coming up next, senator jeff bingaman.we will be talking about the oil spill, climate change, and other energy issues. >> part of our live coverage today on the c-span network's includes former alaskan gov. palin speaking to the susan b. anthony list. our live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. at 1:00 p.m., the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce, tom donahue, speaks at the national press club. >> every weekend, book tv features 48 hours of nonfiction books. this weekend, "the reluctant spy." of the former cia officer talks about the agency before and after 9/11. finding the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> sunday, david cameron and nick clegg at their first news conference since forming the coalition government. sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on c- span. >> sending the united states against cyber attacks. saturday, homeland security deputy undersecretary philip reitinger. host: now joining us is the chairman of the senate energy committee, senator jeff bingaman, a democrat of new mexico. he is her

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host: senator jeff bingaman is our guest. the numbers are on the screen if you would like to talk about the oil spill, climate change, or other energy issues that we're facing in the u.s.. the first caller for senator caller: i have a couple of questions, if you can tolerate them. i worked in the industry -- energy industry and have for many years. my first part is actually about the possibility of assisting the renewable industry by some type of doctor model that might somehow have utilities to pursue the obligation of buying all renewable energy that is produced once they actually -- the local utility in hawaii, it appears from the language, it is actually not going to obligate themselves to buy it. in the end, it will be a renewable rflp. the most important thing right now is the oil spill. the emergency tools that should be in place, a friend of mine was a navy scientists to help stop the oil spill of the santa barbara and they used seepage tensts. the oil companies, even though they promised to be ready, at the really ne

chairman jeff bingaman on your screen. this is the third of their hearings on the oil spill, hearing this morning about the financial liabilities of offshore drilling. live coverage here on c-span. >> first, let me say that as you'll recall from last week, there is a requirement that the minerals management service act on exploration plans within 30 days under the outer continental shelf lands act. and that's the area where the cat goryl exclusions have been used. and cause that stat story requirement, exploration plans can continue to be improved but those do not allow for drilling. the drilling decision is a later decision under an a.p.d. there has been a special affirmative act to allow for drilling. as for the drilling, the department put a stop on processing new a.p.d. permits after april 20. >> specify a.p.d. for those of us who are not experts. >> application for permit to drill. >> all right. >> and they're basically two types of drilling permits, if you will. there is the initial a.p.d. that gives you the authorit

much of that credit goes to lamar alexander from tennessee, and jeff bingaman. i told lamar alexander if he can get 69 co-sponsors again and get a unanimous vote that i will nominate him for the nobel peace prize and special envoy to the mideast. he did yeoman work and i'm sure he'll do it again. this is a good bipartisan bill and should get a good bipartisan vote, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. hall: madam chair woman, i had a like to inquire if the gentleman has more speakers? mr. gordon: we have no more speakers, mr. hall. mr. hall: mr. chairman, madam chairman, i'd like simply to conclude by reiterating some key points about h.r. 5116, the america competes act of 2010. i've said on numerous occasions that we should support strengthening investments in basic research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, national investments in basic r&d and stem education, together with sound economy and sound economic policy form the

chairman jeff bingaman -- is beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern. we will have cameras there. among those will be the associated attorney general for the justice debarment, the national pollution fund center, the coast guard, the deputy secretary of the department of interior, also a panel with economics and risk assessment, a congressional research attorney, and a policy specialist. they are looking at it from several different angles. south carolina, steve on the independent line. caller: good morning. yes, about this oil spill in the gulf of mexico? i do not understand while the news coverage and all -- we have not seen anything about bp will pay a bounty on gallons of oil recovered. we see where they are skipping and up, putting it in bags, but where is the recovery center at to where you can turn the oil in and collect a bounty on it? if they would do that, there would not be a drop of oil on the water down their, if they would pay for what people get up. there will not volunteer to come in and scoop up, but they're not showing what they are doing with that goo that they'

ended up not only with those you see from the state of louisiana, but in addition we have senator jeff bingaman, who is the chairman of the energy committee, senator lazy mccows can i from alaska, and senator white house of rhode island. the reason we came here is to see first hand what has happened. after seeing it and listening in that hall to the men and women whose lives have been affected, that i have come away with a new feeling about bp. bp in my mind no longer stands for british terrell yum. it stands for beyond patience. people have been waiting for 34 days for british petroleum to cap this well and stop this damage that is happening across the gulf of mexico. there are options and alternatives we have heard, but what we have heard from this administration is that telling bp excuses don't count. stop the damage. when i listen to the oystermen, fishermen. some of them were emotional. they were talking about their ways of lives, their families, businesses they have had for generations that are at stake here and now. now i've seep something like this before. 21 years ago i went up to see

we ended up with those in louisiana and jeff bingaman, lisa murkowski, and senator white house from rhode island. we came here to see firsthand what was happening. i have come away with a new feeling about bp. bp, in my mind, it no longer stands for british petroleum, it stands for beyond patients. people had been waiting 34 days for british petroleum to cap this well and stop the damage that is happening across the gulf of mexico. . . that is what is wrong with this situation. we never should have been where we are today. the in ministers and look continue to put pressure on bp -- the administration will continue to put pressure on bp to do what they should. bp is who should foot the bill here for their mistake and they're accident, and the damage they have caused. it is my honor to introduce my colleague and friend, senator mary landrieu. >> senator durbin is going to be a strong ally to all of us in louisiana and the gulf coast as we fight for justice and fairness in this situation. secretary salazar has been an extraordinary leader. secretary napolitano, as the commander of this situa