canada wants to send it to america. canada wants to send the jobs to america. but america right now through these radical policies is saying no, america doesn't want the jobs that go to china. so it's come to our laps. congress can sit back and do nothing about it. but we've taken the initiative and said we want to create jobs, fight for american jobs. unfortunately the only way we can to that is through an act of congress of the president made it clear he's not going to do it. kicked it off after the election, environmentalists threatened his re-election. everybody wants the keystone pipeline they just don't want it. amendments come up that whether well intentioned or not will kill the deal. we can keep pushing this off. fortunately the author of the amendment, author of the bill, chairman of the committee, all us co-sponsored it has said these jobs are worth fighting for. these are 20,000 american jobs that are either going to happen or not happen depending if we pass legislation. if we don't pass the legislation, there are no jobs. i know the president's nar

listen to the point with china they've pumped 16 billion into canada, canada loves this, willing to do this thing and technically, the gasoline prices highest january ever. >> neil talked about a leader having a gun to his head how about the american people? this is the point we're missing, and this is not about politics, about not about ego, doing the right thing for your country. >> and environmentalists are missing the point, now it's good for the environment to put that oil on a ship and ship it to china and have it refined in refineries, that are not up to the standards ours are and have it burned in factories in the up to the standards. >> so they can fill up their planes and bomb us. >> and the pipeline, the pipeline right now is a political thing, this thing is going to get passed and both sides want to come out in favor of jobs. >> i think he's right. i think in the end-- >> and it's an interesting political dynamic, we're assuming the economy is getting better. >> no, we're not. >> a lot of people are, that the economy is getting better and-- >> and charles has been seeing de

they call for the end of the sealing industry in canada. it depends on this parent it is not fooling anyone. please explain how our government is doing this. and >>> last week the member shd them with his comments. i know the member has been here for years. they put this let them. our government stands up at home and abroad. >> the prime minister has repeated that he is supporting them. this government has tried to speak for a year. we learned that canada wants to keep half of the profits. this is unacceptable. the prime minister really wants to come to a dictatorship. why don't we bring this money and bring it back to help build a democracy? >> we have been very clear. we said that we will be seizing the assets. we make sure that they will not sell from the people. indonesia, they are working very hard to make sure those moneys will be returned to the tunisian people. >> a few days ago the prime minister announced that an in- depth reform will be one of the government's priorities. they're coming from the prime minister reform. to save on

their whole invasion of canada had failed. and the privateers did go out, but it takes a long time to get that all going. the privateers were going quite well, but it would take a very long time before that really came into play. what about the american navy? well, my word, the american navy was doing just great. the first defeat of the american army in canada was at detroit in august of -- august 15 of 1812. madison could not believe it. he was horrifyied. here it was an election year, he had told everybody he was going to invade canada and do all this stuff, and here he is, he loses. and this is going to kill him in the election. four days later, four days later the uss constitution, old ironsides, have you been down to see old ironsides? it's all refurbished now. it's in great shape. well, it's in better shape than it was in 1812. finish it is a, the constitution wins a victory over an english frigate in august -- not too far off the coast here. about 800 miles out directly east of here. and it's just two ships, right? it's

one of the things i'm really concerned about is canada is being treated like we can't trust canada with their environment. i think their history on environmental issues is something that really puts into question why we approve the many crossings in mexico and we're holding this one up to canada. i yield back. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman? >> yesh, sir? >> i understand that mr. engel would like his three minutes. >> mr. engel, you're recognized three minutes. >> gentleman yield to me? >> yes. yes. i'll yield. >> i thank you for yielding. this last statement by my colleague from california made no sense to me. he's criticizing the different alternatives of bringing these tar sands down from canada and saying if it's done by railroad as opposed to pipeline. the real issue is whether they're going to do the tar sands at all. if they can't bring it into the united states, they're not going to develop those tar sands. and in accepting the tar sands which is the dirtiest source of coal, they have to spend so much energy to refine it sufficiently they have it go through a pipeline and train.

