senator cantwell. >> thank you, madam chair. i many times suggested to her that should be a good focus for alaska, natural gas as opposed to the more recent discussion on the an war. as you point out china being the huge market opportunity for the future poses with a shift in policy as you clearly noted to a bluer sky, being the largest market opportunity for the u.s. what policies on that clean energy front do you think we need to continue to focus on here that would help us in looking at asia more as a market and the u.s. leadership? i say that on the energy efficiency side and nuclear policy side. energy efficiency in the context i think you stated it well, saving much and continuing to move forward. i look at it from the efficiencies we have achieved within our region to some of the technologies that are being used in other countries, for example i think one of the northwest companies provided metered energy in south africa so they can buy the power it takes to turn the lights on when the kids come home from school. it is ma

cantwell. ms. cantwell. mrs. o-uppercase-letter. -- ms. capito. mr.so this is the actual vote to approve the budget deal. thanks on capitol hill, a lot of times, either work really slowly or really fast. we saw the really slow part from about 1:35, 1:45 in the afternoon, then the senate had some other options where they could have tried this out a little bit longer here. senator rand paul, who put the brakes on the bill earlier in the afternoon and through the evening, has basically relented and so they want very quickly from ending debate on that bill, that procedural vote, to actually voting on the bill itself. this is a straight up or down vote to approve that budget package. the second really important step in resolving this very short, they hoped, government shutdown in the overnight hours here. this will need a simple majority and so if they got, what was it, 72 votes in the procedural vote, it's not going to be a problem to get 51 votes on this. this will pass and then they will move it over to the house of representatives. >> so that was my ne

patrick cantwell. 55-foot on 18. 1 back at 9 under bubba watson.e-stroke lead at 10 under he's won this event twice but hasn't won in two years. >>> tomorrow is the daytona 500 but it will be hard to top the finish. earlier today in the xfinity series, elliot sadler and tom reddick racing for the finish and who wins? look at this. talk about a photo finish. reddick on the outside will get the win by less than .001 of a second. the closest finish in nascar history. >> wow. >> thais abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. g-league, they go back and forth from santa cruz to oakland and their biggest complaint is the drive on highway 17. and they don't even drive. they have a driver taking them up and down. they say it's a nightmare. but patrick mcclellan's injured so cook may be brought up. once you're up you make an nba salary. when you're down you make the g-league salary. they fly commercial jets, they don't fly charter, they've got middle seats like quinn said. >> big difference. >> but it keeps their dream alive. there's no other

. >> dana: michael hameehan forme chief of staff for senator cantwell and josh holmes is a former chiefstaff to mitch mcconnell. thanks for being here. you both have been down this road before. i'm going to ask you to prognasticate. do you think there will actually be a big debate leading to a solution in this congress? >> well, i sure hope so. there's certainly enough energy on both sides wanting to come to a solution. i think the proposal that the president put out several weeks ago is about where this thing ought to land. there's got to be a border security component in addition to the daca fix. you'd like to see some further work with chain migration and other things that can help bring in proposal together and be a fix so that we don't have to come back time and time again. i think players know how to get to the end of the game. the question is whether you can cut through the politics and get there. >> dana: what do you think, mike? >> the dreamer issue is popular with both parties so you do see a possible path forward. we're not dead yet. still waiting for the day that we do have

cantwell: i come to speak about the trump administration's egregious attack on our pristine coastline on the pacific and the eastern gulf of mexico. dramatic increases of oil and gas development offshore poses a dramatic impact to our coastal economies and the united states particularly in the pacific northwest. i know many of my colleagues are going to join me on the floor this afternoon to talk about this and the specific impacts in their area. the draft leasing plan, which is what has been put forth by the secretary of insuperior, is an -- interior is an attempt to allow offshore oil and gas drilling in over 90% of the u.s. outer continental shelf including washington and oregon. the truth is that instead of creating new jobs in the oil and gas sector, the administration is posed to choose big oil jobs over other ocean-dependent industries like fishing, shipbuilding and tourism on our coasts. i know this because i traveled to many of our coastal communities in the state of washington who make their livelihood off of fishing or tourism or very, very concerned by this proposal. and j

