coli, a level of both epa and fda say it's dangerous, they don't have to tell the fda or epa or -- >> or the state. some states requires, but -- >> generally they don't have to report it. >> generally, they don't. >> under current law, municipal water systems are required annual consumer confidence reports that disclose any products with the contamination and information about the systems susceptibility of the future contamination; correct? >> yes. >> but bottled watered companies are not requiring to make similar to the public. >> that's true. don't have the authorities. >> dr. sharfstein this is striking to information available to consumers. we learn about it in our tap water, and we may never learn about the dangerous con no, ma'am gnats in bottled water. did you say you supported a requirement to have the bottled water companies disclose test results showing contamination above the federal level? >> actually, starting in september we think that requirement will take effect for con no, ma'am nation that poe poses a risk for the public. >> okay. is it sufficient to have the compani

the predicted lawsuits begin to counter an epa decision on greenhouse gases. >>> "u.s. farm report" brought to you by chevy and their award- winning cars, trucks and crossovers. >>> good morning. welcome to "u.s. farm report". i'm john phipps. there's an indicative error of judgment built into our brains that makes recent or nearby data more influential in our reading. it's called the availability bias. i'm strug welling that now. coming off two poor production years, i find myself much more risk adverse than normal. as such, the recent up trends in grain prices are almost too good to be true for me. my availability bias has me selling these prices. at the same time, i acknowledge that my thinking may not be truly an littic. my experience is a rare event when you can be irrational and still make money. oof let's get start with the news and al pell. >> thanks, john. good morning, everyone. starting monday, producers who had crop losses in 2008 can start signing up for a new federal program called s. u. r. e. the supplemental assistant revenue program. for farmers who had

it started at epa.pa officials who weren't able to regulate greenhouse gases realized the american people would do a lot just to save money. and energy star appliances and energy star home products and home retrofits with energy star -- that whole brand has saved the american people millions and millions of dollars. and has saved us millions and millions of pounds of unused energy and, therefore, millions and millions of megawatts of unused energy. and, of course, that means greenhouse gases as well. next, is improving air quality, pollution in the air we breathe remains a critical, environmental and public health concern. last week epa announced stronger proposed standards for ozone.rs ozone is the main ingredient in smog and that single measure alone over the course of probably many, many years -- because that's the way the clean air works, will save lives. will save hospital admissions and will save doctor visits. will make it easier for americans to breathe. we want to build on that. we want to set

indeed, it will be a bit busy spring for epa.cked into the issuance of regulations implementing the agreement on transportation, on auto economy standards but then immediately to proceed with proposals on stationary sources. it would be a good time to brush up on your knowledge of what nsps, pst and the a.c.t. mean. i am not going to run a tutorial here, but the regulatory process is beginning to grind forward. it will have a huge impact on industrial planning. epa is simply following what the supreme court required them to do after making the endangerment finding and much of that is scheduled to come out during march. and, the state's whom some people thought would back off as the politics of this issue got more difficult are actually proposing to continue to move ahead. the northeast states are going to adopt a low-carbon fuel standard. california, which agreed to bring its standard in line with the national standard through 2016 is intending to adopt a stricter standard for 2017 and beyond. the three regional cap-and-trade pro

any other epa folks? i know we have lots of -- >> hi. >> line with the research office. >> thanks for coming. nice to see you. the second thing i want to talk to you tonight for just a second is clean energy. and to say listen, thanks for allowing me the opportunity to talk about why clean energy is simple, common sense. we need to get the word out. so this is very timely messaging indeed but clean energy, common sense for the economy, common sense for the national security, common sense for the environment for the future of our planet, for our children and for our grandchildren. when you see north carolina growing clean energy jobs at twice the rate of overall jobs or tennessee or iowa growing clean jobs at seven times the rate of the average or south dakota who managed to beat them all with 19 times the job growth and clean energy sector than an overall job growth we know it's common sense and good for our economy when we see billions of dollars going to other countries, many of whom might not have our

