now the defense department does not liken epa policy they can have a change in secret. we don't allow epa to change our strategy in iraq, we let the defense department to that. it is while the this is going on. the next president whoever he or she is is going to have the big problem, how to roll that back and raise the bar to the level of integrity because it is gone down so far in some of these agencies. >> thank you come hickham warner from toshi emma. a couple of things, i am struck that it lot of universities have centers are things that are funded by industry yet it is all not apparent when something is published under ivy league center for such and such and it gains a sense of legitimacy that is not revealed by who actually funded the study, sometimes and i don't know what is the best way to address that, and also you brought up something troubling with a lot of the journals he said were published by the industry themselves. is there a way to figure out what industries, does it say created in the association are something or the. cues that goes on in these is rigo

they tried to get a hold of the study is that the epa was doing but they could not do it. so what they did come of this was fascinating because they were trying to stop the lawsuit and force the issue they developed a stimulated population then conducted a study on them. on the basis of what we know, this is what we think the workers should look like and said there is no excess risk of lung cancer. eventually through the freedom of information act there were able to get the raw data and were able to do so more alchemy ed made the results go wait that workers were never exposed above the current 52-microgram label did not -- level did not faze excess rest. for july 1 of the judges said it is nonsense and forced pochette to issue a standard. this is the only health standard of the bush administration changes and they are forced to buy a judge. a very upstanding judge that required osha it proposed a standard of one microgram. so still at all levels that would be increased risk but far better than a level of 52. no one microgram there are still several and lung cancer deaths

epa's analysis of the cost at 22-30 cents a day. it will lower utility bills by 7%. this bill is a tremendous opportunity to prevent a dangerous threat of creating millions of new jobs and a driving economic growth. it will end our dependence on foreign oil and keep us more secure. this bill will drive to a new area of sustainable growth and innovation. i urge all members to support it. i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i ask unanimous consent that the ranking member of the agricultural committee controlled the first 15 minutes of the debate on the minority side. >> determine from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you. i yield myself as much time as eye can consume. the bill promises to destroy our standard of living in the quality of life with higher energy costs, food prices, and lost jobs. it is the single largest economic threat to our farmers and ranchers in decades. we have more than 115 agricultural and food groups that will oppose this bill as of today. i would ask the list be entered into record at the appropriate

>> i am with but epa and the professionals union at epa headquarters. i want to raise a point* academia and integrity in that venue. in 2004 chester douglas a professor of the harvard school of dental medicine testified before a national research council looking at the drinking water standard for fluoride saying he found no connection between water fluoridation and osteosarcoma. it turned out some diligent members went back and found a dissertation in which a signature appears finding just the opposite. in fact, one of his doctoral students dissertation found a sevenfold increase in osteosarcoma risk in young boys and pre-adolescent growth spurt phase of their drinking fluoridated drinking water. a complaint was raised about professor douglas's testimony and harbored investigated this. finding that he did not quote intentionally" end quote. conduct scientific misconduct but it has sequester dollar of the documentation around that investigation. as it turned out chester douglas to was taking money from colgate for many years and contributed $1 million to

this bill still provides no assurance that the epa, not the department of agriculture, but the epa would allow that to occur. once again, agriculture is not even mentioned in this bill in regard offsets. in addition to that, the electric cooperatives are still disadvantaged. if you come from rural america, the allowances this allows are advantages that represents some of the poorest areas of the country. we will be transferring our income and wealth to those. it is a jobs bill has indicated from the gentleman from massachusetts, but it is a jobs elimination bill. it creates a significant disadvantage in which other countries do not abide by these caps, rules, regulations. i would assert that during my time in congress, there is no piece of legislation that would be more damaging to the future of rural america, to the future of small farms and businesses, then the bill that is before us today. this jobs bill that is described by the german from massachusetts is a job elimination bill, not a job creation bill. i urge both republicans and democrats to vote no. >> this is a defining moment.