senator maria cantwell, and back from outnumbered katie pavlich is editor for town hall.com and a foxcontributor. katie, i want to start with you. i had an interview with another of the students earlier this hour who was very outspoken. although we did talk about. so things that president trump has put forth. there is this call for change. they are hurting. >> right. of course they are hurting. i mean, i can't imagine having to go through what they just went through. they have a point when they say i'm not prepared to go back to school. schools are soft targets and based on what they have been through it's going to be very difficult to go to school without their classmates who they have shared their learning space and friendships with. when it comes to doing something and what that's going to look like, there have been a lot of calls today, without a lot of specifics about what to do. we have heard that they want a, quote, assault rifle ban, we can look into that, but the argument has been made repeatedly that that actually doesn't reduce crime and doesn't reduce mass shootings. movin

michael meehan president of square communications and former chief of staff for senator maria cantwelln, let me start with you. the white house press secretary started with talking about the senate and a broken system as she said. that the nominations have been stalled so much that even some democrats are starting to say we have got to stop holding these people hostage and in particular sarah sanders mentioned ric grenell who has been nominated for ambassador to germany. the white house looks like it's going to ratchet up pressure on the senate on that issue. >> as they should. and ric grenell is a great example of that is he a highly qualified candidate who has been nominated for months and months and months now and stopped by chuck schumer's strategy which is very intentional to just slow down every nomination as much as possible. and to not allow president trump to get the people that he needs in place around the world to do the job that the american people. and it's really shameful. and i would like sarah sanders was out there saying that i wish the white house would continue to ta

so i'll submit that for the record. >> thank you, senator cantwell. senator capito? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all of you for your willingness to serve. i'm going to piggyback on mr. blumenthal's question on prescription drug pricing. because we see a lot of consolidation in this industry. as an example, there is continued consolidation in the pbm industry where large companies dominate the market. many of these companies also own proprietary pharmacies, retail, and mail order, which compete with our local retail pharmacies, often on an uneven playing field. as somebody who represents a state with a lot of seniors, this obviously is very important. so mr. simons, how do you expect to deal with this, the ftc? i saw you shaking your head. >> so i agree wholeheartedly with that concern. one of the things i want to do at the commission, which has spelled out in a little more detail in my response to the committee's questionnaire is to establish a retrospective program so that we look at self-critically whether our merger enforcement has been as effective as it

myself again but also six other colleagues, shellary capito, maggie hassan, bill cassidy, maria cantwell. it's a bipartisan group of four republicans and four democrats who are passionate about this issue. it authorizes $1 billion a year for specific evidence-based drug prevention, education treatment, and recovery programs. look, it's very important to have this $6 billion in funding over the next couple of years. we need it. but we have got to be sure it's spent wisely. it's not just a matter of throwing money after a problem. it's a matter of being sure that we are effectively addressing the real issues. as i mentioned earlier, the longer term recovery programs are what really helped those gripped by the adicks to overcome this disease. that's evidence that we have. i have certainly seen a lot of evidence of that firsthand and countless examples of this where this longer term recovery and the support networks is what gets people back on track, back with their families, back to work. we need to expand access to them, to those communities that are in need and to give everyone a second c

. >> senator cantwell. >> thank you. welcome, sector azor. you mentioned the discussion with our called account with a proposal coach medical training and community clinics where most physicians actually care for patients and how would it help the community clinics that are not under the current cap? >> so in terms of, is this the community health center program on gme you're referring to? >> your proposal to change the structure. >> so -- >> just try to understand how would it address a couple of things that are in the need area like community based clinics training and teaching hospitals that are not under the current, you know, current cap program. >> we are not proposing a change to the community health center-based training programs that we have. those are separate. these are the medicare, medicaid and the children's run hospital programs on gme. it puts those together so that we don't operate under these artificial 1996 base caps and instead can really focus on their providers that can help train our physicians and get them to both make

. >> senator cantwell. >> thank you. welcome secretary azar. you mentioned in the discussion with our colleagues how the proposal encourage medical training in community clinic where most positions actually care for patients and how would help the community clinic that are not under the current cap? >> so in terms of his is the community health center program on gm e that you're referring to, senator? >> your proposal to change the structure. >> year. >> i'm just trying to understand how it would address a couple of things that are in the need area which is community-based clinic training and teaching hospitals that aren't under the current, you know, cap program. >> right. we are not proposing a change to the community health center base training program that we have. those are separate. these are the medicare, medicaid and the [inaudible] run children's hospital programs on gme that puts those together so that we don't operate under these artificial 1996 -based caps and instead can really focus on the providers that help train our position an