we now have shared resources between hud, epa, and d.o.t. to really create the opportunities for liveable communities. shaun donovan and i and lisa jackson met early on about the idea of how we're going to work together to help create and work with all of you on the things that you want to do. and this is a great collaboration. this is the administration that really does do what all of you do, work together in a collaborative way. and it's proving to be very, very successful. i think, i know, and i think all of you know this, our portion of the recovery act, the $48 billion has made a difference in your communities. [applause] >> and i don't care -- look, i don't care what stories have been written. the stories that have been written saying that it hasn't created jobs is baloney. and i said that to a denver to a reporter. one year ago i was on job sites talking to people who were on unemployment, maybe welfare because they didn't have a job. and after the president signed the american recovery and reinvestment act people went to work. and i

indeed it will be a busy spring of for the epa.they are locked in to the issuance of regulations implementing the agreement of transportation although a economy standards but then immediately lead to proceed with proposals on stationary sources. it would be a great time to brush up on your knowledge of what ns, ne. the regulatory process is beginning to grind forward. it will have a huge impact on industrial planning. the epa is following what the supreme court required them to do after making the endangerment finding and much of that is scheduled to come down during march. and the states some people thought would back off as the politics of this issue got more difficult are actually proposing to continue to move ahead. the northeast states or going to adopt a low carbon fuel standard this spring. california, which agreed to bring its standard in line with the national standard through 2016, ase intending to adopt a strict standard for 2017 and beyond. the three regional cap-and-trade and the midwest are beginning to courtney. thei

we know that officials from the epa will be there. a big focus on alternative fuels.he public will able to attend tomorrow. we will continue to take your phone calls as we await our next guest, the chairman and ceo of the bmw north america. next phone call from kentucky. what would you like to say about the auto industry? caller: with the new tier system, the pain of the wages, the theory is, as the older people retire, newer people will come in -- like my son. he makes $14 an hour. he can barely afford the benefits he has to pay for. he cannot even buy one of the vehicles that ford motors is selling. 40 years ago, the uaw knew that they could not maintain the benefits and such. everything was promised for the future instead of paying as you work. ford motor's, gm, chrysler promised the stars. the uaw just said, keep working, the chips will fall where they may. here we are. . . caller: the guy who called about the imports and a level playing field -- i would like to see taxes or import tax like korea, 37%, if you are going to buy foreign imports or someone like japan

if indeed, it will be a busy spring for that epa. they are locked into the issue of regulations implementing the agreement of transportation or auto economy standards could then proceed with proposals on the stationary sources. designed to brush up on your knowledge of what batc means. i will not run a tutorial but the processes grinding forward and will have a huge impact on industrial planning and maintain the endangerment finding and much of that is scheduled to come out during march. some people thought lahood could back off as the politics continued to move ahead. the northeast states are going to adopt a standard and california agreed to bring its standard in line with the national standard through 2016 is intending to adopt a stricter standard at 2017 and beyond. the three regional cap-and-trade programs in the midwest are beginning to coordinate their actions and states you are facing permit decisions as to implement years of the clean air act are becoming creative about how they apply the clean air act provisions. there was

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[laughter] any other epa folks? i know we have lots. thanks for coming. nice to see you. the second thing i want to talk to you for just a second is clean energy. and to say, listen thanks cora allowing me the opportunity to talk about why clean injury is simple a common sense. we need to get the word out so this is very timely messaging indeed that clean energy common common sense for our economy, common sense for national security, common sense for our environment for the future of our planet and for our children and four grandchildren. when you see north carolina going clean energy jobs at twice the rate of overall jobs for tennessee or iowa, growing clinch of set seven times the rate of the average or south dakota who managed to beat them all with 19 times the job growth in the clean energy sector than the overall job growth, we know it is common sense and good for our economy. win we see billions of dollars going to let the country's many of whom might not have our security interests at heart and every year see ourselves despite rhetoric after rhetoric, watching are

