bear that in mind when i tell you that mr pruitt says that he doesn't believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. here's the clip from a cnbc interview. i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is very challenging to do it was tremendous disability —— one disagreement about the degree of impact. i would disagreement about the degree of impact. iwould not disagreement about the degree of impact. i would not agree it is a primary contributor into the global warming that we see. he might say there's tremendous disagreement. maybe if you talk to some conservatives in the us. not so much if you listen to scientists. if you go to his own agency's website you come across this. human activities are contributing to climate change, primarily by releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. the un has looked at this in detail with the help of hundreds of scientists and they say... there's a scientific consensus around this point too. there certainly isn't that consensus at the top of the epa. as well, mr pruit

mr. pruitt, you know, is now the administrator. also, nasa and noaa and international groups of scientists have found this as well for many decades now. the interesting thing is that it didn't just put him at odds with scientists or with environmental groups. you know, even large-- some of the nation's largest businesses now agree that the climate is warming in this way and that this is a problem that needs to be dealt with, companies like shell and conocophillips, and others, expon, have supported the paris climate agreement which aims to tackle this problem. >> sreenivasan: if the headline of the e.p.a. doesn't believe climate changed is cause by humans or carbon dioxide. >> it raises a lot of policy qelz and all you have to do is look back to the last administration. the obama administration made this a priority and probably the signature effort was a regulation known as the clean power plan, which sought to limit carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's power plants. scott pruitt, as oklahoma attorney general, sued over that,

speaking to the news channel cnbc, mr pruitt also said that he doesn't agree that carbon dioxide is ation has always been interesting. he has sued this agency several times and is now trying to run it. the bigger question is what happens to climate change agreement under the trump administration. if you look at this white house, it is fairly clear that there are climate change deniers in this administration, and many who would really like to get america out of that paris agreement. but trump himself has been kind of ambivalent on this. and he listens to his daughter, ivanka, who would like america to be at the forefront of climate change deals. it is going to be quite an interesting power balance, pruitt versus ivanka. my money is on ivanka! we should have something coming up on emissions fairly soon as well. aaron and danielle both work two full—timejobs to make ends meet for their young family in rural arkansas. he salvages plane wrecks and scraps them for parts. she looks after young children. but their real love is running a goat farm as a family. as part of a bbc series looking a

mr. pruitt has to authenticate his allegations. but again, mr. pruitt is widely respected. and i voted for him and would like to give him a chance. >> senator john mccain, republican of arizona. thank you so much, senator. good to see you. >> thank you for having me on, jake. >>> president trump sell ed sel campaigned on bringing back jobs so you would think it is very important for him, right? >> the unemployment number as you know is totally fiction. the 5% figure is one of the biggest hoaxes. don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5% unemployment. the numbers probably 28, 29, as high as 35. and i recently heard that it is 4.7%. >> joining me now, nick mu mulvaney, thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> did anything change at the bureau of statistics as to the methodology? >> you start to look at the u6 number already boring your audience. there's things like u3 and u6. if there's anything to make the unemployment rate look smaller than it actually was, we used to tell people back home, the only thing you should look at is the

mr. pruitt. [applause] >> thank you very much. welcome to the epa. perhaps some of you this is your first visit to the epa. it's good to see some coalminers. the epa so welcome. [applause] we are gathered in the map room at the epa. maps are to simply help you navigate. maps are to help you work toward a destination journey towards a destination but as we gather today with the president he has set a new journey and a new pathway forward on how we are going to do business with respect to energy and environment. the president by his signature today is rejecting the narrative that this country cannot be both pro energy and pro environment. we have done that throughout our history. we can actually achieve good jobs good growth and pro energy policies at the same time we protect our environment and the president is sending that message by his signature today. number two he is also setting a pathway forward on a journey today that we are no longer going to have regulatory assaults on any given sector of our economy. that's going to end by the signing of th