remanded it to the agency for clarification on whether the epa had relied on that analysis. the supreme court held that the statute could reasonably be read to allow for that. he criticized the majority. the second of april 1 decisions, it concerned a collective bargaining agreement, providing that union members had to arbitrate, not bring suit in court. relying on may 1974 decision, the district court held that a collective bargaining agreement could not waive coverage workers' rights for claims that congress created. " the supreme court reversal cause of justice souter to explain why our party year-old president remained solid and should have controlled it. another case decided that should never have bought that it should never have gotten off the ground. there was a 2004 determination that a broadcast of isolated utterance of the ef or s word could -- >> the court of appeals expressed doubt that the fcc's current fleeting expletive regime could survive first amendment inspection. the supreme court reversed, holding that the fcc had adequately explain this new policy in. b

this bill still provides no assurance that the epa iwill allow it tooto occur. agricultural is not even mentioned in this bill in regard to offset. the electric cooperatives are still disadvantage. if you come from rural america, the allowances this bill allows are advantages to those who live on the west and east coast. those who represent the poor areas of the country will be transferring our income and wealth to those close. this bill is a jobs bill but it is a jobs elimination bill. this bill creates a significant competitive disadvantage for american small-business and agricultural as we compete in the global economy. other countries do not abide by these rules or regulations. i would assert that during my time in congress there is no piece of legislation that will be more damaging to the future of rural america and small farms and businesses than the bill that is before us today. this bill, a jobs bill as described by massachusetts, is a job eliminations will not a job creation bill. i urge my colleagues who come from the midwest or rural america to vote n

epa with the commonwealth of massachusetts. it turned out as we were at work the on the epa cited the governor and the state put themselves on the massachusetts side that put me on the one side of the coin relative to the other. what happened was not something initiated by the governor -- governor. governors eventually said cease and desist and get lost but it was not quite that way. i want to clear that the. my situation is a little different for you will notice is as i am a professor of climatology at university of delaware. i also serve as a delaware state climatologist for it is the second phrase that got the news journal it got it side raised. so they wrote the article even to leave the editorial that said i should be fired as a state climatologist implying i should be fired as the university faculty member because after all that is a state employee id we cannot have a state employee disagree with the governor. to make a long story short in fact, that governor office issued a letter it been parked at my request and she quo

i understand that the epa has looked at in-home test as well as chamber test and no conclusive report has given about what it is that's emitting the sulfur or contaminating the walls. i have my access to information inside the agency is through the public domain is what i get off the website and briefings in terms of a briefing book but i would like to -- if i'm confirmed meet with the scientists first before i tell you what the time frame is. it is my understanding everyone is still grappling with the science and the testing of the drywall. but once this is -- we get some information, then we need -- then if i'm confirmed, i will come back to you; work with you and we can do a public information campaign to let people know what the hazards are and what their recourses are against companies that sold them the drywall. >> well, my understanding is that even with everything that's been done and funding commitments for cpsc to focus on this immediately, it's going to be a matter of many, many months which strikes me as really frustrating and inadequate. what will you try to do to acceler

miller's charts, they were epa maps that were put together? >> the transmission map is epa.we overlayed it on wind and then coal resource maps. >> if that transmission plan was implemented it would bring a transmission line in from the midwest very close to the east coast. what impact might that have on your planning for renewable electricity off the coast line or off of new jersey >> we would stop. >> why? >> because we couldn't be competitive with the cost of the wind if it's not burdened by the cost of transmission. so the wind from the midwest, if it does not face transmission charge would be cheaper in that case. >> you're up in the great lakes, mr. jost. could you talk about that as well in terms of potential of renewables coming in off the great lakes and what impact that could have for michigan and what could happen if, instead, power is wheeled in from other parts of the country through federal preelmtion, federal emnent domain takings >> it's a bit similar. first of all, it's clearly windier in the dakotas, for example than it is in michigan. michigan has wind reso

and epa has announced millions of dollars in grants to revitalize industrial and commercial sites. recently michigan was the largest recipient of those funds. one of the most pressing challenges is to ensure that auto communities have access to existing federal programs and new funding available. we have taken steps to ensure that auto communities have an equal chance to access federal funds. some examples of that includes department of energy. recently held workshops for county and local municipalities to train leaders in how to apply for the initiate efficiency conservation block grants. also held meetings with finance officials to talk about how to make sure that small businesses can access their new loan guarantee program. the kbhers department and through the manufacturing extension, the economic administration have held numerous workshops in the auto region to help companies diversify and provide tailored assistance. and recently, the department of labor don veened all the rapid response coordinators throughout the midwest to make sure we provide a consistent level of service

