i think, dr. chu, you've one of the president's best appointees, you've been a terrific leader, and i'm glad that you're spending this part of your life in this form of public service. i want to -- in my remarks, and then in the questions when my time comes, i want to focus on some of the things that senator feinstein talked about. for me, i would say it would be putting a priority on energy research for our country, something i know, dr. chu, you've long advocated. in 2008, i went to the oak ridge national laboratory and gave a talk called the new manhattan project for clean energy independence and suggested that we apply the same rig or and ambitious goals to energy research that we did at the manhattan project in world war ii. and listed several objectiveses of such a new project. most of them taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering in the 21st century. but they included plug-in electric cars, carbon capture, solar power, recycling used nuclear fuel, green buildings, and even fusion. now,

i think dr. chu you are one of the president's best appointees and you have been a terrific leader and i am glad that you are spending this part of your life in this form of public service. in my remarks and in the questions when my time comes, i want to focus on some of the things that senator feinstein talked about and for me, i would say if we be putting a priority on energy research for our country, something i'd note dr. chu you have long, long advocated. in 2008, i went to the oak ridge national laboratory and gave a talk called the new manhattan project for clean energy independence and suggested that we apply the same rigor and ambitious goals to energy research that we did to the manhattan project in world war ii, and listed several objectives of such a new manhattan project. most of them taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering in the 21st century the vet check best of the national academy of science headset. they included solar power link, used nuclear fuel, advanced biofuels, rai

now, and you were a part, dr. chu, of the national academies effort to say to congress what we should do to help our country be more competitive. we called it america competes -- based on your report. you have moved to form hubs in several areas and in your request the one-two for more. i want to indicate my broad agreement with that sort of strategy and work with you to find ways even in this tight budget situation to prioritize spending and find more money for clean energy research. for example, my colleagues have wanted to talk this week about subsidies for energy for big oil. if we are going to do that i think we should talk about all subsidies. i suggested on the floor this morning we might talk about big wind, taxpayers are on the hook for $27 billion over the next 10 years to subsidize when mills, which is more money than we would save if week's cut out the tax breaks for the five big oil companies. that is just an example. that was based on date -- tax credit put into place temporarily in 1992. my staff's rese

dr. chu, your one of the president's best appointees, you've been a terrific leader and i am glad that you're spending this part of your life in this form of public service. i want to in my remarks and then questions when my time comes, i want to focus on some of the things senator feinstein talked about, and for me i would say it would be putting the priority on energy research for our country, something i know dr. chu, you have long advocated. her in 2008 and went to the oak ridge national laboratory and gave a talk called the manhattan project for clean energy independence and suggested that we apply the same rigor and ambitious goals to energy research the we did to the manhattan project and world war ii and listed who several objectives of such a new manhattan project. most of them had taken from the 14 grand challenges of engineering and 21st century of the national academy of engineering has edited the included plug and electric cars, carbon capture, solar power recycling nuclear fuel,

his energy secretary, dr. chu, couple of years ago said, we have to find some way to make gasoline prices in america the same as they are in europe. we'll talk about that in a bit. and remind the american people that the president himself said that energy prices under his policies that he's promoting, would necessarily skyrocket. he wants americans' energy prices to skyrocket, putting people out of jobs, costing all these thousands of jobs, costing our economy millions and millions and trillions of dollars in all probability, eventually. certainly billions. he just gave a loan to brazil, $2 billion to produce jobs and produce oil in brazil, instead of producing oil in the gulf coast and off alaska. and the e.p.a. just denied energy production off alaska. it makes no sense. according to gulf coast residents said the president's policies already are helping make good on his pledge with unoffshore company employee reporting that his, quote, employer is sending 100 vessels overseas to bra brazil to keep them working w

his own energy secretary, dr. chu, fairly recently said, somehow we have to find a way to make gasoline in the united states the same price it is in europe, which is roughly $8 a gallon today. the policies of this administration are doing just exactly that. today in the science technology committee, we were talking about fracking and the e.p.a. scientist studying fracking admitted there's not been one single instance, not one, where fracking has been implicated in contaminating drinking water. not one. i believe this administration is doing everything to destroy this country and trying to destroy the free enterprise system. in fact the president himself said that if his policies go into effect, to use his own words, energy prices will, quote, necessarily skyrocket. who is going to be hurt? who is going to be hurt when fuel prices go up and food prices go up and not only gasoline and diesel fuel, i was talking to a restaurant -- actually a manager in a restaurant just last week in athens, georgia, and asking him about

