pick away, pick away, when you look at the big money, the big money, the moneys for war, the money for paying for imported goods as opposed to producing here at home the causes of what happened in -- at home. the causes of what happened in 2008 and there was no justice that was given to the republic. to me, energy independence is critical. if you look at the trillions we've added to the deficit because of wars. so we look at the country through different ends of the telescope, i think. and i urge

of the estimated revenue. basic science research and applied energy research development programs at the department of energy include nuclear energy, fossil energy, office of science energy efficiency and renewable energy and arpa-e are strongly supported in this bill. taken together these programs advance the all of the bf energy strategy that will support a strong national economy well into the future. finally they are bill sends a clear message that it is time to address the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel and finish the yucca mountain license application with $220 million going to the department of energy and $47.7 million to the nuclear regulatory commission. we simply cannot wait any longer to finish the license application process and proceed to construction and operation of the permanent repository. this is a strong bill that incorporates priorities and interest of all noives house. in fact this bill addresses in full or in part 94% of the more than 3,000 separate requests we received from members. i urge my colleagues to support this and before i yield back, i would like to say and emphasize what th

energy sources like wind and solar. in january of this year ferc announced it was rejecting the energy department's proposed, proposal to require grid resiliency pricing to incentivize coal and nuclear power plants. .. >> in your view what are the key aspects of resiliency in regard to this question. >> thank you. the status of the project is that the first step to be taken pursuant to our directive and order in january was that the nation's operators of wholesale markets, rgo's and iso's begin with providing us their insight into grid resilience. we took that step because they have oversight of the operations in the geographical area and their observations on the types of effects, resources that can have resiliency consequences. they fulfilled that role and provided other stakeholders to comment. that record is now built and the record is actively steaded by our staff and we'll be making determinations next on what are appropriate. >> so both for you and for the doctor, many stakeholders continue to express that current wholesale market rules do not adequately compensate generation that incurs costs to remain on standb

one of the examples we point out in thiyear's report is with the department of energy and dealing with nuclear waste. as you can see, it's a very serious sort of issue. recommending is that congress provide the department of energy with some additional authority to use alternative methods for disposing of a nuclear waste. this is lower-level -- waste with a lower level of radioactivity. in waington in the dent of energy can't use this one process called routing for dealing with this lower-level radioactive waste. grouting is -- encasing the waste in concre to render it inert to render it safely. the department needed to use the , ich isncasing it in class, which is a much more expensive and time-consuming process and it's one that is recommended for higher levels of radioactivity, but in this case, the department has successful used the method to-- grouting dispose of wase quickly whichelpedreventom leaking and causing problems. we recommended that congress give the department energy that authority and we think that could save tens of billions of dollars. host: you are recommending con

shortly thereafter congress established the department of energy and transformed the federal power commission into ferc. our committee was invested with jurisdiction over national energy policy. this complimented our historic role as the stewards of the law that governed our nation's land. there was a wide area view of the energy and resources landscape and a balanced approach to energy law and regulation. >> i think that remains a good idea today. energy affects the life of every american. we all depend on affordable and reliable energy. our laws and regular -- regulations depend on it. we've h more than a few hearings where we heard from ferc's chairman on one of its members. it's been about a decade we have convened a formal oversight hearing with all five commissioners testifying. this is somewhat significant this morning. it's perhaps not as significant as the cap's pare going down the street right now. i think it is significant nonetheless. s with a quorum restored last year four new commissioners serving this is a good moment to review where ferc is headed. we're fortunate to have tm h

rescind approximately $14.5 billion of budget authority affecting 15 federal departments and agencies. these include unobligated balances from the department of energy's advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program and the innovative technology loan program and the department of housing and urban development's capital fund, the department of justice's assets forfeiture fund, the department of state's complex crisis fund, and unnecessary funding for the millennium challenge corporation among others. president trump recently revised this request to withdraw the proposed rescission of health funds, ebola funds as well as supplemental appropriations for superstorm sandy recovery and decreased the proposed rescissions to the housing and urban development capital fund and treasuries capital management fund. two provisions related to the children's health insurance program should be noted, the first rescinds over $5 billion that was included in the medicare access chip rethorsation of 2015. this supplements the fiscal year 2017 allotments to states. this was in addition to the annual children's hurns appropriation to reimburse states for children'