mr. pruitt. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. well, welcome to the epa. perhaps some of you, this is your first visit to the epa. it's good to see some coal miners here at the epa. welcome to you here. [ applause ] and we're gathered in the map room here at the epa. and maps are intended to help you navigate. maps are intended to help you work toward a destination, journey toward a destination. and as we gather today, with the president -- as the president is signing an exec order, he's setting a new path way forward with respect to energy and environment. number one, the president by his signature today is rejecting the nair tiff that this country cannot be both proenergy and proenvironment. we have done that throughout our history. we can actually achieve good jobs, good growth and pro-energy policies at the same time of protecting our environment and the president is sending that message by his signature today on this executive order. he's also setting a path way forward, a journey to say we're no longer going to have regulatory assault. that's going t

mr. pruitt has to authenticate his allegations but, again, mr. pruitt was widely respected and i voted for him and i'd like to give him a chance. >> senator john mccain, republican of arizona. senator, thank you so much. always good to see you. >> thanks for having me on, jake. >>> president trump celebrated some good news on friday -- 235,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy in february with the unemployment rate falling to 4.7%. for a president who campaigned on bringing back jobs, the unemployment rate must be a very important number, one would think, right? >> the unemployment number, as you know, is totally fiction. the 5% figure is one of the biggest hoaxes. don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9% and 5% unemployment. the number is probably 28%, 29%, 35%, in fact, i even heard recently 42%. >> so what changed? here's white house press secretary sean spicer. >> i talked to the president prior to this and he said to quote him very clearly "they may have been phony in the past but it's very real now." [ laughter ] >> joining me

mr. pruitt right now, what would you tell him?listen to the scientists. 97% of scientists who have studied climate change agree that carbon dioxide is the primary cause of human-driven climate change. >> reporter: in january, nasa reconfirmed that rising global temperatures are driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the atmosphere. and this is still on the website of pruitt's e.p.a., "carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas that is contributing to recent climate change." pruitt's comments appear to be a sign of things to come. scott, the trump administration is preparing to roll back obama administration regulations that limit c.o.-2 emissions from cars and power plants. >> pelley: chip reid, thanks. today, the head of u.s. forces in the middle east, general joseph votel, told senators that more american troops are needed to beat isis in syria. that's on top of 400 that recently joined u.s. special operations forces backing a mission to retake raqqa, the isis capital in syria. the u.s.

i suppose in the interest of full disclosure, mr pruitt might have made claim he is not a climate scientist a degree in political science and indications. when he was attorney general of, homer he frequently sued the epa and he also on public record took hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry. maybe there is a longer game in what he is saying in his public stance. right. scott pruitt made his bed with the fossil fuel industry a long time ago and he has been rewarded with this position but he is moving from the minor leagues of american baseball to the major leagues and it remains to the major leagues and it remains to be seen whether he can pull off what he intends to do. we are going to fight any of these rollbacks in the courts. they are against the clea n the courts. they are against the clean airactand the courts. they are against the clean air act and other american laws. and we think that this is... (inaudible). david, forgive me, the communications are difficult on this connection. thank you very much indeed for that. we will leave it

mr. pruitt what would you tell him? >> listen to the scientists. 97% of scientists studied climate change agree that car been dioxide is the primary cause of human driven climate >> reporter: in january, nasa confirmed, that rising temperatures are driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and human made emissions into the atmosphere. this is still on the website of pruitt's, epa, carbon dioxide the primary green house gas contributing to recent climate change. pruitt's comments appear to be a sign of things to come. scott, the trump administration preparing to role back obama administration regulations that limit c 02 emissions from cars and power plants. >> chip reid, thanks. >> today the head of u.s. forces in the middle east, general joseph otell told senators more american troops are needed to beat isis in syria. that's on top of 400 that recently joined u.s. special operations forces backing emission to retake raqqa, the isis capital in syria. the u.s. is also supporting iraqi forces in their fight front line. >>

mr. pruitt is making, that is factorially correct. coal pwa baron said it isn't regulations that have hurt coal, it's technology and competition. these coal jobs are not coming back. so when the head of the coal baron of america said these coal jobs rrpblt coming back, i don't care what regulation donald trump wants to repeal, these jobs ain't coming back, sandra. >> sandra: matt, i'll let you respond to that? >> completely untrue. you never know what's gonna happen tomorrow. you never know what's gonna happen in terms of our technology and our understanding and energy needs and what's going to happen to another energy supplement. so i think that it's marginal question. every time you pull back a regulation or take a tax rate down or make it easier to use a commodity like coal, it will help our economy overall. i think richard is wrong. >> how do you respond to the fact that the main coal baron in america, robert murray, said these jobs aren't coming back. >> there's two questions. the first question is, is that will some of them come