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we now have shared resources between hud, epa, and dot to create opportunities for the global communityspirit week met early on about the idea on how we are going to work together to help create and work with all of you on the things that you want to do. and this is a great collaboration. this is an administration that really does do what all of you do -- work together in a collaborative way. it is proving to be very, very successful. i think -- i know, and i think all of you know this -- our portion of the recovery act, the $48 billion, has made a difference in your communities -- [applause] i don't care what stories have been written. the stories that have been written saying it has not created jobs is baloney. and i said that when i was in denver to an ap reporter. i have been out to job sites all over america. one year ago i was on job sites talking to people who were on unemployment, and maybe welfare, because they didn't have a job and after the president signs the american recovery and reinvestment act, people went to work. and i see orange cones and barrels all over your communi

he has already used in the epa. he will be using the administrative tools of the executive branch to move forward his agenda and he doesn't need legislation. by and large, he can achieve most of what he wants to do in his agenda saying that he accomplished x, y, z. you only need a couple of pieces of legislation to tell the american people that congress supported him. by and large, he will govern administratively. there is also the incremental portion of this bill. >> we are keeping an eye on the doors at the self part of the white house. the president and the first lady will be departing momentarily. -- we're keeping an eye on the doors at the self part of the white house. now he will deliver his first state of the union address. we are joined by dr. warren shashaw and peter marici. >> bill clinton had a lot of wind on his sale. the economy did pick up. he did have the problem of new gingrich. what he did was use his administrative abilities to reorient the agenda, especially in the area of civil rights. his initia

the epa is a good example where the have massive power with minimal oversight to make major impact onof their elected officials doing what they should have done. it is just like what got us into the financial problems and the allowed to get out of control because we did not know what we were doing and we created this financial nightmare. congress did that. delaware let anyone tell you presidents did that. -- do not let anyone tell you presidents did that. we lead a world downfall on the basis of what congress failed to do. it was not politically popular to fix it. all right. last question over here. >> i live- in claremore. i would feel better if you're a full-time center instead of a part-time doctor. and of the health care bill is probably not the best in the world. the oilfield was back in the bush administration. the did not do nothing. -- they didn't do nothing. >> can i practice medicine from 6:00 in the morning until 9:00 without offending you? that is when i practice medicine. i am asking you a question. >> it is not good. we should have a full-time senator. >> i walog 20 more

i guarantee you that somebody from the epa is going to call you in about five minutes. [laughter] [applause] before you sit down, there's going to be a phone call from the epa. all joking aside -- and i know you have a second question, but i just want to focus on this -- lead poisoning, a lot of it from lead paint, from older homes all across the country and all across the midwest is something that we have to be more aggressive on. this is something that i worked on when i was a u.s. senator, when i was a state senator. i'm working on it as president, and i will find out directly from them how they can help not only with your particular situation but what we're doing in this area in terms of lead abatement. >> okay. >> okay? >> the second thing that i wanted to address to you is the unfair labor laws that they seem to have in some of these industries as far as discrimination and different issues of that nature that don't seem to get addressed from the bigger companies. i have actually worked for ford -- i'm a full-time student now here at lc, gratefully -- and even when

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. >> can you explain what you are planning on the epa exemption? >> as you know, the thing that we entered into at the end of december, and each side was allows a series of amendments. i was to be allowed an opportunity to bring up an amendment as it related to the epa regulation of emissions. this is something that we have been trying to bring to the floor for months and were denied the opportunity back in september to an end vance and amendment. we have several different -- to advance an amendment. we have several different options and we can introduce some today. as you know, i have been pursuing a resolution of disapproval, a different mechanism, but either way that we choose to take, and at this point in time my inclination is to proceed with the resolution of disapproval. i think that that is a more clear path poleward. but either way, i think it is important that we demonstrate repeatedly that the preferred alternative when it comes to regulating emissions in this country is to move through a legislative procedure, a legislative route that w

