if you are going to be a successful politician in colorado especially from western colorado aspinall learned very early on you are going to have to deal with the water issue in a meaningful way particularly to reserve enough water for president and future uses for his constituents. aspinall was elected in 1948 to congress i think because he made a better case and he understood the water issue better than the incumbent robert rockwell whom he unseated. he fought the battle to preserve water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning in his state career and then going on to his federal career he climbed up the ladder to seniority and was able to exercise i think more power than you might normally have certainly in the united states congress. he rises up very quickly and rather surprisingly becomes a committee chairman by the mid-1950s where he was able to make sure colorado and western colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions of water. his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1986 locall

but their rights to the colorado are undefined. >> the colorado river compact brought together the states but left out the navajo nation. the navajo nation should have absolutely been part of that compact. they weren't. how do we go back and - >> try to fix that. >> fix that. >> nicole horseherder grew up in this region. she says the laws that govern water in the west have left the navajo with a difficult choice. >> as a nation, the navajo people have always looked at water as something that's owned collectively. do i wanna bring my people out of that mindset to share collectively the water? or do i want to propel them into the western mindset -- and to empty the rivers. is that what i want? i think that's the real struggle. there's gotta be different answers and it's all about changing the way we live, changing the way we think and changing how we view other life besides our own. >> catch more "faultlines" episodes on demand or at aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in

welcome to grand junction, colorado.'s nestled in the grand valley, with the help of our chartered cable partners over the next hours we will speak with local authors and learn about the history of the what aa and some of those important in the city development. >> represents, i think, at least three of the major that shape the 20th century west. above all, he was interested in water, maintaining an adequate supply for future generations. >> academy award winning who refused to comply with the america's committee in 1947 citing his first amendment rights. >> it was an amazingly interesting complex and courageous person. he is known for a couple of things. for one he was a hollywood screen writer. he won to academy awards for screen writing. he also is known much more politics and character in standing up to the houston american activity's committee in 1947. >> i understand that the members of the press have been given card belonging to me, is that true? >> that's not true. >> you're not asking the questions. >> i was. >>

colorado's experiment, colorado's foray into regulating marijuana. but it's important to know this isn't just my viewpoint, right? as one of the two authors and the guy that ran the campaign. every major thought leader that has looked at the data, that has been out here, anywhere from on the left in "new york times" to the right, the rand institute, the brookings institute, the denver post. all of these, you know, thought leaders, policy leaders are saying, this appears to be working. it appears to be functioning in a way that may make colorado a better place. let's talk about some of the positive steps forward and what we've seen. although, before i'd launch into that. i did want to note. i talked about the governor's office and, you know, all these stores you see. there are some in the surrounding areas and the grows and so forth are regulated by the department of revenue, right? in order to have one of these businesses, you have to comply with hundreds of pages of code, regulation. you have regulators knocking on your doors. you have to have camer

but back to colorado. mr.nislaus, you said in your testimony that based on 2009 to 2014 flow data, the average annual discharge reached approximately 330 million-gallons per year. and the epa and the state of colorado and partners have been taking action to address that issue. so can you talk about the ongoing, those ongoing discharges and the work that was being done there. the and and in your response, please discuss whether additional resources would have made a difference, and also would a superfund designation or listing of the gold king mine affected the resources and the approach available for cleanup and remediation. and i do want to save time for one more question. >> sure. so most recently, the animus stakeholder group and the state of colorado asked for assistance for technical expertise. that's what led us to the mind, the red and bonita and gold king mine. there was a group who identified congresswoman, the multiple sources into the river that degrade the water call with, in fact, 10 miles above t

but back to colorado. mr.nislaus, you said in your testimony that based on 2009 to 2014 flow data, the average annual discharge reached approximately 330 million-gallons per year. and the epa and the state of colorado and partners have been taking action to address that issue. so can you talk about the ongoing, those ongoing discharges and the work that was being done there. the and and in your response, please discuss whether additional resources would have made a difference, and also would a superfund designation or listing of the gold king mine affected the resources and the approach available for cleanup and remediation. and i do want to save time for one more question. >> sure. so most recently, the animus stakeholder group and the state of colorado asked for assistance for technical expertise. that's what led us to the mind, the red and bonita and gold king mine. there was a group who identified congresswoman, the multiple sources into the river that degrade the water call with, in fact, 10 miles above t

