i'm very pleased to be your and also to see a cosponsor of senator barrasso's bill. many people think of the sheldon as occurring in the western states like wyoming but that is not the case as we know. the eastern united states and my home state of west virginia have been blessed with vast shale gas reserves and we are discovering how massive there. if i could go straight the point for few minutes let me share a few facts a midsummer 2014 department of energy report on oil and gas reserves in the united states. in 2013 west virginia surpass oklahoma to become the third largest share glass -- shale gas reserve state the west virginia the second discovery of natural gas as was done only pennsylvania. and, in fact, a full 70% of the 2013 increase in proven gas reserves is because of west virginia and pennsylvania in the marcellus shale plate. with more than enough with more than a guest of our both an industrial renaissance back home in west virginia and export liquefied natural gas. supply lng to our friends and allies decreases their dependence on often hostile regime

we have senator jon barrasso of wyoming. he is also a doctor.come. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. i'm curious to hear your take because you hold two distinct jobs. what a critical conversation we are having right now. where do you fall on the vaccine debate? >> i believe that all children should be vaccinated. we are talking about measles and mumps annabella, the shots of the kids did at age 12 months to 15 months and the second vaccination between ages four years old and next years old. i think it's critical because measles is a terrible disease and we know that last year across the world over 140,000 people died of it in the vaccine can prevent it. kennedy: what about parents would say, wait a second. i get to choose what i put in my child's body. do you think parents should be forced to give their kids the vaccines? >> if parents came to me for a second opinion, my second opinion is the same as the first opinion that children should be vaccinated. >> i believe that as a doctor that the best thing is for all children to be vaccinat

>> i currently work for senator john barrasso so oil and natural gas and you know we view both of these as important fuels. we view them both as a major foundation for energy economy moving forward. we believe not only will they provide domestic benefits broke provided geopolitical benefits and we think we should use them for both of those purposes. i think when you are talking about the competition between oil and natural gas it's an interesting question. i think it will evolve over time. one thing i would caution about the optimism of natural gas and it's not a caution as much as it is something to consider there are obviously a lot of competing demand centers now for natural gas and a lot of people want a piece of natural gas going forward. whether it's the electric sector of the transportation sector manufacturing sector and you know we believe that the market should sort out natural gas is role going forward but we would and we do believe that natural gas is expansive enough in the u.s. now that we could probably fill most of those needs without putting too much upward pressure on

senator john barrasso says the administration has, quote, added to its record of incompetence. and marcia blackburn says surprise, surprise the obama administration still does not have its act together. this seems like a big problem but white house officials insist that in the big picture, not a big deal. >> it's a small percentage of overall tax filers. less than 1% of people who file taxes. >> at a meeting this morning, president obama bragged about the strength of this year's enrollment statistics. >> we've extended the security and fundamental rights to affordable, accessible health care to more than 10 million uninsured americans. >> what a difference three days makes because that 10 million figure is significantly smaller than the one he used on tuesday. >> 11.4 million people have either reenrolled or enrolled for the first time. >> we also learned today that the february 15th deadline to enroll for coverage wasn't much of a deadline. there will now be a six-week long special enrollment as the institute reveals 4 in 10 uninsured americans don't realize if they fail to si

barrasso: thank you madam president. madam president, as i come to the floor today the senate is continuing to try to debate a bill to fund the department of homeland security. we've made no progress on this >> we have made no progress on this bill for week cloud-based solutions as solutions democrats as the democrats continue to filibuster us getting on the bill and having a discussion. the bill has passed the house of representative cloud-based solutions. the way it is supposed to work is it democrats don't like something about the bill they should amend and change it. that is how the process worked in the past and how it should work in the today. this is how it worked when we debated the keystone pipeline. we had 40 amendment this is an important piece of legislation. funding for the department of homeland is scheduled to expire on friday. both sides of the aisle should agree this is something we need to do. why are democrats being ob obstructed and why are they so eager to willingly cut off the funding? well this is

