i am excited for today's yes, we have byron and andrew wheeler. mccauley here where he needs our energy and environment and involve capitol hill initiative branch insight into the environmental protection agency works. no one to better understand his policy process and the minister, andrew wheeler. robin spent precious time on his biography, i'd like to get right to the case. mr. wheeler has worked closely with the public to develop significant to epa policy, look forward to hearing from him about transparency and improve quality of information. welcome to cei. what have you been working on and what problems does this relation address? >> thank you. it is great to be with you today and i appreciate hosting today's program. thank you for joining us and today i am proud to announce the signing of our new role, strengthening transparency and science. the rule deals with issues concerning transparency and integrity epa's use of signs at the core of the agencies reputations. scientific method operates in a circuit, experiment, observation and to reinve

we have myron and andrew wheeler. byron is of course my colleague here at cei where he leads the center on energy and environment and has been involved in policy development on capitol hill and the executive branch especially how the environmental protection agency operates. but perhaps no one better understands today's epa policy process than the administrator, andrew wheeler. rather than spend time, precious time, on the reputation of the biography, i'd like to get right to the heart of things. mr. wheeler worked closely with the public to develop significant reforms to epa policy, and i look forward to hearing from him today about a rule >> 20 oh show your work in iraq but the core of the agency's reputation. the scientific method operates from the polar opposites experiment to observation. that method is the foundation for agency science. both science and transparency are at the center of the epa founding in 1970 a lot has changed since the 1970s. science and regulations have been more complex. 1970s, the agency m

we have myron and andrew wheeler. byron is of course my colleague here at cei where he leads the center on energy and environment and has been involved in policy development on capitol hill and the executive branch especially how the environmental protection agency operates. but perhaps no one better understands today's epa policy process than the administrator, andrew wheeler. rather than spend time, precious time, on the reputation of the biography, i'd like to get right to the heart of things. mr. wheeler worked closely with the public to develop significant reforms to epa policy, and i look forward to hearing from him today about a rule to advance transparency and improve the quality of information used at the epa. administrator wheeler, welcome to cei. please, tell us what have you been working on and what problem does this new regulation address? >> thank you kent and myron. it's good to be with you and i appreciate you hosting today's program. i want to thank everyone for joining us as well, and today i'm proud

wheeler. i'm going to call the andrew from your outside look at tied up with administrator. this rule was originally proposed in a way that created huge amount of controversy and negative reaction. and i think the epa's credit and to andrew's credit they went back to the drawing board. the new rule has broadened the application but narrowed what it does. and i think for people who are looking for a magic bullet to solve the crisis that scientific integrity and -- [inaudible] crisis come for those people this rule it may be a disappointment but i think what we need to understand is, it's an incremental step forward that takes a piece of this wider crisis in scientific integrity. and i think the problem with science is, if i may borrow a term from a media outlet, scientific innovation and integrity dies in darkness. this rule i think that only solves a piece of the problem in the interaction between science and regulations, but it also contributes to the wider conversation we need to have about what to do about the joke science, the secret joke science problem that is plaguing

at 10:00 a.m., andrew wheeler is expected to announce new rules on epa's scientific research.se democratic caucus chair hakeem jeffries and the vice chair held a news conference to talk about the legislative agenda of the 117th congress. they were also asked about possible objections to the electoral college certification in congress and a recent phone call between president trump and georgia's secretary of state about the 2020 presidential election. >> good morning everyone, we had our caucus meeting for the 117th congress. we are excited, looking forward to getting to work with president-elect joe biden and kamala harris and his partner. this deadly pandemic is a public health crisis and economic crisis. a top priority, democrats will continue to need to crush the virus, provide direct relief to everyday americans who are struggling and to supercharge our economy. so we can create prosperity in every single zip code. while we are excited about the opportunities to get to work for the people in the next few weeks, our hearts are also broken because of the painful that has bee

andrew wheeler is expected to announce new rules on epa scientific research. utah governor spencer cox was sworn into office monday. during his inaugural address he spoke with covid-19, the

