and it's our responsibility, as senator barrasso said. under the law, it's our job to get the waste and take care of it. and we're not doing that and the government is liable for that. so that's another reason to break the stalemate. and still another reason to break the stalemate, even if yucca mountain were open today, we'd need a second repository very quickly because the stuff we had would pretty well fill up yucca mountain if it were open. so we need to move ahead. we need to break the stalemate and i'm very appreciative of senator carper and barrasso focusing on this, and i want to commend senators binghamton and feinstein for their leadership. we know the fuel can be safely stored there for a long time, maybe 100 years, but that's not where it's supposed to be stored. and we need to solve that problem. the second thing that's happening is that senator binghamton and senator murkowski are developing a comprehensive proposal to try to implement the recommendations that your commission has made. senator feinstein and i hope to be co-s

i show this to senator barrasso. it's very short so i just want to mention this before you all are excused. i believe that some folks are confused about the subcommittee's jurisdiction. and we want to be clear and state very briefly what we think it is. this is a quote. nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy. it's nonmilitary environmental regulation and control of nuclear energy. that's verbatim. our friends in the energy committee, whom we love, have jurisdiction over the, and this is verbatim, quote, nonmilitary development of nuclear energy. that's the nonmilitary development of nuclear energy. and since we're talking about the control of nuclear waste, spent fuel, we believe this clearly lies if this subcommittee's jurisdiction. in fact, several nuclear waste bills have already been reported to our subcommittee, to our committee over recent years. and i am sure, given the affection we have for our friends in the energy committee that we will work well and closely with them and other r

. >> chairman carper and ranking member barrasso and the distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. my name is andrew orel, and regardless of how it's pronounced, i am v the pleasure of serving as the director of nuclear -- >> so it is pronounced orel. >> orel, yes. now we can move on to the bigger problems. >> i still have the pleasure of serving as the director of nuclear energy and fuel cycle programs at sandia national laboratories. throughout my career work on the waste isolation power plan and the yucca mountain project, i've experienced firsthand the meaning of consent-based approaches to repositor projects and the cauldron of public controversy that can surround them. it is from this perspective that i offer my comments today, recognize anything such comments are my own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of the department of energy or of the sandia national laboratories. we're fortunate the united states contains many geologic formations that are considered to be technically suitable for deep geologic disposal of nuclea

republicans john barrasso and democratic leader john van holland next. f!eineke's personal pricing on brakes. i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we're driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that's personal pricing. >>> i'm joined by republican n senator and dr. john barrasso of wyoming and democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland, and thank you both for being here especially on father's day. i want to put up on the screen for viewers what is currently in effect for health care. children up to the age of 26 may stay on their parents' insurance. children with pre-existing conditions and some adults have to have a coverage. it bans insurance companies from dropping sick people from their rolls, and it eliminates lifetime limits on coverage for the critically ill, and it has drug rebates in it. what happens to those particular very popular elements if the supreme court should say, you can't have mandates, you can't force people to buy health insurance, what happens? >> well, let's take for example the current pr

senator barrasso, thank you very much for coming on the program. you voted against eric holder when he was up for nomination. do you share mr. cornyn's concerns? do you agree with him? >> i have great concerns about the positions he's taken. he's reluctant to come forward with the information on the fast and furious program which was terribly bungled by his justice department, a true tragedy with loss of life and now what we have are these releasees that appear to come from the white house that make the president look like he's kind of a macho man in the run-up to the election. i think he's also caused loss of life and significant security breaches to our nation and i think we ought to have an independent council. >> do you think intelligence leaks from the white house have caused loss of life? >> i absolutely do. when you take a look at what's happening overseas and perhaps not of american citizens, but of others and are putting our people at risk and you take a look at what's happened with the leaks regarding the computer virus in iran, and you t

