markey: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk and i rise to claim the time in order to defend it. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 15 printed in house report 11-540 offered by mr. markey of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 691, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: thank you. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. markey: mr. chairman, this amendment is quite simple. it prohibits the export of oil and natural gas produced from leases on the public lands of the united states that are going to be authorized under this bill. america's number one export last year was american fuel. number one. no other product that we export more of last year than the fuel that is produced here in the united states. more than 100 -- $100 billion in american-made fuel

markey of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 688, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: grazing fees, many people may not know what that is. our federal land across the country, cattlemen, can bring their cattle onto federal lands, that is the public lands of the united states and graze. and what do they charge? well, they charge $1.35. that's exactly what they would charge in 1986. now, right next to this federal land in many states, there are -- there is state land and that state land in colorado is, you know, very valuable, but they ep sure the governor of colorado that the cattlemen there in that state pay $10 to graze. not $1.35 in montana. cattlemen have to pay $7.90. in utah they have to pay $7.30. but on the public land in each of those states, that is the federal lands, it's $1.35. just had an increase. and who pays the price? well, the federal taxpayer p

markey: i thank the gentleman from colorado. what the republicans are saying is they want a study for four years of wind and solar. a study? it is very season in florida and windy out in the west. there have been 35 new megawatts of wind. and there are going to be 4,000 megawatts of solar installed in the united states just this year. maybe the -- i do not yield -- maybe the republicans should study the studies that are already out there and look over and ask the coal industry what their thinking when they have dropped from 51% down to 36% of all electrical generation in the last five years. maybe they are looking at wind and solar. maybe you can call them. you don't have to wait four years. what we want to do is give the wind and solar energy to continue their revolution. i would like to yield five minutes, if i may, to the gentleman from new jersey, ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. holt. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes. holt holt i thank my -- mr. holt: i thank my friend from mass

please support the burgess-markey amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. chairman, i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five mins. >> i rise today in strong opposition to the burgess-markey amendment. put simply, if this amendment passes, our national security is at risk. the appropriation that this amendment seeks to strike is vital to ensure that america has a domestic source of uranium enrichment. according to u.s. law and nonproliferation treaties the united states are signatories to, we must have a domestic source of uranium. mr. johnson: international agreements prohibit us from purchasing enriched uranium from other countries for military purposes. we would no long ver a domestic source of uranium and instead would depend on a foreign company that has many red flags in its past for uranium enrichment. s that replay of our debate in the 2013 national defense authorization a few weeks ago to strip the authorization language for this program. tha

markey. mr. markey: thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: you have 45 seconds, mr. markey. mr. markey: the bottom line is that president bush's interior department sat on offshore wind regulations for four years. hear that again, president bush's department of interior sat on offshore regulations for four years, did not promulgate them. president obama got them done in his first six months. so the obama administration passionately believes in new wind. in fact, 35,000 new megawatts onshore and they desperately wanted offshore as well, and the process is working. there were no rules that were promulgated. obama did it. the project is moving forward with cape wind. i urge a no vote on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wittman this will be raised by other departments, concerns, that all the thoughts and ideas are put into place and considering this permitting process, it streamlines it. it gets to the point much quicker. instead of taking three years to permit a data gathering tower, now it goes to 30 days.

markey. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. markey: i thank the gentlelady. back 10 years ago, about a third of all of the interest in this oil futures marketplace was controlled by speculators, but 2/3 was controlled by the airline industry, the trucking industry, industries that are dependent upon oil. today it's just the flip. today 2/3 of that oil futures marketplace is controlled by speculators and only 1/3 is controlled by airline industry, trucking industry, and others dependent upon the price of oil. what happened? what happens is all of a sudden you have this crazy volatility where experts say that upwards of 20% of the price oil in the futures marketplace is dependent -- related to speculation. it's not related to anything in the real marketplace. and so what happens? that has a dramatically negative impact on truckers, on airline industry. because there are games being played out there. by the way, with the speculators, they make money on the way up and they make money on the way down. that's not true for ordinary companies because they are not in