they tried to get ahold of this study epa was doing to get the raw data but they could not do it so what they did and this was fascinating because there were essentially trying to stop this lawsuit, to force the osha standard, the invented a simulated population and then conducted a study on it. they said on the basis of what we know about this, this is what we think the work should look like and they concluded there was no risk of lung cancer. well, then eventually, through freedom of information act they were able to get the raw data and of course they did another epidemiological alchemy in the results go away and they conclude workers were never exposed above the current permissible exposure, did not experience long cancer excess risk. fortunately judge back here in philadelphia who died not so long ago said that is nonsense and threw it out. this is the only health standard that the bush administration, osha has actually issued and there were forced to by a federal judge who happens to be republican, dairy upstanding judge. the required osha to issue new standards. osha extended 1 mi

for creating the website so people can write in, and also for the work that they have done with the epa, the centers for disease control to test the chinese drywall. what i'm hearing also is that they haven't concluded what the problem is in terms of -- it inconclusive interbred environmental test. and we need to work collaboratively on this, and if confirmed, i would like to work with you to draw a resolution to find out what is causing the respiratory and what it was, the type of elements in the gypsum of the chinese product. understand that the counterpart agency in china, the counterpart to the consumer product safety commission is working with the commission to resolve this. and that chinese leaders are very aware of it and trying to address it. but it is a very real problem causing people great hardship physically, as well as damage to their property rendering their homes worthless. and i will assure you that if i am confirmed it will be a top priority 20. >> the only thing i would ask, inez, is that a lot of this is taking place in louisiana and florida. they have different clima

with the epa being in the middle, look at these different agencies that are involved. this is the most elaborate thing that i have seen. i have been here a while. i have seen some pretty crazy things. i have not seen anything this ridiculous. democrats and rural america will have to make some real decisions on whether they will stand with speaker pelosi and special interest or whether they will help their constituents who will be punished by this ridiculous tax. there's a big difference between san francisco and the heartland. some members still remember his btu tax from 1993 where he tried this idea of imposing this tax on all btu pros's used in the country. it is no surprise. it seems that he was disinvited rather quickly. mark my words. the american people will remember this vote. this will be a defining moment and a dividing -- and a defining vote in the congress. house republicans have the better plan. it will produce more energy, more green energy, lower energy prices, and actually do more to clean up their than having the some giant government bureaucracy as sug

in the gold mining case, both the epa and the army corps of engineers had been working for years to determine who would have which permitting authority under which circumstances, whether it was billfill. they worked out an agreement where both agencies would work together. the court finally decided that we are not going to substitute our judgment for what the agencies have done with respect to the allocations and the responsibility of the clean water act. >> thank you. what should we say about the first amendment during this term? >> the first amendment -- an interesting case has still to be decided. on monday, justice roberts made the other first amendment cases less exciting. in both cases, the case about union regulation and the case about the monument in the park, the court did not change the law very substantially as evidenced by the unanimous results an almost unanimous opinions in both cases. i thought i would focus on the most exciting case where i do expect there could be some substantial change in the law. that is the citizens united case which is the case of belabout am that was sh

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the epa estimates that a family of four will pay an additional average of $1,100 each year. the impact on jobs is equally dismal. a cra study finds the legislation will cost america 2.3 million jobs. at a time when many workers are losing their jobs every month, in a midst of a severe recession, why would we even contemplated plan that amount to a millstone around the neck of small businesses and all american consumers? it is not the utilities and the oil companies in producers that will bear the cost of this new regime. we note the company's low pie -- pass higher costs along to consumers and small businesses who rely on their services. this is a more expensive bill for every american from electricity to heating to gasoline to groceries. we cannot forget that this national energy tax comes down hardest on the poor. the highest income spends less of its income about 5% on these products. families of the lowest income spent about 20% of these products. with a watchful eye towards job creation and growth, let us give consideration to the limited benefits that this begin a late

