mr. nelson. did what you described. he didn't come ask for help. his company is succeeding. we applaud that. we'll turn to the chairman of full committee. mr. sighs is a. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. woolard, on september 2nd, 2010 your name appears as the ceo of bright source alongwith peter darby as chairman of pg&e. holding at brightsource energy in oakland, california, a fund-raiser for friends of, friends for harry reid. do you remember that? >> yes, sir, i do. >> so the senate majority leader was pretty important to you and important enough for you to hold it in your corporate offices. >> with fg and e we did this and also have projects in nevada as well. >> yes, i know. let me ask a question. first of all did you speak -- what was the last time you spoke to the secretary of commerce bryson? >> it would have been before he was appointed secretary of commerce. i have not spoken to him since. >> during the time though he was the chairman, right? >> he was chairman of our company. >> right.

mrs. nelson's house. i'm witness to this. and he said it's mrs. nelson's house and they all -- here he had his brace on his pants leg broke and it got caught in the wheel of the bicycle. after he adjusted, he got back on and he continued his ride down the street. my mother come in the house and i said to her, ma, what are you all excited about? she said, babe, that's the man that tlidelivers the telegram a it could have been your house, her house, mrs. bailey, mrs. thompson. so then i knew. i said how often does this go on? she said, every morning. every morning we're out here doing the pavement, doing the steps and we look for him. when he comes, then we have to worry. this is every day. all during that war. they were out there doing the steps, doing the pavement. they were all housewives in them days. none of them worked because they had big families. we had one family on the street, she had 16 children. her name was mrs. fwgallagher. never forget her. and they were all out there. so when they tell you about who the heroes is of any war, i can te

mr. nelson is not. mr. nelson, how did you do it? we just had now two hours of the shenanigans that went on. how the heck did you make it? how are you doing in speakers we have a group of committed private citizens who love the renewable energy, see the future, and have committed funds to our management team on our technology. >> but you guys are -- mr. nelson is doing it with private investment. you guys decided to compete to this available dollars to do you think it's an unfair advantage for brightsource to be able to talk directly to the white house? put up the other e-mail. this one. put up the one right here where, now, mr. ward has said under oath today that they do not come is that correct? >> that is correct. >> let me ask you, mr. witsoe. did you ask the people at the department of energy if they would proofread a letter that your chairman of the board was thinking about sending to the white house chief of staff? did you guys do that? >> no, we did not. >> mr. fairbank, did you have a letter -- did you have a letter that you

mr. james nelson was the president and ceo of solard 3d and corporate. we also have gregory kats,yñyñyñ president of capitol v. mr. greggyñ would so is theyñyññ president and ceo of aboundyñyññ solar, and mr. brian fairbank is president and ceo of nevada g. -- nevada geothermal power. and mr. michael ahearn is chairman of first solar. and, finally, mr. ward isxóxnxóí president and ceo of brightsource energy company. the committee rules require that we have witnesses sworn in, so if you just stand, raise your right hands. [witnesses were sworn in]yñyñyñ >> let the record show that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. again, thank you all for being here. you guys i think have got to understand the role. you have five minutes, be a little thing it close to five as you can do it. the goal is to get out of here by noon if we can today. i note i have some to be killed at 12. so we're going to go right down the line. [inaudible] [laughter] >> even though i disagree with some of his statements in his opening statement. will go right down the line answer wit

mr. nelson. he has shown that billions of taxpayer dollars are not necessary to advance screen technology. when taxpayers last -- lost money over solyndra, the obama administration said it was one bad apple. it is becoming increasingly clear that solyndra was the tip of the iceberg in a sea of taxpayer risk. this administration takes liberties with the american people's money based on the assumption that government knows best. today is about understanding what happens when the federal government tries to play venture capitalist. i yield to mr. kucinich. >> to give very much. good morning. -- thank you very much. good morning. i'm grateful for today's hearing. i think a will serve to dispel some misconceptions about the department of energy's loan guarantee program and president obama's energy agenda. energy independence is critical to america's future. congress created the loan guarantee program in 2009 to support innovative energy projects that involve more risks than typical for a project finan

mrs. nelson's house and they all -- here he had been caught in the wheel of the bicycle. after he adjusted, he got back on and he continued his ride down the street. my mother come in the house and i said to her, ma, what are you all excited about? he said babe, that's the man who delivered the telegrams and it could have been your house, her house, mrs. bailey, mrs. thompson. so then i knew. i said how often does this go on. she said every morning. every morning we're out here on the pavement doing the steps and we look for him. and he comes every day. all during the war, we're out there doing the steps, doing the pavement. they were all housewives in that day. none of them worked because they had big families. we had one family in the street, 16 children. her name was mrs. gallagher. never forget. and they were all out there. but when they tell you about who the heros is of any war, i can tell you, and i mean this very sincerely, we know the kids who god killed. but at least their pain was over. but the women every day, every day they had the pain waiting for the telegr