barrasso: thank you madam president. madam president, as i come to the floor today the senate is continuing to try to debate a bill to fund the department of homeland security. we've made no progress on this bill for weeks as democrats continue to filibuster our efforts to actually even get on the bill, to have a meaningful discussion on the subject. the bill's already passed the house of representatives. and the way the senate is supposed to work is that if democrats don't like something about the bill, then they should offer amendments and change it. that's how the process has worked in the past. it's how the process is supposed to work today. you know, the process as it worked about a month ago when we debated the keystone x.l. pipeline. we had more than 40 different amendments debated on the floor voted on on the floor. that's more than double the number of amendments than the senate democrats allowed all last year in debate on the floor of the united states senate. well, we could be debating those and voting on thos

barrasso: thank you mr. president.i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. over the past week, i was home in wyoming traveling around our state. i had a chance to talk with students about their hopes for the future and talk with many small business owners about their efforts in trying to create jobs. now, the people of wyoming they work hard and they take seriously the western values of family and community. they're committed committed to preserving the west's role in providing natural resources that improve the lives of millions of people all across america. this commitment is shared by the senate western caucus. it's a caucus which i chair in the senate as well as it's shared the same commitment by the western congressional caucus. recently we released a joint report titled "principal stewardship of the american west ." "principalled stewardship of the american west." this new report has details about specific things tha

wyoming senator john barrasso charged democrats must bear the blame if the impasse continues. >> whyemocrats being obstructive in the way that they are? why are the democrats so eager to cut off funding for the department of homeland security? well the answer is this is a disagreement not about funding homeland security. it's about our nation's immigration policy and the president's executive amnesty an action which i believe is illegal. >> ifill: a short-term funding extension may yet be possible. but if the department does run out of money, about 30,000 workers would be furloughed. another 200,000 are considered essential, and would keep working, without pay. >> woodruff: a federal jury in new york today found the palestinian authority and the palestine liberation organization liable in a series of terror attacks in israel. the jury awarded $218 million in damages to relatives of ten americans killed or wounded in the attacks. they took place between 2002 and 2004. palestinian officials said they will appeal. >> ifill: the center for responsive politics reports that last year's ele

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thought was very interesting, that the senate -- one of the members of the senate leadership john barrasso said to you in the last hour. listen to this. >> the courts have acted. accept the victory that the courts have given us which is that the president doesn't have the authority to do what he has done and vote to continue to fund the department of homeland security. i think that is the right decision. >> reporter: so the reason why i thought that was so telling, carol, that that was his answer to you was because that clearly is the message that you are hearing from the leadership certainly obviously in the senate but maybe even in the house to the conservatives who are saying we've got to do everything we ka here and in congress to push back on the president's policies. the message being, wait a second we had a very important court decision in texas doing it for us. so why don't we do what we need to do give the money to the department of homeland security and make sure that americans are safe and let the court work its will. we'll see how they try to thread that needle in the hours to

wyoming senator john barrasso. >> the president does have his pen and by choosing to veto it he is choosing washington lobbyists and special interests over the needs and desires of american people. >> ifill: the next step for the pipeline is unclear, republicans would have to muster a two- thirds majority in the house and senate to override the veto. we get reaction now from robert bryce, a senior fellow at the manhattan institute, who writes widely on the energy sector. and jeremy symons, senior director for climate policy at the environmental defense fund. robert bryce, if this was a question or debate of jobs vs. the environment who won today? >> you know, gwen i'd say it's a tossup but i would say the symbolism over the pipeline far outstripped its importance in terms of energy security, independence, imports, et cetera. remember since 2008, we have been arguing about this pipeline, but all the blocking of the pipeline really assured is we're seeing more oil moved by rail and just in the last two years alone, we've seen in the u.s. 10,000 miles of pipeline be built and globally 23,000 m