my next question is, the other side of that, the epa is currently formulating a lot of new regulationsaxman marquee. you have any words on that? >> i think that cap and trade or something similar to waxman markey is dead in the senate and rightly so. health care is small compared to what they were going to do with the cap and a trade bill. the epa, in terms of the regulations of co2 and the energy industry, shows you a problem of lazy legislators. one of the things that i fight all the time -- which i do not weigh in much on -- is that i do not think we ought to be vague and let the bureaucrats decide the answers. we get paid to decide the answers. the sale of these bills passed where there are no specifics. what that tells you is that we don't know what we are doing and we cannot write the specifics. if we do not know what we're doing, then why are we passing a law in the first and place. the epa is were we have given someone massive power to have oversight on us and have a major impact on american citizens without the benefit of elected officials do and what they should have done. th

. >> can you explain what you're planning on the epa exemption, and to have you been talking to about a motion of disapproval? >> given the uc we entered into, each side was allowed amendments. i was to be allowed an opportunity to bring up an amendment related to the epa regulation of the missions. this is something that we have been trying to bring to the forefront now for months but were denied the opportunity back in september to a dance an amendment. we've got several different options, not least of which is an amendment to the debt limit that we would have to introduce today, according to that uc. i've also been pursuing a resolution of disapproval, a different mechanism, but either way, and at this point in time my inclination is to proceed with the resolution of disapproval, but i think that that is a more clear path forward, but either way is important that we demonstrate repeatedly that the preferred alternative when it comes to regulating emissions in this country is to move through a legislative procedure, a legislative route that will allow for a balancing of how we truly

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people don't know what energy costs will be, what the epa will do about car bohn emissions. health care costs uncertain. interest rates, because they're zero, any change w can be adverse. >> there will always been uncertainty. this kind of economy generates uncertainty. the toast important thing that government can do is stimulate economy. you have republicans sounding like herbert heaoover, saying, don't do anything. >> the most important thing that the government can do is to provide the incentives for the prove sector to create the jobs. a private sector is unwilling to step up and add new employ years because of costs. >> they're worried about health care. let get to that. the house and senate negotiations began this week. the president lost a big ally. not this week in his state of the state. >> california's congressional delegation should vote against this bill is that the a disaster for california or get in there and fight for the same sweetheart deal that senator nelson got for the corn husker state, because he -- [ applause ] . because that senator got for the state

epa is doing things on that and i'm not seeing much at the state level in terms of the holistic approach or national charge or system benefits charge. >> in the state of pennsylvania, they enacted a new policy for energy efficiency with aggressive programs for both individuals, residential as well as business and commercial and industrial in meeting efficiency goals. a lot of it is going to take new methods and strategies and technologies to achieve, but it's also going to require a change in behavior and where that comes from is really not an easy question to answer. is it a price point? is it a quality of life difference? these are things that will play into the equation of energy efficiency. at least in the state of pennsylvania, a bill has been enacted to achieve energy efficiency measures. >> i guess if i can follow-up, it's a state by state, utility by utility approach. i heard holistic approach a dozen times. >> the program in its inception is providing a tremendous example and leadership for all of us to follow. >> we need to bring everyone together at the table. the customers wo

a disease kroll -- control is a global cha so is the quality of air and water way is something the epa has expertise in. a growing number of agencies broaden their scope internationally and an important expertise and capacity, even working on the same issue from different angles. coronation has lagged behind. the result is an array of programs that overlap or contradict. this is a source of growing frustration and concern. it is also an opportunity to create more forceful and effective programs. the challenge facing u.s. aid and the state department is to work with all the other agencies to coordinate need and support effective implementation of the administration's strategy. this is our core mission, to our permanent worldwide presence, our strategic vision and a charge to advance america's interests abroad, we can help allied overseas development efforts with our strategic objectives and national interest. onal interests. this will not be easy, but it will make our government work more effective, efficient, and enduring. we are already emphasizing this kind of coordination with our n

my next question is, the other side of that, the epa is currently formulating a lot of new regulations marquee. you have any words on that? >> i think that cap and trade or something similar to waxman markey is dead in the senate and rightly so. health care is small compared to what they were going to do with the cap and a trade bill. the epa, in terms of the regulations of co2 and the energy industry, shows you a problem of lazy legislators. one of the things that i fight all the time -- which i do not weigh in much on -- is that i do not think we ought to be vague and let the bureaucrats decide the answers. we get paid to decide the answers. the sale of these bills passed where there are no specifics. what that tells you is that we don't know what we are doing and we cannot write the specifics. if we do not know what we're doing, then why are we passing a law in the first and place. the epa is were we have given someone massive power to have oversight on us and have a major impact on american citizens without the benefit of elected officials do and what they should have done. that is