markey. mr. markey: this is an attempt to give away our public lands to the wealthiest oil companies in the world. this of the republican oil above all agenda. instead of approving this legislative love letter to big oil, the majority should be sending a thank you note to president obama for his actions to increase domestic energy production and decrease our dependence on foreign oil. the truth is that oil production from federal lands on shore today is higher than it was. -- than it was under president bush. and across the united states oil production from all public and private lands, oil production from all public and private lands is unbelievably now at an 18-year high. obama is drilling, baby. he's drilling. the obama administration's all-of-the-above strategy has also been successful in creating jobs. since 2008 14,000 new jobs have been created in oil and gas extraction. thank you, president obama. but 50,000 new jobs have also been created in wind and solar. but republicans don't want a r

looking at federal policies, we need to go back to the kind of provision in waxman/markey because that would open the grid and offshore is also going to face the same problem because offshore wind, which is potentially very significant also has to deal with the transmission to get that power back into the loads market. >> is there much public awareness of this disparity in states? it reminds me a jeer ago jerry brown and i were in a panel with some folks from first solar and solar city. no wind people in, that unfortunately, but they were discussing brown's target of generating i think it's 20% locally distributed energy by 2020 or something, and it creates a huge shift, and -- and looking at how you achieve it, and one of the guys made the comment that if you lack across counties inside california, each of these counties has wildly different attitudes and postures towards solar installation and facilities at homes and roof tops and whatever it may be, so the permitting creates enormous barriers depending where you're at. it reminded me that the world bank publishes a study doing studi

let me bring in congressman ed markey, democrat from massachusetts and co-chair of the bipartisan congressional, good to see you. good morning. >> thank you, good morning. >> this is a bipartisan effort with republican congressman joe barton from texas. you isn't a letter to mark zuckerberg. what's your biggest concern? >> facebook has already seen a dramatic decline in its stock valuation. we know that they want to target kids so that they can turn to their investors and say, look, we got all these kids that are hooked on facebook so we should keep the valuation of facebook high and in that kind of an environment you have to be very concerned that they see the privacy of children, their habits as just another place where they can say to advertisers, hey, look, we've got this revenue stream, we've got a place where we can pretty much guarantee to you where you can sell your products and we have to make sure it's not just an exploitation of children, especially those 12 and under. >> facebook has said, look, already there are a lot of kids and they think it's probably 7.5 million who are under 1

. >> this is irreplaceable >> the iconic markey facades that was put up in 1950 certainly cannot be replaced. pier 29 was set to be the home of the food court for the upcoming america's cup. all the firefighters could do was play defense >> we are not letting it burn but we will not let it go anywhere else, our goal is to control it inside the structure is in >> for alarms, 150 firefighters, half the entire department on duty today including the boat that poured bay water on to the flames that were up to 20 ft. in the year. the land hydrant's did not have the pressure they needed. >> get soggy, that is how you would describe it, it gets off to >> you could fall in >> absolutely >> which is why at one point they made a hasty retreat. it made for quite a scene along the waterfront with traffic backed up. the cause is still unknown, it doesn't appear anyone was inside the building at the time and there were no injuries >> it is one that represents san francisco's best >> now its future is in serious question. the wind was whipping pretty good today during the fire. that really didn't have any e

it is a good afternoon and thank you for that very kind and invigorating introduction, ben markey and

and we were offering the same opportunity to the coal industry in the waxman-markey bill. we were saying we'll provide the innovation and the help for the coal industry. we'll give you a bridge to make a transition so that you can stay within the competitive framework of new energy sources within the country. and the coal industry, in the same way that the auto industry did, said absolutely no. now, where is the auto industry today? well, they have come through their mess and now they are embracing the 54.5 miles per gallon by the year of 2026 and they are advertising every 20 minutes on every television show about their new more fuel-efficient and safer vehicles that they are selling. the coal industry said, no, let's just keep getting at this. peabody coal said no. and in the same way that they did a disservice to it is workers, peabody coal has done a disservice to its workers, pretenltding thpr pretending that they could not make themselves more competitive. so trying to blame some outside source, whether it be the auto industry or the coal industry, is just to defy an