right now, canada has become the land of opportunity for oilmen. tell you there's little else on the horizon. >> bob, if you take a tablet and put on it, "where is supply going to come from that we don't know about today?" and you put down all the optimistic points, that tablet will be basically blank. >> as blank as the landscape around fort mcmurray, where the world of oil exploration ends. you think the days of cheap oil are gone? >> they're gone. from what we knew as cheap oil, when i pump gasoline in ray smith's sinclair station on hinkley street in holdenville, oklahoma, 11¢ a gallon, that's gone. >> $1.50 a gallon? >> we won't ever see $1.50 a gallon. no, that's--that's gone. >> right around the corner from fort mcmurray, you can still see oil being produced the traditional way. it's picturesque now. the wells are still pumping, but they belong to the past, like the iron horse that once rode across these prairies. the future? up here in alberta, they're convinced it's in the dirt. [horn honks] >> since we first aired that story, the demand f

canada. later, one woman's crusade to overcome government red tape. and get a legal handgun. >> bret: talks between the u.s. and north korea resumed today. the restart had been delayed for two months after the death of kim jong il. the u.s. wants north korea to abandon the nuclear weapons program. the north is seeking food, aid and diplomatic concessions. the soldiers are accused of biggest leak in u.s. history deferred his plea. army private bradley manning delayed the trial by military jury or judge and is charged with giving half a million sensitive battlefield reports to the wikileaks website. >> bret: the supreme court heard lobbying about a law to make at it crime to receive top military honors. decision about the legality of the stolen valor act is expected by late june. wednesday, we told you how president obama and his republican challengers are coming up with their versions of corporate tax reform. tonight, correspondent steve brown shows us just how damaging the current tax policy

something called the supreme islamic council of canada or the islamic supreme council of canada which always sounds slightly less friendly to me. i am a did an injustice. i used to be in the mailing list of the supreme islamic council of ireland who were rather agreeable. there were other agreeable callers. i don't know what bolero would have made the tour michael coleman. i don't fight off the english oppressor. a couple of decades later the supreme islamic council in dublin but be that as it made his supreme islamic council in new south wales in australia. amazon their mailing list for a while. lot of these groups are concerned with islam beyond discussion. not only good things are bad things but in essence in muslim countries islam is beyond discussion and i think it is a fascinating topic to discuss and he should be allowed to discuss it. they file a human-rights complaint in canada. canada does not have a first amendment so speech is policeed by state bureaucrats which i think is an obnoxious idea and i am glad to say we have managed to get sections change which is the relevant p

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if my choice for my kids' future, if i'm betting on canada or opec, i'm betting on canada. i urge my colleagues to vote against the markey amendment. >> the gentleman lady from california seeks time on her own accord, i believe. >> i do. >> she is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this has ban very interesting debate, not only on this amendment but on others that have been offered. i've listened with a great deal of attention to what members have said on both sides of the issue regarding the underlying legislation. let me just outline the things that really trouble me about this. first of all, i think that this is a terrible way to legislate slate. and let me tell you why. no presidential permit is required for the pipeline. there's a requirement ferc is to issue a permit for the pipeline within 30 days of receiving an application. so no one is interested in what the responsibilities of an agency are for review on behalf of the american people, including my constituents. so this is on a high-speed rail for being approved. i mean, just do it by decree.

china is a huge investor in oil development in canada. they are on the verge of making the decision to just go a different route and just take this across over to the pacific and right on out to china. i mean, that's -- this is going to come out of canada. they're going to produce this oil. they're going to make money on it. the question is, do we get any of those jobs? do we get this to flow into our part of the world, or does it just get exported into china? >> the gentleman's time has expired. i'd like to finish this debate. mr. engle, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm one of the people ms. eschew described. i tend to be sympathetic to the pipeline because i do believe that we have tough choices to make. they're not easy, they're not black and white, and they are all shades of gray, and i think basically we can benefit from the pipeline, but i want it done right. i don't want a kangaroo court, i don't want something that's preordained. i want it done right. now, the majority -- i've been in the house f

but two of them did stay in canada. and the third brother came back to canada around 1900 with many of his children, and so my relatives in canada now are descended from that one man, and i'm doing a study of that community building across international boundaries, looking at my family as the bridge between those two areas. >> where did you meet your husband? >> at hampton. three days after i got to hampton. >> and how many children do you have? >> one daughter. >> where does she go to school or where did she go to school? >> she went to haverford and then she came to howard and graduated from howard two years ago. >> so, what were the two experiences like for her? >> haverford was difficult for her. she felt very much out of place. >> very white place? >> very, very, yes. very few african-american students. and did feel very out of place from the very beginning, although she did have friends there. but we just felt that she needed to come home, and, you know, perhaps try howard. and she did. she did very well there. an