>> the department of energy will play an integral role. they are the lead agency. essful, as we hope the president is to allow for the denuclearization of the peninsula, the department of energy will play a significant role. >> so the framework is in place? >> the have been being worked on for weeks. >> all right. you see there he didn't directly answer whether a framework exists. two former officials say at this point a framework of all the technical information that the u.s. needs from north korea, like information about their nuclear reactors, should exist. it's unclear if perry was playing coy or there is no framework in place just yet. he told me in doing that interview he wasn't quite sure what the president was going to be presenting in that meeting. it is important to note he is a member of the national security council. perhaps again it is an effort to protect the process. perhaps he is playing coy as far as these negotiations. one former national security adviser told me that if that's the case, the better answer would have been no comment, saying that he

the military church with dismantling nuclear weapons, the department of energy including phd's and experts from d.o.e. lab and officials in the intelligence community covering north korea. the same experts also cover north korea's nuclear chemical biological and missile programs. these experts include dozens of phd's who have expertise in nuclear weapons, fuel cycle, missiles and biological weapons, advanced degrees in nuclear engineering physics, chemistry, aerospace, biology and other relevant fields. on the ground in singapore we have a team that includes the president senior most experts and weapons of mass destruction who can cover in can cover any technical means that the meetings may present. and he suggested the united states summit? the technical expertise across government or on the ground here in singapore is mistaken. north korea has previously confirmed to us its willingness to be nuclear rides and we are eager to see if those words through sincere. the fact that our two leaders are sitting down face-to-face is a sign of the enormous potential to accomplish something double im

department of n.r.c.'s office of science -- the u.s. department of energy's office of science, which is the nation's largest supporter of research is funded at $6.65 billion, a new record funding level. the advanced research projects agency, we call that arpa-e, is funded at $375 million, record funding in a regular appropriations bill. it was created in 2007 by the american competes act, a bipartisan effort to invest in high-impact energy technologies. the bill provides a total of $1.68 billion for high-performance computing, including $980 billion within the office of science and $703 billion. this includes $677 million to deliver at least one exoscale machine in 2021, that's the supercomputer that will reassert u.s. leadership in this critical area. that's the one secretary perry announced last week. the bill also advances efforts to clean up hazardous materials at cold war era sites. the bill provides $7.2 billion to support cleanup efforts. mr. president, this bill also includes legislation -- also includes provisions regarding the united states army cor

associated with dismantling north korea's weapons programs, including those from the military, the department of energy, including from theand officials intelligence community covering north korea. the same experts also covered north korea's biological and missile programs. the experts include dozens of phd's who have expertise in nuclear weapons, missiles, biological weapons, with advanced degrees in numerous subjects and other relevant fields. on the ground in singapore, we have a team that includes the president's seniormost experts in weapons of mass destruction that can cover any technical needs the meetings present. in a suggestion that the u.s. lacks the technical expertise across government or on the ground in singapore is mistaken. north korea has previously confirmed their willingness to do nuclear rise and we are eager to us -- to denuclearize and we are eager to see if the words prove clear. the fact our leaders are sitting down face-to-face will immensely benefit both of our peoples and the entire world. believes themp north korean leader has an unprecedented opportunity to change the traj

of closing in the next 5-10 years. now according to that same group, the energy information administration that's part of the department of energy, more than half of electricity production in the united states once game from burning coal. now more electricity comes from burning natural gas. according to the bureau of labor statistics the number of coal miners have dropped from 175,000 in the mid '80s to about 55,000 today. that's sort of the extended coal mining industry. the industry has only gained about 1300 jobs since donald trump took office aos 1 months ago. joining us to have a closer look at this is the author richard r. judging by your book and the history of energy, there is a natural progression amid we are in one of tho natural progressions. we've been moving out of coal for some time into either renewables or natural gas. other countries are dealing with nuclear betternca is. should we be taking steps to preserve coal fired electricity in this country? >> i don't think so. the reason is, of course, global warming and the risk of drastic changes to our entire environment as a result. and as your statistic n

