i go to boys and girls club, and i am part of keystone, vice president, and i'm also youth leader for the tenderloin clubhouse. growing up in the tenderloin, i see a lot of homelessness, violence, and drug use, and i have a lot of friends and family members that died of violence and drug use, and most of them are high-school dropouts. i feel that a lot of programs in the tenderloin -- they really support youth to go to schools, and they just do good. i feel that if we take money out of programs like this, kids are not going to have a place to go. they are going to go to the streets and be exposed to the violence, the drugs, and the homelessness. [applause] and basically, i just feel that instead of spending money on things that stop people from doing that stuff, i feel like it should be put into schools and youth programs because that is what really keeps the youth -- and we are a people that is going to be the future. [applause] [applause] >> good evening, fellow citizens. thanks for your time. i am a muni drivers. i was born in san francisco, 1947. i still live here. the economic cr

best interests of the company and the stake worth twelve point eight billion dollars has become the keystone of the long running conflict between the two mining companies some media sources. will continue to receive income by dividend payers payouts from the world and they feel that holds the stake. on the news that russell has rejected be off the show as a result rose three point nine percent in hong kong. moving on and friday we'll see . orders need to decide the fate of the joint venture between b.p. and was snapped and she was size concluded the deal in january but forced to put it on hold after a rb russian partner in the joint venture to be claimed the deal violates its exclusive agreement with the british oil majors in a final bid to end the conflict. russian will venture heart owned by b.p. said it can raise the financing it may need to replace the british oil giant in an alliance with state run snatch all correspondent has the story. k. b.p. wants to pour the british out of the rosneft deal chief financial officer jonas to new york claims they can easily raise the eight billion doll

the keystone state's medicaid budget is strained and nearly 20% a year while the commonwealth general revenues have grown by just 3% a year. it is a trend that simply cannot continue, but one that will be unavoidable as long as inflexible federal rules guide state policies, end quote. in may 2010, kaiser family foundation reports on by 2019 pennsylvania's medicaid rolls may grow by an additional 682,880 people and may cost the state an additional $2.04 billion over the 2014, 201910. many governors, including governor of utah, governor barbour for mississippi with us today have already spoken out and ask health and human services to relieve them of some the restricted health care mandates, including the maintenance provisions. the responses they've received have not been encouraging. so i look forward to hearing from an assisted gamut of first-hand what the impacts for obamacare will be on the state and medicaid programs another state health programs. i'm also interested in hearing ideas to provide access to quality care for greater numbers of people while keeping costs under control.

and keystone excel is one example. across america there are hundreds of projects like it that could be advanced with good stewardship and responsible oversight if we resolve to do it and we create the climate to do it. today the united states, canada, and mexico combined produce 75% of the total oil that we need and we can do much more. our nation needs to send a signal to the energy markets that the united states is committed to a policy of aggressive domestic energy development by creating a strong business environment and a pro-energy agenda. including the legal tax and regulatory certainty that companies need in order to make the kinds of investments that will truly lessen our dependence on foreign oil. madam president, we are at a moment in our history when we can truly turn adversity into opportunity, potential into rea lorealot equipment i urge our ms to seize this opportunity to make america stronger, safer and financially secure with a comprehensive approach to truly develop american energy here at home to m

it began years ago in michigan with the keystone project. it spread across the country through the pronovost principles, and in rhode island we've really run with it. it has only been a few years, but the results, much like those reported by the c.d.c., are eye-opening. and i'll quantify this by saying that we began with very first-rate hospitals in rhode island. we are in that high-tech northeast corridor, we're near the boston medical centers. we are starting from a very high base of care in rhode island hospitals. but even from that good base, the collaborative recorded significant improvements in two types of deadly infections: central line bloodstream infections and pneumonia among patients on ventilators. the collaborative estimates that from 2007 june 2010, just over three years, the effort had saved 73 intensive care unit lives. 73 lives of intensive care unit patients. it eliminated the need for over 3,200 expensive hospital days and it saved hospitals, patients and insurers $11.5 million. this evidence underscores the potential for

the keystone of pipeline, which will provide access to canada, to the oil coming down from the midwest. that will tap a quarter of a billion barrels of -- a quarter of a billion barrels of oil a day. they need to come to the lower 48. i look forward with working with the committee to see if we can streamline the permitting process and increase the supply to put downward pressure on those prices that are impacting every business, farm, and household across the country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am the chairman of the help natural resources committee. the purpose of our committee is to utilize the tremendous resources we have on federal lands. federal lands were designed to be multiple use of lands. that includes commercial activity. we have tremendous resources under our jurisdiction on federal lands, on the continental shelf, and certainly in alaska. the known reserves we have are in excess of 160 billion barrels. unfortunately, this administration since they have taken charge have gone in a 180 degree direction away from these resources. right after president obama was elected and