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the epa has been a determination that could lead to regulating every business in america under the guisef climate change control. this is a time where free enterprise and business needs support, nice defense and need to remember why it's good and not bad. now in one sense, americans have always had some schizophrenic relationship of business here it is in one sense it is not new. we pride ourselves in our free-market system and analyze entrepreneurs, but we than to use a phrase my guest today, we have been vaguely ashamed of business. in movies and tv shows, businessmen are most always portrayed as villains like heroes. they are perceived as taking from society, not giving to society. and this view isn't just among the elite, the academics, the left-wing advocates. this view is very often shared by businessmen themselves. i remember when bill gates announced his formation of his philanthropic organization to give away billions of dollars to help fight poverty in africa and elsewhere, he said that he thought it was time that he be able to give back to society. i always thought that was a

. >> can you explain what you're planning on the epa preemption? and who have you been talking to in terms of other supporters for an amendment or a motion of disapproval? >> as you know, given the uc that we entered into end of december, before we went on recess, each side was allowed a series of amendments. i was to be allowed an opportunity to bring up amendment as related to the epa regulation of emissions. this is something that we have been trying to bring to the forefront now for months. we were denied the opportunity back in september to advance an amendment. we've got several different options, not the least of which is an amendment to the debt limit we would to introduce today, according to uc. as you know i've also been pursuing a resolution of disapproval, a different mechanism. but either way, that, we choose to take and at this point in time my inclination is to proceed with the resolution of disapproval. i think that is a more clear path forward but either way, i think it is important that we demonstrate repeatedly that the prefered

i guarantee you that somebody from the epa is going to call you in about five minutes. [laughter] [applause] before you sit down, there's going to be a phone call from the epa. all joking aside -- and i know you have a second question, but i just want to focus on this -- lead poisoning, a lot of it from lead paint, from older homes all across the country and all across the midwest is something that we have to be more aggressive on. this is something that i worked on when i was a u.s. senator, when i was a state senator. i'm working on it as president, and i will find out directly from them how they can help not only with your particular situation but what we're doing in this area in terms of lead abatement. >> okay. >> okay? >> the second thing that i wanted to address to you is the unfair labor laws that they seem to have in some of these industries as far as discrimination and different issues of that nature that don't seem to get addressed from the bigger companies. i have actually worked for ford -- i'm a full-time student now here at lc, gratefully -- and even when

before you sit down, there's going to be a phone call from the epa. all joking aside -- and i know you have a second question, but i just want to focus on this -- lead poisoning, a lot of it from lead paint, from older homes all across the country and all across the midwest is something that we have to be more aggressive on. this is something that i worked on when i was a u.s. senator, when i was a state senator. i'm working on it as president, and i will find out directly from them how they can help not only with your particular situation but what we're doing in this area in terms of lead abatement. >> okay. >> okay? >> the second thing that i wanted to address to you is the unfair labor laws that they seem to have in some of these industries as far as discrimination and different issues of that nature that don't seem to get addressed from the bigger companies. i have actually worked for ford -- i'm a full-time student now here at lc, gratefully -- and even when i was working there and i have -- my whole family has actually come up through ford -- an

my next question is, the other side of that, the epa is currently formulating a lot of new regulationse waxman marquee. you have any words on that? >> i think that cap and trade or something similar to waxman markey is dead in the senate and rightly so. health care is small compared to what they were going to do with the cap and a trade bill. the epa, in terms of the regulations of co2 and the energy industry, shows you a problem of lazy legislators. one of the things that i fight all the time -- which i do not weigh in much on -- is that i do not think we ought to be vague and let the bureaucrats decide the answers. we get paid to decide the answers. the sale of these bills passed where there are no specifics. what that tells you is that we don't know what we are doing and we cannot write the specifics. if we do not know what we're doing, then why are we passing a law in the first and place. the epa is were we have given someone massive power to have oversight on us and have a major impact on american citizens without the benefit of elected officials do and what they should have done.