department of energy's office of science. this is the outfit that funds our 17 national laboratories. our secret weapon, no other country in the world has national laboratories like we do. it's the nation's largest supporter of research in the physical sciences. it's funded at $6.65 billion, a new record level of funding. that office of science provides funding for the laboratories, including oak ridge national laboratory, which no other country has; funding for the office of science would increase by 6% next year if this legislation became law. or let's take super computing. i mentioned that secretary perry went to the oak ridge laboratory last week. this bill provides a toelgtsz -- total of $1.68 billion for high performance computing including $980 million within the office of science and $703 million within the national nuclear security administration. this funding has been going on on a bipartisan basis for ten years. i remember senator bingaman of new mexico encouraging me to go to japan to see their super computer when

bill provides $43.8 billion for the army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the department of energy, and other agencies. this is an increase of $566 million over fiscal year 2018 levels. i want to highlight the fact that we received an increase in our nondefense allocation of $474 million above 2018. this is a very generous allocation, and it has allowed us to do the following -- to increase funding for reclamation programs that prevent and mitigate the effect of drought throughout 19 western states. to increase funding for critical army corps infrastructure. to increase funding for the office of science, the largest single supporter of basic scientific research in the united states we were also able to continue strong support for applied energy programs, particularly those that fund the development of carbon-free renewable technologies. even with a more modest defense allocation, we fund efforts to address the environmental legacy of the cold war in tennessee, south carolina, new mexico, washington, and other states. the bill also funds key priorities in nuclear nonproliferation, i

finally, this bill authorizes 639.2 billion dollars in base funding for the department of defense and the department of energy and 68.5 billion dollars in funding for contingency operations. i'm glad the bill remains within the cap set by the bipartisan budget act which we passed in february. this will enable the department to continue to restore readiness and modernize our forces. however i will remind my colleagues that the budget deal only covered fiscal year 18 and fiscal year 19. sequestration and the original caps will be back next year unless we again reach an agreement for both the defense and non-defense accounts. i think all of us acknowledge that our national security is broader. customs and border patrol, the security agency, the coast guard, the state department and many other agencies also contribute to our national security. what we have proposed in this bill before us will be short lived if we cannot provide in the years to come for all these critical functions of our government. t conclude byegain thanking inhofe and my colleagues on the committee for working on a bipartisan basis to develop

the uncertainty there would be no market for them in the u.s. >> as we have discusses, the department of energy in collaboration with vehicle manufacturers have been exploring the optimal level of gas levels. the octane levels they're working with are 95 or 96 octane or 100 r.o.n., and that the source of octane is presumed to be renewable fuels at blends that are e-25 to perhaps e-30. is that correct? >> yes, that's correct. and that program is similar to a large body of work that's examining the sweet spot, if you will, and then e-20 to an e-30 blend, where you're really optimizing the cost savings for consumers coupled with the 90% greenhouse gas reduction you're getting or the greater greenhouse gas reduction and reduced tailpipe emissions. >> thank you. you and i have discussed that when it comes to fuels there's one in the consumers care about above all else, and that's the price. >> yes, sir. >> i imagine during the transition to a 95 r.o.n. fuel standard, there would be some new vehicles that would require something similar to today's premium fuel, and many existing vehicles which contin

most of the super computing-type devices we have in the united states are all at department of energy laboratory facilities like here. there's also sequoia another ibm product in the bay area. much is because of the proximity the servers need to be close to each other, all the components and ppus, all of the nodes and semikpu semiconductors have to be close together and tied up that's why it's in one facility, but, again, the way technology is evolving, this would be outdated in the next year, and the department of energy says they have contracts out to build the next super computer. they are already seeing the obsoleteness of this one here, guys >> fascinating g thank you very much. >> still to come, this tech giant climbed 40% the past year heading towards $1 trillion. the stock and what an analyst is saying could get it over the all-important milestone. > e umadniraon telling court it will not defend key provisions of obamacare, the affordable care act. those details when we come back. evaluating patients remotely is where i think we have a potential to make a difference. (barry mu