international affairs at the department of energy, as well as colleagues from the treasury and the epa. i had particularly in-depth conversations with the vice chairman of the ndrc in china and their chief climate negotiator. also a very useful meeting with vice premier lee chang. i'm sure i will butcher all these names. it was good talks with science and technology personnel. the vice minister of foreign affairs, and the national energy director. i would not characterize my discussions on climate change as producing any breakthroughs, but we talked very openly and candidly and then a lot of detail about what needs to be done on both sides to advance towards a successful outcome in copenhagen. by the way, never had any notion in my mind that we were going to -- it was not what the trip was about. we did not agree with each other on everything, but we each came away with a better and clearer understanding of each other's views and perspectives. i will say, and i have said this before, but it is again true during this trip, i was very favorably impressed by actions that china has already

right now because of epa requirements passed back in 1992, and a number of larger communities, theres a special blend knell of will recall reformulated gasoline which is even cleaner which must be used in the summer months because of ozone levels out there -- there's a special blend now. i will also remind listeners that the new mileage requirements, the auto industry agreed to do them by 2016. everyone is on the same page. that will happen. you can probably do that now, as we have seen some advances in battery technology. there is a push for natural gas in several regions around the country. particularly in salt lake city. use the larger fleets now using natural gas which burns cleaner. you might get better mileage, too. host: on the internet line, from knoxville, tenn. now. caller: hello, mr. upton, i have two questions. first, the tennessee valley authority has the rate payers in the region paying interest on a $25 billion debt from the nuclear reactors they were attempting to build it in the 1970's and 1980's. this $25 billion we must pay interest on. now they're contemplating bu

symbol for the environmental movement, one of the handful of disasters that led to the creation of the epa. a spark plug for the environmental reforms around the country. a national punchline that would endure for decades. the city has worked to reclaim its river. today is home to more than 60 species of fish." details from inside of the -- from inside of "the new york times" this morning. republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. and good to see people standing up for freedom after democrats tried to stop freedom. a coward like obama should not have anything to say about this. he never held anyone to have freedom. not even the american baby. he and slaves, tortures, murders the american baby, just like all of these cowards every day. if democrats tried to help, they would quit right now in the middle. those cowards. what is the problem? cowards. that is what democrats best bar at, being cowards. host: a look at what you should be reading this week from "the new york times." "leave -- liberty and tierney." "al viars." "horse shoulders." "renegade." jose is joining us from austin

warming and greenhouse gas regulation, republicans were saying it opens the question whether or not the epa reached a decision about endangerment even before announcing it in april. over the course -- a senior analyst says he would like findings to be released and reviewed. the administration already decided on endangerment and the findings may not be distributed. some members of the house and senate said there were two issues. one, the president's pledge to use science in a non-political way, to be transparent and not to prejudge things before all scientific data was reviewed. could you comment on this? >> i have not seen this e-maiesm ails. endangerment is a policy or is the result of a court case that would require action in the absence of legislative action. this administration has always maintained that the best course going forward was not through an administrative action but instead through a process that included the views of congress. i think congress took an important step in the case on friday by moving forward on legislation that will, for the first time, mandate the curtailing

we should replace the current bureaucratic system at epa with an entrepreneurial system that is fundamentally different. americans reject the liberal principle of paying more to get less. i began reading the waxman bill, and i gave up when i got to the page where they were explaining how they would regulate jacuzzi 's. people believe that 31-year olds can redesign the automobile industry and the bureaucrats in washington need to go down to the level to make sure you only get the right jacuzzi are people that have lost any sense of what made america a unique, and the sense of personal freedom, and the correct answer is to defeat them and let them write a book for the rest of their life. [applause] i wrote a book which is an outline of a growing conservatism. i used to teach environmental studies. i believe americans want a creative, entrepreneurial, and effective policy for ample energy the money staying in america. finally, i think if we want to compete with china and india, we have to confront the challenge of education. it in 1983, i participated when the rating commission said our schools

you have the epa that they brought up yesterday as a good -- but you have the dea that they brought up yesterday as it possibly -- i have had several surgeries that had had to pay for myself. one, i actually had a bone chard sitting through -- sitting next to a major vein. one bump, and i could have bled to death. the v.a. refused to do the surgery. you people out there who want all this stuff, you need to wake up. please. guest: when you have a government run health care systems, you can have the saving of money by rationing care. or you can have systems that do not ration care, like medicare, but the cost expenses there go through the roof. host: what exactly is the single payer system? guest: single payer is a euphemism for a national government provision of health insurance. the government pays for all health insurance, there are not any private health insurance companies anymore. you have one entity that pays all the bills. i oppose it because, you know, i think we have got extensive experience that markets work better than government, including health care. and the single payer s

