we can support and promote the use of biofuels here in america by american workers. back home in southern illinois, my district is home to a huge agriculture industry and scott air force base. a federal initiative, like the one proposed here, would go a long way in creating a partnership between the agriculture community and scott air force base and existing biofuels research centers in my district. there could be a huge benefit to the country as we move affirmatively to secure new sources of fuel to power the best airports in the world. i will withdraw my amendment at this time and seek support for its passage. i yield back. >> we ask consent for the amendment. without objection, so ordered. >> i ask unanimous consent with the amendments that have been more. >> without objection the reading of that amendments. [inaudible conversations] >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes for the purpose of offering the amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i call an unblocked pass function package. the amendment 085, mr. shuster is talking about the army reserve center

will that also extend the eu negotiations on the future of the misdirected 10% directive on biofuels, which basically burns is fuel for europe which should be food? should the prime minister recognize that mandate is raising food prices, compounding hundred and adding to carbon emissions? >> i'm delighted we bring the g8 to northern ireland i hope it will provide a boost for the northern ireland economy and we can discuss some of those issues at the meeting that i agree with them we shouldn't allow the production of biofuels to undermine food security. we want to go further than the european commission's proposed cap of 5% on crop-based biofuels i think there's merit on what the honorable gentleman says. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the weekend before last, mr. speaker, there was -- which could have become a tragedy if or not for the brave efforts of our emergency efforts. the volunteer coast guard. can the prime minister and my right honorable friend on with me in thanking our coast guard and the particular -- [inaudible] in polling at 56 people from the water and averting a tragedy? >

get that, we are working in renewing the heating and electrical production facilities to make it biofueled instead of using oil or coal. >> the objective is to create an ecodistrict with extremely low energy consumption and providing all the facilities for a sustainable transport system--public transport, biking--to create, in every sense, environmental or green area or green residential district and absolute world-class. >> we are right now in the gas work area, and this is where we have started to construct the first apartments, and they are going to be moving in as of october of this year. we are standing in front of the old gas container, which was produced in the 1890s, and this is one of the buildings that are going to be preserved in the area and going to be transformed into cultural venues, et cetera. in the future, we are going to see only biofuel or solar cells or windmills, et cetera, so we are shifting out the oil from the production here. we need to be smarter in the future, because more and more people are moving into cities, so we need to have cities being constructed more s

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i agree that we should not allow the production of biofuels to undermine food security. we want to go further than the european commission's proposal. there is considerable merit in what the honorable gentleman says. >> the weekend before last, there could have been a tragedy were it not for the brave efforts of our emergency services and the volunteer coast guard. can the prime minister join with me in thanking the coast guard, in particular paul parker and rob barkey for pulling out 56 people for our country. >> they do an extraordinary job for our country. a are really one of the emergency services. i join her in paying tribute to those brave people. >> i wonder if the prime minister could assist me with a question that he has been unable to answer for the last two months. will the taxpayers money be used to guarantee the mortgages of citizens who buy property here? >> the chancellor will set out details of this. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to hear mr. davis. i recently visited my brother defined that a television station near his bed would cost him six dollars

he wants new yorkers to start separating food scraps so it can be composted for biofuel.voluntary for now but will eventually become mandatory. >>megyn: this means my relationship with my garbage disposal. >>brian: i wish they passed this before i had the leftover nachos from mo's last night. i would have been better off throwing it away. >>megyn: we have a brand-new miss u.s.a. >> and miss u.s.a.2013 is... connecticut! >>megyn: they are very beautiful and very fit. and really i shouldn't be even looking at them in my condition. 25-year-old aaron brady was crowned miss u.s.a. last night in vegas. this morning it is another contestant feeling the spotlight. miss utah, marries is a -- miss utah marissa powell was asked why are women making less money in the workplace? >> i think this relates to education and how we are continuing to try to strive to figure out how to create jobs right now. that is the biggest problem. and i think especially the men are seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to try to figure out how to create education better so that we can solve this p