any more extreme than republicans calling to abolish the irs, epa, or the department of energy, or the department of education. >> because i.c.e. is the only thing that is enforcing what little border security we have and the democrats say we don't even need that. if you're having that conversation with an average american voter, the democrats are seriously overplaying here, mar maria. row're all overplaying your hand and you're in danger of losing. >> you're better than this. >> we've got to stop it there. thank you both. a lot of pictures on the right of your screen. this is the rally in new york getting crowd excited. then they're going to march across the brooklyn bridge, we're told. there are rallies. we'll get you live picks in a minute. newsroom cos in a moment. (anna) show me the movies. (male friend) thanks for the invite! (anna) front row? nobody puts baby in a corner. yippee ki yay movielovers. (vo) download the atom app and get $5 off your first ticket. so if you have heart failure, your heart doesn't only belong to you. ask your doctor about entresto. it helped keep people

one of the examples we point out in this year's report is with the department of energy and dealing withuclear waste. as you can see, it's a very serious sort of issue. recommeing ithat congress provide the department of energy with some additional authority to use alternative methods for dispg of a clear waste. this i lower-level -- waste with a lower level of radioactivity. in washington in the department of energy can't use this one process called routing for dealing with this lower-level radioactive waste. grouting is -- encasing the waste in concrete to render it inert to render it safely. the department needed to use the , which is encasing it in class, which is a much more expensive and time-consuming process and it's one that is recommended for higher levels of radioactivity, but in this case, the department has successful used the method to-- grouting dispose of waste more quickly which helped prevent it from leakin and causingro we rommended that congress give the department energy that authority and we think that could save tens of billions dollar ho you are recommending congr

the head of the department of energy savannah river operation center in savannah, georgia. [ laughing ] >> these are the people who would actually lead the united states in the event of an attack on washington. and it would sort of be a surprise to most americans. if you can sort of name any of the officials that i just named like you're ahead of 99% of america. . . >> hundreds of millions of dollars of the communications and equipment. again, you have this odd tension many of these facilities with the incredibly secret, classified facility and that these are regular government office buildings. so, the raven rock cafeteria is run by the choctaw indian tribe as part of a minority government contractor set-aside program. at the norad bunker in the center of the mountain, if you get all of the way inside the mountain there's a subway fast food franchise as part of the food court for the staff. in my mind it's like the christopher guest movie version of my book and it focuses on the subway fast food worker who survive nuclear war, because it happens to be his or her shift that day. and j

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department of energy. we are independent. this is a red-hot meeting.normally expected to go smooth. not this time around. president trump claims is opec's fault for hitting a three-point five-year high. but isn't it kind of unusual for the white house to weigh in before one of these meetings? >> it is publicly. traditionally white house in the past have gone behind closed doors. it would opec should do. always some blowback from the cartel. it seemed like as soon as donald trump treated the prices were too high and opec was added again, saudi arabia and russia got together and said we are raising production by a million barrels a day. cheryl: show a national gas prices regular at 288. thank you we appreciate it. cheryl: more coming out. here's a question for all of you. is tom brady going to retire from football? i can only agree. the new england patriots star just lost actually. california brewery not letting lebron james move on from the championship loss. not losing anything this morning. we are gaining in the premarket come a different story what w

that's not fair, i think, and opec is not part of the department of energy under the united states. > and he went on and he went on basically accusing mr. trump of making oil a political weapon we put that up on the website. it's extraordinary comments considering a lot of other ministers i've been speaking to, including the uae oil minister keeping tight-lipped about intentions going forward and how they will put this oil back on the table. there are consumer here's as well who are concerned about the price. india, they take 83% of their oil from opec and they are concerned about paying a premium. they think they're paying too much they think they're paying an asian premium. i spoke to the oil and gas minister of india, mr. pra ddan, about how this is causing issues for india. >> our per capita is low, in the future we are looking at this. this is the scenario we should get good terms why we should give a premium we are in front, and we are a price sensitive company. this kind of high price is pinching our economy we appreciate market balance, that should be there, but the price shou