now i'd like to recognize the ranking member of the full committee, representative markey from massachusetts. >> this has less to do with president obama than with the inability of the coal industry to innovate and its inability to compete. there are more than 500 coal-fired power generation units operating in this country. 500. how many of those are more than 50 years old. more than 200 of them are more than 50 years old. how many are at least 60 years old of that 500? 74. we actually have ten coal units that are at least 70 years old. here's a picture of the plant in indianapolis built in 1925. it's an 87-year-old coal-fired power plant. thomas edison was alive when this plant was built. the television had just been invented. air travel was in its infancy. the first trans atlantic flight was still two years away when this plant was built and still operating today. we've improved on all of the other technologies. we've figured out how to do the same thing but for less money, all with greater speed and reliability. it's the american way. new replaces old. clean replaces dirty. high-tech repl

markey. >> thank you very much. mi mi miss sohn, can you tell us about the telecommunications marketplace? so it will have negative effects both for competition and consumers, and one is that because there are these side agreements, and there was a spectrum sale and affiliated side agreements. one is a marketing agreement and one is a reselling agreement and basically it is an agreement between the cable companies to lay down arps and no longer compete in the video and wireless marketplace and verizon and at&t will get the wireless and it will get the wire line industry to themeses and there's the joe operating entity and that's an agreement between the five cable companies and verizon to develop patents and technologies that would help to stream a video from wireless to wire line systems and that has an enormous capability to be used against, for example, mr. earning rgen's company. if he wants to use the technology he probably wants to be charged high licensing fees and he needs to be told, sorry, you're not part

. >> senator markey? >> thank you very much, mr. chair. does anyone on this panel think that the london whale who ran jpmc's unit woke up each day trying to mitigate the risk from deposits invested between loans in bonds? >> that is a related area of inquiry at the occ. >> so, you're inquiring but wouldn't argue that case? >> not necessarily. >> no, i wouldn't think anyone would. he woke up each day as head of the strategic investment unit trying to make money for the bank. and so it's kind of a basic observation.

in the waxman-markey bill that the house of representatives passed in 2009 we built in $60, and between now and 2030. for them to be able to install carbon capture andy is quest raigz technology. the electric utility industry, they supported it, but and the coal industry said no. that's's lot of money and a lot of investment in you in technology that the democrats built into their legislation so that they could innovate and so that they can improve and become more competitive with the natural gas industry. the coal industry said no. no. we're not going to move and that's $60 billion of funding and $200 million. they said no. they said no. they said no over and over and over again to innovation. there are now 200 coal plants over the age of 50 that need to be renovated at the cost of billions of dollars. natural gas is cheaper. wind is on the move. who wants to pay now in the private sector to rehabilitate dinosaur coal units with leaner, cheaper options available? now the free market says if the coal industry did not want that funding then we look at the costs and we just say we're movi

markey, for five minutes. >> thank you, from chairman, very much. so mr. cerf, which countries are you most concerned about in terms of their agenda? >> as we heard earlier, the ones i'm most concerned about, in my view, russia and china who have their names on a number of professors but others have come forward, surprising ones. brazil, for example and india surprise immediate with their interest in intervening and obtaining further control. the others are the ones that you would normally expect. we hear from syria. we hear from other repressive regimes. even those in saudi arabia, for example. those who are threatened by openness and freedom of expression are the ones that are most interested in gaining control through this means. >> uh-huh. >> there are other motivations, however, that also drive this whole process. the developing world has historically generated through telecommunications services, i'm sure you're aware. the internet has become the alternative to much of what had been the telecommunications environment, and i see them looking for ways