in detail trans canada approachd nebraskans over eminent domain mr. thompson went on to say in the heart lands, many of us feel that approval of this project would strip us of our individual property rights. we feel this way because we will be forced to give up a portion of our hard earned property for the personal gain and benefit of corporate entities." mr. chairman, even if we cannot come together and agree on the necessity of hastily approving the keystone xl pipeline without the appropriate time frame and federal oversight, surely, mr. chairman, at the very least each of us as representatives of the american people should watch out for the public's best interests all to agree that it is morally wrong and incomprehensible that we will allow a foreign company to push american citizens off their land for the sole purpose of allowing a pipeline that will ultimately be used to export oil overseas. my amendment simply reads, and i quote, permit shall not be issued or deemed to have been issued under this subsection absent of conditions that prohibits t

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well, the coke industries is one of the largest crude oil exporters in canada. the coke industries own the terminal in canada where the pipeline would begin. the coke industries has a refinery near where the pipeline would end. and the chairman said he'd take their word for it. they don't have any interests. even though there's evidence to the contrary. but then he throws out a real herig and no keystone cop could do. he said, wait a minute. there's another guy who agrees with the democrats some of the time who own as railroad and they might put the coal, tar, sand, on the railroad. so really what the democrat, doing is fronting for another industry. boy, does that make sense. you've got the crude oil owner with a pipeline and the refinery and we should just take their word for it. they have no interest, but we should then point the finger at warren buffett's company, and then what did they do? they say in hearing, well we know what's going on. we're attributing the worst possible motives to the president of the united states. it's all political. well, that's qu

in polls that find americans would prefer to import more oil from canada. under this bill, are there any guarantees that all of the friendly canadian oil that is sent through the pipeline will be sold here in the united states? >> no. i'm not aware of any guarantees that will happen. >> so what i'm hearing you saying is that there is a threat that they're extracting the oil from tar that there is a greater likelihood of dangerous warming. and the benefits, as the pipeline goes through our country are not certain in term of the oil staying here in our country. what is the benefit to the american people? >> why is it a detriment? >> the detriment, because it keeps our addiction to oil. it makes it strategically and operationally vulnerable. >> mr. thompson, the route that transcanada propose wod have gone through nebraska's sandhills. even if a new proposed route would avoid the sandhills, won't it still go through the ogala section? >> we don't know whether they're proposing a new route. that's a problem. from what i've heard and what initial proposals they

we produce steel in our country and we can get it from canada. are we going to see an amendment that we can't export steel? i have this battle in my own caucus that chemicals in refined products are manufacturing. our goal is to have manufacturing capability here and we have the downstream jobs. louisiana and texas has much of them, but i don't mind sharing them. somebody else wants a refinery, i will help you build it. why would we say you can't explore a product produced in the country. here we we want and all the natural gas we can get. we also realize our natural gas now is we have to begin to export used for transportation or utility companies. it's the cheapest available in almost my lime this amendment, i don't agree with the bill itself, but this is bad because manufacturing capability through exports. on our side of the aisle, they made the lead on manufacturing in america. manufacturing. refined products and chemicals are manufactured. up until the high prices of natural gas in the middle of the last decade, chemicals was one of the big

even in canada.anada has national health care and they have 7% unemployment. >> wait a second, canada has a 15% federal tax rate on corporations. canada is doing better than we are. >> they have national health care. >> canada has a appreciate conservative prime minister who is cutting back on socialized medicine and lowering regulations and pumping oil. canada gets me going. >> by the way -- >> valuations. you got a 2% dividend yield. where's the great value in that? then you have a budget where the president will continue to blow out government spending, 22% or greater. 2 -- >> if you believe his budget will pass, you should properly be a bear. >> i think they're going to use scare tactics to say you're going to cut back on this $8 billion still laws to community colleges, that's why -- >> you don't think the republicans will stop, it's actually $1.9 trillion in taxes overall. you don't think the house gop will stop that? >> look, they're caving on the payroll tax. >> republicans have a free lunch

