walter isaacson's steve jobs. >> guest: oh yes. i enjoyed reading that. i started it two or three days after the publication date and for whatever reason i read nonfiction more slowly than i do fiction in large part because there is such a tremendous amount to absorbers. walter isaacson talked to steve jobs several times including the last interview in august, just weeks before his death in october. so the portrait that he creates -- painted of steve jobs is a tremendously complicated one. this is not a guy who was about roses and puppies by any stretch of the imagination. he was driven. he could be brutal. he would be tremendously demanding. one could argue that that type of driven personality produces results. all you have to do is look at how many people carry around their iphones or ipads or type on mac -- apple certainly after steve jobs came back in the late 90s became a force to be reckoned with. a fascinating portrait of this very driven man who turned around the company and made it so much it's done and then there is this park where he and steve

he directed several interviews to walter isaacson, and he also had said basically that he wasn't going to fight him on any unflattering portraits. he wanted he essentially, i believe the quote was "i want my kids to get to know me." he wanted his children to get to know him as he truly was so they could understand some of the decisions he made in order to perhaps stay much leader of the office or spend that much time turning apple into the juggernaut that is. it certainly accomplishes that i believe. >> host: well, viking had a biography of him by the late manning and mirabel. "now mix." sarah weinman? >> guest: that's right. mirabel had been working on this about a decade of not more and unfortunately he passed away just days before the biographies publication date. whether that influenced coverage is not for me to say, but when the biography was released it did receive great reviews and also some controversy because it did put forward some additional or alternate fees' as to what really happened to malcolm x when he was assassinated in 1965. but certainly it was a finalist for the na

remember adam isaacson?n get you brand-new mustangs all day long. >> he was arrested and taken to police headquarters. and we asked him if he wanted to see the tape of his appearance in the storefront. >> i have got some video from that investigation, adam, and i would like you to take a look if that's all right with you. >> sure, man. >> i showed him video of himself bragging about a car that was stolen from the daughter of a judge. >> this car apparently belonged to the daughter of a judge? >> i didn't know until months later. >> it's apparently my new sentencing judge. >> how do you suppose this will play in front of your sentencing judge, you talking about having position of her daughter's car. >> she is going to [ bleep ] fry me. >> that's not going to go over well, i'm thinking? >> no, it's not. >> like everybody else caught in the sting, he is clearly upset. >> i will die in prison. >> because? >> you guys are going to put this on tape and everything else, it don't matter. >> why would somebody come a

guess american capitalism ultimately, to. >> how much cooperation did steve jobs give to walter isaacson in that book? and original publication date was moved up from march 2012, wasn't it? >> yes, it was. i think it was originally moved up to the end of the year, and then when it became very clear that steve jobs is health was not good, it was also moved up again i think a couple of days after his death. what's interesting, too, is that even though it's clearly been selling tremendously well thomas simon and schuster has not released sales figures, i didn't tend to ask them several times why this was the case that they just felt that it was not and their own interest to do so. that it's very clear that it is selling tremendously well. and yet jobs did cooperative he granted several interviews to walter isaacson, and he also had said basically that he wasn't going to fight him on any unflattering portraits. he wanted essentially, i believe the quote was i wanted my kids to know me. and by that it could be inferred he want his children to know him as he truly was and didn't understand som

and in many parts of the world walter isaacson has been at this for a while. that only ed distinguish journalist stifel and now the president and ceo of the aspen institute it will mark the 20th anniversary of his first major biography of henry a. kissinger that adds albert einstein and now steve jobs we talked a few days ago about opening this evening was something special featuring items from our land our collection and he will introduce them. they are neatly dressed in their black comex. [laughter] they have sneakers on. we have 3,000 items in our collection from apple one of the largest collections of its kind. after he died when we were looking through the collection we discovered something amazing. it was a videotape made in 1980 of a 25 year-old steve jobs making a 22 minute presentation at stanford on the roots of apple in his vision for the company. we have digitize that to put it on our website at computer history.org gingrey will play about two minutes of it tonight and i hope you'll be as amazed as we were when you see it. [inaudible] retook some p