>> thank you senator barrasso. and i stand by my comments. wyoming has done a very good job in providing regulations that are forward thinking. and we've learned from wyoming as well as some other states. our proposed regulations say that if a state's rule is stronger than a proposed federal rule, that the state's rule will govern. and that is in fact the case in some elements that you just referenced in wyoming. i don't know that there is anything in our proposed rule that is more stringent than wyoming's rule. so i'll have to look into whether a variance would be even on the table as it relates to wyoming. but i think we want to provide certainty to industry. we don't want to make the regulations complicated. so if that's something that the state would want us to consider, it's certainly something that i'd ask blm to look at. the goal however is to provide minimum baseline standards. many states are not sophisticated like wyoming. these activities are relatively new. their regulations have not kept up, if they have them at all. so we're lea

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good to see you as always, senator barrasso. >> thanks for having me. bill: 20 minutes past.t to get underway in the "american sniper" murder trial. how the defendant's state of mind could play a role in this high-profile case. we will take you there. martha: a look back at some of bill o'reilly and jon stewart's greatest tv head-to-heads. they had many of them. and the late night host is announcing that he is stepping down from his post at "the daily show." remember this? >> i have to tell you again i mean no disrespect the snack selection backstage quite frankly -- you know, i don't want to say guantanamo bay but a little spare back there. we want people to be hungry when they come out. ♪ nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angie's list app. visit

but i had in response to senator barrasso's question about the list ing listing you had said madam secretary, that you were bound by the court to render a determination even though congress had banned the issuance of the rule. but isn't it true that the settlement provides that such determinations are subject to appropriations? because that was the language we had included in the -- in the appropriations last year. as part of a rider. so it's just subject to appropriations. >> we'll look into the specific language, senator. my understanding is that fish and wildlife service can say we believe a listing is warranted or not warranted but they have no appropriations to write a rule about that. >> correct. subject to the appropriations. anyway, i wanted to just make sure that we had cleared that up. because i thought as long as it is subject to appropriations and those had not been made you are not able to move forward with. we will look at that. i wanted to ask you about the cleanup of environmental contamination on lands that have been transferred to alaska native corporations under the native

coal miners in west virginia have made our state the second largest koes producer behind senator barrasso's state of wyoming. we mine it our families depend on it. it has a huge economic impact. one of the most disturbing things and the first question i would like to ask you is you're saying in your opening remarks that epa stakeholder outreach and public engagement and preparation has been unprecedented. and you've talked a lot about the -- i think you said millions of comments. how many comments? a lot. >> a lot. >> but i am interested in your definition of outreach. this is not just me. senator manchin has lodged the invitation for the epa to come to a coal-producing state like west virginia. please west virginia. to talk about this. none of the meetings on this were ever conducted in a coal-producing state certainly not in the state of west virginia. i've reached out and invited the epa to come to west virginia to talk about the impacts, the economic impacts of this rule and these rules in our state. can we count on epa to come and talk to the people of west virginia about how this is a

>> thank you senator barrasso. i stand by my comments. wyoming has done a very good job in providing regulations that are forward thinking. we have learned from wyoming as well as some other states. our proposed regulations say that if a state's rule is stronger than a proposed federal rule, that the state's rule will govern. that is, in fact, the case in some elements you referenced in wyoming. i don't know that there is anything in our proposed rule that is more stringent than wyoming's rule. i have to look into whether a variance would be even on the table as it relates to wyoming, but i think that we want to provide certainty to industry. we don't want to make the regulations complicated. if that's something the state would want us to consider, it's certainly something that i'd ask b.l.m. to look a the goal however, is to provide minimum baseline standards. many states are not ficted -- sophisticated like wyoming. their regulation vs. not kept up if they have them at aw. for federal and tribal lands we are really looking at baseline s