one of the things i am really concerned about is canada is being treated like we can't trust canada with their environment. their history on environmental issues is something that puts into question why we approve the crossings in mexico but holding of this one the canada. >> i understand he would like to have his three minutes on our side as well. i hope he can be recognized. >> absolutely. by myhis last statement colleague made no sense. he is criticizing the different alternatives of bringing these down from canada and saying if it is done by railroad as opposed to a pipeline. the real issue is if they will do these at all. if they can't bring it into the united states, they are not going to develop those things. it is the dirtiest source of coal, they have to spend some much energy, at some point, it will have to be revised. the energy used to refine it will add to the greenhouse gases. i want people to understand it is not just a question of how it is going to be transported. a pipeline is often away weak transport these things. i am not against pipelines. but any pipeline ought to

now we're letting canada drill there, ship here and re-export there. all so we -- so that we in the united states will have to pay more, both in terms of money at the gas pump and cost to the environment. my amendment ensures if this pipeline is legislate lated the oil and any fuels made using it will stay here to benefit americans here who will pay less here. my amendment

decimating transportation why is it that the republicans are saying we need to move high speed oil from canada mexico i this or that we can export it but we can't move high speed people well i dispute that it's decimating transportation we have two point two trillion dollars in tax revenue can we stop spending it on cowboy poets and actually build a road i mean how is it that the roads are constantly falling apart with all this tax revenue i mean it's just absurd it's a hierarchy of means you know i think that that's a good point because what republicans in the you know the reason that they are opposing spending more on transportation is not because they don't want to spend more in transportation it's because they would like to pay for it they don't want to implement a measure that's going to sort of raise the national debt even know the point is that when you have a federal government that already spends three point five trillion dollars you know it it makes it much more difficult to do governments are being suspended and functioning ones are sent to g.d.p. and there was twenty two and a half

i believe that i'd rather be dependent on mexico and canada than saudi arabia and venezuela. i mean, there's no doubt about that. but the problem we have is not a realistic approach and i guess that's what really kearns me and i'm hoping to return for the witnesses that are going to be touching on some of the subject matter that i just touched on, i appreciate your testimony today. i think you were invaluable to this whole equation of building a safe keystone pipeline. thank you, mr. chairman. >> recognize gentleman mr. terry. >> thank you, and i guess i'm one like step, submit items for the record. so, mr. chairman, i ask you for record a memorandum from the u.s. state department, mr. keith dennis, dated june 22, 2011, and on the issue that my friend from san antonio, a little further south, mentioned, it is on the record from the state department's review of this pipeline that eliminating transportation constraints from cushing to houston would not affect midwestern kirms in fact help crude prices decline considering that the transportation is consistent, reliable and less

i'm curious how the provisions being used by this company that is based in canada are different than a utility based in the united states when it comes to eminent domain? >> i'm sorry, can you repeat? >> does keystone have any special rights or privileges not accorded to a domestic utility? >> no, in accordance with the state's law for the types of utilities. nothing special. >> and would their use of eminent domain have some special power that some city or county would not have? >> no. >> because they're foreign? >> no. >> is there anything because they have foreign ownership that gives them any privilege or right that is above that of a domestically based company? >> no. >> when other pipelines are constructed in the united states, did those companies use imminent domain? >> depending on the law of the state, it would depend on the law of the state. some states have that tool. other states don't. it's a state by state decision. >> it's a state by state decision. and would -- in this case, woule by state law when it comes to imminent domain? >> yes. >> so they would have to live by

canada is a rapidly increasing its oil production and if the u.s. foolishly refuses to be a customer for new supply, canada will build yet a pipeline not to the south but to the pacific coast and the oil will be exporting to china, where they're waving their hands, because they want it there. that's why we are, again, offering an opportunity to approve keystone. i believe that this approach, this legislation, giving the decision-making authority to the ferc, federal energy regulatory commission is a good one. i look forward to moving it through the committee and would yield to anyone on our side that would like time, and if not, will yield back my time. >> the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. at this time, recognize the gentleman from california for five minutes, mr. waxman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today we once again consider legislation to approve the keystone xl tar sands pipeline. this legislation exempts one pet project from every federal and state permitting requirement. yes, one project would be exempted from every review. n