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who didn't know much of his personal life because he wasn't very open about it, i think the walter isaacson book will open up a lot of who steve jobs was, the good, the bad and the ugly. but he was a fan of yours and it doesn't surprise me because innovators respect and love innovators. tell me about your friendship with steve jobs and why you were asked to perform. >> i can't quite explain that. i mean, because he's a big hero of mine, my whole family, because, you know, apples and mcintosh's came into our house and never left. and i think -- and i really looked up to him as as role model for this kind of way of thinking that, in a way, combines -- so, as an innovator or technologist, but the design element of what -- that is not necessarily innately organic is so part of him. i think he went to the edge with the aesthetic sense. people say it was his trip to india or calligraphy class he audited, or looking at the design of braun products that were so beautiful, wherever that aesthetic sense came from, that push to try and find simplicity and beauty in a new way of thinking that was enabl

jobs is more popular in print than online. amazon.com today said the hardback version of walter isaacson's biography of steve jobs was its top selling book in print this year. the bio only clocked in at number three on its list of e-book top sellers. the stats are impressive either way, since the book only went on sale at the end of october. and tom, amazon could soon top its own list. little, brown and company has signed writer brad stone for a book on the spectacular rise of the retail giant. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for monday, december 5. we want to remind you this is the time of year your public television station seeks your support... >> tom: ...support that makes programs like "nightly business report" possible. >> susie: thanks for joining us, and don't forget to support your public television station. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone. you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. good night, everyone. i'm tom hudson. we'll see all of you again tomorrow evening. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access

american capitalism ultimately too. >> host: how much cooperation did steve jobs give to walter isaacson in the up look and the original publication date was moved up from march of 2012 wasn't it? >> guest: yes it was. i think it was originally moved up to the end of the year and then when it became very clear that jobs' health was not good, it was moved up again i think a couple of days after jobs' death. what is interesting too is that even though it has clearly been selling tremendously well, simon & shuster has not released sales figures. i did attempt to ask them several times why this was the case but they just felt that it was not in their best interest to do so. but it's very clear that it's selling tremendously well and yes jobs did corporate. he granted several interviews to isakson, and he also had said basically that he wasn't going to fight him on any unflattering portraits that emerged. he wanted a essentially, i believe that quote was i wanted my kids know me and by that it could ensure that he wanted his children to know him as he truly was so they can understand some of

meanwhile, georgia senator, johnnie isaacson, outlining his for 2012. saying the number one goal easier to create small businesses by tax reform, slashing government regulations and energy security and urging fellow lawmakers to put the economy ahead of next year's elections and get back people work. i'll tend you back to cavuto on business, thanks for keeping it on fox. >> three days until the big day in iowa, who are you going to watch? >> cavuto of course. on the fox business network, with special guest herman cain. iowa's governor and president obama's former economic advisor and republican congressman alan west and the donald himself. >> tuesday night 8 eastern, wait a minute, if you don't get fbn-- >> demand it! >> a new year and a new fee for president obama's health care law come january 1st, health insurance plans will pay a research fee as part of a plan to figure out what treatments work best for patients and matt, you say there's more evidence that this obama care thing is going to cost us so much money and give us less health care. >> yes,

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chris: such a convergence of steve jobs passing away and big book by isaacson, and our friend, this is the year it popped. of course, last year was the aaron sorkin movie. next award i love this every year, chutzpa award prize. nominees are -- how can we miss them, donald trump demanding the president's birth certificate. >> why doesn't he show his birth certificate? it's outrageous chris: it is outrageous. or newt gingrich's incredible explanation for his affairs? >> the times in my life partially driven by -- by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate. chris: there was, of course, self-destruction of charlie sheen. here's a sampling. >> i picked a fight with a warlock. tiger blood, wow, winning. chris: maybe king of chutzpa. what a competition this has been. was it a man? maybe a machine? a computer called watson went on "jeopardy!" tv show and beat the two best human contestants of all time. >> bram stoker is what we're looking for and we find who is stoker? i for one welcome our new computer. ch