mr. pruitt, thank you for joining us this morning. >> george, good morning. >> is the ek tech pif order coming will the president be proposing? >> george, the president is keeping his promise to the american people. this week. with respect to the executive order coming down on tuesday. the energy independence executive orde pro-environment approach. for too long, we have accepted a narrative that if you're pro-growth, pro-jobs, you're anti--environment. that's not where we have been as a country. we have made tremendous choices on our environment. the executive order will address the past administration's efforts to kill jobs throughout the country. >> this order is likely to face legal challenges. coal jobs have been declining for a long time. we heard the president's promise. most of the job loss predates the obama initiative. the biggest drops came over a decade ago. you have about the same number of coal jobs now as you dade decade ago. are you worried that the president is making a promise that he just can't keep? >> it's not just the short term, george. it's the long term. the past admin

mr. pruitt won't protect our drinking water, who are we going to call? >> thank you. ms. graves in strickland versus us, judge gorsuch's colleagues found a woman had shown enough efd of discrimination based on sex to have a jury rule on her case. the woman had multiple coworkers testify she was treated worse than her male coworkers, though the law required the court to look at the evidence in the light most favorable to the woman, judge gorsuch again descented. can you tell us more about this case and what it says about judge gorsuch's approach to deciding these opinions? >> sure. thank you, senator coons. i think the strickland case is a good example here of the concern that we have when judge gorsuch said he applies law to facts. because here the real issue was that there were a lot of facts and these facts were disputed in fact and when facts are disputed, the thing to do is have the jury decide. have the jury determine and resolve the facts. here despite a lot of evidence that she should have been able to continue her claim, judge gorsuch said no, no, no, that's not e

mr. scott pruitt will be speaking to the national league of cities conference about you with water infrastructure. this week is sunshine week and and your campaign for greater public access to government. it's also c-span's "after words" for a week. 38 years ago on march 19, 1979, the house of representatives open its debate to tv cameras for the first time and the cable television industry launched c-span to bring the congress into america's homes. >> the gentleman from tennessee. >> one minute, mr. speaker? >> without objection. >> on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceeds for the first time to televise coverage. i wish to congratulate you for your courage in making this possible, and the committee who has worked so hard under the leadership of congressman charles rose to make this a reality. television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch. but the good will far outweigh the bad. on this day forward every member of this body must ask himself or herself how many americans are listening to the debates which are made? whe

mr. pruitt. what do you think they might find in the investigation?he both sot is they are aligned with the fossil fuel industry, the oil and gas industry, that there is a real conflict of interest. pruitt is the oklahoma attorney general who did whatever he could to oppose any effort by the epa to have some environmental protections with regard to extraction of oil and natural gas. i'm concerned he is so intertwined with the industry that there is no way in the head a fair arbiter as the of the epa, it is a must as if he was sent there to dismantle it. you are a member of the loyal opposition after this election. at the same time, president trump won the election and the senate. isn't it only the way democracy works for them to have their go at a different policy? problem is he was not running on a platform saying he was going to take away people's insurance. on a platformning that set i will be less protective of the environment. he may have made some suggestions in that respect, but i don't think that's why people voted for him. they don't expect t

mr. attorney pruitt who was supposed to stay on with trump and was later fired. i think that is the best way to go so it will be clear and objective and get to the bottom of it because there seems to be a lot of connections that the republicans don't want to see because -- if you step back and look at the whole issue, just look at the issues, there is something going on there. think if the session had russianmeeting with the person in april which wasn't brought up until i heard it in the session. there are a lot of things that is now coming out and it needs to be brought out to the american people. host: from "the washington post," they talked about the reaction from the white house to elements of the hearing. it was sean spicer's defense strategy was in part two from themr. trump figures in the investigation and spicer was telling paul manafort was a virtual nobody, someone who "played a virtual -- very limited role for a limited amount of time." from the indie of primary through the summer election -- and the start of the general election, sean spicer also talk

mr. president. vanessa, thank you to much for helping me. [inaudible] >> scott pruitt, epa. >> richard townsend acting director of drug control policy. >> harvard medical school. >> pam bondi, attorney general of florida. >> ga rare a, founder of the ga rare a foundation. >> they could use you now. you would make 100 million a year. i watched for many years, mariano. george always felt good when mari rain know went in. he never had to worry. you through heaviest pitch the ball weighed 30 pounds. how about the broken bats. how many broken bats? >> too many. >> those bats used to crack, right? >> like fire word.