program -- canada's program that is not available but public request unless under the direction of apoena. and requires city agencies that receive requests from the federal government to convey that information to the board of supervisors to the task force. in the second one i am asking you to do is introduced and passed an ordinance in directing and our city attorney jose office to reschedule the petition to marijuana. will be the first to send a strong central to the state of california that they should file san francisco's lead. my third request by the board of supervisors is to follow up to the board posey said yuri a., 2012 letter to the president obama pursuant ordinance no. 297-062 more appropriately reflect the circumstances of the -- and make clear that the laws are neither welcome or warranted. please protect and defend the safe access. >> hello, supervisors. we have had an emotional day to day, we have that in the company of giants. you are in a unique position to be giants yourselves. i am here to speak to the protection of medical marijuana. i am a medical marijuana pati

i think he really wants a single pair canada style health care system which i grew up with in canada. so, how do we achieve universal coverage and then the cost curve down? the united states in 2010 spent 17.9% of gross domestic product on healthcare. it's a lot but we demand the very best. americans want everything right now. canada, the country i'm from, spent 10.4% of gdp hundred health care. the global budget is set by government. of course, the canadians demand much more in healthcare so you get long waiting list. at the fraser institute we standardded a publication called waiting your turn, guide to hospital waiting lists in canada. last year the average wait in canada from seeing a primary care doctor to getting treatment bay specialist was 19 weeks. that's almost five months. and it's the longest time since the recording of wait times. so it's very, very important that obama care be repealed and replaced with an agenda that brings about affordable, accessible, quality care. the other point is that doctors -- i believe that a number of doctors, a lot of doctors are going to get

or opec i'm betting on canada.e my colleagues to vote against the amendment. thank you and i yield back my time. >> the gentle lady from california seeks time on her own accord i believe it is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. sherman. this has been a very interesting debate not only on this amendment but on others that have been offered, and i've listened with a great deal of attention to what members of said on both sides of the issue regarding the underlining of legislation. let me just outline of the things that really troubles me about this. first call, i think that this is a terrible way to legislate. and let me tell you why. no presidential permit is required for the pipeline. there's a requirement that to issue a permit for the construction of the pipeline within 30 days of receiving an application. so no one is interested in what the responsibility of an agency or for review in putting my constituents. so this is on a high-speed rail for being approved. just do it by degree, why bother going t

the environmentalists have declared war on the oil sands in canada. they don't want the pipeline because they don't want the oil sands. on the other hand, the unions want to build the pipeline. they want the jobs. thoughtfully so. well, this is a time where congress does need to step in and exercise our constitutional powers. it is nothing unusual. in fact, there was a recent opinion by the congressional research service that said you have the power to do exactly what this legislation is doing. so i'll wrap up my comments today and defer -- or yield my -- yield the time back to the senator from south dakota and north dakota and just say this: this is a win-win situation for everybody. it's a win because we create jobs. it's a win for our country that is trying in every way possible to get the federal government to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. maybe the only person it is not a win for is president obama and his reelection. but this is a case where we need to put national interest ahead of november. and i urge my colleagues to support this legi

and what it felt like to be in that place in canada and in other opportunities to be in that land in ireland. i wonder if you can reflect and margaret as well, what were the physical experiences you were having and what was the importance ever going to the place by way of informing your story? >> i don't know if anybody seen there is a series on now on called african-american lives? >> yeah. >> and it remindses me so much of my experience and some of the things that were said that rang through for me are things like, if we don't know where we come from we don't know that we are somebody. it's like, the effects of colonization when -- when our story is taken from us. in when our language is taken and we are disoriented and we come to a new country, we are not literate, it's a way to keep people oppressed. so, part of reclaiming ourselves as irish americans and having the biggest life possible means knowing everything there is to know about ourselves and our people. >> i will talk briefly about the going to saint john i set that trip up and 911 happened. and so i endsed up going on thi

one of the things i am really concerned about is canada is being treated like we can't trust canada with their environment. their history on environmental issues is something that puts into question why we approve the crossings in mexico but holding of this one the canada. >> i understand he would like to have his three minutes on our side as well. i hope he can be recognized. >> absolutely. >> this last statement by my colleague made no sense. he is criticizing the different alternatives of bringing these down from canada and saying if it is done by railroad as opposed to a pipeline. the real issue is if they will do these at all. if they can't bring it into the united states, they are not going to develop those things. it is the dirtiest source of coal, they have to spend some much energy, at some point, it will have to be revised. the energy used to refine it will add to the greenhouse gases. i want people to understand it is not just a question of how it is going to be transported. a pipeline is often away weak transport these things. i am not against pipelines. but any pipeline ough