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we need engineers developing new solutions, new biofuels, and we need farmers to grow them. all segments of our society contributes to the solutions. when we do that we can grow the economy, create more jobs and protect public health but none of that can happen when we have almost an entire political party who refuses to acknowledge that this problem exists. >> michael: yeah, three out of four americans are now believing in global warming, where they weren't before, so thanks to this dialogue we're moving down the road in the right direction. michael brune, executive director of the sierra club, still fighting on climate change. up next, donnie fowler, and david pakman, a coast-to-coast conversation about politics with two of the very best right after this. ♪ >> michael: the political front is a crowded battlefield today from the fight over voting rights to the so-called irs scandal and the push to save our planet. with us now to break down absolutely everything is veteran democratic strategist donnie fowler. he is the ceo of his own firm dogpatch strategies. and we're also

to not for profit organizations to promote the use of biofuels. there is not one vehicle that is 100% that runs on biofuels at this point and it does save money if this program is eliminated, of hundreds of thousands of dollars and millions of dollars per year. and that money should go back into the taxpayer's pocket or at least pay the debt down. we should create jobs, like building the xl pipeline and developing natural gas exploration that we have an abundant supply of. let's stop borrowing money to promote a product where we pick the winners and losers. as i said earlier, that's up to the consumer. they can choose which best product to use. but i oppose the fact that hard-working middle-class taxpayer dollars are going for advertising and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from south dakota is recognized for one minute. mrs. noem: i certainly appreciate the gentleman's concerns and all that he brought to this house today. i will reiterate. this is an extremely effective program and lets t

it is called the biofuel. it is not without controversy. morenk there is one function of that material before it dies in a landfill. >> going back through your day again -- how do you get into overtime, and you are suggesting in the book that when he went from three people on a truck to sue, that men more money for the two -- that meant more money for the two, but how much longer do you have to work to get that over time? >> you are eligible -- it is called make the truck. you are eligible to make the truck as soon as you are hired. depending on where you're signed, you are more or less likely to have that opportunity. it is decided by seniority. if we are both sanitation workers, and i have been working on for 15 years and you have for five years, i get the first pick. theou have a glossary in back. at we could talk about that -- so many of them. what is bad time? islet's say there disciplinary action against me and i have been suspended for a month. when i'm ready to retire, that month is bad time and i have to stay to make up for it. >>

scattered throughout the east bay will concentrate their efforts like the 150 who currently research new biofuels at jay bay one of the lab's satellite campuses in emeryville. >> bring them together in the melting pot of biological discovery. >> reporter: and what's good for the scientists will be good for the community. this will mean jobs. the exact number is unknown but for starters hundreds of people will be employed in long-term construction projects. >> they are developing five million square feet over 40 years, then they are always doing something. they're always either building something or maintaining something. >> reporter: then there are all the amenities the scientists will want. >> child care, dry-cleaning, ice cream shops, restaurants. >> reporter: but it doesn't stop there. the richmond community foundation says it's clear the university is looking to help people who are struggling by supporting community organizations. >> uc has a history of supporting nonprofit communities from the chancellor's office. >> reporter: the university also wants to physically connect with the communit

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supplies are tight due to an increased demand for exported grain, the use of corn to make biofuel, and a drought in the midwest. feed prices have affected dairies across the country, but california was particularly hard hit. bill schiek is an economist at the dairy institute of california. >> in california, the traditional model of production has been one where you bring in, you purchase feed from the rest of the country and transport that to california and feed that to dairy cows, and it's a very specialized operation. >> reporter: by importing cheap feed grains from the midwest instead of growing them on the farm as dairies in other states do, california producers are able to raise more cows and produce more milk on smaller parcels of land. it's a model that worked when grain was cheap. >> i don't know that were going to see those kind of prices return again. there's simply too much demand for feed in the world today. >> reporter: while feed costs have gone up, the price of milk, which is controlled by the state, has lagged. historically, california dairy producers have coped with lo

of encouraging innovation, encouraging investment in the innovation to bring them to market, from biofuelenzymes for clean water, extractive technologies for finding new antibiotics. it raiseaise lot of questions. >> woodruff: what are you saying it means for them? >> i think the question is will this opinion be expanded to cover all those other patents, which may be at risk at this point. we've issued patents for 30 years in this area. there are thousands and thousands out there and it creates some uncertainty. >> woodruff: before we broaden it took, sandra park, i want to come back to you. we talked with a number of experts in the field, one in particular who was on your side of this argument, arguing that myriad should not be able to patent the gene, and one of them said, in essence, agreeing with part of the argument mr. dickinson is making and i just want to trod you what they said. they said myriad still has the proprietary database, which means even if somebody else-- some other company invent a competing test, they're going to have to essentially deal with myriad's monopoly on inf

