host: congressman john curtis, republican of utah. he is a member of the energy and commerce committee, and the chair of this conservative climate caucus. you can find more information if you go to curtis.house.gov.

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host: congressman john curtis, republican of utah.ember of the energy and commerce committee, and the chair of this conservative climate caucus. you can find more information if you go to curtis.house.gov. thank you, sir. house gaveling in early for their legislative session. we bring you that now. live coverage.

later, republican representative john curtis of utah talks about energy policy and the u.s. economy. as always. you can join the conversation by phone, text message, facebook or twitter. "washington journal" is next. >> in the coming weeks, i'm going to use the power i have as president to turn these words into formal, official government action through the appropriate proclamations and regulatory power that a president possesses. ♪ host: with more than 60 million americans expected to endure triple digit heat in the coming days, president biden said yesterday, it is time to act on climate change saying he will go out alone for now. this morning, we want to know, do you support or oppose what the president wants to do? if you

host: we are joined this morning by congressman john curtis, republican of utah. you are the chair of the conservative climate caucus. what is that? guest: >> let's talk about the abundance of energy here in the united states and how much cleaner it is than other places in the world. for instance, u.s. natural gas is 40% cleaner than russian natural gas. so we could dramatically reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by replacing russian natural gas with u.s. natural gas. coal burned in china with u.s. natural gas. improve the u.s. economy and improve greenhouse gas emissions. host: are you saying more drill, more fracking? guest: i want to be careful. i know we're sometimes branded as drill, baby, drill. but what we're saying is look, right now, based on resources, based on innovation, based on demand, fossil fuels are very important part of world energy needs. and if the world is going to consume fossil fuel which they are, why not produce them here in the united states where we do it cleaner, where we do it safer, where we do it better than anywhere else in

congressman john curtis, said in a statement.y striking, given church lauderdale saints views on this issue and the position of so many from that state, top four republican congressman from utah, voting with you, and i am just curious how that makes you feel? what that says to you? >> it speaks to the progress that we have made as a society. and it also speaks to what happens when you force a vote on broadly popular things. the stuff that democrats hear about and the economy that works for everybody. protecting fundamental rights. of course, making sure that we still have a democracy moving forward, and to defeat fascism which is increasingly represented by the modern-day republican party. when you force boats like that, you start to pick up some republican support because they know that it is untenable to continue to oppose that by hiding behind the filibuster for example, if you talk about the united states senate, but we also know that progress must be fought for and protected. and we got to make sure that we continue to be la

okay, well let's bring in sir john curtis. now, who's the policy professor at the university of south clyde. he joined us from the french village of moore. say, thank you so much for your time. sir john, is it possible to say, is this the beginning of the end for boys something if we look at the numbers? well, it certainly looks as though it's going to be difficult for him to worry. the crucial thing now is even if no other cabinet minister resigns what happens in the election that's due to take place? i think it's next week ah, full of the offices of the 9 to trends, to commit to that sleep. rob the organization that represents conservative, but then choose. there was already expected to be an attempt to put in place in those positions. those who would be willing to constant plate holding a nother vote in less than 12 months you've just been talking about. there must not be an increase chance. that's an attempt to fill those posts with those who don't want boys. johnson will succeed. and there must not be an increase chance if

host: we are joined this morning by congressman john curtis, republican of utah. you are the chair of the conservative climate caucus. what is that?

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host: congressman john curtis, republican of utah. he is a member of the energy and commerce committee, and the chair of this conservative climate caucus. you can find more information if you go to curtis.house.gov. thank you, sir. house gaveling in early for their legislative session. we bring you that now. live coverage. i [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. lord, you are the author of our lives. the perfector of our faith. in you we see what we are called to do and what you want us to be. for you have shown us love when we have been anything but lovable. and mercy though we are not worthy. you have demonstrated compassion in our darkest moments an

largest happened in the 2nd congressional district and i'm the co-chair of the wildfire caucus with john curtis out of utah and worked closely and passed a bipartisan law as well as the president signing it and billions of dollars to doing that mitigation work that is happening in colorado thanks to that bill. 13 of my colleagues chose to join you us. look, we can disagree about the contours of this particular bill but what we captain disagree are the facts, gun ison, eagle county, city of aspen, carbondale, telluride, city after city, goos the great state of and vast majority support it, too. and i ask my colleagues to support it. >> pursuant to house resolution 1224. and the question is on the amendment. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it -- the gentleman from arkansas. >> i request the yeas and nays pursuant to section 3-1, the yeas and nays are ordered. further proceedings on this question are postponed. it is now to consider amendment number 456. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from colorado seek recognition? ms. degette: i have even amendment at the desk. t

country and on that video that curtis was reacting to and that you showed and we've talked a lot about on the show and i'm sure you'ver talked about it on your radio show as well, johnremember, l remember, this all started because the woman couldn't afford to pay foruldn a bag ofs potato chips and was angry that. he told her she needed to put the potato chips back and then she went and got her boyfriend o .ba that man was cornered and they tried to force sean five hundred thousand dollars in bail. eventually brought it down to two fifty . i think they voted against a fifty thousand. he's not they won't keepdy anybody in jail.l new york city if this is their s response to this,ea you shouldnt innsteen out of jail the first place. thank you both. sean hannity, nancy empire. three hundred and five hundred today the white house is aware that a tidal wave is about where's hunter? he's under federal investigation, suspected money laundering, illegal foreign lobbying. the story is not over yet. now george clooney is back with the hit series. who is otherwise taking into the scandal? they were just, you know, having to filming and doing the corruption. he was completely ign