>> i really want to acknowledge the role of senator alexander and isaacson. senator alexander is a valuable member of this community and the committee as a former governor in tennessee, the president of the university. he has firsthand knowledge in terms of how did you run states and universities to prevent this kind of stuff? so i want to thank him and senator isaacson as a longstanding advocacy in this area and has worked with senator boxer and their aggressive wait a step forward when we knew that the peace corps volunteers had been accused and then were abused by the peace corps for the failure to take action to protect them. sounds familiar. so you've got a good panel here and one of the best is senator let me turn to you for your question and then senator kc-10 satchel blumenthal and then i will wrapup. >> thank you, chairman. very quickly, and i'm going to repeat something i heard you say but i want to make sure that i'm right. if greater had laws had been in place, that wouldn't necessarily solve your problem, what it? >> not necessarily. greater law.

>> i really want to acknowledge the role of senator alexander and isaacson. senator alexander is a valuable member of this community and the committee as a former governor in tennessee, the president of the university. he has firsthand knowledge in terms of how did you run states and universities to prevent this kind of stuff? so i want to thank him and senator isaacson as a longstanding advocacy in this area and has worked with senator boxer and their aggressive wait a step forward when we knew that the peace corps volunteers had been accused and then were abused by the peace corps for the failure to take action to protect them. sounds familiar. so you've got a good panel here and one of the best is senator let me turn to you for your question and then senator kc-10 satchel blumenthal and then i will wrapup. >> thank you, chairman. very quickly, and i'm going to repeat something i heard you say but i want to make sure that i'm right. if greater had laws had been in place, that wouldn't necessarily solve your problem, what it? >> not necessarily. greater law.

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. >> he thought he was going to get it according to the walter isaacson biography.ear you picked mark zuckerberg of facebook so, you're saying it helps to be alive to be in contention for this award? >> yes. well, we've actually never in our history chosen someone who wasn't alive as person of the year. in fact, you know, speaking of the protester, we had thought about choosing someone who had died, and that would have been the young man in -- the young tunisian food seller who set himself afire and started this worldwide movement. but in the end, i thought the protester was more powerful. in the end, i thought in the case of steve jobs it would have been more like a lifetime achievement award rather than the person who really did influence events most during the past year. >> rick, i've got about half a minute. but you also list the runners-up, and one of them was kate middleton. without any knock on the royal family, i have to ask you, really? if this is acknowledging of somebody who changed the world. >> well, we're trying to, you know, have an interesting buffet

walter isaacson who's written a wonderful book about steve jobs and i were talking yesterday about the publishing business and he said something i haven't thought about. he said ali bayh and print copies of books because i know they will survive and i want my children and grandchildren to see them in print forever. i don't know what happens to the electronic books that i buy. why be able to retrieve those, like the attention of the archival way of those books, so i think that is what is next. morris by the way, talk about him in the book of the contracts of robert mcnamara, he's a brilliant documentarian it is a national treasure quite honestly. >> thank you after a much. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> after 90 minutes they will be impatient. >> a couple of good questions. >> i hope to have answers. no questions? i think we have been at this for 90 minutes so you've probably heard everything need to hear from me. coed. >> thank you so much for being year and for sharing your work that was very inspiring. i would particularly interested in your description of the collaborative e

and in many parts of the world walter isaacson has been at this for a while. that only ed distinguish journalist stifel and now the president and ceo of the aspen institute it will mark the 20th anniversary of his first major biography of henry a. kissinger that adds albert einstein and now steve jobs we talked a few days ago about opening this evening was something special featuring items from our land our collection and he will introduce them. they are neatly dressed in their black comex. [laughter] they have sneakers on. we have 3,000 items in our collection from apple one of the largest collections of its kind. after he died when we were looking through the collection we discovered something amazing. it was a videotape made in 1980 of a 25 year-old steve jobs making a 22 minute presentation at stanford on the roots of apple in his vision for the company. we have digitize that to put it on our website at computer history.org gingrey will play about two minutes of it tonight and i hope you'll be as amazed as we were when you see it. [inaudible] retook some p