epa and colorado officials informed downstream jurisdictions in colorado within hours of the release before the plume reacheds drinking water intakes and irrigation diversions and notifications to other jurisdictions continued the following day allowing for those intabs to be closed prior to the plume's arrival. in the aftermath of the release, we initiated an internal review of the incident and released a review summary report on august 26 which includes an assessment of the events and factors contributing to the ins dents. the report provides observations, conclusions and recommendations that the region should consider applying when conducting ongoing and planned site assessments, investigations and construction or removal projects at similar types of sites across the country. the epa will implement all the recommendations from the report and has shared its findings with external reviewers. in addition to the internal review, the u.s. department of the interior is leading an independent assessment of the factors that led to the gold king mine incident. the goal of doi's review is t

colorado, don't we? >> yes, sir, we do, depending on the situation.something we have engineers in colorado, don't we? >> yes, sir, we do, depending on the situation. water quality engineers, mine engineers. so we workrollaboratively to provide the resources. as you know, we have a colorado solution. >> and we have a colorado solution and part of your job is to make sure that the people in the state of colorado and we've obviously got a concur responsibility to our neighboring states, as well, that the water will actually be safe. does it concern you when we hear that as chairman bishop noted in followup to my question that they have zero engineers at the epa, that they were up working on a mine that they said had the high potential to be able to below out is this would the state of colorado have handled it that way? >> it concerns me, but i'm not sure that doesn't mean that skr engineers weren't involved in some capacity. >> you're in the government. it's your job to have actual oversight. wouldn't it ha

the colorado tribes wasot good. first, even before gold was discovered the immigrants going to california with pass through northern colorado and they would follow the rivers, the south platte and the north platte and their horses and oxen would use up all the grazing grasses along the rivers. they cut down trees for firewood they would bring diseases, smallpox cholera, measles and it was the beginning of the end of the native cultures. the northern utes were rounded up in were simply moved into utah in 1881 to join the in god on the reservation there. but the ute culture and all the native cultures in the americas are disappearing in terms of their language. in terms of their ceremonial knowledge, knowledge of their legends and stories and mike ration. and it's all within the last 100 years or so and we are responsible. we could say well i wasn't there it would have been my great great grandfather but still i do think to hold a responsibility of these cultures literally disappearing after thousands of years and aga

the gentlelady from colorado reserve. ms. degette: i'm now pleased to recognize the gentleman from rhode island mr. cicilline for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. madam speaker, today we are debating h.r. 3495, which should be called the yet another radical republican assault on women's health care act. this bill undermines the long-standing freedom of choice providers provision of the medicaid statute that protects the rights of medicare patients to seek care from any willing qualified provider. this bill contains language that is so broad that it gives states unchecked authority to deny access to any providers it defines as participating in the performance of abortion. this bill is the latest in a long line of radical republican efforts to defund planned parenthood and deny women access to the high quality health care service it is provides. madam speaker, here are the facts. each year planned parenthood provides essential

but now, grand junction, colorado. >> welcome to grand junction colorado on booktv.located on the colorado river nestled in the grand valley between the colorado national monument in the book cliffs with the help of our charter cable partners over the next hour people see local authors and learn about the history of the area and some of those important in the city's development. >> wayne aspinall i think represents three of the major themes that shaped the 20th century west. above all he was interested in water, maintaining an adequate water supply for present and future generations. >> first we were count the life and career grand junction native and academy with award-winning screenwriter dalton trumbo. citing his first amendment rights. >> dalton trumbo is an amazingly interesting complex contradictory and courageous person. he is known for a couple of things. for one he was a hollywood screenwriter. he won two academy awards for screenwriting. one for the brave one and one for roman holiday. he also was known as much for his politics and his character and standin

all over western colorado. a couple of small communities rose up, trying to find as much radium as they can. during the early 1920's, a gram of radium, the price was beyond words. that lasted clear until the 1920's. when it was found to in africa, it completely collapsed. these mines went quiet. people remembered, during the 1940's, they opened up new mines. we just got done with world war i, the rise of the automobile means there is more demand for steel. we want our battleships and thanks to be strong. these mines start processing and mining. this goes on clear until the start of world war ii. during world war ii it is seen as a strategic material. they sent people all out to look for those deposits. in 1943, the u.s. government went on a secret project called the manhattan engineering district. and they said they were going out looking for this, but really we had enough. what the manhattan engineering district was doing was looking for uranium. by now, scientists were telling the u.s. government this is what