the group's headquarters is in canada.their mission is to help free children from poverty and hard labor. the japanese branch opened in 1999. while adults handle clerical work, most of the fund-raising activity is carried out by volunteers, aged 18 or under. over the past 13 years, the japanese branch collected funds to build schools and libraries in india, the philippines, and mongolia. one project to collect postcards help feed children in africa. >> i joined this group because i thought it was a great idea that kids are doing something to help other kids in need around the globe. >> the chocolate project was put in motion three years ago. children are involved at all stages, from designing packaging to filling the bags. the chocolate is supplied at cost, directly from a major candy manufacturer. the goal is to sell 4,000 bags by june. they are hoping to provide food aid to 1300 children who live in areas devastated by drugs in kenya and somalia. he got involved. >> chocolate is something we enjoy a lot. and i think it i

and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all today. welcome to the show we'll get the real headlines with none of the mercy or live out of washington d.c. now tonight we've got a special guest joining us dylan ratigan host on m s n b c and author of the new book greedy bastards how we can stop corporate communists banks there is an other vampires from sucking america dry so we can't wait to hear his ideas and then while the a.c.l.u. files a lawsuit against the government to have them expose the details of their targeted killing program including drone strikes that killed u.s. citizens last year some are arguing that human rights organizations need to take it one step further and fly drones of their own for surveillance purposes we're going to debate that issue with harper scott horton and mark and us of the genocide intervention network we're going to all that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look with the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so last night the r

amazingly it was not reported by trans canada but a local farmer. in response to this spill and others on june 3rd, 2011, the pipeline safety agency issued a corrective action order temporarily shutting down the original keystone pipeline. the agency based this finding on -- based this action on a finding that the continued operation of the pipeline without corrective action would be hazardous to life, property, and the environment. since restarting operations, the keystone pipeline has now experienced another spill of 420 gallons in severance, kansas. we had a whistleblower who worked as a safety inspector during the construction of the original pipeline come forward with information that alleged serious deficiencies relating to the construction of the keystone pipeline including

week" combined in canada. it's the dentist waiting room mechanic. they published a big cover story from the book, and the canadian islamic congress took against and it filed free human rights complaints in the province of ontario, the province of british columbia, and at the federal human rights commission, and as a result of that i have the bizarre experience of finding my writing on trial in a courtroom in vancouver in which they flew in expert witnesses to discourse from the tone of -- the so-called tone of my jokes. were my jokes merely in poor taste or were they actually film -- flew in a so-called expert witness from toronto. i'm flattered to be on this show and be discussing my book for three hours. no disrespect, peter, when it actually becomes the subject of a criminal trial in a vancouver courtroom, i thought that was dish thought the kind of literary criticism of the case were as absurd as anything else. >> host: what's the cic and the human rights commission in canada? >> guest: well, the cii is th

. >> it's considered one of the most peaceful, beautiful places to live in canada, you know, idyllicnd crime free. >> rebecca godfrey should know. she grew up here. but has come to know an awful reality. it lurks behind the picture-perfect few sawed. >> it was like a bunch of flammable kids and someone lit a match and it just went off. >> the match, if that is the right word to use, was struck on the night of november 14th, 1997, a clear and beautiful night by all accounts. a full moon shone on the wide waterway that meanders through town. an ocean inlet called the gorge. a group of teenagers also in can des scent in the way only 14-year-olds can be gathered on the grounds of shoreline community school to party. missy pleech was there. what would usually happen at parties like that outside at night? >> we'd drink and be loud and cause trouble and go home. >> but that particular night did not turn out like all the others. what happened then changed everything. but first a little information about the people who were there. this is missy pleech, she came from a very large family. she h

