it is not the department of energy. this is not our money. this is hardworking american taxpayers' money. i am sick and tired of hearing this respect for clean energy. wh you are getting all this money in axing -- asking taxpayers to go in deeper and deeper,en what message is that some them? -- what message does that send them? >> i began this company with sweat and tears. >> i have to tell you, this is disappointing. you pulled out millions of dollars. is that right? >> if i may -- >> not right now. >> i do not have the numbers. >> i do have the numbers. i do have the numbers. sit here and listen to this. week after week, month after month, when iowa called, when i see people paying as much as they pay for a gallon of milk and working two jobs to put clothes on their backs, when i see people worried about finding a job next year, the respect needs to be there for the american tax people. i did not have respect for chief executives who take the money and run and ask the american people to continue to fund their company. you tell me that you gu

the department of energy is committed to insure agriculture of sign desk integrity. i think we can all agree that's a very laudable goal. in november of 2011 the department of energy responded to a letter from chairman issa and i believe he referenced that earlier while he was here with a explanation of department of energy's awareness of the risks associated with cadmium teluride. with that letter as their source they cited professor, vasillias my understanding i'm a nurse and spent most of my professional career in health care both with hospitals and as a nurse my understanding that cadmium is highly toxic carcinogen and could pose serious public health risks if not handled properly. so, mr. ahern, my question is for you, at least this first question is, did you or first solar or anyone on first solar's behalf ever pay professor or any organization with him or he was affiliated with for research related to cadmium telluride? that is just a yes or no, sir. >> as you phrase that question i think the answer would be yes. >> thank you. now, on the screen you're going to

of energy to grant you -- department of energy to grant you 1.6 million in the loan guarantee? the best of my knowledge, this project was judged by its process. >> the gentleman from ohio. >> i don't often share the concerns and objections of my colleagues on these kind of matters. matter of fact, my opening statement made it very clear i have a different point of view, but i have to say this issue of potential political influence on these loans ought to be looked at. that's why i'm going to submit to the record a letter to secretary chu there governor arnold schwarzenegger that supports brightsource energy's project application. >> if gentleman would -- >> i'll -- >> i would join with you in encouraging that. as you know, my former governor was the author of those mandates that created the very opportunity for these businesses to have a 20-year guarantee with coerced forcing of public utilities whether it penciled out or not to have renewables. >> well, reclaiming my time i just want to say -- let me ask the chair -- >> without objection. >> -- would the chair then invite our

among the national nuclear security administration on monday department of energy,, and then the department of homeland security, their domestic nuclear detection office, another key piece of the puzzle, making sure that we can catch the material if it is in motion. through detection. it really was a whole government enterprise to identify our goals for the summit, to identify what steps we were going to take to improve our own nuclear security, to work collaboratively with partners all over the world to improve their nuclear security, to remove materials where they do not need to be. then to work with the international organizations like the international atomic energy agency, the united nations,, their mission to improved nuclear security. >> russia and the united states have the most weapons, and we are trying to reduce the number of weapons. are we making progress in that area? >> we have made enormous progress. >> i know it is a big deal for the president. >> it is a big deal, and in fact, the same speech that much an effort for a new arms control movement with russia, he announced a n

authorizing the san francisco department of the environment to provide service through 2013 using american reinvestment and recovery act funds from the u.s. department of energy. >> department of environment? it seems pretty straightforward. do you have anything you want to add? >> these two really just add to our growing infrastructure of building a house ev facilities. -- -- ev facilities. we strongly encourage your support. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. >> i make a motion to send it forward to the full board of -- for recommendation. >> item number 6. >> to correct the spelling discrepancy and eliminate confusion in the delivery of public services. >> my favorite item of the day. mr. johnson, welcome. >> i manage the gis program. we recently rolled out the enterprise system and this is one of the discrepancies we found at the bureau. we would simply like to have a change. >> very good. thank you. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i make a motion to move the item forward with recommendation. >> can we take that without objection? that will be the order. any other items before the committee? >> no,

the department of defense should not be in the business of driving fuel markets and fuel innovations. that's perhaps the department of energy's department or somebody else's. the department of defense is defend the country and get the best bang you can for the money you're spending and this is an area where we don't need to spend the money 0 prove anything. i yield back to the gentleman from virginia. >> gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes gentle lady from guam for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am in opposition to this amendment. development of alternative fuels is in the nation's interest, and more importantly, is in our national security interest. this is about protecting the lives of service members and ensuring the readynesses of our forces. there is approximately one marine casualty for every 50 fuel convoys in theater today. price flak chuctuations have imd the services. last year the services were about 5.6 billion short due to fuel fluctuations. while the price of alternative fuels has steadily been decreasing over time, additional funding to support large-scale production capacity could have