mr. nelson has to say. do you think it is customary for a company to say proofread this letter that our chairman is going to send to the white house chief of staff? that's unbelievable. >> i believe that the letter that was contemplated was around the program itself and making sure that the program -- >> you read this letter we need guidance and support from the white house. it's amazing. we need a commitment from the white house to quarterback the loan closure by march 18th. mr. chief white house chief of staff can you approve this by a certain date. we need this. >> the comments of congressman jim jordan as he questioned the president and ceo of bright source energy, one of four executives speaking before this committee earlier today. the headlines from forbes.com republicans trying

mr. nelson: for the total? the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. nelson: okay. well, then i will speed up my remarks, mr. president, until i see senator levin come in. i too want to talk about the vacancies. there's no sense for all of this slow walking. fortunately in florida, we have a process that takes the politics out of the selections of judges. the two senators appoint a judicial nominating commission of prominent people all over the state, and they do the interviews. they do the selections of at least three for each vacancy. of course because they do this in a nonpartisan way -- notice what i said. i didn't say bipartisan. i said nonpartisan way, which is the way the selection of the judiciary ought to be done. because they do that in a nonpartisan way, all three of the nominees that come to the two senators, any one of them can be a federal judge because they're all so qualified. but the agreement that we have with the white house, fortunately, the president could name whoever he wanted. he agrees to accept the nominee and make his pick from among the t

mr. nelson. i've watched, read your background. i know exactly what works, what doesn't work, and i do agree with this, scientists sometimes way ahead of the market. so the there will be sometime in future but maybe right now is not the right time. we haven't had a positive roi on it. so with that, this hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] the tsunami that hit japan last year sent estimated five tons of debris into the pacific ocean. a hearing on the u.s. response to the debris is next on c-span2. >> the head of the commodity futures trading commission said that jpmorgan's recent trading losses were over minder. gary gensler along with the security exchange commission chair mary schapiro will testify today about financial regulations and derivative train. that is live from the senate banking committee at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. on c-span3, hearing on the role of government and energy innovation. the senate energy and natural resources committee will hear from a number of the white house council of advisors on scie

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: thank you, mr.president. mr. president, i took the opportunity to meet with several students over the course of the past week while we were back in our states and i want to share with the senate some of those thoughts. did the chairman of the committee have something additional that he wanted to say senator harkin, did you have something additional? you look like you have something else? mr. harkin: i thank my friend from florida. there's one other thing i wanted to mention before i -- before i leave the floor this afternoon and leave this debate on the -- on the student interest rate bill. and that is i've heard time and time again from the other side about the fact that the president took $5 billion out of this and the fact that i said earlier that, yes, and that was the limit. that was -- that was all. and he didn't want any more taken out of it. well, then someone said, well, but he's got $4.5 billion in his budget to take out of it. well, what happened is the president did put $4.5 billion in h

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mrs. edwards said, they're not our friends, they're our staff. that account according to matthew nelsonformer staffer. another former staffer christina reynolds said mrs. edwards confronted her husband in a private aircraft hangar where the breast cancer patient pulled her blouse off, exposing her chest to her husband, screaming, you don't see me anymore! he got on the phone, called his wife's doctor, asking for help and then boarded a private charter plane. and according to brum bering, what i found on line was pretty much sex, drugs, rock and roll, and astrology. the prosecution also showed the jury some brief video clips of some camera work that rielle hunter performed for the campaign. she was after all brought onboard as a consultant, as a campaign videographer, and what the jury saw was some shaky camera work at times it was out of focus, at times the interview subjects were out of frame, and the staffer josh brumberger described the camera work as shoddy and unprofessional, and said that it didn't make john edwards look presidential in his opinion. tori. >> and i understand there

claimed lord nelson's life, setting it amid the crushing congestion of towering masts, torn sails and the fog of cannon fire at precariously close quarters. the reviews were good. (reader) "mrrner... has detailed the death of his hero, while he has suggested the whole of a great naval victory, which we believe has never before been successfully accomplished, if it has been before attempted, in a single picture." (narrator) the napoleonic war ended in 1815 at waterloo. the duke of wellington had called the battle "a damn close run-thing." the fragility of civilization intrigued turner throughout his career. the decline of the carthaginian empire depicts the crushing penalty rome inflicted on the carthaginians. the architecture is elegant but the messy dockside suggests the end of a defeated imperial power. the women of vanquished carthage are bidding farewell to their men as they sail towards rome, human spoils of war bound for slavery or death. in 1818, turner was 43. in the twenty years that britain had been at war, he had become a public figure, his reputation based on art and enterprise. the new classes made wealthy by the industrial revolution were eager to buy his work

mr. hatch. >> i have a number of questions that i will submit to you. this borders a little bit on senator nelson's concern. there is also a question that has risen from a utah constituents. as i and instead, the social security administration is seeking accessibility to information sometimes called the death master file. it releases info. the specifications in this regard call for modifications and specifications in leaking certain information. there can be peace, audits, and inspections. there is the need to balance security concern would user data interest. data on deceased individuals are sometimes used in tax fraud. some fraudulent activities are deterred. i also believe that there are legitimate uses of the data by purposes of genealogical research and forensic data. in the specifications however, it explicitly says that data as genealogical purposes is not sufficient. mr. commissioner, will you be having new rules for accessibility or are you indicating a statutory change for legislative change? in either case, we are assuming that you tend to work with the rest of the committee on any propo