certain in the united states congress where he was able to make sure colorado and western colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions of water. his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all our programs saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next to mark the allied issuation of some of the nazi camps. serving as interpreter for the u.s. after that, mayer adler talks about his time in auschwitz. 70 years ago, allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. tonight on american history tv we will hear holocaust of those

i'm a geochemist living in loveland, colorado.e of my professional career and extending back into my graduate days, i have focused on acid rock drainage, the type of solution discharged from the gold king mine, its management management and the associated issues of metal in ak quat watt and industrial environments. i'm present to offer my education and experience to the committee in its examination of the circumstances surrounding the charge of acid rock drainage, ard, from the gold king mine. like many of my fell coloradans, others that work with ard and sens concerned about our quality research, he was keshtd concerned about the disturb. negatively effecting thousands of miles and streams throughout the united states perform to control but not necessarily eliminate the charge from used mind, engineering plugging of mine to regulate the flow has been a simply relative management technique but results in a refilling of mine workings with water. at the gold king mine, work plans from 014 and '15 that i've been able to see that refi

certainly in the united states congress, where he was able to make sure colorado and western coloradoould be treated fairley in any divisions of water. his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction saturday at a 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at o'clock on american history tv on c-spa c-span3. >>> recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> naoko wake, an assistant professor at michigan state university. please tell us about your research with japanese americans who were in hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945. >> sure. yes, i am doing the historical investigation of japanese american and a handful of korean-americans as well who were born in the states, but happen to be in either hiroshima or nagasaki in 1945 at the end of world war ii when the bomb was dropped on the cities of hiroshim

congress where he was able to make sure colorado and western colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions of water, his first passage ofss was the the colorado river storage project in 1950 -- 1956. >> see all of our programs from book junction saturday on tv and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: the news today is that obama has clinched the deal and he can get through congress. senator barbara mikulski tipped the balance by saying she is in favor of it or, becoming the 34th democratic senator to do so. statement, she said no deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the iranian regime. but it is the best program available to block iran from having a nuclear bomb. to senate is expected debated on tuesday. the house is expected to bring the resolution of this approval to the floor next week and, in a letter to her democratic colleagues,

senator boxer, four in colorado that the colorado senators know very well. two in montana and one in missouri. so this is a big national issue. and it needs to be addressed. let me just finally say that one of the key parts of this, which we all, i think, have been battling for a long time is the 1872 mining law. that law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and uranium from public lands without paying my royalty, zero royalty. coal, oil and gas companies have been paid royalties for many decades. that's the crux of what we need to do here. senator heinrich has been working on this issue for a long time. i'm going to be working very closely with him to make sure that we put in legislation very soon on that and very much appreciate once again you holding this hearing. >> senator heinrich. >> i want to thank you chairman and ranking member boxer for holding this important hearing today. i want to thank all of my colleagues up here as well as the president of the navajo nation who joined us for the work the

we are joined by charter communications to learn more about colorado. the mining of a mineral cut a long-term importance. >> all along the colorado cut so and in mesa county, we are surrounded by morrison. of fossils and that has intrigued scientists but the other thing that we find is a mineral. carnatite contains three different elements. radium, which is radioactive and was used by marie curie. it is used to strengthen steel. during the build up to world war ii, it was of extreme value. tite also contains uranium, one of the best sources for atomic power and atomic weapons. >> the colorado congressman was responsible for development through his legislation. >> he fought the battle to water for western colorado by making sure that we got our fair share. how did you do that? in his stateng career and going on to his federal career, he climbed up the ladder of seniority and was able to exercise, i think, more power than you might normally have, certainly in the united states congress, where he was able to make sure that colorado and western colorado wou

colorado isn't even a state yet.we've got to get people out of their 1870 to the law passes can 1876 colorado becomes a state. so it says you get out there and we will give you access to these mines. some people say there are 160,000 abandoned mines and some say that there are 500,000 abandoned mines. what is the revenue stream to put in place in order to ensure that we don't have a revenue stream. in 1970s began the 1970s began of the 1980s we created a superfund program that was intended to deal with the worst sites across the country. the canal in new york state and the subject of the movie a civil action in massachusetts and we put the program in place. but the mining industry even today doesn't want to pay for the minerals that are on federal land. these are taxpayers liberals at the company's belief that they should get for free. now over in the house of representatives -- ranking member of the natural resources committee and i introduced a bill saying that they should have to pay. we need a revenue stream so t