the department of energy is committed to ensuring a culture of scientific integrity. nd i think we can all agree that that's a very laudable goal. in november 2011, the department of energy respond to a letter from chairman issa, and i believe he referenced that earlier while he was here. with an exclamation of the department of energy's awareness of the risks associate with cadmium telluride. and that letter, their source, they presided -- decided the professor. now, my understanding, and i miners and i spent most of my professional career in health care, both with hospitals and as a nurse, my understanding is that cadmium is a highly toxic carcinogen and could pose a serious public health risk if not handled properly. so, therefore, my question is for you, at least this first question is, did you or first solar, or anyone on first solar's behalf, after pay the professor or any organization with him, or that he was affiliated with the research related to cadmium telluride? and that's just a yes or no. >> as you phrase the question i think the answer would be yes. >> t

this amendment basically takes two large nuclear facilities currently being designed by the department of energy and national nuclear energy administration and transfers the department of defense, in effect the customer of the national nuclear administration's work for this building and the secretary of defense utilized the nuclear construction and milcon ability to build these facilities. the nuclear replace center to be located at loss ail moss and oakridge are two facilities necessary for us to be able to insure our nuclear weapons deterrent is sustainable. president obama in april of twen twenty -- 2010 posture review the president of the united states own words ratified 10 months before the ratification stated the following key investments were required to sustain a safe, secure and effective nuclear arsenal. quote funding the chemistry and met lurgy replacement project at loss almos laboratory to replace the 50-year-old chemistry research facility in 2021. in order to sustain a safe nuclear stockpile, the united states must possess a modern physical infrastructure comprised of the national

coming clue sions and the overwhelming opinion from the scientists of this government at the department of energy and even at the cia and some of the state department were arguing against using weapons of mass destruction. as a case to go to war the whole purpose of the cia was to leave those people out of langley that's why they're not in washington they're in northern virginia away from the white house away from congress leave them alone ask them what they think but don't tell them to rethink their positions because then you come up with nonsense like we saw did ministration have decided very early on that saddam should go and that in itself is not a bad. goal but of course everything depends on how you do it when and how way or with whom it's set or delay in decision in an action could leave to a massive and sudden harm it simply makes no sense to wait any longer to take action before it's too late we will not wait it was a rushed and are you was done i believe in three or four weeks which is really fast for that. it wasn't done earlier from what i understand because the bush administration di

of energy who decides things. you say i think it is interesting is please don't distribute this. we wouldn't want the taxpayers to know what is going on with their money. department of energy's credibility is thin and i'm trying to put off communications can people on the hill. today you say thorough and thoughtful and a great analysis but in this e-mail when you are trying to get the money you say the credibility is thin. which is it? >> i never said they were fast. >> this is not about timing. this is about credibility. you used the word credibility. >> it is very much about timing. if you allow me to explain we had invested quite a bit of money at bright source in moving the project forward. and the government, we had a conditional commitment and the loan transaction had been contemplated to close in september of 2009. >> let's move to the second thing. you said it was completely based on the merits of the project. can you see the big print where it says also -- can you read that first sentence for me? >> also, darby at pg and e talked directly to obama about the program's challenges and the bad situations. >> who is the darby in that? >> peter darby was the c

upstairs in the armed services committee as a council for atomic energy activities with the department of energy. subsequent to that i spent two years with the senior official with the department of energy now with nrc. with significant experience in leadership positions dealing with nuclear oversight, whether it's nuclear weapons or nuclear power, i can honestly say to this committee i've never seen an environment where the highest level of the organization does not reflect the values shared by the whole. along with three of my commissioner colleagues that signed the letter on october 13th who took the same oath to, quote, well and faithfully discharge the duties of our office, i refuse to be silent while damage was being done to the nrc's work environment. it is important to comment briefly on what i'll label as an unprecedented action writing the letter to the white house. that's the letter that this committee received last thursday evening. this letter is not about politics. it's signed by two democratic and two republican members of this commission. i regret that that letter has been portra

honestly, we don't know who it is--broke into the department of defense, to the department of state, the department of commerce, probably the department of energy, probably nasa. they broke into all of the high-tech agencies, all of the military agencies, and downloaded terabytes of information. >> terabytes? >> a terabyte is-- it's hard to say. the library of congress, which has millions of volumes, is about 12 terabytes. so, we probably lost the equivalent of a library of congress worth of government information in 2007. >> all stolen by foreign countries? >> yeah. this was a serious attack. and that's really what made people wake up and say, "hey, we've got to get a grip on this." >> but since then, there has been an even more serious breach of computer security, which lewis called the most significant incident ever publically acknowledged by the pentagon. in november 2008, someone was able to get past the firewalls and encryption devices of one of the most sensitive u.s. military computer systems and to stay inside for several days. >> this was the centcom network, the command that's fighting our two wars, and some foreign power was able to

