independence (202)748-8002 john curtis a member of the energy and commerce committee 118th congress.committee on energy climate and grid security what is grid security and where the sings group together? >> first of all as far as climate and energy is trying to point you cannot separate climate from energy. the two are connected that's why she has included that grid security everyone will tape we don't have a secure reliable grid none of this matters the energy site and the claimant side. we've got to have a grid far more resilient. far more efficient than what we currentlye have. >> it comes to the grid what is keeping us from being efficient same thing permitting reform with republicans and democrats. don't hurt your energy goal is, committee reformers in the way it. unless we can work that out what were going to on the energy side the claimant side. >> the permitting process, what is that? how long did it generally take? how many agencies are involved in energy committing process? >> are a lot of layers depends what you're to do. in my district we have about 90% federal lands. jus

john curtis, the ollin: fullness of time. john curtis, the polling guru _ fullness of time.f time. john curtis, the polling guru has told the - fullness of time. john curtis, the polling guru has told the sun, i fullness of time. john curtis, the j polling guru has told the sun, he reckons the departure of nicola sturgeon might starmer a majority in 2025. it is a gift for labour, isn't it? , ,:, 2025. it is a gift for labour, isn't it? , :, :, it? the first poll on the back of nicola's announcement - it? the first poll on the back of nicola's announcement she i it? the first poll on the back of. nicola's announcement she would it? the first poll on the back of- nicola's announcement she would be leaving _ nicola's announcement she would be leaving office showed that the snp was 43% _ leaving office showed that the snp was 43% a little bit down from 2019. the labour— was 43% a little bit down from 2019. the labour party has replaced the conservatives in second place in scotland — conservatives in second place in scotland. many unionists want to think— scotland. many unionists

i greatly admire, professor sir john curtis , who i professor sir john curtis, who i always describes, pollster and very he is joining me from pollsters, pollster and very he isjoining me from his pollsters, pollster and very he is joining me from his home. and thanks, john, for breaking your weekend to share some time with us.cani weekend to share some time with us. can i start with a couple of quick ones on the pledges speech of the new year, turn to the new year from the prime minister and the mission statement. now the leader of the opposition . are we leader of the opposition. are we in an era of blind leadership and this is not really the stuff of clear blue water or embracing the white hot heat of the technological revolution or labour isn't working all that kind of stuff. this is very neutral vanilla stuff . yeah, neutral vanilla stuff. yeah, there are two aspects to it that i would agree with you that give it that flavour. one is the fact that i think under rishi sunak, the conservatives are edging a little bit towards the centre , little bit towards the centre, least on eco

well, let's make some sense of it with the legendary john curtis professor of politics at strathclydersity who joins me now. and john, is it surprising that conservative party just hasn't been to budge from this low teens position that they've remained in for the last four months? well, of course, we have to remember that mr. sunak did come into office with a very, very difficult and economic legacy . political legacy, of legacy. political legacy, of course, was the fallout from the liz truss administration did substantial damage to the conservatives reputation for including not least in the economy . meanwhile, on the economy. meanwhile, on the economy. meanwhile, on the economy itself, of course, mr. sunak finds himself in a situation where we have very high levels of spending, but pubuc high levels of spending, but public services are not working , not least the health service we also have high levels of taxation makes many conservative mps deeply unhappy . i mean, mps deeply unhappy. i mean, while although perhaps recession is not now going to be quite as bad as we anticipated, we

i think make of john curtis's analysis of tso flawed because i think make of john curtis's analysis ofall1ink make of john curtis's analysis of tso flawed because all this it's so flawed because all this whole thing how she dealt whole thing about how she dealt with lockdown better than boris did blows my mind. this is a woman that wore a mask, even though all science said though all the science said don't a mask. this the don't wear a mask. this is the woman that would talk to even woman that i would talk to even wearing them. she even more wearing them. she was even more than the woman that, as i than just the woman that, as i said, cut off doors in schools. she schools. i think she shut down schools. i think she with it horribly . and she dealt with it horribly. and it shows you the spin of it just shows you the spin of the people in the media that want to make her look good in it. she was far worse. and actually because of her and because the things because of the fact, the things that because we had that she did, we because we had weak leaders ourselves , ended up weak leaders our

acres of public land in emery county, southern utah, crafted that primarily by republic congressman john curtis, not long after trump had shrunk to nearby bears ears. another component of the 2019 bill ended, congress's 55 year old practice of of requiring of putting an expiration date on something called the land and water conservation fund. this is something that congress enacted in 1964 which produces stream of revenue for acquiring for state, local and the national governments to more land in the public ownership for conservation and recreation. as a result of that, 290 2019 legislation, the l.a. art of conservation fund does not have to be renewed periodically. it's now permanent. the next year, trump signed into law something called the great american act. it made it even a strong bipartisan support. it made an even more important change in the and water conservation fund because since 1964, congress had insisted that as the revenue accrued in this fund, congress each year had to decide how much gets out of it in 2020. with strong, bipartisan support, congress it a true revolving fund so

we've got to talk now to sir john curtis, who ireland.rtis, who is a great polling. a great polling , great polling. a great polling, sir john, if i can talk to you first of all, about the northern ireland agreement, joe to john coats, of course, is professor of politics at university. strathclyde, important strathclyde, how important is this for sunak to get this for rishi sunak to get a deal across the line if deal across the line even if it's at expense of a tory it's at the expense of a tory rebellion which some his hardline brexiteers ? well, given hardline brexiteers? well, given that the uk wide public begun to express some doubt how effectively brexit is operating. i the advantage on this side of the irish sea of a deal being doneis the irish sea of a deal being done is that it would give pubuc done is that it would give public perhaps some impression that indeed mr. johnson's supposedly opinion ready brexit has now finally been baked and taken out of the offer and therefore some progress has been made on developing relationships

dot uk right now i'm joined now by the professor politics at strathclyde university, sir john curtis,an who knows thing about all sorts of opinion polls and people and politicians. john, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. first of all, why names isn't there around in scotland ? i don't know around in scotland? i don't know how familiar most people are with them. i don't think we are at all. do you have any thoughts on who looks like a really good runner in this race to succeed nicola sturgeon? yeah, let's give you a quick guide to the one who embodies is for those of your viewers living south of the border. kate forbes is , border. kate forbes is, currently the finance secretary in scotland. she's only 32. she's raised in they had a baby daughter , but has long been daughter, but has long been widely tipped as a potential successor ever since. back in february 20, she got promoted to finance secretary 24 hours before having to present a budget because her predecessor was forced to resign in disgrace and she managed to survive that test. well, for. also angus robertson .