headline this morning in "politico" says "costs would be less than $1 per day in the carried lieberman billepa studies show that the overall costs innthe global warming provision would cost on average $80 to $150 per year. this way we would not have diverges oil from foreign countries. the epa predicted industries that would pay $12 to $41 for allowances necessary for compliance with the bills rising to between $13.50 $9. the wide range reflects different modeling aspects, including helping to keep standing forests in developing countries." akron, ohio. independent line. jimmy? caller: you have asked some good questions. one of them is the cost fielded have stepped back in his speech last night. in independent. i voted for both republican and democratic presidents. what i wanted less lead was leadership. i got what i expected last night, it was like my house was on fire, the fire truck pulled3 he is going to put out the fire. he talked about raising my city taxes. the other caller said that he cannot get into specifics. but that is what he should have done. last night he failed to do this.

. -- kerry lieberman bill. there are a number of proposals, that is why senator lugar and carry both got calls. there have been ideas about increasing energy standards. the president met with business executives last week and whether questions was outcome money is not spent on research and development? the president will have a meeting next week here to work through that process going forward. >> the president supported the public option but he got 20% of+ what he wanted. >> i don't know why it would be pertinent to get into hypothetical at this point. go back to what he said and pittsburg a week and a half ago or in 2006 as a u.s. senator. his position on how to approach our energy policy comprehensively is fairly well known. >> what is bp getting as a result of the agreement? are they getting any agreement that they will not be found negligent? you said that they would use this with u.s. asset. >> they will provide assurances by setting aside 20 billion in u.s. assets. >> they have committed to 20 but they wi

the legislation is on the senate side now with senator kerrey and senator lieberman putting a bill out there. we will talk with simon lomax of bloomberg next to talk about where this stands and what is in these bills. first we want to show yet -- show you footage they c-span producer shot less life of a party in how louisiana with folks watching the president's -- shot last night that of a party in the vienna with folks watching the president's address. [unintelligible] >> mining is cooper. we are in venice, louisiana. >> this is your restaurant? >> yes, it is. me and my wife. >> my name is marlette cooper. >> we just watched the address. can you give me your reaction? >> he did not say no more than he did have time. he is saying me is in charge and he will do this and that. what happened today was very frustrating. it hurts to see the idea of trying to do something and save our coastline and you do not have enough of everything. some of it was soaked up, but we do not near have the equipment. >> the executive director of the louisiana promotion board. our underlying concern right now

and i would think joseph lieberman, merry land era -- mary landreau and bill nelson, for being here today. and i would like to thank all the witnesses were being here today. i want to thank you for helping us on the subcommittee to help the american people from knowing what is going on in the gulf coast. this is comprised solely of witnesses from louisiana. we had other is from mississippi, but because of a scheduling conflict, some of them would have to change their schedule and they were not able to attend. we are looking forward to hearing from all the witnesses. we will discuss the impact of the deep water horizon oil spill, to determine the effectiveness of several state and local response efforts. we have the size and scopee we are only beginning to comprehend this. and we are learning the lessons of this right now. we will focus on five main questions. the impact of the localities, and the outstanding needs. how does this impact the states and localities, with the early workings. this would make certain that those impacted would be able to survive the cleanup process. and how will

lieberman, landrieu, mccaskill, bureau he is, brown, ensign, as well as senator bill nelson for being here today, and i want to here and helping us on this g subcommittee and help the american public understand more about what is going on down on the gulf coast. i want to note that while our state and other panelists comprise louisiana. we had invited others from florida and mississippi, but because of scheduling conflicts, some have had to change their schedules and couudn't attend. we are looking forward to hearing from all of our witness. we are here to discuss the impact of the deep water horizon oil spill on the and determine the effectiveness of the joint federal, state and local response effort. we are over a month into this pragedy, and the size and the scope of that tragedy we are only now beginning to comprehend. we must begin learning the work to improve the process as we move forward. this hearing will focus on five questions. one, what is the true impact of the spill on states and localities, and what are their outstanding needs? two, what federal plans hhve been activate

the bill was introduced by senator joseph lieberman.it passed the senate by unanimous consent on october 13, 2009. s. 1510 makes long overdue change by transferring the personnel and pay authorities for the secret service's uniform division -- excuse me -- from the district of columbia code to the united states code. it creates a new salary table for the uniformed division and also provides the secret service with enhanced firing -- hiring flexibility. s. 1510 deals specifically with the secret service's uniformed division. there are approximately 1,300 uniformed division law enforcement officers who help protect the president, the white house, foreign dignitaries and mission officers. the uniformed division helps provide protective arrangements of the president and other foreign dig any nears at venues around the world. it was endorsed by the bush and obama administration in response to the ongoing concerns of recruitment and retention among the u.d. according to the secrettservice uniformed division is currently operating under a sala

colleague from connecticut, senator lieberman, senator menendez, senator kerry, senator shelby, bennett and lugar from the senate perspective who are part of drafting this bill along with our house conferees led by howard berman of california. i want to extend a special thank you to all of them for their leadership and also senator reid, the majority leader, senator mcconnell. none of this ever happens without the majority leader of the senate taking a leadership role and insisting that this matter move forward, that it be addressed before we break for the july fourth recess period coming up next week, and in the midst of all the other things we're involved in -- as my colleagues know, we have been involved in a very lengthy conference regarding financial reform, but i'm delighted to take some time out from that effort to address this particular proposal and urge our colleagues to be supportive of this proposal. i also want to support what i mentioned earlier, president obama's approach and appreciate his team's work in helping us approve this important legislation. i mentioned earlier our secretary of state and former colleague, we had extensive meetings wi

bill. and that's enough to carry renewable energy standard over the line. and then you have the eternal optimist of john kerry and joe lieberman, the price on carbon and some regulation will come out at the end. because the nation will see the light. it's hard to see a clear path to any of this. even including nothing happening. so because -- democrats rallied behind that kerry/lieberman approach yesterday. and harry reid is planning to load up or add the climate legislation, the energy legislation to the oil spill legislation. that is kind of considered must-pass, even though they don't know what it means. when i try to put it together, it makes my head hurt. and i am probably confusing you too. congress has to pass something on the oil spill. liability reform, mms reform, new drilling regulations. and the question is how much freight will that train carry. i think renewable energy standard is pretty easy. price on carbon is pretty hard. so you kind of have a lot of different paths leading over the horizon. to we don't quite know where. and against that back drop, congress is running out of time. these guys feel like they hav

lieberman. that legislation requires the president to designate and sanction those who violate the human rights of iranians. i'm gratified that some versions of this bill will be included in the iran sanctions conference report that, as i said, congress will soon consider. and given the importance of human rights for the iranian people and worldwide, i'm proud to strongly support the resolution before us today, house resolution 1457. this resolution as we know marks the one-year anniversary of the iranian people's mass uprising against a regime's product, manipulation, and repression and it also condemns the regime's brutality. furthermore, the resolution reaffirms our support for all %% iranians who courageously struggle for freedom. it urges the immediate release of all political prisoners, and it calls for freedom and democracy for the people of iran, including fair, democratic, and independent elections. i also thank the authors of this resolution. the twished members of our foreign affairs committee, mr. costa of california, anddthe gentleman from texas, we just heard from him, judge poe. this legislation in fact builds on a resolution that judge