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general service administration award the highest average bonus over $1,000 followed by the departments of energy, interior and agriculture. in last place, department of education workers average bonuses of $81 a piece. the list identifies hundred of the nation's highest paid federal workers. 99 of those paychecks come from here at the department of veterans affairs. the v. a. attributes that to medical pay up to $342,000 for a small percentage of its doctors. on base pay, nasa pays the most on average at over $112,000 followed by transportation, energy, education and h. u. d. department of agriculture workers average the lowest wage about $62,000. back to that controversial data base. it only covers about 70% of federal workers. if you want to see if your information is on that data base, we have a link on wusa9.com and that is what has so many people so upset. >> russ, let's talk about the 30%. who are the 30% that are not on this list? >> white house, congress, department of defense and a handful of other agencies are not included. >> of course, we've been talking about the reaction. right now

. >> the department of energy says rising prices for metals have turned copper theft into a major problem. it is costing more than a billion dollars a year. b.g.e. and the county is stepping up their game on stopping this. >> the rise in the price of metals, especially copper, is a big reason for the increase in metals that's. >> the police chief has treated the areas first task force dedicated to stopping the theft of metals, specifically copper. >> how this product is stolen, how it is designed to move it through the system, and then the process from scrap -- and frankly, the impact on the global market that the staff has. >> there are 13 scrapple recyclers in baltimore county. they do about 12,000 transactions a month, according to police. while copper prices fluctuate daily, it was selling for $3.90 in april. police face many challenges in the theft. the incidents go unreported and there are usually no witnesses. it's hard to trace evidence. >> we are beginning to paint the copper wire brean in order to make it evident when a shows up at the reclamation's site that is where it came fr

we have several grant programs funded through the department of energy, department of homeland security, and department that are predicated on training. we have programs certified to meet the standards and the approval of the fire academy and other sources through the fire service, but they're delivered very economically on a local level. meaning if there is a need for a training course and hypothetically a town in oregon, we would find instructors who are already trained and certified in portland. their day job may be being a firefighter in portland or medford or somewhere else, but they would be dispatched to this area that needs training, and basically, only be compensated for the period that they're actually training. they're spread geographically across the nation. so it's a very efficient and economical way of delivering the training. that cadre of instructors currently exists. and if we were contracted or through some mechanism be allowed that opportunity to put these programs in the field, and again, i don't limit this simply to the iaff, but it is certainly a very good model of

it should be in the department of energy. this type of research. i believe we've unwisely expanded the scope and the mission of our department of defense. we've got them doing a whole range of things now, and this is the latest one. so i think that it would be best if -- if the department of defense were tightly focused on raising up an army, a navy and air force, clearly, just focused on just that mission and not expanding it to move the country forward and in energy independence. i do see at the commander in chief has put forth, the president has, in his directive through secretary salazar full moratorium on coastal virginia energy, despite the expressed will of the governor, myself, representing the coast of virginia, and the house of delegates state senate full moratorium on coastal energy. 18,000 jobs are being held up because of this, and, really, are holding up our ability to become energy independent and i really think the president is off on the wrong track on that. so if we really are concerned about reducing dependence on forring sources

a couple thousands, 3,500 and several states where there are no projects according to the department of energyo that is two false heads from the "truth team." >>neil: and new another one that has a lot of attention. >> they claim the administration gave money to build electric cars in finland. no. the department of energy's funding was specifically for u.s. jobs at the facilities and the company employing 700 workers in california and planning to build a laboratory in delaware. >>neil: is that true? >>guest: well, we looked into today, and there are actually only 500 people, not 700 people working for the plant in california and in delaware just a minimal staff, so, it is certainly overstating the case. yes, they hire people in the united states but no need to embellish and you would think "the truth team," would do a better job. >>neil: that would apply to the more controversial comments the truth squad made on green technology and green lights and the china angle. >> they said we sent money to china to build traffic lights the wrong. the traffic lights were assembled here and help expand our

