murkowski: thank you, senator hoeven. we were discussing how we get the accurate imaging of the fire during the funny river fire we had last year on the peninsula. the state was able to use s tonds to digit-- use drone determine where the hotspot was and found it very effective. it was one of those situations where the smoke was so thick you did not know what was happening and there was no real way to pinpoint it at that time. the technologies that are out there, i think can clearly help to make a difference as we try to battle these fires, and mr. eisley, you mentioned the appificance of having an where people know who is where and from a safety perspective, making sure those who are fighting fires have tools that perhaps we haven't had in the past. we haven't had much discussion --s morning about the wild the urban interface, and the fact that 50-90 5% of forest services fire suppression costs are incurred protecting private aboutty, and we all know the program. we see the benefits of when a homeowner takes very proacti

isaac edwards is chief counsel for senator lisa murkowski on the senate energy and natural resourcesmittee and then my colleague luc coffey who was a fellow here at heritage. ambassador geir. >> thank you for organizing this event. a special thanks to admiral papp for his enlightening remarks in his great oversight over all these issues he gave us and the historic good that came along with it. i guess since he departed quite a bit from the title of the u.s. had the infrastructure ships, i am also allowed to do the same and i would like to talk a little bit about these issues from the dead of the country where i come from and i'm very happy to use the admiral papp's reference point for me also a little bit on the things that might be important for us in that context. the picture is no longer there, but it was quite illuminating. if they open to this extent, we competing might be in a quite unique situation with the effect of the different possibilities that will open up as far as trade and shipping. of course, this could be 10, 20, 50 years into the future. one has to start a plan. i

. >> reporter: republican senator lisa murkowski of alaska thanked the. but the ohio congressional delegation which has fought the name change for years objected. on twitter ohio senator robb portman said the name change was another example of the. going around congress. today the. heads to alaska for -- the president heads to alaska for a three-day trip as he faces melting graciers to highlight climate change. >> if we do nothing, temperatures are expected to rise. >> reporter: he will be the sixth president to advice sis the arctic circle. president mckinley was never able to sea the peak. >> it's the third tallest mountain in the world. alaska and the state legislature have been working for decades to officially change the name but those efforts as you heard were blocked by legislation in congress and stymied by ohio's congressional delegation. the white house is hoping this change will improve relations with native americans. >>> also in alaska, people along the coastline there hope to draw the president's attention to their problem with erosion. it's

it was senator frank murkowski of alaska and then ted stevens who was chairman of the of the appropriationstee. i got into isaac from those days, and then we kind of were not much intimidation and to the arctic stuff started coming together. even though i'm from colorado i think i really appreciate the importance of the arctic and happy to help provide a venue, a discussion where i succumb have senator murkowski can share some perspective from alaska. isaac's. thanks for the update to. and good afternoon to gone. want to start a little follow up on ambassadors, spirit infrastructure that iceland already has, you don't see that infrastructure places like alaska, the canadian arctic, greenland, parts of russia. but you do see it in iceland, norway, finland, sweden. so there really are kind of two different arctic stable in terms of infrastructure department and was available for the people to use for economic activity, for search and rescue activity, for environmental stewardship, that type of thing. there's still quite a bit of ways to go at least from the u.s. perspective on what we need to

lisa and center is murkowski of alaska.hairman of the senate energy committee introduced the bill to limit those restrictions. the senator and asked her how such a move could impact the u.s. economy and the chief u.s. economist carl joined in on the conversation. you have an opportunity to increase your production here, which you do because we have the resources, we have demonstrated through the technologies we are able to put in play now, that our ability to access the resource is extraordinary. us toe have that allows be a true competitor in the global market is the resource itself and you could have cheap labor but it does not do much good for you without the resource. we can do it in a way that is more environmentally response will than anywhere else in really the world. that, i think, gives us a competitive advantage. one thing that is important for people around the country to allow for is if we the export of u.s. oil, it will not increase the price that the pump.l pay at in study after study, they have said, that wil

here is lisa murkowski thanking the president for making the name change. [video clip] alaskans have known this as the great one. we are honored to recognize the mountain as denali. i would like to thank the president to achieve this the people change to of alaska. host: on the other side, john boehner, who released several statements on this issue. "rollcall,"p by there is a reason his name has served atop the highest peak. is a testament to his great legacy. he made a difference or constituents as a member of the house of representatives. victory.his nation to deeply said, "i and disappointed in this decision." john boehner from ohio. on president in obama's legacy. good morning, stephen. caller: i think it is great he is talking about it as much as he is. extinction.of human if we do not do something very ss of habitat for humans is in great peril. deal is about rising temperatures -- it is about rising temperatures. host: do you think this will be an issue he gets remembered for, or overshadowed by other issues in his eight years in office. caller: it d

that is why my organization is going to be targeting senator kelly aart, senator lisa murkowski, senator joe manchin. these are people who hold themselves out in some way in favor of women's issues. nonsense. you voted against planned parenthood. those individuals are up for re-election in 2016. we're going after them. >> do you think it makes a difference that they're trying to use women on their side. >> women are not fooled. women know how important planned parenthood is to women's health care. one many five women in this country, by one estimate, have used specifically planned parenthood's services, and there are many other excellent health care centers that provide the full range of reproductive health care to women including abortion care. women throughout this country, republican women and independent women and democratic women love planned parenthood because it provides such excellent services. the men think they can hide behind the skirts of these women. that's not going to work with the women voters. the republicans are on track to lose the women's vote massively. by the way, i