>> i really want to acknowledge the role of senator alexander and isaacson. senator alexander is a valuable member of this community and the committee as a former governor in tennessee, the president of the university. he has firsthand knowledge in terms of how did you run states and universities to prevent this kind of stuff? so i want to thank him and senator isaacson as a longstanding advocacy in this area and has worked with senator boxer and their aggressive wait a step forward when we knew that the peace corps volunteers had been accused and then were abused by the peace corps for the failure to take action to protect them. sounds familiar. so you've got a good panel here and one of the best is senator let me turn to you for your question and then senator kc-10 satchel blumenthal and then i will wrapup. >> thank you chairman. very quickly, and i'm going to repeat something i heard you say but i want to make sure that i'm right. if greater had laws had been in place, that wouldn't necessarily solve your problem what it? >> not necessarily. greater law. i

senator isaacson. >> undersecretary sherman there have been expressions of administration about the kwpbs of oil prices with the passage of this. i have heard testimony about the concerns of what it might do to other countries that have banking relationships with iran that are friends of ours. are we measuring what the consequence of an iranian test might do to the world stability or oil prices or what a nuclear incident in the straits of hormuz might do? i know the concern that i have and i really only speak for myself but i think i'm expecting for the people of georgia. it seems like the sand in the hour glass is running out. we don't know when but there is no question thated a medicine jed and -- that ahmadinejad and the iranians would use material against israel or somebody in the middle east. th that is a calculation that must be paramount of how we deal with iran. that is why it is important we send the legislative message from the congress of the united states that the time is running out on iran as well. i would like you to respond to that as well. >> senator, we share the sense o

walter isaacson has written a book about steve jobs and we were talking about the publishing businessnd he said something i hadn't thought about. he said i am buying print copies of books because i know they'll survive and i want my children and grandchildren to see them in print form. i don't know what happens to the electronic books that i am buying. will i be able re-read those and will i pay attention in the archival way of those books? so i think that's interesting. edward morris by the way -- i talk about him in the book in the context of robert mcnamara, he's a brilliant dock marion, i thought fog of war is a national treasure. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. >> after 90 minutes they're going to be impatient. >> a couple of good questions. can we bring -- >> if you have answers. no questions? i think we've been at this at 90 minutes. you've probably heard everything you need to hear from me, go ahead. >> hi, mr. brokaw, thank you so much for being here and for sharing your words. i was very inspired. i was particularly interested in your description of the coll

walter isaacson had written this wonderful book about steve jobs.d something i hadn't thought about. he said i am buying print copies of books because i know they will survive and i want my children and grandchildren to see them in print form. i don't know what happens to the electronic books. will i be able to retrieve those? will i pay attention in the archive away of those books? i think -- carol morris by the way, i can't recommend this book, in the context of robert mcnamara, he's a brilliant documentary. >> thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> a couple of good questions. can we bring up a microphone? >> no questions? i think we been at this for 90 minutes so your primary everything you need to hear from me. go ahead. >> ago i had. >> thank you so much for being here and for sharing your words. i was very inspired. i would particularly interested in your description of the collaborative environment in which you were raised professionally, the mentors, and as someone here who is not experiencing the same kind of cultivatio

senator isaacson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. undersecretary sherman, there are concerns about oil prices with passage with this amendment. i've heard just what a today about concerns about what it might do to other countries that have banking relationships with iran that are friends of ours. are we aware of what an iranian nuclear test might do to stability or to oil prices or what an incident in the straits of hormuz might do? are we calculating that? i know the concern i have and i only really speak for myself, but i think i am speaking for the people of georgia. it seems like the sands in the hourglass are running out. we do not know when, but there's no question that ahmadinejad and the iranians, if given the material, probably would use that material in a nefarious way against israel or someone in the middle east. that is a calculation that has to be paramount in terms of how we deal with iran. that is why i think it is so important that we send a legislative message to the congress and the united states that time is runnin

after him it is in order of arrival is to give people -- i don't know if cetera isaacson is coming backnators. >> will sibila test questions. >> yes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i have to teach encroach year. >> it's too late. >> do you remember when you came in. >> i just came in. >> it's under control. okay. are we of kiddy go? >> thank you, mr. chairman they do for being here today. that me ask for a minute about mobile broadband. retouching and that just a minute ago. as you know, the broad band competition report does not include mobil broadband when it shows spilled out, which suggests that we have problems in areas that we might not if you count mobile broadbent. a few years ago there was not a lot of capacity in the mobile market for broadband. now we are for jeep. i am sure we will be at five or $0.6, and a suspected some point we will have a stronger -- well, through mobile we will be allowed to get just about anything we need, but do you consider wireless broadband to be part of our broadband system, and the ticket should be included in the broad band competition. >> repor