john barrasso of wyoming and democratic congressman chris han van holland.ant to put up for our viewers what is currently in effect for health care. children up to the age of 26 may stay on their parents' insurance. children with preexisting conditions and some adults have to have coverage. it bans insurance companies from dropping sick people from their rolls. it eliminates lifetime limits on coverage for the critically ill. and it has drug rebates in it. what happens to those particular very popular elements if the supreme court should say you can't have mandates, you can't force people to buy health insurance? what happens? >> well, let's just take, for example, the current prohibition on denying kids who have preexisting conditions like asthma or diabetes, health care. if the supreme court were to knock down the individual mandate, that whole piece is in jeopardy just like some of these other pieces. now, we don't know exactly what the scope of the supreme court decision will be or, of course, what it will be. but the reality is, those very important pro

barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, the president of the united states earlier today was in cleveland. he spoke for 54 minutes, and yet he said almost nothing. at least certainly nothing that most of us have not heard before. it was two years ago this very weekend, two years ago this weekend, that the white house announced the start of what it referred to as the recovery summer. that campaign effort was an effort to convince the american people that the obama administration's policies to create jobs, that the policies were working. david axlerod, the senior advisor to the president said this summer -- the summer of 2010 -- this summer will be the most active recovery act season yet. again, that was the summer of 2010. treasury secretary tim geithner wrote an op-ed in the "new york times" entitled "welcome to the recovery." again, that was 2010. now here we are, two years later, and americans are still waiting for a real recovery. the recovery summer failed to produce results because it was never more th

barrasso: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr.barrasso: madam president, i ask you give me a warning when i have one minute remaining. thank you, madam president. today i rise in support of the inhofe utility mact amendment. this amendment protects communities and jobs in the west, in the midwest and in appalachia, and specifically jobs that depend on coal. these communities depend on coal to heat and cool their homes at an affordable price, to power the factories where they work, to generate revenue that creates additional jobs. we're talking about affordable domestic coal that also pays for the mortgages on their homes, the clothes and food for their children and the medical care for their grandparents. i will tell you, if the utility mact rule is allowed to proceed, it would mandate that virtually no new coal-fire power plants could be built anymore in the united states. many still in existence would have to shut down. it is painful, painful to think about all of these folks who will be out of work, their bills mounting, their

. >> senator john barrasso, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> david, whatever the ruling is, it doesn't sound like it's going to change the debate, is it in. >> it's not going to change the debate. you didn't have the guts to say no. thesare not debt panels because he doesn't want to get the tea party people or sarah palin mad at him. obviously he wouldn't agree with that characterization. when you go back to the whole bush years, house republicanses coming into power, what laws, what bills have they passed to deal with the issues that the initiative deals with? so, again, a lot of rhetoric. not even just replace, sometimes to get rid of it. you look at the polling that is out today and it's been out and the public is so divided on what they think about the health care system, about health care are reform. no matter what happens tomorrow with the supreme court decision, each side, the romney camp and obama camp -- there's not going to be a net gain or built in advantage for either side as they try to deal with health care, if they decide to deal with health car

. >> many thanks to senator john barrasso. thank you. how hot was it? this will relate. to install a fan in the debt ceiling. >> that's good. >> if the supreme court strikes down obama care there is an expectation it could fuel a hiring boom and send stocks soaring. what if the supremes uphold it? will democrats dance in the streets as the economy heads down in the gutter? oh, boy. it's so inflammatory, david. i didn't write it. i just read it. here is david goodfriend, sirius xm left jab co-host and former clinton white house oishl official. you don't think that would help business or business sentiment if the supremes were to overturn all or part of it. >> when you take apart what's at stake here the result of a supreme court decision is probably overstated to the american business community. here's why. if the supreme court were to overturn the individual mandate as opposed to overturning the entire statute which if there is going to be overturning, that's the most likely outcome. that individual mandate won't go into effect until 2014. you're not going to have an imm