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he was the lead singer of markey mark and the funky bunch. who could forget that? not me.nd when he was the underwear model for calvin klein in '96. >> when you have a chest like that, you don't look at the underwear. >> is he sagging? what's happening there? >> he's using every muscle he's got to keep those pants up. >> he, of course, his acting career. he's the producer of the show the "entourage" on hbo. >> and "boardwalk empire." and drew barrymore. we fell in love with her when she was a little girl. struggled in the '80s and '90s with drugs and alcohol, which was so much a part of her family history. now she's a very respected movie actress and producer. just got married and soon to have her little baby. >> robert downey jr. >> i love him. >> me, too. shot to fame in the '80s. great talent, then really battled some serious addictions, now back on top as "ironman" and "sherlock holmes." he's married with a beautiful child. i'm happy for him. what about you is what we are trying to say? you're thinking, what's that got to do with me? everything. >> not much. so we also

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markey, three minutes.peaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. markey: i thank you, madam speaker, and i thank the gentleman from new mexico. h.r. 2938 should not have been brought to the house floor under suspension of the rules. this legislation doesn't name a post office or authorize a park study. h.r. 2938 instead is a highly controversial piece of legislation that will amend a settlement agreement between the united states and an indian tribe, impose restrictions on a tribe's authority to use its own land and circumvent years of federal and state court rulings. during consideration by the natural resources committee, members from both sides of the aisle expressed concern about this measure. house members have heard from tribes across the country, arizona state legislators, local mayors, small business owners and community leaders on both sides of this aisle. the number of stakeholders with strong fieldings on -- feelings on both sides of this issue is pl

markey.telligible] >> tim currently, the inventor of the world wide web, urged us to make sure the web itself is a blank canvas, something that does not constrain the innovation or around the corner. a wonderful thing about the internet, he also reminded us, is that no one needs to ask permission to inundate, could that --, to get their voice heard, to launch a new service or business enterprise. that is the magic of the internet. the internet is the most level playing field for commercial opportunity ever. it is the most successful medium in history. it is the lifeblood of the world economy. last week, vince, who is going to testify on the sell -- on the second panel, was hired along with several others back in the late 1960's to develop a package which networked and eventually became known as the internet. he wrote just last thursday in the new york times, the decisions taken in dubai in december have the potential to put government handcuffs on the net, to keep the internet open and free f

markey in moving this legislation and the staff who have been very supportive and helpful. i rise today in support of my legislation, h.r. 3263, the lake thunderbird efficient use act of 2011. lake thunderbird is a bureau of reclamation project which provides municipal water to norman, dell city, major municipalities. the watershed that feeds lake thunderbird has not been able to keep the lake full. the water that remains is poor quality and ill suited for drinking and recreation. it was built to provide water to a water-starved region and this would help the bureau meet the original goals of this project. the bill allows the central oklahoma master conserve va tower district to acquire water and store water from outside the system until lake thunderbird. any costs associated with this action will be paid for by the district. this legislation cost federal taxpayers nothing. frankly, mr. speaker, in my view, this is the type of legislation or the type of action that we should be able to take administratively. however, under current law, it requires congressional consent. mr.

markey. >> thank you.ure the web itself is a blank sheet, a blank canvas, something that does not constrain the innovation. the wonderful thing about the internet, no one needs to ask permission to innovate, to get their voice heard, to launch a new service or a business enterprise. that is the magic of the internet. the internet is the most level playing field for commercial opportunity ever invented. it is the most successful communication and commercial medium in history. it is the lifeblood of the world economy. last week, someone who is going to testify on the second panel and was hired by brad peck -- a --branek and newman to develop a package switch which became known as the internet, he wrote last thursday in the new york times the decisions taken in dubai in december have the potential to put government handcuffs on the net to prevent that to keep the internet open and free for the next generation. we need to prevent a fundamental shift in how the internet is governed. do you think that happen? am

my recent appointment to this position by natural resources committee ranking member markey is a great honor, and it's truly a privilege to serve native communities in this leadership role and to work towards strengthening the trust relationship. it's an important goal of my office and one of this administration, and i will work diligently to achieve it by representing the need of all native communities in my new role. the administrative acknowledgment process as we know it today began in 1978 when the department of superior promulgated rules. in the letter to the then-secretary of the interior andros president carter stressed that the new federal acknowledgment regulations reflect high standards by which tribal groups must be evaluated. today these standards are based on historical indian records, genealogy, anthropology and other scientific methods. recognizing the need for methodical and detailed acknowledgment process in addition to and where appropriate in lieu of the legislative recognition, president carter's message still resonates today. a tribal group should be able to accoun