soon algae will be growing in these ponds, to be harvested for biofuel and, possibly, to feed fish or shrimp. seawater runs through cardboard panels, cooling the air in this greenhouse, where cucumbers grow in coconut fiber. and co2 is pumped in from the factory next door, making the plants grow dramatically faster. >> these plants, i was here three weeks ago, and the plants were this big. >> reporter: virginia corless had gotten her ph.d in astrophysics, and was working at the u.s. senate when she first heard about the sahara forest project. >> i gave the first brochure to all of my science friends in d.c. and said, tell me what's wrong with this? because it sounds great. is there anything im missing? and our consensus was, no, it actually... it all holds together. >> reporter: today corless is the project's research director. >> the core innovation in the sahara forest project is the integration of technologies. so while many of the individual technologies have been developed individually elsewhere in the world, they've never been brought together in this way. >> reporter: corless s

things like biofuel costs will come down slowly than once anticipated. do not take our eye off the ball, they are coming down and are approaching interesting areas. natural gas as a vehicle fuel, we are clearly using that much less than other countries, but the steps forward look interesting. class eight vehicles, station to station infrastructure, may very well have some legs. on the natural gas side, we still do not know the extent to which similar developments will occur in other parts of the world. if and when they do, that will have a profound effect on our security issues, even if we remain the largest producer in the world because it can change flows dramatically in our hemisphere, europe, and the far east. there is a major issue around our own lng exports. as i said in my first few weeks at the department, i have had a pretty thorough review of the processes and we are getting to the point of getting to the specific evaluations, which i plan to do as expeditiously as i can. turning to climate change, as many of you know, the last years, and milit

in our state with locally produced biofuel. a proposed chemtex plant stands to bring more than 300 direct and indirect jobs and increase revenue for farmers by $4.5 million annually. this wouldn't be possible without a loan guarantee from usda. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new yorkize? >> i ask unanimous consent to address he thousands -- to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i come to the house floor today to share real life examples from my district concerning the growing trend happening all across this country because of obamacare. my office received a call from works r-old, holden he 30 hours a week for a manufacturer while carrying a full college course load. his boss recently told him his weekly hours would be cut from 30 to 20-25, in order to avoid the obamacare employer mandate. despite him staying on his parents' health insurance policy. last week, richard markel called with a

again, things like cellulosic biofuel costs clearly have come down more slow hi than was anticipated,don't take our eye off the ball. they are coming down and are approaching interesting, interesting areas. natural gas as a vehicle fuel, we are clearly using that much less than other countries. but the steps forward, again can, look interesting. class 8 vehicles, station to station, infrastructure with lng may very well have some legs. finally, i'll just note that the, on the natural gas side we all, again, we're not going to review the whole revolution if you like in the united states, but a couple of points. one is we till don't know, d we still don't know, of course, the event to which similar developments will occur in other parts of the world. if and when they do, that will have, again, a profound effect on our security issues even if we remain and are projected to remain the largest producer in the world, because it can change flows dramatically in our hemisphere, in europe and in the far, and in the far east. and secondly, there's obviously a major issue around our own lng expo

now, due to changes with fleet fuel economy standards and biofuels and other steps taken by the obama administration, i actually -- our daily consumption is down to 18.5 billion -- million barrels. it's not bad. you know, almost an 8% decrease in a mere seven years with the president only in office for 4 1/2. and we are now only 37% dependent on foreign oil. and that trend continues, of course, as i spoke earlier about the increase in production on federal lands and federal offshore lands between the obama administration and the bush administration. so actual low we are making significant progress with the new policies that are designed to create less oil dependence as opposed to the bush-cheney energy policy which was actually designed to increase our dependence on fossil fuels. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm very pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. the chair: the distinguished gentleman, the majority leader, is recognized.

advanced biofuels, there are three new bioenergy research centers. green buildings. research and development has meant 20 new commercial projects in energy efficiency. fusion, we have already demonstrated human-engineered fusion on a small scale and now we're trying to scale it up for commercial energy production. the u.s. has made gains but we still have challenges. even as other parts of the world grow rapidly, the energy information administration estimates that our country will continue to use about 20% of all the world's energy for about 5% of the world's people. second, we have record oil and gas production at home, but we need to be as independent as possible from those who might want to use our demand for oil to hold us hostage. former secretary condoleezza rice once said she had -- quote -- "never seen anything warp diplomacy like high oil prices." unquote. and affording a tank of gasoline remains a struggle for many families. another challenge is failing to keep up with energy research and development, which is one of the major points i want to make today.