senator barrasso goes "on the record" next. ohio, very popular. president obama and governor mitt romney there with choice words for each other. governor mitt romney said that president obama will push the economy forward -- over a cliff. and president obama said governor romney will bring back the failed policies of the last decade. are either or both in a political strategy of insults or just the facts? we will ask fred thompson, here next. an american president's head on a fight, the disturbing image, outraging tv viewers. which president landed in the middle of the real-life tv descrawma? and what do you think about the controversy? an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, vit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? focus lolo, focust sanya let's do this i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austin, texas... we are all here to represent the

senator barrasso is "outfront" tonight. senator, good to see you. appreciate it. i know you've been talking about repealing and replacing this health care law for quite some time. obviously you're going to vote in favor of the -- you would, you're in the senate, but they're going to be repealing it in the house in a couple of weeks. let me just ask you where you stand on some of the provisions that americans love. you can't discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. young people can stay on their parents' plans until they're 26. there are subsidies for lower income households. small businesses get tax credits. would you keep all those things? >> you know, my wife is a breast cancer survivor. she's been through three operations. chemotherapy twice. i know how important it is for people with pre-existing conditions to be able to get coverage and to get care. and there are a lot of ways we can do it in a way that is actually more cost effective than happens through this health care bill. the same thing with those under the age of 26. you're talking abo

. >> senator barrasso? >> thank you very much, madam chairman. and i would first also like to welcome our two distinguished nominees who are here with us today. and congratulations to both of you on your nominations. madam chairman, the nuclear regulatory commission has gone through a very dark period recently. the commission has experienced a crisis of leadership at the top of the agency. incidents of harassment of staff, outbursts of rage, and withholding of information from fellow commissioners by chairman jaczko. it has hurt the agency's image. throughout it all, the other four nrc commissioners and the staff have persevered, as they always have, ensuring that the mission of the agency, nuclear safety, is not compromise. today we should be pleased to have this opportunity to work towards strengthening the leadership of this agency by ensuring the agency has a full compliment of commissioners. i believe that commissioner svinicki is eminently qualified to continue her distinguished career on the commission. she has shown leadership and experti

senator barrasso. >> thank you, madam chairman. just a couple of quick questions, dr. macfarlane. my home state of wyoming is an abundance of domestic uranium. permitting of these sites is met with a lot of bureaucratic delay and red tape. these sites, good-paying jobs, american jobs for folks in my state, other states where uranium is found. do you believe domestic uranium production is preferable to being dependent to importing foreign uranium from countries like russia? >> first of all i think wyoming is one of the most beautiful states in the union. that aside, the job again of the nuclear regulatory agency is to assure safety and security. not to opine on policy positions. but given that and my past views on things, certainly it's important for the united states to have as diverse a supply of energy as possible and to have as much domestic supply as possible as well. >> what assurances can you provide the commission that you'll not unduly delay commission decisions, ensure that all the perspectives and opinions of your colleagues are dealt with in a respectful and timely mann

one is a ranking of the nrc from its employees in 2010, you know, senator barrasso said this is a dark time for the agency and how horrible it was. the fact is the employees rated it number one out of all the different agencies. so i put that in the record. now, i do think it's been a dark time in terms of what senator sanders said about the terrible situation with the commissioners which, you know -- and i'm so happy with what you said, dr. macfarlane about this because the point is we can stkprae and not be disagreeable. we can disagree and be respectful. look, the two of us agree on one thing out of 1,000. and it's the highway bill. outside of that we don't agree on much. but we really like each other, care about each other and respect each other. now, that's just the two of us. and every colleague here could say the same about a colleague on the other side of the aisle. and that's the kind of thing we need at the agency, not trying to destroy people, okay? that's wrong. you don't destroy people. as senator sanders said. and i also worry about that, that that, you know, that's what

barrasso: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: yesterday vice president biden and other obama administrations hosted taunt, an opportunity to highlight the transparency of college costs. they said these schools were committed to providing key information financial information to all of their students starting next year. madam president, once again transparency took a back seat to politics. in fact, the white house, the white house failed, failed to level with college students about important financial information including how the president's health care law is going to make it harder for many students in terms of their ability to get health insurance through their universities. earlier this week the real story came out, and i will tell you, madam president, it's discouraging. i continue to come to the floor week after week with a doctor's second pitbull opinion -- second opinion about the mchealth care law because i think the health care law is bad for patients, the providers, the nurses and doctors who take care of the