. >> reporter: republican senator lisa murkowski thanked the. on twitter ohio senator robb portman said the name change was another exame of the. going around -- the president going around congress. today the president heads to alaska for a three-day trip where he'll face a bigger political fight as he visits melting glaciers to highlight climate change. >> if we do nothing alaska temperatures are predicted to rise by 6 to 10 degrees by the end of the century. president mckinley was never able to see the peak that bore his name for 98 years. in new york, cbs news. >> denali is the third tallest mountain in the world. alaskans have been working for decades to officially change its name. the white house hopes making this change will improve relations with native americans. >>> president obama is joined by secretary of state john kerry in alaska this morning. both leaders plan to speak at the state department's conference on global warming in anchorage. secretary kerry is calling for urgent and aggressive action to tackle the problem. yesterday he

senator from alaska lisa murkowski had this to say. >> for generation, alaskans have known this majesticntain as the great one. today we're honored to be able to officially recognize the mountain as denali. i would like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the people of alaska. >> president obama is in alaska to attend a conference on the arctic and climate change. we talked about his visit this morning on "washington journal". >> what is the president's schedule today? where is he going to be appearing? >> well, this is one of the more pronounced pieces of his really strong career focused on climate change and that will certainly continue right up through today and today is the first part of this three-day swing and he's going to address a state department conference on the arctic with the name glacier. it stands for global leadership in the arctic and i don't remember the rest because the u.s. is the chair of something called the arctic council and it's a multinational initiative and we expect the presiden

i think this is good news for the american people as senator murkowski said.good things happen when you work across the aisle and work together. but still democrats put forth a strategy i think to keep congress from working and moving us towards a government shutdown. but democrats have blocked the funding to equip the consideration of the funding our troops fighting overseas and to provide care for our military families at home earlier this you. i'm sure senator mccain feels very strongly as i do about the wrongheadedness of that approach. i think our spending per is one of our greatest priority. so we are dedicated to keeping the government open and we still have a lot of hard work to do to get to that goal. plan to get to that in september. the american people are being sent a clear message. they send us your to get things done and we are getting things done. now we have a chance to debate the bill. we've heard about the numbers of amendments we've been able to consider. we've heard about the bipartisan efforts in all committees to salsa really difficult is

about advancing renewable energy, then it would follow the example of what leaders like senator murkowski have been achieving in the energy committee. she is showing how we can make big strides on energy diversification, that we can do it in a bipartisan way, and that we don't have to punish the middle class to do it. but this white house seems to want good politics, not good policy. officials in his administration have said they want to make electricity rates skyrocket, and they want to make examples of people who get in the way. they are tired of having to work with congress, the one people elected. that is why the administration is trying to impose these deeply regressive regulations, regulations that may be illegal, that won't to meaningfully impact the global environment, and that are likely to harm middle and lower class americans the most, all done by executive fiat. triumph ofts the blind ideology over sound policy and honest compassion. and in kentucky, these regulations would likely mean fewer jobs, shuttered power plants, higher electricity costs for families and businesses. so

in fact, last time we had a bipartisan bill here was in the last congress and senator murkowski, our colleague from alaska joined me in a bill that said all major spending from everyone wherever you were, progressive, conservative, essentially had to be disclosed. so my own view is we need more transparency not less, and mr. president, i have some brief remarks to make on another subject unless our chairman wants to make further comments, i will yield on this topic and let the chairman comment and then i would ask unanimous consent after the chairman is done mr. president to speak. i'll be certainly no more than ten minutes on another subject after the chairman's had a chance to talk. mr. hatch: i thank my colleague. maybe i should speak. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: i thank you mr. president. look, all i think people can make up their own minds about this. read the doggone report. you cannot read that and just say oh, brush it off, there is just one rogue employee there. there are all kinds of employees that are mentioned in the report. you can't just wip

about advancing renewable energy, then it would follow the example of what leaders like senator murkowski has been achieving in the energy committee. she's showing how we can make big strides on energy diversification, that we can do it in a bipartisan way and that we don't have to punish the middle class to do it. but this white house seems to want good politics, not good policy. officials in this administration have said they want to make electricity rates skyrocket and that they want to make examples out of people who get in the way. and they're tired of having to work with congress, the one the people elected. that's why the administration is now trying to impose these deeply regressive regulations regulations that may be illegal that won't meaningfully impact a global environment and that are likely to harm middle- and lower-class americans the most, all done by executive fiat. it represents a try triumph of blind ideology and honest compassion. in kentucky, these regulations would likely mean fewer jobs, shuttered power plants, pire electricity costs for families and businesses. so

here's alaska senator lisa murkowski thanking the president for making the name change. >> for generationsalaskans have known this majestic mountain as the great one. today we're honored to be able to officially recognize the mountain as denali. i would like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the people of alaska. >> on the on the other hand side of reaction there was speaker of the house john boehner who released several statements on this issue. one picked up by will call newspaper noting speaker boehner saying there's a reason president mckinley's name has served atop the highest peak in america for 100 years and it's because it's a testament to his great legacy. mckinley served our country with distinction during the civil war. he made a different for his constituents. he led this nation to prosperity and victory in the spanish american war as the 25th president of the united states. boehner said in his statement sunday night that i'm deeply disappointed in this decision. of course boehner also from the