elliott as well as jamie miller and walter isaacson for partnership in recent years in convening some of the best thinkers to discuss how we can continue to foster innovation and economic growth. we also are grateful to pbs, new power for its hard traditions over the years and helping guide these today in several locations in the past. as you know intel is both a technology company and a manufacturing company. about three-quarters of our investment in in manufacturing and r&d and half of our employees are here in the united states. more than three-quarters of the demand for our products are outside the united states. we expect that share to continue with the increasing rapid growth of emerging market economies. with 95% of the world's consumers living outside the united states, the growth of the developing world presents a major economic opportunity for the united states today and the secretary clinton said earlier this year, 1000 opportunities tomorrow. at the growth of the developing world. presents challenges. today's event is about innovation and economic growth with a special foc

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome may in joining walter isaacson. [applause] >> how great it is to be here. what a wonderful place. can i give a shout out to steve? [applause] all history is here. totally intimidating me because i will keep looking over they will be nine dain collor shaking their head. [laughter] >> this is the silicon valley crowd. they will not be that polite. [laughter] >>host: we're so happy to have you here. let me ask you about your very, very first meeting with steve jobs. 1984. you describe yourself as the editor he comes to near to demonstrate the macintosh. >> you can see both sides of steve. absolutely passionate side because there he is with the original mac it is sitting there almost looked like it is smiling at you he shows you how thin that strip is it is not the third -- neanderthal and you can tell he is passionate about every pixel he is also curious that "time" magazine that we're not nearly as good as "newsweek" somebody had written a horrible story had written about him and i saw the petulant cited that is when

then more of a key issue with georgia republican senator john the isaacson. after that, bernie decker of the hill discusses yesterday's announcement by the postal service that it needs to reduce service to cut costs. plus, your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. washington journal live tuesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> pay a dollar an hour, have no health care, and the most expensive single element, no environmental controls, no pollution controls and no retirement and you don't care about anything but making money. there will be a job sucking sound going south. >> prospero's book of about trade issues during the 1992 presidential debate. the billionaire businessman made two attempts for the presidency, the first time getting over 19 million votes, more popular votes than any third-party candidate in american history, and although he lost he had a lasting influence on american politics, our final candid it's on the c-span 14 we series, the contenders, line friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. to preview other video and to see all the programs in our series g

. >> thanks to you and bob and walter isaacson and the aspen institute for sponsoring this because this conversation is absolutely essentials. my point in that speech is that if we didn't know already that defense of the 2008 and the follow-on consequences should have taught us that the economic means, the forces of the global economy are going to perhaps more dramatically than in previous times in history shape how the world as organized, who is leading it and for what purposes. what we try to do on the state department is to demonstrate clearly the economic statecraft is and the essentials part of american diplomacy and we want to use all of the tools and the forces of the global economy harnessed with our diplomacy on behalf of america's interests and values and on behalf of the job creation that we need here at home. so our goal is to firmly anchored economic work and not just the traditional state department role of commercial diplomacy which had been around a long time. we have a thousand economic officers around the world, 300 people here in the state department to read we do bus

also, walter isaacson on his best-selling biography of apple co-founder steve jobs. that is saturday night at 8:00 and sunday at 10:00 p.m. in "after words" robert guest argues cheap travel and internet helps immigrants stay in touch with their home countries and it fosters innovation and economic growth worldwide. watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen is senator tom coburn, republican from oklahoma and member of the senate finance committee. before we began some the discussion of the budget issues, we just chatted with our viewers about the ntsb's proposed nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving. guest: i think two things. first of all, it is not the federal government's role, it is the state's role. i think it is a correct decision -- unless you have totally handsfree, everyone who has done that has experienced a near miss or a problem. we do not have the capability. but it is not the role of the federal government but of the state governments. that is part of our problem. we have this tremendously la

