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. >> reporter: democratic congressman henry waxman says expanding off-shore drilling is not the answer. >> now the republican mantra is that we need to drill, baby, drill. this slogan may sound good but it's based on a complete fiction. we're drilling more but prices are still going up. >> reporter: president obama says domestic oil and gas production is the highest it's been in nine years. he also announced a clean energy plan this week in north carolina. >> the cities and towns across the country, what we're going to say is, if you make a commitment to buy more advanced vehicles for your community, whether they run on electricity or biofuels or natural gas, we'll help you cut through the red tape and build fueling stations nearby. >> according to aaa in maryland drivers are paying around $3.71 for a gallon of regular unleaded, $3.86 for mid-grade and $3.98 for premium. we're trying to help you save money at the pump. head to abc2news.com to find the lowest gas prices in your area. click on the traffic, then gas prices tab. >>> severe weather in tropical paradise. why the governor dec

but there we had a very bipartisan view, it was joe barton, it was henry waxman, it was barney frank, who was your college classmate and backus, everyone agrees that we should keep our jurisdiction because we did a really good job and because there was uncertainty very, very early on. so -- >> you were very diplomatic and i understand where you're coming from and i have very little to add to what the chairman has said, except the following. first of all, with respect to the people who have gone over there, peggy toolly, who brought our principal pre2008 case that yielded consumers millions and millions of dollars went over to head up the cfpb's new nonrank financial protection program. second, i would point out, that the cfpb has exclusive jurisdiction over rule making, over fair debt collection practices. and it may make a rule which is broader than the one that we enforce under the fair debt collection practices act. we don't know. at the present time. the chairman is correct about that. but from my standpoint, it's folly, in this limbo state that the cfpb is in, comment that we kno

. >> henry waxman says expanding offshore drilling is not the answer. >> the republican mantra is we baby, a drill. this may sound good, but it is based on a complete fiction. prices are still going up. >> brother that obama says domestic oil and gas production is the highest it has been in nine years. he also announced a clean energy plan this week in north carolina. >> what we are going to say is if you make a commitment to buy more advanced vehicles for your community, whether they run on electricity, biofuels, or natural -- natural gas, we will help you cut through the red tape and build filling stations nearby. >> after months of anticipation, apple finally unveiled the new version of the ipad. >> instead of being called the ipad3 or ipad hd, it is called the ipad. it will be a little thicker and heavier than the ipad2. the new ipad will cost the same. it stores in little over a week on march 16. the new ipad is also this week's facebook giveaway. go to w.j. 8 wjla.com/facebook. we will announce the winner tomorrow. >> are your kitchen appliances safe? a new report says consumer

secretary himself countered henry waxman's statement that supply does matter.ould be doing everything we can to unleash the energy potential here at home. my issue with the administration's energy policy they are hostile to fossil fuels. any reasonable individual will tell you, we're going to be a fossil fuel economy for some time to come. if that is the case, we explore and extract the energy, oil and gas from the ground. >> bret: they say production has gone up? >> i think production has gone up on private land. i would posit that is due to the policies that have been put into place prior to this administration because when this administration has come in, you can look at the difficulties that i have been hearing that have occurred in terms of permitting. on the public lands or spaces we in virginia are one of the only states on the east coast that has said we want to see deep sea drilling. administration is standing in wait and won't do it. >> bret: turning to politics. there are a number of primaries that are going to be tough because of redistricting. in i

it was joe barton, henry waxman, barney frank who was your college classmate and congressman baucus. everyone agreed that we should keep our jurisdiction because we did a really good job and because the uncertainty there was uncertainty particularly very early on. >> you were very diplomat and i understand where you're coming from. and i have very little to add to what the chairman has said except the following. first of all, with respect to the people who have gone over there, who brought our principal pre-2008 case that yielded consumers millions and millions of dollars went over to head up the cfpbs knew financial protection program. second, i would point out that the cfpb has exclusive jurisdiction over rule making, over fair debt collection practices. and it may make a rule which is broader than the one that we enforce under the fair debt collection practices act. we don't know. at the present time. the chairman is correct about that. but from my standpoint, it's folly in this limbo state that the cfpb is in except we know that it's got a lot of our people doing nonbank work and

we worked with a number of members of congress, people like rosa delauro, henry waxman, john dingell in the house. we worked with dick durbin, tom harkin. these are senators. we have worked with so many really caring and wonderful members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda, and even so it took a decade. so i share your frustration, but i also know that there are lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time we went to katrina. so a lot of times things can happen that really get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration and that's why i think many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in just a few minutes. golds borrow, north carolina, george, on our independent line, go ahead. caller: i work on a turkey factory farm for a short period of time. if people knew how the birds were treated.

we worked with a number of members of congress, people like rosa delauro, henry waxman, john dingell in the house, and big durbin, tom harkin -- dick durbin, tom harkin -- these are senators. we work with so many wonderful, caring members of congress who wanted to put food safety at the front of the congressional agenda. and even so, it took a decade. i share your frustration, but i also know there are also lots of important things happening here. during that time there was a major oil spill in the gulf coast that delayed things. there were also -- it was during that time that we went through katrina. a lot of times and things can happen that get in the way of people's best intentions. but i share your frustration, and that is why many of us are here in washington working every day to ensure that the best policies do advance. host: we have time for one more call. house coming in in just a few minutes. george, independent line. caller: i worked on a turkey farm one time and i cannot take a break if only people knew how those words were treated. there are so much hormones pumped into t