now we're letting canada drill there, ship here, and reexport there. you'll so that we in the will have to pay more. my amendment ensures if this pipe shrine legislation, the oils and any fuels will stay here to benefit americans here who will pay less here. it allow the president to waive this requirement only if it's shown that an export of the oil fossils won't decrease our intention we bli from hostile nations. >> gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from from illinois. >> thank you, mr. precedent. just wauz it shows all the pipelines. the keystone pipeline ends right outside my district, and my refinery, the conoco phillips refinery did a $2 billion expansion during the lowest neck times. why? so they could ship it to down south so they can put it on ships? no. to refine it. there's a better return on investment for refining a product and selling a product than moving the bulk commodity product as is. let's just take my friend's debate for what it is. so what if the crude oil goes on the market. so what. don't we understand supply and deman

if they're getting it from a reliable source in canada and not from saudi arabia or venezuela, then that adds to our national energy security. because it's a reliable source. we don't have to worry about the number of tankers coming from venezuela today or the mood of hugo chavez and whether or not he'll allow that oil to come to the united states versus china. so there's no doubt here that there is a level of energy security here. there's also no doubt that as this oil comes through the pipeline to the variety of refineries that they will as in every barrel that's provided to a refinery, only a portion of that barrel can be made into fuel that we use daily in our vehicles. the other parts of that like diesel, excess diesel is exported to europe. we have already heard from several of my colleagues that there's other by-products as well. so this is -- the markey amendment, i would submit is one of those type of killer amendments that if this would become law it basically means that you can't use this oil from canada which is really the basis of the environmental argument here, to just not

that is what canada will do if we say no. >> switching gears. big outcry over the obama's administration's decision to require nonprofits to cover contraception. do you think that as a minimum standard women should have access to free contraception as a preventative health care? >> obamacare is the vehicle that allow the administration to do this. a government run health care. as i looked at this decision, and we are having secretary sebelius testified. she is coming march 1. she knows she is going to get a lot of questions on this. for me and a lot of others, and the speaker took to the house floor last week and said, this is truly unconstitutional. how does this happen? what are the answers that we have to get responded to as we look at legislation to reverse this that hhs is pursuing? >> is contraception -- >> we are not looking at it as that. we're looking at it as religious freedom. what is it that is stepping on the bounce of a nadir dame -- of a noted university or a catholic charity? they oppose the decision that was made. let us look at

these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. thanks for being with us on how the hour here's a quick look at what's been making headlines this week russia and china blocked the western backed one draft resolution on syria with moscow slamming the tax for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition in egypt riots returned as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen people killed. and hundreds of thousands march in russian cities in the spine of subzero temperatures with both pro and anti-government rallies and record breaking numbers and head of next month's presidential election. the so-called reset in russia u.s. relations has been struggling to make headway with the ongoing dispute over america's controversial european missile defense shield there's more on that right now in our special report. the most vital national security interests of the united

countries like sweden, underdeveloped countries like bangladesh, developing countries like ghana, canada. and we've had a really positive response from countries around the world asking how they can be involved. so we think this is a way to help cut down on about 40% of what the pollutants in the atmosphere are that affects climate change. so we're going to be promoting this issue. it's not as controversial. it's not as, you know, far reaching. we still have to deal with, you know, the greenhouse gas emissions and try to come to grips with, you know, co2. but it gives us something the people can do. i'll give you a quick example. we have a global alliance on clean cook stoves. how women cook, about 2 billion of them around the world, creates respiratory illnesses, puts a lot of soot, black cash sboon the atmosphere. if we can create a market for a more clean burning cook stove, we'd improve health and we improve the environment at the same time. there's a lot of win/win strategies we're working on here. >> great. thank you. i also wanted to follow up on the cigar audit report of the poli

there's only so much crude oil from canada they can take. so to expand the reach of canadian oil into the u.s., you need a pipeline to the u.s. gulf coast, which is the largest, most sophisticated refining center in the world. in fact, it's been an important source of export growth for the u.s. but this denial does raise an uncertainty about whether that growth will continue, as previously thought. >> thank you. dr. gruenspecht, i would like to ask you about diesel prices. in my home state of wyoming this weekend win noticed that a gallon of diesel is about a dollar higher than regular unleaded gasoline. it's my understanding that this difference can be attributed in part to a shortage of diesel in the suggest the upper plains. i know a lot of diesel is being shipped to north dakota to service some of the oil field work being done there. can you help me understand why diesel prices are so much higher than gasoline prices right now in wyoming? >> thank you. i couldn't specifically speak to wyoming without, you know, without doing some more re