mr. trump may be one of two democratic senators to approve scott pruitt for the head of the epa. [booing] you stood by mr. trump when he sang the amendment, allowing coal companies to pollute our waters. aside from that, what are you thinking mr. trump for? trump care hurts coal miners. what is trump doing for coal miners and what exactly do you support when you say you thank him for protecting coal miners in west virginia? [applause] >> i don't think it's any secret in this room i didn't vote for donald trump. i voted for hillary clinton. now with that being said, he got a life to it. he's our president. someone asked it when i was running, what are you going to do if donald trump could select it. i'm going to do the same thing as hillary clinton gets elected. i will do my job and everything i can to make him the best president because he's the president of the united states of america. i want my country to succeed, my state to succeed and i've got to work with him. i was the chief executive of the state. when i was governor i went to the state senate. i said i want to bring a te

mr. obama cited the need to tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challenge poses a better threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: president trump called the climate change a hoax. and his e.p.a. administrator, scott pruittdirect link between carbon monoxide and gloal warming. >> it is not a contributor to the global warming we see. >> reporter: in 2016, the supreme court blocked mr mr. obama's clean power plan after 20 states complained it exceeded federal law. the trump order urges all agencies to suspend or revise any rule he believes burdens domestic energy production. >>> "the cbs overnight news" will be right back democratic governors of california and new york said they would continue to impose state laws limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20% of americans live in one of those states. and john blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. trump a warning. >> reporter: climate scientists ben sandter has believed with temperatures rising and glaciers melting, climbed change denial would melt away. >> boy, how naive were we? >> reporter: now, he's faced with a new president raising old doubts. >> a lot of it's a hoax. >> reporte >> imagine you spend your entire life trying to do one th

mr. obama to tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challengseuture and futur ge onlled climate change a hoax and scott pruitt recentlynk beten c w it's a prime teat of severe weather is shifting east arkansas, texas, and louisiana could see significant thunderstorms, hail, ibflood-pr rain. there were reports of over a dozen tornadoes in texas yesterday. the described this storm in central texas as large, dangerous, and enurs or significant damage are reported. >>> police in west texas srm ch in a car crash yesterday apparently while driving toward a tornado. it miles southeast of tornadoes had been reported at the time. police say one vehicle ran a o severe weather was not the direct cause of the crash. committee took up a sex abuse scandal that's usa gymnastics. sexually abused by a former gymnastics doctor larry naser and the government has failed to protect them.disbelieved and ev criticized by some in the gymnastics community to bringing this disturbing issue to light. w alone. >> the culture was money and medals. the culture wasn't about the senator dianne feinstein is sponsoring a bill that requires tough tougher for spo

mr. trump by being one of two zratic senators to approve scott pruitt for the head of the epa. you stood. >> boo. >> you stood by mr. trump when he signed the amendment allowing it easier for coal companies to pollute our waters. aside from that, what are you thanking mr. trump for? trump care hurts coal miners. what is trump doing for coal miners? what exactly do you support when you say you thank him for protecting the coal miners of west virginia? >> okay. i don't think -- i don't think there's any secret in this room i didn't vote for donald trump, i vote ford hillad for hillary . now, with that being said, he got elected. he's our president. someone asked me when i was running, senator, what are you going to do with donald trump gets elected? i said i'm going to do the same thing i will if hillary clinton gets elected, i'm going to do my job. piem going to do everything i can to make him the best president because he's the president of the united states of america. i want my country to succeed and my state to succeed and i've got to try to work with him. with that being sai

new head of the us environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, says he doesn't believe carbon dioxide is a primary cause of global warming. mrntradict scientific data, including that published by nasa. his appointment by president trump caused controversy because of his close association with the fossil fuel industry. here's our washington correspondent‘s nick brya nt‘s analysis. it is one of those moments in the donald trump administration that comes as no surprise. scott pruitt is a well—known climate change sceptic. it has been a jawdropping moment to hear the head of the environment protection agency in america say he is unconvinced that carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. that flies in the face of mainstream science and has been slammed by environmental groups. it also contradicts his very own agency's website. it has complications. any day now we are expecting an executive order from donald trump which would roll back many of barack 0bama's environmental regulations. there is also a fierce debate in the donald trump administration on whether or not to withdraw from the paris accord, the landmark achievement.