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president has put into next year's budget proposal, his budget is we should work with the department of energy and the department of interior to do additional studies to ensure that hydraulic fraccing is done safely and responsibly. >> thank you. on the topic of emissions, is there a timeline for creating regulations for co2 emissions from existing power plants? >> so we just -- we just proposed a regulation to deal with co2 emissions from new power plants. so if you want to build a new power generation facility in this country under the clean air act, the existing authority under the law of the clean air act, we've proposed regulations for actually mandates maximum carbon emissions, i think, of 1,000 pounds per -- a million btus. no, kill watt -- that's bad. okay, 1,000. but it will come back to me in a second. but i think we should go through public comment on those as you might imagine. that's going to be -- these are our nation's first real standards to limit carbon pollution from energy generation. the largest sector in terms of energy -- in terms of greenhouse gas pollution in our countr

the department of energy, science at the university graduate school is considered one of the best in the country. researchers here work to develop new energy sources like solar power and nanotechnology. about half of the 35 students in the program are foreigners. they come from india, vietnam and china. all classes are held in english. he came from india to study here in 2007. he was attracted by south korea's reputation for cutting edge technology. >> we must give high stress on the improvement or technology, new technology and new research interview. that is the main strong point and which is totally different than other growing countries. >> reporter: the population of foreign students in south korea is growing dramatically. in the past eight years, the number has increased sevenfold. last year, there were about 90,000 foreigners studying in the country. >> in the past, foreign students tend to choose the u.s. or the uk to study abroad. however, these days it's korean peninsula getting more attention and they are rising on the world stage. they started to select korean universitie

early shale fracturing and directional drilling technologies were also developed and later the department of energy, the bureau of mines and the morgantown energy research center in west virginia, now the national energy technology lab, to senator bingaman's home state, the national laboratories played a key role in developing imaging technology originally to detect fractures and collapses in coal mines. that was later applied to understanding the geology of shale deposits and where the fractures would occur so private industry could figure out where to locate their drill bores and fractures. so -- and beyond the initial demonstration of these technologies, there was also a period of time when shale was technically recoverable but prohibitively expensive compared to more conventional extraction technologies. once again, this is the second key role the government has to play. the government instituted the section 29 production tax credit for unconventional gases from shale, sands and coal bed methane. it made it profitable for the private sector to continue to develop and innovate -- >> what helped

. >> i want to see our department of energy lapse. >> rose: department of energy lapses. >> yes. >> rose: find alternate forms of energy. >> they did a lot zero research and research for nasa we need to be the four-runners of the next generation of ideas. a lot of that will come -- >> rose: and is that at risk because of our financial situation? >> yes. >> rose: because there is pressure to reduce the budget? >> yes. >> how about culture? how about things that government can do to encourage the arts? >> it is not our role. >> rose: so, no? >> no. >> rose: no money for pbs, no money for anything like that? >> no. well, pbs, you know the numbers on pbs, they don't need any federal government help. my daughter is an opera singer and she loves the arts and support the arts privately,. >> rose: private money is enough? >> find a roll role in the constitution. >> rose: are you like judge scalia if you can't find it in the constitution -- >> no, i think what we lack is common sense. i don't think there is a thimble full of common sense in all of washington. and i mean that seriously. >> rose: a

the department of energy, science at this university graduate school is considered one of the best in the country. researchers here work to develop new energy sources like solar power and nano technology. about half of the 35 students in the program are foreigners. they come from india, vietnam and china. all classes are held in english. this man came from india to study here in 2007. he was attracted by south korea's reputation for cutting-edge technology. >> we must give high stress on the improvement of new technology and new research. that is the main strong point of korea, which is totally different than other growing countries. >> reporter: the population of foreign students in south korea is growing dramatically. in the past eight years the number has increased sevenfold. last year there were about 90,000 foreigners studying in the country. >> in the past foreign students tend to choose the u.s. or the uk to study abroad. however, these days as korean companies are getting more attention and the statuses are rising on the world stage, students started to select korean universit

with fracking so the report doesn't really do justice to any other aspect so ultimately the department of energy climate change regulating this hydraulic fracturing or fracking extracts methane gas from underground millions of gallons of water and chemicals including hydrochloric acid pumped into a three kilometer deep well that high pressure when the rock cracks gas escapes but so too can deadly toxins and radiation previously locked in the ground this site just sixty kilometers south of london is one of many the government intends to drill and the people who live here have had no say permission has already been given for fracking to start and that's the hole that we pumped with water at one thousand meters it's not shallower than most of the fracking sites which means the risks of tremors a much higher but so too the chances of toxic chemicals seeping into the water supply and that's the worry for residents who live nearby the fact that fracking could take place four miles from my home makes me feel very angry very disillusioned very disappointed in our legislators things absolutely exasperate