secondly, we can talk about ,lternative fuels, biofuels natural gas or natural gas derived fuels. we can talk about a new paradigm of electrification of the transportation sector. we forgetrit of -- how different things look today than just a few years ago. in 2009, the american on a mobile industry was on the brink of collapse. .ales have plunged 40% the industry had lost 400,000 made ad the president decision to provide support for gm and chrysler on the condition that they take steps necessary to fundamentally restructure the businesses. the department of energy played a role in supporting innovative new technologies. for ford to loan upgrade factories, to introduce new technologies, to raise the fuel efficiency of popular vehicles. on the other side of the half a $1 billion loan went to tesla. the industry looks totally different from what we were saying for years ago. the big three all return to profitability. manufacturing almost doubled tesla repaid the entire allen's on its loans to the department of -- the entire balance on its loans to the department of energy. they are

clear support for farming practices that keep carbon out of the atmosphere and for investments in biofuels and renewable energy. we are grateful to all of the scientific and industry leaders who have shared their ideas with the bicameral task force climate change. we need active and willing partners in the effort to ensure our farms can meet the needs of a strong nation. and they're not alone. responsible people across the spectrum want us to act on carbon and climate. responsible people, like the joint chiefs of staff of the united states of america, like the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, like dozens of our major scientific societies -- virtually every major one -- like the folks in the corporate sector who run apple and ford and nike and coca-cola. they get it. republicans like ronald reagan's secretary of state george schultz, former house science committee chair sherry bolard, former utah governor and g.o.p. presidential candidate, john huntsman. responsible people across the spectrum get it. the scientists at pass this i at and they're telling us to get serious, and they're the

and i have are the case -- articles where this professor had come up with seaweed -- a solution for biofuelee was another one about impact of fresh water. i do not see anyone on c-span talking about the environment, attacking this before the disasters happened. this is our top priority. nevermind these other topics coming up, this back-and-forth with the republicans. planet.to save this i want to see action taken and i want people on c-span, leaves, talking about the environment. if you could get this profession from the unit -- professor from the university of connecticut on. he seems like a smart man. host: we will take that under advisement. is this part of why you did this report in the first place? guest: thank you for the question. we are making slow progress in reducing carbon and other pollution responsible for climate change. since 2005, we are about 40% of the way things -- to our 2020 reduction goal thanks to president obama establishing new fuel economy standards for the first time in three decades. if you want to know he made a deal with china to save on the coolant you put int

part of this biological city will also involve new kinds of fuels, like say biofuels that might be grown in and around cities. host: so, we're talking with annalee newitz about her new book. if you want to call in with your questions, for republicans, 202- 585-3881. for democrats, 202-585-3880. for independents, 202-585-3882. i was just about to ask you, will our cities look any different than they do now? guest: that is a really good question. when you're looking ahead to stay 50 years from now, if we start using more bio material and self dealing material, cities will look similar to now, but the difference would be that if a bridge developed a crack, the crack would seal itself up. you might start to see the scars on your bridges or buildings, but over time, say looking 150 years out, which again is the far horizon, but that is what we are looking at with some of the finance today, you might start to see cities that look like they are covered in and vines or algae because there is a very good chance that the cornerstone of a future city might be something like a genetically engineered

i find it interesting for arguing the cost of these things of biofuels and others are wasted and didn't the other side of the aisle. we need to keep the skies in guantÁnamo and i yield back. >> thank you very much. i would encourage any members that haven't been there yet to go down there and see it. most of us have been there at least once. but if you haven't been, please avail yourself of the opportunity coach to go down there. .. in one day and see firsthand exactly what is happening. it gives you a better picture of what's going on. there's no further question, the question is on the adoption of the would've been perfect in amendment many to the andrews amendment. so many us in favor will say aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it in the amendment is agreed to. the question is now on the adoption of the adoption by mr. andrews says the men it by mr. whitman. submenus are eager will say aye. those opposed to no. the ayes have it and the amendment as amended is agreed to. the next thing we have is the amendment of mr. smith number 246. while the clerk please pass out that amendment.