tipton out of colorado, as well. is for us to potentially look at the system that is put in place today for the amber alert system swellings the national weather system alert. can dunk, m do you think, mr. secretary, that would be helpful inscfzx pg out as much information as we can? what are your thoughts if there would have been instant notification, would that have been beneficial? >> absolutely. i think that's a great idea. >> and mr. president, rapid communication, if there is an urgency like this, is this something that would make a difference in being able to prepare for anything that may be coming our way? >> absolutely it would help. and in this case, we're the ones that took action to closer gags gates, not epa. we're the ones that made those decisions based on information that came down to us. and so if we receive that quicker, we would have responded better. and prepared better. our people would have been ready rather than being thrust into a state of uncertainty. yes. >> i appreciate that. and i also wan

colorado and new mexico. although epa was trying to remediate the mine, there is no denying that they cause the spill. that is entirely unacceptable. it's also clear that the agency was slow to get water quality results are water to farmers who needed it quickly enough. when we traveled four days later after the blowout, the river was still bright orange and close to the public. the river really is the lifeblood of durango. rafting companies lost business, farmers could water crops, moms are still keeping their moms out of the water. these families deserve to have the full attention and resources of the administration committed to the cleanup. in the week after the spill we wrote to the epa and president, we appreciate mr. mccarthy listened and came to address the community. following a crisis and attempting to point fingers we must hold agencies accountable for any mistakes that happen. as the communities recover it is critical to look at the bigger picture. identify what went wrong to make sure it doesn't h

they are found close by evear along the colorado river. but pearple were living actually in houses that are semi subterranean structures more than sell mhffs years ago. to me that is just fascinating thinking of people shivering in caves that they may hthe bie been in stlosctures. i think the early time period it is interesting. the vegetation was totally dian.erent than. e wiout 10,ffsaskfeet higher in terms of the ecosystem this is juniper here but in the late pleistocene it could be conieenr or aspirin. saddam by a river maybe it was juniper instead of saltbush. but this indly in time was pret des scary. they had saber toothed cats cats, a cave bears that were 14 eenet tall that had an arm span ofin cjunieenet. they were competing for shelter with the people. of course, their loved up ros ro overhangs so did the bears so there was competition but every time a hunter whe bie to be prepared tt with a gly int sloth that was 15 feet tall and the sabres to ruth katz and though woolly mammoth worse huge. bay acts belly hunted them. it took a

would the state of colorado handle it that way? >> it concerns me but it doesn't mean the engineers weren't involved in some capacity. >> but you're in the government. and it's your job to have some actual oversight. wouldn't it have been prudent for the epa to have had their engineers to be able to have the oversight to be able to make some good choices before we have a catastrophe? >> i don't know how they structure or operate. and whether they rely on other resources to provide that engineering -- >> but you handle it differently than the state of colorado? >> as i said, our department has its own engineers depending on the situation. >> we're talking, i would like to follow-up on my colleague, mr. pierce's comments, if you had an unlimited budget, what do we do going forward out of the gold king mine? would you be supportive of the good samaritan legislation? >> well, i serve with the pleasure of the governor, so i'm not sure it's my position to say. but i know the governor and our congressional delegates in the past. and most

co but back to colorado. mr. stanislaus, you said in your testimony that based on 2009 to 2014 flow data, the average 2014 annual discharge reached approximately 330 million-gallons per year.30 and the epa and the state of colorado and partners have been taking action to address that issue.ongo so can you talk about the ongoing, those ongoing discharges and the work that was being done there. and in your response, please discuss whether additional resources would have made a difference, and also would a , l superfund designation or listind of the gold king mine affected the resources and the approach available for cleanup and li remediation. and i do want to save time for one more question. >> sure. so most recently, the animus stakeholder group and the state of colorado asked for assistanca for technical expertise. that's what led us to the mind, the red and bonita and gold kins mine.gold there was a group who identified congresswoman, the multiple ulte sources into the river that ca degrade the water call with,