minutes -- [applause] before you sit down, there is going to be a phone call from the epa. all joking aside, i know you have the same question, but i want to focus on this -- lead poisoning, a lot of it from lead paint from older homes, all across the country in the midwest, is something that we have to be more aggressive on. this is something that i worked on when i was a u.s. senator, when i was as state senator. i am working on it as president, and i will find out directly from them how they can help not only with your particular situation, but what we're doing in this area in terms of lead. >> the second big i want to address to you is the unfair labor laws they seem to have i some of these industries, as far as discrimination and different issues about nature that don't seem to get addressed by the bigger companies. i have actually worked for ford -- i'm a full-time student here now, gratefully. even when i was working there, and my whole family has actually come up through ford, there is a lot of very unjust situations that come about, but no attorneys will deal with

nationalization of our health care and i think in texas we all have to be very concerned about the epa. it had to be running a very close second on the heels of health care. get the environmental protection agency out of energy and out of agriculture in texas and let texas take care of farmers and energy producers and with the tremendous economic gains in this day. >> thank you very much. our next question comes from the audience, for my listeners and viewers. with go to doug dunbar for that. >> shelley, were going social edf. this is from sherry wilken. scheer is a mother who is unemployed and lives in arlington right now. your husband is a construction worker and she fears that she is about to lose her unemployment benefits because of the limits. her question is very simple, what do you plan to do about unemployment which is now obviously standing at 8% here in the state of texas and we will begin with ms. medina. >> thank you, sherry for calling in tonight and participating in this debate. the government solutions. we texans understand that our free society rest on three pillars, in

over at epa we did another sort of handful case studies there on water cases again. and these are permitting cases and nature cases. once again, with one exception we were able to show an improvement in environmental effects over both a ten year time span in a six year time span. the one case looked like it went backwards for a little bit, but ultimately it actually kept up. this is forward thinking. it's a way of doing an analysis that really hasn't been done before. it's a work in progress. and so, but it really is the first time that somebody has tried to capture these kind of benefits from using decision-making process like ecr. we also at the same time look in a rough way of the cost of the agency of using this process just in terms of staff time. we can get all the numbers from other folks that were involved. and we found three of the four cases there was a net savings on the part of the agency compared to the alternative process. which in this case would've been various forms of litigation that would've taken place. so i'd like to wrap up now with a few closin

they see a climate change bill and a potential epa regulations that could significantly raise energy prices and impose new layers of bureaucracy on their organizations. they see financial services legislation, moving forward that could choke off their access to capital, at a time when lending is already very tight. america's job creators also see a renewed push by union leaders to pass card check, and many other measures to control the workplace. they see a trial bar working with their allies in congress, and with many state attorneys general, to expand opportunities for new litigation. they see the rise of trade isolationism at home, and abroad, that could threaten their export markets, and now renewed fears about terrorism. and our job creators see the federal government planning to expand the national debt by at least $9 trillion over the next decade. more debt than has been piled up in all the previous years since george washington. they see many states going broke as well. what will the impact be on their companies, and their employees? these are the uncertainties that job creat

host: being a policy day, you will been mingling with federal officials, members of the epa.hat message do you have about keeping your company competitive? guest: there is no single answer and we are trying to balance energy issues. that is important to realize. there is no one, quick easy fix. it would be a shame if people think that electric is the only solution. we have to look at a wide variety of products. that is where we can work as a partnership, to develop new technologies, at the same time, encouraging feel efficiency by having a sound energy policy. host: western government not be doing? guest: they should not be picking winners and losers. we have seen how subsidizing a particular fuel can affect the market. the important thing is to encourage the development of advanced technologies. for example, trying to bring battery technology to the u.s., but not emphasizing one solution over another. it is all about energy security in general. host: charles on the wrong publican line. fredericksburg, virginia. -- on the republican line. colorado, i understand that we have t