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in 2007 when you were pitching a bill called the barrasso no license for illegals bill, you said, frankly immigration national security problem. it makes sense to fix those thanks that can be done right now. meaning tackle the things in front of you. it sounds a little bit in some ways similar to what's happening here. it's not? >> well, that had to do with drivers licenses for people who were in the country illegally. i oppose giving drivers licenses to people who are in the country illegally. it is a form of identification. it is often viewed as an issue related to citizenship. i am opposed to that and will continue to oppose any efforts to give illegal immigrants drivers licenses. and i raise this at the time when the then governor of new york was promoting a piece of legislation -- it was elliott spitzer at the time, was supporting legislation to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. i do not think that should be done. and i think ultimately that was pulled back in new york state. >> but your point was -- forgive me for interrupting. but my point was instead of tackling the iss

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wyoming senator john barrasso launched a new attack today. >> the goal of health care reform all alongould have been to ensure that people get the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. under president obama's health care law, they got the exact opposite, tax increases and government control. >> joining me now, political reporter for "the washington post" nia-malika henderson and editor in chief reid wilson. reid, let me start with you, we just heard from senator ba raus sew, when we think about it, what about the states? there are a handful of governors, chris christie, rick perry, just to name a couple, who said they will not support the law. when we think about this, really, at the end of the day could the governors block the obama health care plan? >> well, not exactly, richard. this is all bt exchanges that every state gets to set up that then delivers the care from the state instead of from the federal government. if the states don't set up those exchanges in a -- follow the time line the federal government lays out, then the government comes in and essential

earlier today, manuel barrasso, the eu president, came out and said, we're not looking to the u.s. for advise or guidance. the problem the president's got, he tried to answer in his first question, when he was asked about whether the slowing job situation in the u.s. could hurt his bid for the presidency. that's the reality. the problem is that storm that's brewing over in europe where it's under way, raging in europe, is now starting to hit our shores it the president needs to be tougher on europe. as you heard from his comments, he's not willing to be right now. >> paul begala, some tough words for mitt romney's advisers at the very least, talking about criticism of a president stopping the water's edge. >> that's a tradition that's often honored in the breach. i thought that was an easy one for the president to knock back. i was struck at how carefully he had to walk the line. he's got that g-20 divided between those who believe in austerity and those who believe in stimulus and growth. he tried to thread a line so as not to offend any of his allies. on syria, thought he -- he w

. >> senator john barrasso, also an m.d.ming to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> let me say here the overturning of obamacare, which i greatly favor is probably not going to be an economic miracle. no miracle. there is too much future uncertainty over too many new plans yet to be decided. that's the tricky part of this. i want to overturn the thing, but it's not clear to me what will follow it and how much it will cost. let's turn to investors, experts for reaction. the president afar b miller and washington and the president of seefold, nicholas and company. michael, what's your initial reaction to this? say the mandate is overturned. >> the mandate is overturned. i think you see some stocks actually do well. i think you're going to see some of the insurance stocks maybe do a little bit better. some of the hospital stocks not doç so well. they were going to benefit from 30 million patients. >> how can they do better if pre-existing conditions are maintained but they are not going to have the mandated population? >> i

john barrasso about to head into the court. >> thanks, bill. bill: senator, thank you. jamie?jamie: there are lots of scenarios in play today, most important how the decision will effect you, your doctors and your hospitals. dr. marc siegel, part of our a-team, will be here and will the president's promise ring true? >> if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan. period. if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. period. [applause] down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion doars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean our job is done. we're still committed to seeing this through. you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing hers? only y