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why this week i led a bipartisan letter with the presiding officer senator portman, senators brown barrasso blumenthal and others to president obama urging unions tons and nato to work together to ensure ukraine has the defensive capabilities and equipment to halt and reverse further russian aggression. thousands have been killed, thousands more displaced a civilian airliner was shot down murdering hundreds of innocent people and nationalistic fervor and soviet file style propaganda have been used to further problem the russian -- the ukranian people of their own political freedoms. let's recall how we got to this awful situation. in march of this year, putin used manipulation and military might to annex a region of crimea not because they were about to join nato, not because ukraine was about to join the european union not because ukraine was about to cut economic or historical ties to russia even if it did sign an association agreement with the european union and not because russian-speaking ukrainians were in any danger. no putin took this action because he needed to rally nationalist se

similar to the barrasso amendment that says clarifies the treaties with indian tribes must remain in effect. that should be obvious as well but doesn't hurt to restate those important points. so i think that these amendments are important amendments, they're good amendments they help broaden the appeal of the bill. i want to take this map down and i want to speak to a few of the merits of the keystone pipeline bill because i know them very well. there are extraordinary benefits of keystone x.l. employment opportunities. mr. speaker, according to the u.s. state department 42,000 jobs will be supported by the construction. and i can assure you having been on the construction site of the original keystone bill, it's true and these are real jobs. these are good jobs. some people refer to them as temporary jobs. referring to a pipeline project as temporary is like referring to waned farm as only temporary. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. woodall: i yield the leader, mr. cramer, five more minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north dakota is re

the whole report is available on my web site barrasso .senate.gov. i want to talk about principles we talk about in this very report. these principles are based on the idea that the people who live on the land are the best stewards of the land. our main goal is to empower the residents, the workers and the local leaders in the west and local leaders throughout the country to make the decisions that best serve their families and their communities. these principles stand in stark contrast to the failed approach that washington has taken far too long. the first principle in our report has to do with energy. the members of the western caucus are united. we will promote access to our nation's abundant, affordable, secure diverse and reliable energy and mineral resources. that means increasing energy security for the united states. now, we can do that by producing more energy responsibly right here at home. it also means opening up access to international markets so we can help the energy security of our allies as well. the second principle we talk about i

barrasso: thank you mr. president. i'd like to join in the comments from my distinguished able, and learned colleague from south dakota. we talk what happened when the president yesterday released his bugged forbudget for the next fiscal year. i agree with my colleague from south dakota that the president's spending is absolutely astonishing. the president wants to spend $4 trillion in 2016 -- $4 trillion. that's $1 billion 4,000 times. nobody has ever seen a budget that big before. "the new york times" ran an article right after the budget came out yesterday with a headline "liberal aspirations set out as a budget." "liberal aspirations set out as a budget. "the article said president obama presented a budget on monday that is more utopian vision than pragmatic blueprint. well the american people don't want a utopian vision, they want responsible leadership. responsible leadership that understands their needs and the challenges that people face every day. so far this year all we've seen from the president is a list of

barrasso: thank you madam president. madam president, as i come to the floor today the senate is continuing to try to debate a bill to fund the department of homeland security. we've made no progress on this bill for weeks as democrats continue to filibuster our efforts to actually even get on the bill, to have a meaningful discussion on the subject. the bill's already passed the house of representatives. and the way the senate is supposed to work is that if democrats don't like something about the bill, then they should offer amendments and change it. that's how the process has worked in the past. it's how the process is supposed to work today. you know, the process as it worked about a month ago when we debated the keystone x.l. pipeline. we had more than 40 different amendments debated on the floor voted on on the floor. that's more than double the number of amendments than the senate democrats allowed all last year in debate on the floor of the united states senate. well, we could be debating those and voting on thos

barrasso: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. mr. president, last tuesday president obama met with ten people at the white house. these are people who had written him letters about the health care law. the white house said it was designed that this little publicity stunt was to remind people to sign up for insurance on healthcare.gov by the deadline date of sunday, february 15. at his meeting the other day the president said that the people there were, as he said, a pretty good representative sample of people whose lives have been impacted, as he said, in powerful ways. well, i will tell you mr. president, if president obama really wanted a representative sample he would have included some of the people his law has affected in alarming and expensive ways. what does the president have to say to those people? why didn't he invite any of them to the white house for his photo op? here's