to the colorado does a pretty good job in terms of monitoring? we have engineers in colorado? >> yes we do. with water quality engineers so we worked collaborative leave with the epa and others to provide those resources to have a colorado solution. >> part of your job is the people of the state of colorado that the water will be saved. does it concern you that as the chairman noted as a follow-up to my question in the there was zero engineers at the epa working on the mind that had the high potential to blow out? with the state of colorado handled it that way? >> it concerns me but that doesn't mean they were not involved in some capacity. >> you are in the government. it is your job to have oversight. wouldn't have been prudent for the epa to have that oversight to make good choices before we had a catastrophe? >> i don't know if they rely and other resources. >> he would handle the very differently? >> our department has its own engineers for that situation. >> while we were talking, if you have the unlimited budget going forward, would you be supportive of the goods and yo

colorado is generating marijuana specific taxes than alcohol tax.lcohol is still likely bringing the state more money. the claim is only partly true. for reality check, i'm sam brock. >>> let's turn things over to jeff to talk about the change we'll see. how much cooler it's going to be. that's the sea breeze has started to kick in. winds as high as 27 miles an hour at our offshore buoy. 14 in livermore and 14 in san jose. that's hoping the drop our temperatures at this hour. you can see it's much more comfortable 81 degrees in the south bay and a beautiful sunset across mt. hamilton. we want to take you into wood side. just below the sun. that's the fog layer that's beginning to build at the coastline. that's going to help us to cool off. san francisco checking in at chillier 64 and north bay at 80. let's take you right to that saturday morning forecast. once again we will have a bit of cloud cover to the interior valley. if you're going to the peninsula early in the morning we will find areas of fog rebuilding so you'll have to deal with that to s

to the colorado does a pretty good job in terms of monitoring? we have engineers in colorado?> yes we do. with water quality engineers so we worked collaborative leave with the epa and others to provide those resources to have a colorado solution. >> part of your job is the people of the state of colorado that the water will be saved. does it concern you that as the chairman noted as a follow-up to my question in the there was zero engineers at the epa working on the mind that had the high potential to blow out? with the state of colorado handled it that way? >> it concerns me but that doesn't mean they were not involved in some capacity. >> you are in the government. it is your job to have oversight. wouldn't have been prudent for the epa to have that oversight to make good choices before we had a catastrophe? >> i don't know if they rely and other resources. >> he would handle the very differently? >> our department has its own engineers for that situation. >> while we were talking, if you have the unlimited budget going forward, would you be supportive of the goods and your

all over western colorado. a couple of small communities rose up, trying to find as much radium as they can. 1920's, a grand was the onthe price words. that lasted clear until the 1920's. when it was found to in africa, it completely collapsed. remembered, -- doing -- during the 1940's, they opened up new mines. with world ware i, the rise of the automobile means there is more demand for steel. we want our battleships and thanks to be strong. processing andrt mining. this goes on clear until the start of world war ii. the dutch it is seen as a strategic material. they sent people all -- all out to look for those deposits. in 1943, the u.s. government went on a secret project called the manhattan engineering district. they said they were going out looking for this, but really we had enough. the manhattan engineering district was doing was looking for uranium. scientists telling the u.s. government this is what uranium can be used for. they sent researchers and rulers out, looking for uranium under the guise of l

learn more about grand junction, colorado, all weekend here on american history tv. julia: we are currently at a place called dinosaur hill. this is part of the national conservation area managed by the bureau of land management. this area was originally settled any 18080's. as soon as people started living here, they were finding bones. it was all coming out of this formation because right in this area is so rich. amer riggs was paleontologist. he was pretty well-known. he actually had no intention of ever coming to the grand valley. he was on an expedition to go to the basin where a lot of people were looking for early dinosaurs. and the leader of the academy of sciences in grand junction sentinel letter, dr. s.m. bradley, and said, hey, we had just been settled since the 1800s. all the branches in this area keep picking up these giant bones. these are dinosaur bones. nobody is here to really look at these bones. would you please consider coming here? so, riggs looked at the map. rare rayere was a system which was important for getting supplies, shipping. so, decid