later tonight meet the markey family as our listening to the voter series continues.er tonight on special report with bret baier, 6:00 eastern time only on the fox news channel. jamie: that all important campaign cash you can't run without it. new fundraising numbers for the month of may, carl cameron has breaking news for us from washington. >> reporter: big changes on the campaign trail where where the pocketbooks are concerned. mitt romney and the republican party have out raised president obama and democrats in the preceding month, in last month. this morning the obama campaign announced having raised a combined $60 million with the democratic party in may. that is significantly up from what they raised the month before $43.6 million. it brings his total raised over a half a billion dollars so far in this campaign. fox news can now report that the romney campaign and the republican party, however, have out raised mr. obama in may $76.8 million, raised by the romney campaign and the rnc. the combined cash on hand for the right about $100 million in cash. back in ap

host: you mentioned a letter from ed markey from massachusetts and joe barton of texas.ave that letter for you. you can also find it on their websites. -- sentences from it host: that is available online. we will go to robert on the democratic line from louisiana. you're on with harley geiger from the center for democracy and technology. caller: hosi have been watching this program and have concerns about this, cameras and so forth. argument and of different theories about 9/11. call it whichever you will. i've seen an erosion of american rights one by one. if you look at the patriot act, the nsa is spyin gog on us. now they have aircraft. if somebody decided they would take over the government, all the pieces are put in place. i intend to vote against anyone who signed the patriot act because we're being set up for a government takeover. host: we will go to jay on the independent line. guest: i would like to respond to something roberts said. in other people think that is very kooky. i don't think there is a conspiracy to bring us towards a totalitarian state. we do not

like the waxman-markey cap and trade bill, these regulations will cost $300 billion to $400 billion a year and destroy over 2 million jobs and may even cost more if the courts throw out the e.p.a.'s tailoring rule. it kind of gets into the weeds, it's a little bit complicated, but the -- what they're attempting to do would be to do through regulations what they were unable to do through legislation. we had several bills over a 12-year period to try to impose cap and trade. well, that cap and trade cost would be $300 billion to $400 billion. and the tailoring rule is one where if they do it through regulation, i'm talking about te e.p.a. doing the same thing, impose cap and trade on the american people, it's not going to cost just $300 billion to $40 billion a year, it's going to be far more, because it's going to have to reach the standards of the clean air act. and that would be regulating those emitters with -- with 250,000 tons of emissions a year. that would be every school, evey church, every restaurant, every coffee shop would now have to be regulated, put out of business y the

markey, yes. landry, no. regal, no, holt, yes, whitman no. bass, yes, capps, yes, starr, yes, delauro, yes, democratic motion to recommit, yes, passage, no. i ask unanimous consent that this be placed in the proper place in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady's statement will appear in the record. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h r. 5972 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection,, pursuant to house resolution 697 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5972. the chair appoints the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r.

my recent appointment to this position by natural resources committee ranking member markey is a great honor it's truly a privilege to serve native communities in this leadership role and to work toward strengthening the trust relationship. the empowerment of the sovereignty of a tribal lands and resources is an important goal of my office and one of this administration. i will work diligently to achieve it by representing the needs of all native communities in my new role. the administrative acknowledgment process as we know today began in 1978 when the department of interior promulgate rules to govern trevor recognition. in a letter to then secretary of interior andrus on vacation of legislative acknowledgment of the tribe, president carter stressed that the new federal acknowledgment regulations reflect high standards by which tribal groups must be evaluated. today the standards are based on historical indian records, genealogy, anthropology and other scientific methods for evaluating tribal acknowledge him and petitions. recognizing the need for a methodical knowledge and process i