in texas, we have to be very concerned about the epa.nd outf our culture in texas. let texas take careç of texas farmers and energy producers. >> thank you very much. our next question comes from the audience from ourç listeners ad viewers. >> we're going social media tonight. we had a question on facebook. arlington. her husband is inç -- isi] a construction worker and she fearsç that she is going to use her unemployment benefits. what do you plan toççç do abt unemployment? >>ñrq thank you. thank you for calling in and participating in this debate. the governor and the senator are government solutions. we texans understand that our free society rests on three pillars. individuals and families, communities, and churches, and the government. we must do things to get the government off of the back of the people so that we can once again learn to care for one another. when we do that, when we get washington and the epa out of energy, when we restore true private property ownership and eliminate property tax, that aloneç has $3 billi

who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epaminds, these are job killing policies. i'm asking you if you would be willing to add some of these policies with the highest unemployment and the ensure economy that we have now, to assure west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time including to your governor who is somebody who i enjoyed working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. know that the west virgin -- that west virginia struggles with unemployment and i know how important coal is to estrogen and a lot of our natural resources there. that is part of the reason i have said we need a comprehensive energy policy that sets up for long-term picture. for example, nobody has been a bigger promoter of clean coal technology that i am. testament to that, and it -- i ended up being in a whole bunch of advertisements that you guys all all the time about investing in ways for us to burn coal more cleanly. i have said i am a promoter of nuclear energy. something that i think that over the last thr

and unemployed are concerned about some of your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epand the looming prospect of -- a prospect of higher taxes. in our minds, these are job- killing policies. i am asking if you would be willing to re-look at some of these policies with the high unemployment to show west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time and including your governor who is somebody who i enjoy working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. i know west virginia struggles with unemployment. i know how important coal is to west virginia and a lot of the natural resources there. that is part of the reason why i have said that we need a comprehensive energy policy that sets us up for a long-term future. for example, nobody has been a bigger promoter of clean coal technology than i have . i was unable but to the advertisements about investing about ways to burn coal more cleanly. i have said i'm a promoter of nuclear energy. that is something that i think a last three decades has been subject to a lot of partisan wrangling and ideol

who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epaigher taxes. in our minds, these are job killing policies. i'm asking you if you would be willing to add some of these policies with the highest unemployment and the ensure economy that we have now, to assure west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time including to your governor who is somebody who i enjoyed working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. i know that the west virgin -- that west virginia struggles with unemployment and i know how important coal is to estrogen and a lot of our natural resources there. that is part of the reason i have said we need a comprehensive energy policy that sets up for long-term picture. for example, nobody has been a bigger promoter of clean coal technology that i am. testament to that, and it -- i ended up being in a whole bunch of advertisements that you guys all all the time about investing in ways for us to burn coal more cleanly. i have said i am a promoter of nuclear energy. something that i think

then, lisa jackson, epa administrator.es from the governors of illinois and washington. some events we are covering tomorrow on c-span2, the washington center for internships hosts a discussion of new media and politics at 9:00 a.m. eastern. speakers include marvin kalb, ed henry, and others. according to the brookings institution, nearly three- fourths of the population in the gaza strip is under 29 years old. at 1:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage of a forum on the future for young palestinians living in the gaza strip, including comments from the former world bank president and democratic rep keith ellison. >> middle and high school students, just a few days left to'enter a s student cam contest. the grand prize is $5,000. all the winning videos will be shown on c-span, so do not delay coming into today. upload your project by midnight wednesday. >> oregon senator braun wyden hosted a town hall meeting last weekend to discuss proposed health-care legislation. he co-sponsored an amendment that would allow workers to opt out