policy process than the administrator, andrew wheeler. rather than spend time, precious time, on our recitation of his biography, i'd like to get to the heart of things. pl wheeler has worked closely with the public to develop significant reforms to e.p.a. policy and i'm looking forward to hearing from him today about a new rule to advance transparency and improve the quality of information used at the e.p.a. administrator wheeler, welcome to c.e.i. please tell us what have you been working on and what problem does this new regulation address? mr. wheeler: thank you kent and byron. i appreciate you hosting today's program. i want to thank everyone for joining us as well. today i am proud to announce the signing of our new rule strengthening transparency and pivotal science. the rule deals with issues concerning transparency and the integrity of e.p.a.'s use of science are at the core of the agency's reputation. the scientific method operates in a circuit from hypothesis to experiment to observation and then back to experiment to retest it

andrew wheeler is expected to announce new rules on epa scientific research. utah governor spencer cox was sworn into office monday. during his inaugural address he spoke with covid-19, the state's economy and called for ut utahans to unify. this is an hour. >> please rise for the entrance of the official party. ladies and gentlemen, the master of ceremonies for today's events. [applause] now, please welcome lt. governor-elect henderson. [applaus [applause] >> governor spencer cox. [applause] >> governor-elect cox, lieutenalt. governor-ele governor-elect henderson, residents of utah, on behalf of the committee and utah national guard it's my pleasure to welcome you to the state of utah inauguration ceremony. i'm michael turley, agitant general for utah and proud to be your master of ceremony. today, spencer cox will become the governor of utah. in addition deirdre henderson will be sworn as at lt. governor and other constitutional officers will reswear their oath as they continue in their positions of public service. [applaus [applause] >> to begin today's cer

. >> environmental protection administrator, andrew wheeler announces a new role as agency was intimating his head would bring transparency to the agencies rulemaking process. from a competitive enterprise institute, it's just over one hour. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to our a

. >> environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler announces a new rule his agency was implementing that would bring scientific transparency to the agency's rulemaking process. from a competitive enterprise institute this is just over one hour. >> in morning everyone i have a special welcome to our expanded audience by c-span, i am the competitive enterprise institute for the next hour i will be your host for conversation on how science is used in the development of regulatory policy. as you know scientific knowledge is not fixed, crucial to the emergence of new useful information the scientific process that demands review, replication and validation of anwhat we know and how we came o know it. today's program is part of a

they epa administrator andrew wheeler announced a new agency rule regarding the use of scientific research and rulemaking processes. he joined the competitive enterprise institute for this hour-long event. event. >> good morning, everyone, and a special welcome to the expanded audience through coverage by c-span. i'm at the competitive enterprise institute for the next hour i will be your host for a conversation on how science is used in the development of regulatory policy. as you k

on c-span2 at 10:00, epa administrator at andrew -- andrew wheeler's expect it to announce new rulesientific research. host: we will spend the last part of the program talking about the georgia runoff and the headline this morning, this is from the atlanta journal-constitution, the headline, georgia runoff election polls are open as a nation watches. we will get to your phone calls momentarily. the story just published in politico about the presidential race still being contested in georgia. georgia fights latest trump suit to overturn november election. the legal brief was launched as the president took the stage in georgia on the people of the senate runoff elections. attorneys lit into a 13th hour effort by president donald trump to decertify the results of the states november 3 election, calling it a belated bid to nullify the ballots of millions of voters. they say there have been numerous suits filed since november 3, general election challenging votes. in all, the claims have been --tly rejected and lawyers rejected. let's get to your calls and comments. bob is in virginia, de

. >>> the epa administrator andrew wheeler announced a new agency rule regarding the use of scientific research and rulemaking processes. mr. wheeler joined the competitive enterprise institute for this hour-long event. >> good morning, everyone, and a special welcome to the expanded audience through coverage by c-span. i'm at the competitive enterprise institute for the next hour i will be your host for a conversation on how science is used in the development of regulatory li

at 10:00 a.m., andrew wheeler is expected to announce new rules on epa's scientific research.

i want to start with andrew wheeler. andrew wheeler was with me for a number of years, 14 years, before he came in as the director of the e.p.a. here's a guy, he is nominated administrator. at that time, i said there is no one in america who is as qualified as andrew wheeler in his job. he is a guy, the first job he had out of law school was with the e.p.a. when he was nominated as administrator, kind of gave his whole life history. all of my senate colleagues know andy and have known him for a long period of time, democrats and republicans. he's worked for me in the senate as well as becoming one of my has been's as refer to people that used to work with me and are still my good friends. andy started in my personal office as chief counsel, went on to serve as staff director and chief counsel during my time as chairman of the environment and public works committee. he has decades of experience and is one of the most skilled energy and environmental policy experts i've ever come in contact with. i am just immensely proud