they include expert from the military charged with dismantling nuclear weapon, the department of energyals from the intelligence community addressing north korea. those same experts also cover the missile programs. these experts include dozens of phd's. they have advanced degrees in nuclear engineering, physics, aerospa aerospace, biology and other relevant fields. on t ground in singapore we have a team that includes the president's senior most expert in weapons of mass destruction that can cover any technical meetings that that may suggest. north korea has previously confirmed to us its willingness to denuclearize and we are looking to see if that is sincere. president trump believes that kim jong un has an unpressodece opportunity to change the relationship and bring peace and prosperity to his country. we are hopeful this summit will set the conditions for future product ifz talks. this president trump will ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat. the ultimate objective we seek from diplomacy with north korea has not changed. the co

this they include experts from the military charged with dismantling nuclear weapons, the department of energy including ph.d.s from the doe labs and experts covering north korea the same experts cover north korea's programs these experts include dozens of ph.d.s who have expertise in nuclear weapons. nuclear, physics, chemistry, biology and other relevant fields on the ground is singapore a person who can cover any -- any suggestion that the u.s. lacks the technical expertise is mistaken north korea has previously confirmed to us its willingness to denuclearize and we are eage to see if those words prove sincere. the fact that our two leaders are sitting down face to face is a sign of the enormous potential to accomplish something that will enormously benefit both of our peoples and the entire world. president trump believes that king jong-un has an unprecedented opportunity to change the trajectory of our relationship and bring peace and prosperity to his country. we are hopeful this summit will have set the conditions for future productive talks. in light of how many flimsy agreements the u

in fact, the department of energy once again highlighted the benefits of l.n.g. exports with a study it released just this past week. this study, which is in addition to four other studies commissioned by d.o.e. since 2012, presented data that demonstrates just how l.n.g. exports are a net benefit to our economy. additionally, these exports increase our g.d.p. they lower the trade deficit. and it's for those reasons, these reasons that i have led the effort to ensure the u.s. does all it can to take advantage of our ability to export natural gas. most recently, the energy and commerce committee passed h.r. 4606, the ensuring small scale l.n.g. certainty and access act, out of committee in a bipartisan fashion. i was proud to author this bill which seeks to codify the department of energy's recent efforts to encourage exports of small volumes of natural gas. there's a significant interest in potential for u.s. natural gas in the caribbean, central america, and south america, although not in the quantity its that the courage large scale domestic exporting facilitie

finally, this bill authorizes $638.2 billion in base funding for the department of defense and the department of energy and $68.5 billion in funding for overseas contingency operations. i am glad the bill remains within the caps set by the bipartisan budget act we passed in february. this will enable the department to continue to restore readiness and modernize our forces. however, i will remind my colleagues that the budget deal only covered fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019. sequestration and the original cap will be back next year unless we again reach an agreement for both the defense and nondefense accounts. i think all of us have acknowledged that our national security is broader than simply the accounts in the department of defense. customs and border patrol, the transportation security agency, the coast guard, the state department, and many other agencies also contribute to our national security. the investments we propose in this bill before us will be short lived if we cannot provide sufficient resources and stability in the years to come for all of these critical functions of our governm

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here's the thing department of energy secretary rick perry coming out of a meeting, racing into another meeting, gave cnbc a couple minutes. i asked him about the iran sanctions, the news u.s. is going to push our allies to buy zero oil from iran he said he wouldn't comment directly on that that's coming from the state department he's the energy department however, what he did say is he believes the saudis may be able to produce more oil than perhaps the market thought coming out of the opec meeting there were headlines rick perry was unhappy with opec. he said i wasn't unhappy with opec basically, i think the saudis can maybe produce more or will produce more oil than the market expects. remember, guys, the opec meeting, they didn't come out and say x number of barrels. they said a percentage of their expected cut so perry was confident, basically, that the saudis, if there is a gap in the market, would be able to produce more oil, as well as i asked him about the united states and the permian basin, he said bottlenecks now, but we're going to continue to invest. the bottleneck stuff w