he was the lead singer of markey mark and the funky bunch. who could forget that?rage" on hbo. >> and "boardwalk empire." and drew barrymore. we fell in love with her when she was a little girl. struggled in the '80s and '90s with drugs and alcohol, which was so much a part of her family history. now a very respected actress and producer. just got married. >> robert downey jr. >> i love him. >> me, too. shot to fame in the '80s. >> then really battled some serious addictions. now back on top as "ironman" and "sherlock holmes." he's married with a beautiful child. i'm happy for him. what about you is what we are trying to say? you're thinking, what's that got to do with me? everything. >> when we were doing our ambush makeovers, we decided to find people who are reinventing themselves. this is julie mccarthy from illinois. >> you'll like her story. >> the other you'll like is joan from ohio. we don't know much about her yet either. we will when it comes time. >> you know what it's time for? friday funny. >> if you don't like this, blame patty skidmore on facebook. a

significant depending on the analysis you look at and we'll bring will bring you close to what waxman-markeywould achieve in the early iterations and what happened in an effort. there was more and more time given, more and our opportunities for people to use alternatives in terms of achieving production. i think the administration has a lot to be proud of when it comes to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. i think they also have a lot to be proud of in terms of pushing opportunities for new technology. it's very popular right now in the political rhetoric to suggest that all regulations are bad and nothing good comes from regulations. is a former regulator i can tell you clean air and clean water and a healthy environment for children but it also creates business opportunities. every time we say that something good, something shouldn't be used that's an opportunity and whether it's the decision made by congress in 1992 banned the use of perfluorocarbons and the reality that i created, or the car proposal that is currently being finalized by the administration which would take fuel

want to thank chairman hastings and his staff and also chairman young and his staff, ranking member markey and his staff, remarking member boren and his staff, for their support in moving this bill through the natural resources committee. i'd also like to thank mr. bishop who is a co-response of the bill. -- co-sponsor of the bill. in the transaction authorized in this bill, the tribe would acquire certain state minerals in grand county, yulte, and in exchange the b.l.m. would relinquish certain lands to the state. this bob: bill would give the b.l.m. the authority to approve this transaction that was first proposed several years ago. in order to fully protect state and federal interests, this legislation reserves identical overriding financial interests in each other's exchanged lands should development occur. often in the past these land exchanges had challenges with appraisal and making sure everybody's treated fairly. this legislation tries to address that issue going forward. this bill is a win-win. it helps the tribe consolidate its management of land that is considered sacred and at

bullets are better than missiles or real bullets. >> host: you mentioned a letter from congressman ed markey of massachusetts, a democrat, and joe barton of texas, a republican i have that letter for you. you can find on the website but it is dated april 19, 2012. just to send a summit in addition to benefits, there's also the potential for drone technology to enable in case of an pervasive surveillance without adequate privacy protections. we are writing to express our concerns about the lost potential privacy implications and request information about how the faa is addressing these important matters. that is available online for folks to we will go to robert on the democratic line now from louisiana to you were on with harley geiger from the center for democracy and technology. >> caller: yesterday. i've been watching this program, and i would align myself with other people that have concerns about this. the cameras and so forth. now, there's a lot of arguing about the series of 9/11, angina, what the motives were for the people who planned this. but since that time, i've seen an erosion

just before that announcement from the white house this afte afternoon, ed markey and henry waxman came out fighting with the new report detailing what representative waxman has called the most antienvironmental house of representatives in history. i would like to remind my democratic friends that 19 house democrats supported the companion legislation in the house, the same thing that we'll be voting on here. the democrats and a lot of the -- many of the labor unions have sent letters in support of my resolution, so it's not just reflection whose constituents are feeling the pain of the e.p.a.'s regulations. now, to my democrat friends in the house, i beg to differ. it is not that this congress is antienvironmental, it's that the e.p.a. is the most radical e.p.a. in history, aggressive to the point that even the left-leaning "washington post" has called out the agency for -- quote -- "earning a reputation for abuse." of course this is the same e.p.a. whose top officials have told us that they are out to crucify the american energy producers. we all remember that, the sixth area of the e