mr. mustafaa ali in his 24 years of service to the health and wellness of the american people. on march 7, he sent his resignation to administrator scott pruitt. he resipped from his post as the leader of the environmental protection agency's environmental justice program. for more than two decades mr. ali led our nation's leaders on environmental justice in their search for equalizing the playing field for vulnerable communities that have been victims of actions that threaten their public health and the quality of their air, water, and land. in his letter he said in part, communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous populations are still struggling to receive equal protections before the law. these communities, both rural and urban, often live in areas with toxic levels of air pollution, crumbling on nonexistent water and sewer infrastructure, brownfields from vacant former industrial commercial sites, super fund and other hazardous waste sites, as well as other sources of exposures to pollutants. despite the many challenges we face regarding the impacts of pollution in a changing climate, we have just as fenthive tools and p

mr. trump lately. forstated you think him that you thanked him for the west virginia coal miners. --said he was one of two's one of two democratic senators to approve scott pruitt for the epa. you stood by trump, allowing it whatr -- aside from that, are you thinking mr. trump for? trump care hurts coal miners. what is trump doing for coal miners? when youou support thank him for protecting the coal miners of west virginia? [applause] i don't think there's any secret in this room i didn't vote for donald trump, i voted for hillary clinton. , he got that being said elected, he is our president. somebody asked me when i was running, they said what are you going to do if donald trump gets elected? i said i'm going to do the same thing if hillary clinton gets elected, i'm going to do my job. i'm going to do everything i can to make him the best president. i want my country to succeed and what -- and i want my stay to succeed. i was the chief executive of the state. i went to the state senate and said i'm going to bring a team on board. know him, you might not like him. but if they can pass a background check, if they can do financial disclosure and an ethics probe,

pruitt. and welcome, mr. secretary. ainsley: good morning.resident is coming to visit the e.p.a. going to sign an executive order about energy independent. it's a great opportunity for this country. as you know, for the last several years we have anti-fossil fuels, antigrowth, anti-jobs type of approach as to how we do environmental regulations. when you look at our history we have always had pro-growth, pro-jobs and pro-environment approach. since 1980 we reduced some key pollutants in our air quality program by 65% across the country. we have made tremendous process while at the same time growing the economy. this past administration didn't do that so it's good to see the president coming to the e.p.a. to set a new course to say we are going to be about pro-greta, pro-jobs and pro-environment. ainsley: you are dismantling this. big announcement is today. what does it mean to the average american family. >> it means opportunity. when you come in the generation of electricity as an example as a consumer. when you say you are not going to gene

mr. obama emphasized the need to tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: but president trump once called climate change a hoax, and scott pruittink between carbon dioxide and global warming. >> i would not agree it's a contributor to the global warming we see. >> reporter: in 2016, more than 20 states complained it exceeded federal law. mr. trump urges all federal agency to suspend or revise any rule believed to limit production. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

mr. spicer: that's a snippet of what administrator pruitt said. he went on to say don't think we know conclusively. i suggest you touch base with the e.p.a. on that. he has a very lengthy response. that's just one snippet of what the add martor said. anita. -- administrator said. anita. reporter: i think you mentioned apprehensions were down across the border. there was a question yesterday about the wall. is the wall still needed if apprehensions are down? mr. spicer: i think so, sure. it's not just needed, the president committed to doing it to the american people. i think while we can have a good month and i think we'll see if that continues, that the president made a commitment to the american people to make sure that this isn't just an anomaly. while they may be down we have to do what we can to protect our country both in temples national security and economic security. -- in terms of national security and economic security. it's a commitment the president made. one of the things that the american people regardless of where they stand across

