mr. barton, your bill certainly hits those points and others. there are points we'd certainly like to see added to that and happy to discuss those with you. >> ok. and mr. abboud, i'm glad that you're here and you represent the sands corporation. the first hotel casino that i stayed in as a young man when i went to las vegas for the first time was the old sands. and just last year, i held a political fundraising event at the venetian, which i believe is a property of this current sands corporation. and so i have great respect for the company that you represent. ms. schakowsky pointed out in her questioning some advertising material. i'd like to put that up on the board. up on the screen. the cantor gaming, which is a vendor of sands and does the venetian. has -- on that particular slide right there, is there anything you can't do on a smartphone or tablet nowadays, mobile casino gaming is available to you on property during your stay. you can even play from your room. and then the next one, which is, again, at the venetian. it talks about their s

mr. barton, are you now recognized for five minutes. rol the old five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. to my good friend, jan schakowsky, a bot is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence and preprogrammed instructions to play not just poker or games of chance but all kinds of things on the internet. they are not good things in my opinion. that's what a bot is. i want to welcome some former members out in the audience. jon porter of nevada. former chairman of the ag committee from california, i think richard pombo is out there . so we welcome him back to congress. i want to tell the committee, mr. chairman, that god must be for this bill because i got up enis, ning at 4:00 and texas, outside of dallas, braved icy roads and 20 degree temperatures to get to dfw airport when my good friends at american airlines left exactly on time and god put a 200 miles per hour tailwind behind the plane. i got here an hour early. that tells me that god is for this bill. that's my opinion. mr. chairman, i first want to thank you for holdin

mr. barton did raise this. as i read the statute, the our subsidies for state exchanges but not subsidies for the federal exchange. and i presume that that was placed into the statute to encourage states to have their own exchanges. the carrot and stick approach. from your perspective, madam secretary, what is the statutory authority for permitting subsidies for the federal exchange? >> again, sir, i'm not a lawyer and i would defer to the department of justice for the statutory authority. i think the framework is that i am mandated by statute to pay the subsidies, and that i think the interpretation is both by the omb which is worthy of procreation leader on this and the department of justice, that the authority is, consented you even though it's not explicitly spelled out, but again, i'm not a lawyer. i would defer to them. >> let me state it is my legal position the courts will rule against the administration in this regard, and, obviously, this is not before the courts. iin the three and half years since th

mr. barton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was presently surprised to learn that ncr can review a design application in a few months. you have three right now in five to seven years. might go back and put those out before christmas. that take about a month or two. i'm going ask the question a little bit different way. since yucca mountain is under review. and the commission indicates you don't have the resources to complete the review process, anybody want to estimate about how much additional funding you might need? that's not a trick question. i'm interested. >> in order to assess and develop the order we issued last month at restarted the licensing process, we did receive some input. i don't want to say they a full if i dealty. we have attempted to submit by us the by judicatory award and the staff. some estimates for the activities. but i would not characterize, sir, we have a complete, current estimate to getting all the way to a final licensing decision. we know that restarting the adjudication would be a resource-inte

mr. barton. >> welcome to the newest ferc. it's good to have you here, ma'am and the other commissioners. i listened with interest to all of the opening statements, and i was struck at the regulatory authority for ferc has. it is an agency that almost no one hears about coming yet it is -- its impact on the world economy is extraordinary. so it is a very important position that people have owed. of all of the stuff that you have responsibility over, there is probably no more important mission that you hold today in terms of the strategic interest in the united states than citing these lng facilities. the congress gave you the authority to make the final decision at least on the permit back in the energy policy act of 2005. at the time we did it we felt that he would be using that for the imports, more than the lng exports. but the fact is that between you and the department of energy, you have the ability to affect strategic interest all over the world. i met last evening with some officials from the russian energy sector and

mr. barton did raise this. as i read the statute, the our subsidies for state exchanges but not subsidies for the federal exchange. and i presume that that was placed into the statute to encourage states to have their own exchanges. the carrot and stick approach. from your perspective, madam secretary, what is the statutory authority for permitting subsidies for the federal exchange? >> again, sir, i'm not a lawyer and i would defer to the department of justice for the statutory authority. i think the framework is that i am mandated by statute to pay the subsidies, and that i think the interpretation is both by the omb which is worthy of procreation leader on this and the department of justice, that the authority is, consented you even though it's not explicitly spelled out, but again, i'm not a lawyer. i would defer to them. >> let me state it is my legal position the courts will rule against the administration in this regard, and, obviously, this is not before the courts. iin the three and half years since th

texas congressman, joe barton, mr. oil, recently said this. i think it's outlived its usefulness. it may have been of some value back in the great depression. i would vote to repeal the minimum wage. now, think about this. we have income inequality now at a greater time now than since the depression of back in 1929. since the takes days of the crash. we have stagnant wages as i show quite often on this program. and i should point out, actually, this was pointed out to us from a viewer who pays attention to that vulture chart. says you guys got to update it. that chart only goes to 2009. correct. it's even gotten worse since then. in fact, 9 8% of the income since the great recession started in 2008 has gone to the top 1% of americans. but wait a minute, food stamps is the big damn problem, folks. republicans also have their sights set on unemployment benefits. roughly 1.3 million people could lose their unemployment benefits on december 28th, if congress doesn't act. so if you look at the minimum wage, you look at food stamps, you look at unemployment benefits. what is it that the

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