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colorado. i live in denver, which is a major -- >> yah for colorado. >> it is good to see you congressman. i have the great privilege of working alongside and interacting with on a daily basis the men and women of the oil and gas industry in colorado who make the oil and gas industry run. geologists, engineers, other technical experts. because the oil and gas business is fundamentally a scientific enterprise. without the science of geology, you don't know where to get the oil and the gas and you don't know how to bring a well to bring the oil and gas to the surface to turn it into the energy and consumer goods that support our -- support our way of life. and if there is one thing that i could convey from my discussions with them is they just want a debate that is based on facts. they just want a debate that is based on facts. because as practitioners of science themselves, they know that the facts conclude that the oil and gas industry, while not being perfect, it most certainly safe. and so i

we are partnered with colorado university. not only are we acting as the museum and field agents, but we are involving students in the learning process of paleontology. digging bones out of the ground is only part of the story. the rest of the story takes place at the museum. you take the bones, clean them, and get ready for scientific study. at theinside the lab dinosaur journey museum. all the loans we collect come into the museum to be clean up for display or research. bones. over 10,000 we have a really rich area that is dense with fossil loans from the jurassic period. we have beenrry working for 30 years. bones. pulled out 5000 prolific,quarry is as but we found fish, crocodiles, plants. 10,000 individual fossils in our collection. the very first fossil to get in western colorado is the maxilla, the dominant tooth-bearing bone in the upper jaw. this would have been a allosaurus. this was discovered in the 1970's by lance erickson. skull we havehe is the lacrimal bone. and filledetely thin with structures. bones a mammal

certainly in the united states congress where he was able to make sure colorado and western colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions of water. his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage process -- project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction tonight on c-span2 book tv. of exercises at the naval college contribute it to success during world war ii. he is an author for the naval college's "proceedings" magazine. this is a version of his imposing ogres and the pacific in august of 1945. the institute for the study of strategy and politics hosted this hour-long event. >> norman friedman, as i'm sure you all know, is an extremely prolific naval author. he has done untold damage to my bank account. today, he is going to talk about the process of wargaming between the two wars and how that prepared us for the pacific war.

with a lot of mines in the state of colorado. my question is if the epa or some federal agency doesn't help with this, who does? >> so, we're called to address mining sights around the country. that's only a small subset of mines so we get involve and do the work that we've been doing on this and orr mines around the country. clearly, i believe there are 23,000 in kcolorado. hundreds of thousands around the country and that's split between several other agencies and states. >> thank you, your time has expired. the gentleman from ohio is recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. could i get the first slide, please? this is the public website where epa has been releasing information about the gold king mine spill, including videos captured by contractors that show it as it happens. according to the website and i want you to look on the far right hand side there, epa removed profanity contained in the audio of the videos and obscured visible license plates for privacy purposes. it ends with this. epa did not edit the videos in any othe

and western colorado would be treated fairly. success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. programs for our grand junction today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. and sunday afternoon. on c-span3. >> the sunday night on q and a. sanford law school professor talks about her book the trouble with lawyers which takes a critical look at the legal profession in united eights. the high cost of law school, and a lack of diversity in the profession. >> i think we need a different model of legal education. we need one that includes several programs. two-year programs, that is an option. and, we need three full years fulleople who want a general practice legal education that we now have. you know, it is crazy to train in the same way somebody who is doing routine divorces in a small town. midwest, and somebody who is doing mergers and acquisitions on wall street. one-size-fits-all model of legal education that is extremely expensive. the average debt level for law students is $100,000. you can assumes that tra

but colorado and the epa was there this summer. and to clean up the mess. and leaking 300 million gallons each year. two release 3 million with this bill that is the equivalent every three days on a river. into my granitized - - grandkids all the time. oh water jug represents what goes into the river each year. the epa was not there by itself in addition to the support of the local community which has fought pollution from these mines for well over one century century, the epa was in partnership with the state of colorado that has existed for decades. with the colorado division of reclamation working to stop the drainage for those that concluded from the gold king mine. but we need a perspective of this particular spill. the problem here is a horribly outdated mining law that reaches back to the telegraph and because of the law tens of thousands contaminated with acid mine waste in the community not nearly enough to clean this up. it is time to update the outdated rollick. with the reform and reclamation act. with public health protection and from coast to