. >> thanks chu to dr. for coming today. the hearing is concluded. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [no audio] [no audio] >> several senators said they will not support confirmation of mr. lew. the senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote on the nomination at 2:00 p.m. eastern and cspan to will have live coverage on cspan 3 this morning, the hearing of the small business committee. there will be looking at a 2010 small-business job act. thaton c-span today, "washington journal" is next. later, president obama will be

dr. chu, who is now the secretary of energy for the united states of america, he needs to be thinking about thousand get the cost down and serve the constituency of america -- about how to get the cost down and serve the constituentive america. i don't know what idea he has that we ought to be raising the cougcost of energy to the leveln yiewmplet and the environmental protection agency in fact is enacting new regulations that will also drive up the cost of energy, in a way that should never have happened, in high view, and we've had some -- in my view, and we've had some votes on that, close votes on that. hopefully we'll soon be ail to pull back that effort. a study by the affordable power alliance concluded that e.p.a.'s greenhouse gas regulations could increase the cost of gasoline by 50%. electricity by 50%, and natural gas by 75% over the next 20 years. that's a stunning figure. as know doubt it'll drive it up. so the majority has yet to recognize the negative impact these tax increases

dr. judy chu, of california, for one minu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. chu: imagine what life would be like for women under h.r. 3. imagine you are pregnant and then diagnosed with breast cancer. your doctor says that chemotherapy could save your life but will permanently harm the baby. the diagnosis is devastating. but to add to your grief because of h.r. 3 an abortion will not be cvered by your private health insurance. you must pay out of pocket even though it is necessary to save your life. imagine i.r.s. agents as abortion cops. under h.r. 3 you couldn't deduct an abortion as a medical expense unless it were the result of rape or incest, even though you are using your own money and even though you can deduct every other medical procedure. imagine the i.r.s. knocking at your door demanding receipts and grilling you about your rape. th bill forces women to live their lives as if america was big brother washington bureaucrats dictate the personal private health indecision of ame

dr. judy chu, of california, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. chu: imagine what life would be like for women under h.r. 3. imagine you are pregnant and then diagnosed with breast cancer. your doctor says that chemotherapy could save your life but will permanently harm the baby. the diagnosis is devastating. but to add to your grief because of h.r. 3 an abortion will not be covered by your private health insurance. you must pay out of pocket even though it is necessary to save your life. imagine i.r.s. agents as abortion cops. under h.r. 3 you couldn't deduct an abortion as a medical expense unless it were the result of rape or incest, even though you are using your own money and even though you can deduct every other medical procedure. imagine the i.r.s. knocking at your door demanding receipts and grilling you about your rape. this bill forces women to live their lives as if america was big brother washington bureaucrats dictate the personal private health indecision of

dr. judy chu, of california, for one minute.he speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. chu: imagine what life would be like for women under h.r. 3. imagine you are pregnant and then diagnosed with breast cancer. your doctor says that chemotherapy could save your life but will permanently harm the baby. the diagnosis is devastating. but to add to your grief because of h.r. 3 an abortion will not be covered by your private health insurance. you must pay out of pocket even though it is necessary to save your life. imagine i.r.s. agents as abortion cops. under h.r. 3 you couldn't deduct an abortion as a medical expense unless it were the result of rape or incest, even though you are using your own money and even though you can deduct every other medical procedure. imagine the i.r.s. knocking at your door demanding receipts and grilling you about your rape. this bill forces women to live their lives as if america was big brother washington bureaucrats dictate the personal private health indecision of am

chu. tom nolan, chairman of the board and also dr. donald shupe, our professor of urban planning at the university of irving-los angeles and worldwide expert claim on parking. we're also joined by m.t.a. director cheryl brinkman. and we're also joined by supervisor scott wiener as well as chairman of the transportation authority ross mercuriami. we're glad you're all able to be here with us. we're also joined by leslie rogers, regional administrator of the federal transit administration. we also have jose luis moss covitts of the transportation authority, jim lazarus of our san francisco chamber of commerce is here, along with red rifkin of the san francisco city of public works and melanie from the department of environment. we had a strong partnership. there was no way we could do this work without a strong partnership here within the city planning and the port of san francisco that had a strong partnership with us at s.f. park and agreed to participate in the pilot program. we have a great team of individuals at the m.t.a. who work

dr. chu who is now the secretary of energy for the united states of america, he needs to be thinking about thousand get the cost down and serve the constituency of america -- about how to get the cost down and serve the constituentive america. i don't know what idea he has that we ought to be raising the cougcost of energy to the leveln yiewmplet and the environmental protection agency in fact is enacting new regulations that will also drive up the cost of energy, in a way that should never have happened, in high view, and we've had some -- in my view, and we've had some votes on that, close votes on that. hopefully we'll soon be ail to pull back that effort. a study by the affordable power alliance concluded that e.p.a.'s greenhouse gas regulations could increase the cost of gasoline by 50%. electricity by 50%, and natural gas by 75% over the next 20 years. that's a stunning figure. as know doubt it'll drive it up. so the majority has yet to recognize the negative impact these tax increases