mr. obama emphasized the need to tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challenge poses a grtder threat to our future and future generations. >> but president trump once called climate change a hoax and scott pruitt recently link between carbon dioxide and global warming. >> no, i would not agree it's a prime contributor. >>> this morning the threat of severe weather is shifting east. some 19 million people in arkansas, texas, and louisiana could see significant thunderstorms, hail, possible tornados, and flood-producing rain. there were reports of over a dozen tornadoes in texas yesterday. the national weather service described this storm in central texas as large, dangerous, and violent. but so far no injuries or significant damage are reported. >>> police in west texas say three storm chasers were killed in a car crash yesterday apparently while driving toward a tornado. it happened about 50 miles southeast of lubbock. tornadoes had been reported at the time. police say one vehicle ran a stop sign and hit the other but severe weather was not the direct cause of the cr committee took up a sex abuse scandal that's rocked usa gymnastics. retired gymnasts say they were sexually abused by a former

mr. obama emphasized the need the tackle rising global temperatures. >> no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: but president trump once called climate change a hoax, and e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt recently denied a direct link between carbon dioxide and global warming. >> i would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. >> reporter: in 2016, the supreme court blocked mr. obama's clean power plant after more than 20 states complained it exceeded federal law. scott, mr. trump's order urges all federal agencies to suspend or revise any rule he believes unduly burdens domestic energy production. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. after the president's announcement today, the democratic governors of california and new york said that they would continue to impose state laws limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20% of americans live in one of those states, and john blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. trump a warning. >> reporter: climate scientist ben santer has long believed that with temperatures rising and glaciers melting climate >>ange denial would met away. >> boy, how naive were we? >> reporter: now he's faced with a new

mr. president. vanessa, thank you to much for helping me. [inaudible] >> scott pruitt, epa. >> richard townsend acting director of drug control policy. >> harvard medical school. >> pam bondi, attorney general of florida. >> ga rare a, founder of the ga rare a foundation. >> they could use you now. you would make 100 million a year. i watched for many years, mariano. george always felt good when mari rain know went in. he never had to worry. you through heaviest pitch the ball weighed 30 pounds. how about the broken bats. how many broken bats? >> too many. >> those bats used to crack, right? >> like fire word. >> great honor. thanks, mariano. jared and chris. say a few words. >> mr. president and vice president, thank you so much for focusing on this issue. as you know, mr. vice president, the governor of indiana for four years, this issue causes enormous pain and destruction to everyday families in every state in this country. mr. president, i thought it was important to bring pam, aj and vanessa here today, for you to hear them and directly about their stories. i'm s

mr. obama cited the need to challenge rising global challengers. >> no challenge poses a better threat to our future and future generations. >> reporter: president trump called the climate change a hoax. and scott pruittenied a direct link between carbon monoxide and global warming. >> it is not a contributor to the global warming we see. >> reporter: a cloud of suspicion over the russian interference in the 2016 election. the white house committee chairman cannot longer be trusted to look into ties of the trump team. >> reporter: house speaker ryan says he has full confidence that congressman nunes can conduct a fair and credible investigation. but pressure is building on the congressman to explain his actions and reveal his source. >> there was no sneaking around. i walked on to the grounds, said hi to people. did not go to the west wing. did not talk to the president. >> reporter: the chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes, said it was not a secret he visited the white house tuesday to review class y classified documents. >> i needed a place to review the information. >> reporter: the congressman wouldn't reveal his source. but says there is evidence that agencies under the obama

mr. perdue: thank you very much, senator. i think like many solutions, it begins with personal relationships. i've taken the opportunity to visit with administrator pruitt already regarding some of these issues. and i think not only in the e.p.a., but in all agencies we develop silos that are unfortunate because, as you well know, many of our producers when a regulation is made in other places, whether it be labor or e.p.a. or others, our guys are the ones that get pushed off the boat. y goal is to have an ongoing communications team identified with each of these agencies that may be, whether it's f.d.a., e.p.a., labor, osha, others, to identify the things that would be -- maybe the unintended consequences of regulations. and to work together ahead of time before those regulations are promulgated, to give us an opportunity in representing usda , both agriculture producers and consumers, to let these other agencies know what the impact would be and what the cost-benefit reward would be to agriculture producers. so i think it becomes -- i'm a kind of face-had to-face sort of person -- face-to-face sort of person. i believe in going directly and communicat