. >> you worked for him when he was the first head of the epa? >> no, just when he ran for office. i finished school and fell in with the boy-mayor of indianapolis, dick lugar, our distinguished senator. he was an idealistic and very active young mayor at a time when cities were at the forefront of american consciousness. he was making great transformations in my home town. i went to work for him a couple of summers, and he talked me into sticking around for a little while, namely 13 years. >> you just turned 60. how old were you when you started working for him? >> 20. >> and then what? after you worked for him as mayor, what was next? >> he got elected to the senate. he asked me to come along, and i did. i spent the next eight years organizing his affairs here. >> working for him in the senate? >> that is right. >> what did you learn about this business what you were in the senate? >> how patient and how difficult one has to be in the legislative process. although i am incredibly grateful that great people like dick lugar, lamar alexander, serve in the congress, it will probably

labor or the environment the community, would prefer that congress adopt the regulation rather than the epa. host: some background on our guest. the congressman's ninth district of virginia includes towns like bristol. he is in his 14th term, a graduate of roanoke college and you be a law school. carl on the phone from kansas city, good morning. caller: good morning to get a pen ready because i have a lot of short questions. host: how about if we take them one at a time? caller: commodities. this idea of having this being traded on the market. what is going to stop speculation artificially raising this light crude oil? guest: i think that we are going to adopt very shortly in the congress a comprehensive reform of our regulatory structure with regard to financial markets generally. that is long overdue. there is no reason to believe that we are going to have excess speculation or market manipulation with regard to the emission allowances trading that would come through this measure to any greater extent than we had with traditional commodities. and so i am not concerned about that. we have

very interesting ramification physical indeed congress does not pass a cap-and-trade and epa insteadulate. this could be a lot of fun. now, we could do this out for 20 years. you know, you might pick on me and say, oh, michaels you picked the last 15 years that begins in 1993, somewhere around here. and, you know, maybe there's something funny about that so let's go all the way back to 1988 and do all the way out to the last 20 years. and what you see -- here's the same trump. these are five-year trends out to 20. in 1991 a volcano went off. they do not have models in them and otherwise they would blow up and that's a joke. so i could take out the effect of the volcano. i published a paper with me with my colleague a couple of years ago, a few years ago. anyway, and you see now on out 15 to 20 years it's very clear that the models are falling beneath 95% confidence level on both sides or the .97.5 confidence level on the cold side. this is failure. a1b models are failing. this is the dirty secret. and the temperature record i'm using here for comparison happens to be the united natio

the recent supreme court decision now introduced epa into tailpipe emissions. then you had third, california and 13 other states, that were introducing even a third set of standards. so it was important we harmonize, we actually approached the administration and said, look, let us go to the table work this out and they did. host: your organization was at the table? guest: yes. we were, as individual companies, they worked very closely with the agencies in the state and pulled the stakeholders together, and shows with strong leadership you can bridge the differences. host: fort wayne, new jersey. good morning to richard. caller: for a lead, new jersey. thank you. it is fort lee, new jersey. i have a ford festiva, 1988, that a friend gave to me because he could not get anything on the trade in. so he gave it to me. and i have been driving it now for four or five years, and i get 49 miles to the gallon. that is a 1988 ford. i don't understand why there is such a difficult seem to have new cars get good mileage like i get with an 1988. i would also like to ask very

more relevant agencies that are also on senator harkin's council, the va, the department of defense, epa, department of education and department of labor. this interagency coordinating committee does not include the department of transportation. the department of housing and urban development, the department of homeland security. prevention should be about health care, points that i will will make and touch on. the other thing is, the health council inappropriately defines health promotion roles of non-federal entities, whereas this council has a laser-like focus on making federal programs work more effectively. i understand that none of the public health council's findings are binding, but americans might find it troubling that a federal board of bureaucrats would tell state and local governments, community schools, work sites, families and businesses what they should be doing to promote prevention. we've already clearly outlined here that the private sector is way ahead of us on preventionment all we have to do is go to sass and dell and safeway and pit any bose to know that. there are