. >> this was in colorado. >> i know, but in colorado there are three mines listed on something called the national priority list. does this mean that those mines pose a risk as we speak for leakage? >> the reason it's on the national priorities list, which you much might think of a superfund list. >> i don't understand why this isn't covered by the superfund. >> there has been discussion on whether it should be on the national priorities list. they have written to me and i'll take that letter very seriously. there have been discussion but up until 2005, there was a good opportunity to clean this up and it was going in the right direction. >> i need to know whether this acid mine pollution with half 1 million or so mines poses any danger to drinking water or fish and other wildlife. >> i would have to say, throughout the country there are many instances in which we are looking at sites on the national priorities list which do pose significant hazard. >> including drinking water? we could have some of those leakage into the drinking water the american people? >> that is a continual thre

you come in here and tell us that we worked with the state of colorado. it does not sound that way once again. the result is damage to the environment. since you have been at the epa, how many people, industries, companies have been charged with criminal violations? >> i don't have that number, sir. >> you are charged plenty of people,people, right? >> we have conducted enforcement activities that we should. >> how many are under investigation right now for this massive discharge? >> am unaware of any criminal investigation, sir. >> i guess there is the rub, isn't it? your agency is above the law , and all of the damage you do to the environment, and you want to be in charge of all of the waters of the united states, and you cannot even figure out to get ready for a possible discharge. i yield back. >> we are holding our socially accountable, sir. >> thank the gentleman. >> weight. she added -- >> hold on. the gentleman's time has expired. we will we will now recognize the gentleman from california for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you f

petersburg after raping and killing a woman in colorado.th after he gets to town, he rapes a woman at knifepoint. police don't know it yet, but rhodes is just getting started. >> we're dealing with a very, very disturbed person. >> i didn't waste any time with a rouse. i didn't care to have a rouse. i chose the force route. >> because? >> because i was on a mission, a mission that i felt like force was adequate. >> being a predator means that you're going out in a mindset. it's being able to watch when somebody doesn't know and that can be very sexually gratifying. it's the ability to get into somebody's home or get into their car and feel that power over them. they never saw it coming, so you're generating that fear that you need. >> rhodes keeps up that double life. after his attacks, he always goes straight home and resumes his role as a husband, father and construction worker. >> how did you behave around why your wife? >> she was asleep. kids were asleep. i would come in. nothing seemed abnormal to her because i would come home late fr

he is a colorado native. most recognized colorado native we probably haven't colorado right now.se] the coors name has become synonymous with colorado. coors brewing is a tradition that stretches over five generations of family. it was started by his great-grandfather in 1873. amazing legacy. in addition to his corporate responsibilities, he has held leadership positions in american enterprise institute's, boy scouts of america, international chapter of young presidents organization, the denver art museum, and the coors foundation. i want to mention one other great thing about pete and that family who did a tremendous amount of philanthropy and support for our state and nation and our culture. it is unmatched. [applause] he is far too humble to mention the volumes of awards and recognitions and he personally, and the family, and company, have received. i will mention one that i thought was particularly appropriate. in 2010, he was named as citizen of the west. thank you very much for being with us. [applause] our second panelist is paul dietzel. three years ago he founded a compa

colorado. you told us before, at least you testified on july 9th under the waters of the united states rule that that was developed -- you said, "that's what we relied on, both the knowledge and the expertise of our staff, the information we received from the public and the comments and the science that's available to us. much but on april 27th, joel and darcy, assistant secretary for the army for civil works from major john peabody proved that was a false statement. the 4,000 foot determination was not based on science. you did not have proper evidence of that. then we had a federal judge ralph ericsson that verified that you didn't -- so you come in and tell us, oh, we worked with the state of colorado. it doesn't sound that way, once again. and the result is that we continue to have massive damage to the environment. since you've been at the epa, how many people are industries, companies have been charged with criminal violations. >> i don't have that number, sir. >> you have charged plenty

dera: thank you to my colleague from colorado. madam speaker, i rise in opposition to another bill restricting women's access to health care. the so-called women's public health and safety act is not about public health and certainly not about safety. this is a bill that takes away individual rights. it's a bill that would significantly restrict a women's access to health care.

it's the most secure state prison in colorado. a place where all the inmates are locked up in their cells 23 hours per day. >> i'm just trying to stay mentally prepared to sit back and be locked down for the next two, three years. >> several days after a visit with his family, hall has received a letter from his mother. small comfort for what lies ahead. >> jonathan, you're not a bad person. you just have gotten confused. life threw too many curveballs at you. just keep god in your heart and things will get better. they will. maybe not the way you want, but better. i'm so glad i had you. you're very important in my life. it's good to hear [ bleep ] like this. this remind me that people out there care. they're still thinking about me. they're still just keeping me in their heart. i don't know if this prison's gonna eat me alive. if i'm going to end up -- if this prison's gonna be the death of me. >> while hall faces many more years in prison, ray slagle only has eight weeks left until his release. but first, he has a long, overdue