your on with johnny isaacson of georgia. -- isakson. caller: [inaudible] it seems to me they should take the money out of their own pockets --[inaudible] what about the people they are supposed to be representing? i have been a republican for years. guest: the gentleman is right, it is a shared responsibility. i do not think i have tried to cast blame on either side one way or another, but i would caution the gentleman to do this. at 75 years of age he has a lot of accumulated wisdom of lot of americans do not have. i hope he will go to the polls and vote, because that is what is most important. is anotherost: there proposal in the senate. one is from clear the casco of missouri -- claire mccaskill of missouri. it would provide additional money for highways, bridges, and other jobs-creating transportation projects. it would be offset with an excess of 1 million per year. could you support that? guest: that is something that is new to me, so i will not say anything but to say it makes a lot of sense. highways and infrastructures to creat

senator isaacson and i worked together to prevent violence in the peace corps and all of you support us in that endeavor. so a lot of our involvement stems from something. he had a constituent and he took that issue to heart. in may of 1997, a california 7-year-old from los angeles was molested and killed in a nevada casino bathroom. the assailant's friend witnessed the molestation and learned of the murder. he didn't do one thing to stop it and he never reported it. so that moved me in 98 to introduce legislation that deals with reporting requirements. nothing happened. in the meantime, unreported cases of child abuse occurred at educational institutions, religious institutions, day care centers, and interestingly on federal land and property. the worst part of the failure to report these horrific crimes is allowed the serial killers to go on and on and on to pray on more and more defenseless children. so it is time to protect children nationwide. in '94 we can together to pass the violence against children act. sorry. slip. i want that to happen next. the violence against women act

. >> steve jobs and isaacson book, jobs makes the point or suggested he made the point that presidentlenges he faces is when he builds plants in asia that you have 25,000 to 30,000 engineers at work in and around his plants. he says in asia, these people are trained ph.d. engineers, they have the basic training. you don't hear any of these candidates talking about the next generation of jobs. i'm give rahm emanuel some credit. he's doing interesting things in chicago to try to provide people with the skill set for the next generation of middle class jobs. no one on the republican side is talking about obama's answers to infrastructure spending and building which is an important point, but he's not articulated in a clear, powerful way yet. >> is it a fair question, joe? because clearly if it was so easy to come up with a jobs plan that was purely effective and put this country back on track, that would be done. isn't it somebody who can galvanize a team that can compete with the team that's in place right now and has energy and the philosophy and the sense of innovation and the self-aw

he is followed by the republican weekly address by georgia senator johnny isaacson, who also talked about party's agenda to create jobs in the new year. >> hello, everybody. as 2011 comes to an end and we look ahead to 2012, i want to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year. the last year has been a time of great challenge and great progress for our country. we ended one war and began to wind down another. we dealt a crippling blow to al-qaeda and made america more secure. we stood by our friends and allies around the world through natural disasters and revolutions. and we began to see signs of economic recovery here at home, even as too many americans are still struggling to get ahead. there's no doubt that 2012 will bring even more change. and as we head into the new year, i'm hopeful that we have what it takes to face that change and come out even stronger -- to grow our economy, create more jobs, and strengthen the middle class. i'm hopeful because of what we saw right before christmas, when members of congress came together to prevent a tax hike for 160 million americans -- saving

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let me mention and recognize urkowsky, isaacson, others have come.perhaps they will also want to speak. i have been working on this since i was governor of north dakota. most of you are aware that there is a keystone pipeline that runs from north dakota and read all the way down to illinois region and runs all the way down to illinois. -- and runs all the way down to illinois. this would run down the western border of north dakota all the way to the refineries along the gulf coast. it is a 1,700 mile pipeline. this legislation addresses the concerns that have been raised. this is about solving the challenges and meeting the concerns and moving forward on a project that is very important to this country both in terms of job creation. more than 20,000 jobs are created immediately. potentially 250,000 jobs are created with the spinoff effects. we need the jobs to get our economy going and it reduces our dependence on oil from the middle east. it is about energy security. also the way we structured this legislation is about making sure we met the environ