at the epa, mr. president, we are going to accelerate the cleanup of 20 superfund sites that exist on a national priority list. education, 135,000 education act related jobs including teachers, principals, administrators, staff support. at labor, 125,000 summer jobs. the idea is it is not make work jobs. we are putting kids in a position where they will learn a skill that hopefully they will be able to turn around. lastly, mr. president, the defense department barrett 2300 construction and rehabilitation projects on 359 military facilities across the country. so, mr. president, whether it is more energy efficient facilities in the park system or more teachers or more cops and the street, construction cranes and hard hats, will see a lot more this summer. we accelerated our efforts across the federal government. the end of this 100 days we feel confident we will be able to demonstrate we created another 600,000 jobs. fairly ambitious, mr. president, but asked the cabinet to bring what is realistic, wh

there is, there are the epa officials who want to be telling them what size cars to build a and it was not very long ago that the administration told the general motors it was building too many suv's and that its old was too expensive to work and the president himself find the president of general motors of giving the stock to the taxpayers who actually pay for it is the only way to get the government out of the company's hair and give them a chance to succeed. and, it will create an investor fan base of 120 million or so americans who are now stockholders and the companies who may be little more interested in what the next model chevy might be. thank you-- this ownership is the judy among the people of green bay. this is the fastest way to get back to the wise principle. if you confided in the yellow pages the government ought not to be doing it. more than the money, it is the principle of the thing. the other day a visiting european automotive executives said to me with a laugh, that he had come to the new american automotive center, washington dc. to get our economy moving again, le

epa has announced millions of dollars to revitalize industrial and commercial sites in other communities michigan was the largest recipient of those funds. one of the most pressing challenges has it been to ensure auto communities have access to existing federal programs and new funding. we have taken steps to ensure auto communities have an equal chance to access federal funds. examples included a promise of energy for county and local municipalities to train leaders and energy efficiency conservation block grants. the department of energy held meetings with local businesses and financial officials to talk about how to make sure small business can access their loan guarantee program. the commerce department and manufacturing extension, economic development administration held numerous workshops in the ottawa region to help companies diversify, provide assistance as well as to help with strategic planning. the department of labor convened the rapid response coordinators' to provide a consistent level of service to help states with their planning efforts. the administration approach reali

instead of saying to him, listen, lay off, we've got to do things correctly, he went to the illinois epaad them shut down the landfill. well, this really -- this was the last straw for dick mel in this continuing relationship had been deteriorating all along. and he just went ballistic. and i remembered the press conference where i was and he -- he initially talked to fran spielman a "chicago sun-times" reporter who got him late at night and when he was the angriest and she had a terrific story and basically what he was saying, which he repeated in front of the entire chicago press corps well, you know my son-in-law. he's telling state jobs. why do you think all these people are getting appointed to commissions. how do you think they are getting state jobs. it's $25,000 a pop. and, you know, everyone was a little stunned. and then a couple of weeks later he was particularly talking about christopher kelly, christopher kelly threatened to sue and so dick mel took it back but it was too late. you know, the genie was out of the bottle. the attorney general started the first investigations a

against some of the speculative arguments about injury to do whales and in the gold mining case both the epa and the army corps of engineers had been working for years to determine who would have which permit being authority under what circumstances whether it was affluence or fill, and they had finally worked out their agency, and in this case both agencies eshooed permits, and the court decides we are not going to substitute with respect to the allocation of their possibility under the clean water act. >> ted, thank you. let me move on now. john, what should we say about the first amendment this term? really interesting case is still to be decided on monday. justice roberts' successful attempts to bring

the amendment does not exempt agriculture from performance standards in the bill, which means the epa could tell our producers how to manage their farms. this bill will tax you. this bill will destroy the livelihood of those who live and work in rural america. those who work every day to consistently provide our nation and the world with a safe, affordable abundant food supply. agriculture's set squarely in the cross hairs of this bill because it is energy intensive. whether it is the delivery of food to the store, agriculture uses a great deal of energy throughout production and processing. although the usda has not devoted any time or resources to complete an economic analysis of how this bill will impact farmers, the heritage foundation has. a recent study revealed that by the year 2035, the average income for farmers will be decreased by 57%. and also

