so how this will play out as we move forward -- >> what risk well barbara boxer raise if she tries to effect the legislation, this during the time for the peak price of oil as she prepares for an election? is there any specific risk that she may see? >> she is a smart woman, she is thinking about all of this. >> what do you perceive as her calculation? >> if the price of oil goes up, and the attention starts to refocus, on what they pay at the gas pump, i think the calculus will change. we have all seen the list of priorities, when the individuals were asked, what is the major issue, the economy was number one, the environment or moving to -- climate change was no. 20. and if people are still losing their jobs and worried about their homes, and they are scale -- scared when they fill up their car, i do not think a calf and trade discussion, has much of a chance of success. outside of a small committee room. i do not see this happening. >> just following the question, oil has gone from $30 to $70 a barrel, to you see a repeat of the same fight that we saw last year, with republicans ca

barbara boxer has indicated that she is intending to move something from her committee, by the end of the summer. and i know that the majority leader is looking to that prospect of how you can put the bills together. what we have, in this energy bill, is actually for the words in this, there are good component pieces that really are helping us to reduce the emissions, that are really getting us on the right path, so that we can see the lower commissions across the country. if we would not pass this bill, this year, and we were going to pass the energy bill, we would actually be doing something positive, when it comes to how we are caring for the environment. recognizing that right now, the marker that we are using for the purposes of the discussion is the waxman bill, recognizing the cost, to the nation, to the consumer, from the legislation such as this, and establishing the capt. trade -- cap and trade, i do not believe the economy is strong enough to do this, i am not convinced that the families, that are losing their homes, and their jobs, worried about health care and the costs t

a few hours after that, senator barbara boxer sent out a tweet urging her supporters to sign a petition to appoint a woman. i don't know if the message got as far out as the president hoped, or there may have been some who heard it and chose not to follow the request, but in any event the president may have perceived his choice to be narrowed in that if he didn't choose a woman he may be faced with a significant blash. so now out of all of this, this confusion, chaos, frenetic lobbying, judge sotomayor emerges. introducing her to the american public the president spoke of her background and characterized her as being more experienced nominee than any justice, any nominee to be a justice for a century. she has an impressive background, no getting around that. she was raised in humble circumstances in the bronx, graduated from princeton and yale, went on to serve as the assistant district attorney. she had a "private practice" litigating property practicings and was living there. there was a time when democrats chose one nominee. she then served on the district court until 1998 when she w

conversations] [inaudible conversations] some of the debate on the bill included comments from senators barbara boxer john mccain. this is about 10 minutes. >> a message to the people of pakistan and that the united states has made a long-term commitment to stand by their side in the region and at home as they battle domestic insurgency and extremists. however, the conference report also contains millions of dollars in unrequested spending that is largely unjustified and certainly non-emergency. president obama's message to congress was two keep funding focus on the news of our troops and not to use the supplemental to pursue unnecessary spending and to keep earmarks another extraneous spending out of the legislation. despite the president's insistence not to include unnecessary spending in the supplemental, the conference report contains a number of earmarks and unrequested congressional program editions. i'm disappointed in that the majority chose to use the supplemental as a vehicle to add billions in unrequested funding and policy proposals which should have been fully vented and considered on th

a few hour that was white house made that somewhat extraordinary statement, senator barbara boxer sent out a tweet on twitter where she urged her supporters to sign an online petition telling the president to appoint a woman. i don't know if the message got as far out as the president hoped or maybe some people heard it and chose not to follow his request. the consequence was the president may have perceived his choice to be nor roed in that if he didn't choose a woman or a minority he may have been faced with a significant backlash from key morgses of his constituency. now out of all of this, this confusion and chaos and this frenetic lobbying, judge sotomayor emerges. introducing her to the american public, the president spoke of her background. he has since characterized her as having more experience, being a more experienced nominee than any justice, any nominee to be a justice to the supreme court in a century. she certainly has an impressive background, no getting around that. she was raised in humble circumstances in the bronx. she graduated from princeton university and yale la

democratic senator barbara boxer withdrew an award she gave to an official because she, quote, had concerns about statements bay some care officials and about claims of financial lengths to terrorism, end of quote. and other senators, including republicans jon kyl and tom coburn, have support voice with the f.b.i.'s actions to sever ties with care. i stand with the f.b.i.'s former chief of counterterrorism who has stated, quote, care, its leaders and its activities has effectively gave aid to international terrorist groups, end of quote. and perhaps most importantly, i stand with thousands of american muslims for woman care does not speak. in june, 2007, "the washington times" published a report which analyzed care's documents and found that care's membership has declined by 90% since 9/11. jasser of the american islamic forum tore for democracy said, this is the untold story in the myth that care represents the american muslim population. they only represent their membership and donors, end of quote. in 1999, the islamic supreme council of america, isca, sheik cobani spoke at a state depar

are fully aware of that, and senate majority leader harry reid and senate environment chairwoman barbara boxer have already been working for a couple of months behind the scenes to try to build up the same kind of consensus in the senate. they have assumed that they're going to take a debate bill, the house bill, they have looked at the dynamic that have slowed it down in the house -- especially, for example, the real concerns of the farm state and agriculture committee democrat. they have been reaching out to those members in the senate, to the midwest and farm members. they recognize it is a long, tough haul, but it is a very high priority for democratic leaders. they are trying to build a legislative strategy before the bill even comes to their chamber. host: we will leave it there. corals, thank you for calling in. we are joined now by u.s. representative john shadegg. guest: house republicans believe this is the wrong way to go about this task, first and foremost. we had it with us that came before the energy and commerce committee before the energy subcommittee who testified that his uti