again looking toward the future, part of the city will involve new kinds of fuels, like biofuels that grown in and around cities. >> we are talking with and about her "discover magazine" article. if you want to call lynn, republicans are at (202) 737- 0002. we will get to your questions and comments in just a second. will our cities look any different than they do now? guest: that is a good question. when you are looking ahead to 50 years from now, if we start using more biomaterials and self-healing materials, probably cities would look a lot the way of they do now pray the difference would be a bridge developing a crack, that bridge crack would seal itself up. my sea scars on your bridges or buildings. over time, like 100 50 years out, a far horizon, the horizon we are looking at, you might start to see cities that look like they are covered in vines, or covered in algae. it is a good chance at the cornerstone of the future city might be something like a genetically engineered algae that can do anything from provide fuel, to provide water purification, and even provide lighting. ins

we've not only focused on in terms of energy efficiency for our farmers on the farm, bioenergy, biofuels but also a new area of reducing our reliance on petroleum by using agricultural products and by-products in manufacturing, called biobase manufacturing. and that's an exciting new area for jobs for us. we're seeing a lot of different possibilities in the area of soybeans. we're seeing soybean oil used to replace petroleum oil in things like foams. if you sit on a number of -- if you buy a number of different vehicles today, and certainly in every ford vehicle i know being produced -- ne chevy volt -- new chevy volt -- you're sitting on soybean foam instead of petroleum foam. it's biodegradable. there's a lot of jokes about sitting on soybean. but the reality is that this is something that is creating a market for growers. it's biodegradable, gets us off of foreign oil and is creating jobs. a lot of possibilities in this bill for new jobs. we focus on trade, the one area where we have a trade surplus in our country is in agriculture. we in fact are feeding the world and working with th

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businesses in pursuing sustainable and value-added energy project investments including wind power, biofuels, solar or others. these projects put people to work. they create entrepreneurial opportunities. and they have created new value-added opportunities for our farmers, for rural small businesses and for our communities. i have heard from iowans about the importance of this energy and economic development tool and my amendment ensures farmers and rural businesses have continued access to it. i'm strongly opposed to the changes made in the underlying bill that weaken essential energy initiatives that create jobs and boost our economy. because of these initiatives, thousands of jobs have been created in rural communities in recent years. in iowa alone, over 1,600 rural energy projects were initiated between 2003 and 2012. mainly stemming from farm bill energy programs. my amendment stresses the importance of farm bill energy programs to job creation and our rural economieses and allows one of our -- economies and allows one of our best resources, our farmers, to play a critical role in our

is a reason that secretary of the navy ray mavis is leaning so heavily forward on the question of biofuels and clean energy. and again, it's not because his job is to be concerned with global climate change. his job is to try to make sure that the navy is as prepared as possible from a fuel standpoint, from a readiness standpoint, and he sees new fuels as the way to go. and the other part of this equation from the department of defense perspective is the amount of money that we have to spend forward operating, protecting our fuel supplies and our fuel lines, so that to the extent that we can have smart grid technology, better battery storage technology, new renewable energy generation, better efficiency, all of that helps our troops especially as they are forward deployed. so i thank the senator from rhode island for pointing out that there is a broadening recognition that this issue goes beyond conservation or anyone's particular concern with the natural environment narrowly speaking. this is becoming a question of the cost of insurance, about how much we have to spend on flood mitigation

we have biofuels and we have -- in our home to one of the nation's premiere oil and gas plays in the world. in fact in colorado over 100,000 people are directly employed or indirectly employed by the oil and gas people. the average pay of a worker in the oil and gas fields of colorado is almost $100,000 a year. average pay of almost $100,000 a year with benefits. people are able to stay in their hometowns to have jobs that they never thought were possible just a decade ago. i come from a small town in eastern colorado, 3,000 people. 67 kids graduated in my high school class. when i graduated there were two or three that stayed there to work in our hometown. everybody left because they couldn't find work in that small eastern plains community. but thanks to natural gas development, thanks to the development that's taken place around the state, they're moving back, they're bringing their families back. they're actually finding those high-paying jobs with good health care benefits, and they're building our communities and making stronger places to live for themselves and their families.