the epa, the coast guard, the indian health service, just to name a few.despite their vital role, the commissioned core faces a work shortage. in the last year alone, the number of physicians serving as public health service officers declined by 5%. the dental officer core has lost one fourth of its workforce in the last six years. the pharmacy and nursing corps face similar workforce shortages. so given this need, the creation of this public health sciences track has been strongly endorsed by the commissioned officers association of the u.s. public health service. and this committee, senator kennedy has received a letter from former surgeon general c. everett coop urging us to include this provision in the health reform package. i introduce this bill, or these provisions as a free-standing bill earlier this year, several months ago. students in the public health see sciences track will receive a tuition stipend. they're accepted as commissioned corps officers with a two-year service commitment or each year of school, the cost is covered by the pipeline. i

i think there were some questions about the landfill, but in the end after the illinois epa shut it downthere will be more hearings. and they reopened it and eventually it did pretty much get a clean bill of health. >> it seems to me, we have another question but the question and that was so much, and the same thing is true with a lot of the things that blagojevich wanted to do. it's not what he wanted to do but how he wanted to do it. did anyone ever heard him to leave the house and go to work? there's a lot of jobs you can do at home. you do have to show up and just be their. >> guestco he was recalling urged to leave the house and go to work. lucile would go over there every morning and he would sort of go over the days events and it was his job to drag him out of the house and get into some political event, if he had to be there to make a speech or whatever. but even though he lived four blocks away and he would go over there every morning, he never was invited into his house. so he was sitting in his car for like an hour or two trying to get together out of the house to go where he

that legislation providing $32 billion for the interior department, epa, u.s. forest service and related programs. also possible this afternoon it climate change measure that aims to preserve the greenhouse gases are requiring the use of alternative energy. the legislation charting greenhouse gas reductions of 17% by the year 2020. live coverage of the u.s. house is on c-span. senators have already begun their july 4th recess. the chamber will not return until monday, july 6 that 2:00 p.m. eastern and when they return expect work on legislative branch spending. the bill appropriating $3 billion for entities that include the library of congress, capitol police and the government accountability office. live coverage of the senate continues here on c-span2 when members scabble back in. >> this week saw the release of more than 150 hours a secret audio recordings from the nixon white house. from early 1973 on the agreement to end the vietnam war. >> we are not to have any advance information, is that clear? the message is not to be from me. is that clear? >> more f

i think there were some questions about the landfill, but in the end after the illinois epa said it downhere were then a more hearings and they reopen it and eventually did pretty much get a clean bill of health. >> it seems to me the question and that was not so much and the same thing is true with a lot of the things that blagojevich wanted to do but how he went about doing it can i did anybody ever heard him to leave the house and go to work? and a lot of jobs moving to a home you have to show up, but just be there. >> yes he was rich and leaders to leave the house and go to work. his press secretary told me this amazing story that he would go over there every morning to go over the day's events and it was his job to drag him out of the house and get into some political event if we had to be there to make a speech or whatever, but even though he lived four blocks away and go over there every morning he never was invited into his house. so he was sitting in his car for an hour or to try to get the governor out of the house to go where he wanted to go so he didn't want to leave his hous

environment spending bill for ago that legislation providing $32 billion for the interior department, epa, u.s. forest service and related programs. also today climate change measure that aims to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases while requiring the use of alternative energy. the legislation targets greenhouse gas reductions of 17% by year 2020. live coverage of the u.s. house is on c-span. also senators have already began their july 4th recess. the chamber will not return until monday, july 62:00 p.m. eastern. when they get back we expect more work on rebrands spending. that bill appropriating $3 billion for entities that include the library congress, the capital policing government accountability office. live coverage of the senate continues here on c-span2 when members gavel back in. this afternoon in look back it 30 years of close-up television programming on c-span. we will hear from current and former associates of the show including john oleskey and marcus artman. the guest take questions from students and teachers of the close-up academy. you can see that today at 7:00 easter