nelson. >> good morning, mr. astrue. i want to follow up on the question of publishing the names and social security numbers of deceased people that you and i have talked about. but, mr. chairman, let me set the table. what is happening is we have a new kind of crime. it is not a crime with a gun or a knife or a crowbar, it is the use of a laptop once the social security numbers -- particularly of deceased people -- have been acquired, which is 34eurbed by social security -- published by social security, they file in the name of the deceased or in the case of a deceased child, most recently this morning's news out of memphis, a deceased child that lost a four-year battle with cancer. the name was published, the social security was published, the child's social security number was used as a dependent on a false tax return asking for a refund. and what is happening in communities like tampa and orlando, street crime, drugs, thefts, burglaries are going down because it's so easy for the criminals to get all of this money fr

mrs. edwards said they are not our friends, they are our staff. that was recounted by matthew nelsonr campaign staff. >> what did say about reel's reaction. >> prosecutors asked that very question. what was rielle hunter's reaction when she was confronted by reporters from the national enquirer? and christina reynolds, that former staff says that she wanted to comment that she was abducted by aliens. the followed up. was campaign concerned about what she would say? we didn't know what she would end up saying. all this soap opera testimony seems to be off the key issue of whether john edwards violated campaign finance laws by using donor money to hide his mistress. one law professor says the testimony is keeping jurors' focus. listen. >> the tawdriness definitely keeps them awake, which nice by product they are paying attention to a lot of what is going on even though it's technical court officials believe this trial could continue into early june, shep? >> shepard: jonathan seare. the drug enforcement has apologized to a california college student who was locked up for five days in a

claimed lord nelson's life, setting it amid the crushing congestion of towering masts, torn sails and the fog of cannon fire at precariously close quarters. the reviews were good. (reader) "mrrner... has detailed the death of his hero, while he has suggested the whole of a great naval victory, which we believe has never before been successfully accomplished, if it has been before attempted, in a single picture." (narrator) the napoleonic war ended in 1815 at waterloo. the duke of wellington had called the battle "a damn close run-thing." the fragility of civilization intrigued turner throughout his career. the decline of the carthaginian empire depicts the crushing penalty rome inflicted on the carthaginians. the architecture is elegant but the messy dockside suggests the end of a defeated imperial power. the women of vanquished carthage are bidding farewell to their men as they sail towards rome, human spoils of war bound for slavery or death. in 1818, turner was 43. in the twenty years that britain had been at war, he had become a public figure, his reputation based on art and enterprise. the new classes made wealthy by the industrial revolution were eager to buy his work

, leahy, bingaman, coons, levin, wyden, nelson of nebraska, shaheen, blumenthal, boxer, feinstein, whitehouse, merkley, rockefeller and johnson of south dakota. mr. reid: i now move to legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection the senate moves to legislative session. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 647, jerome powell of maryland, to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination federal reserve system, jerome h. powell of maryland to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to that nomination. mr. reid: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of jerome h. powell of maryland to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system. signed by 18 senators as follows -- mr. reid: mr. president, i

mr. hatch? >> i have a number of other questions i will just submit but let me ask this one because it borders a little bit on senator nelson's concerns, and i just thought maybe i should ask -- and also a question risen from my utah constituent. .. u usinger interest. it is when data on decreesed individuals are used in personal ways such as tax fraud in some of the ways senator nelson mentioned here. yet, here are -- i'd have to say, there are legitimate -- and ensure certain payments such as life insurance payments are properly made. i believe there are legitimate uses draft that by private interest for purposes of for instancic or personal research. which is something we in utah do a lot of. in the legislative specifications however, the ssa presenting purposes and need for such public information. now such a stance is naturally of concern to me, and certainly to many of my utah utahs constituents. mr. commissioner, will you be promulgating new rules for so-called death master rule, or are you as i think you have indicated indicating a statutory change or a legislative change? in either case, ensure me that you work with

klobuchar, murray, begich, blumenthal, nelson of nebraska, leahy, conrad, johnson of south dakota, brown of ohio, cardin, whitehouse, kerry, akaka, and harkin. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, this is the -- i have spoken before, madam president, abouts the importance of the f.d.a. bill, something we have to get done. literally, people's lives dpep depend on it. it addresses so many things with the f.d.a. to make it a better position. we have to get this done. as i've said before, if my republican colleagues don't like the bill, offer an amendment, offer an amendment to take that out, put something in, if you don't like it. but i would hope that we don't have to go through voting on cloture on monday night. we should be legislating this coming monday. so i am stunged that once again our motion to proceed when there's been an agreement that we would proceed to this with relevant amendments, which everybody says that that's what they want to do -- it's not germane amendments, which is very narrow;s it relevant amendments. it gi