the oil and natural gas industry contributed 85 and million dollars a day to the federal government in the form of taxes, royalties, and the list goes on. the effective tax rate for the oil and gas industry is 41%. the effective tax rate for the other standard and poor's industrial companies on average is 26%. we are clearly not only paying our fair share. we are paying more than our share. we begrudge people saying, let's keep penalizing a successful industry that makes such a significant contribution to our country. some of these proposals are not fair. they are designed to punish success. we do not think that is sound policy. >> when you put in the 41% number, does that include tax breaks? >> the tax breaks people talk about our standard provisions. a 41% does not include those. the 41% of effective tax rate applies to our industry. that is what we pay today. >> you have leases you currently are on, and you are not using down. what is your response? >> another myth designed to figure point. -- now to figure that out. shell oil has been trying have an operation out there. they are in

we need to focus on american producing more oil and natural gas. the more we work on that component, the better off we will be paired >> given the declining oil prices, do you expect gas prices to fall? >> if you look at the price of gas and crude oil, they follow very closely. if the price of crude comes down, you'll see the price of gas comedown. >> how much to expect it to fall? it is difficult to predict. >> is an average of $4 -- you think it will go down much below that, near to $3? >> others say and suggest that we have probably seen the high point now. the factors to watch closely in the price -- is the price of crude oil because that is the vast majority of the costs associated with gasoline. the price of crude is impacted by the global demand we have talked about. the other unfortunate factor is our unemployment rate has jumped up again. that suggests our economy may be slowing down. an economic recovery puts demand on crude-oil and decreases the cost. if we take another turn and slow down the economy, the pressure will diminish as well. t

. >> the first thing is natural gas. what do you know about natural gas? flammable. it goes, boom. it's important to shut this off. we use it for cooking, eating and hot water. there were 40,000 people that called pg and e about their gas. that means they call turned off their gas? did they need to do that? when do you have to? when there is a problem. how long did you think it takes pg and e to get out and turn it back on? 45,000 people. days weeks, may be a month. who has seen this in the streets. a lot of muck is in there is it's full of dirt and weeds you turn it to the right to tighten it and left to loosen it. your home work you have to look at your house, pop open the lid, look in there see what's going on in there it's not nice and clean like this. who has seen this around their house? everybody. each meter has a shut off. you want to find out where your gas meter is. you can keep track of your usage but you will know how to shut it off. here's the shut off. i have some tools up here, you can look at these. any hardware store has these. they fit on this and it allows you to

now, keep in mind, on natural gas, it's not just natural gas for -- to develop energy but also natural gas is something that we're going to be using in our cars. today it's available and they're working on technology. we're working on the certification of engines that will burn natural gas. and when we are, it's going to be -- relieve that tension also. right now the price of a comparable gallon of -- of natural gas to run an automobile is $1.60 a gallon. $1.60 as opposed to $4 a gallon. so it's out there. that's natural gas. now, in natural gas, i have to say this. the president made a speech -- and i responded on a couple of tv stations. this was probably three weeks ago, mr. president. it was on energy. and nesd that speech -- and he said in that speech, we have an abundant supply of good, clean natural gas, we need to be using it. then at the end of that speech, he said, however, we have to be very careful what we're going to be doing because we don't want to contaminate our drinking water with hydraulic fracturing. well, i happen to come from oklahoma. the first hydraulic fracturi

that's natural gas. natural gas i have to say this. the president made his speech and i responded on a couple of tv stations. this p is probably three weeks ago on energy.h, w they said in that speech we have ea n an abundancena of five good, clean haveo natural gas.ul at the end of the speech, he sent however, we have to be very careful what were going to be doing because we don't want to hydraulic contaminate our drinking water with hydraulic fracturing. i happen to come from oklahoma, first hydraulic fracturing job at oklahoma was done in 1948. documted we have not had one documented case of groundwater co contamination ever since 1948 60 years. and yet right now, they're going tonatu stop us from going after natural gas by taking away the hydraulic fracturing. now, hydraulic fracturing in the tape formation, and the shell gas wi formation can't develop cubic in t foot of natural gas withouts using federal at fracturing. it's a way of inserting liquids into force the gas out so we candent isg develop it. so what the president is say

natural gas doesn't smell. so if you smell that gas in your water well you got a city gas line leaking someplace in your house because you put the smell in the gas when you sell it to the retail customer so you can smell the gas if it's leaking in your house. but there's no smell in natural gas. people come up here to congress and say, they drilled a well right around the corner from me and now my water smells like natural gas. doesn't make sense because natural gas doesn't smell. i can tell that you from personal experience. it does not smell because i have dug up the machine on a job i had that smells and that was one of the nastiest jobs i ever had because you got that smell all over you. but that's a different story. we need an energy policy that works, not an antienergy policy. -- anti-energy policy. an antienergy policy. year one, 2009. february 4, 77 utah oil and gas lease areas withdrawn from development. one of the things we talk about a lot in texas, we talk now about it in pennsylvania, we talk about

for russia which is the main supplier of natural gas for europe european natural gas fields are declining so aren't necessity for russian imports increases goes by and the main fields in russia will provide for europe have not been constructed yet both of the struck mine fields so be supplied it's important that we can start supplying europe in the meantime christine and just very quickly as we are running out of time the third energy package has been heavily criticized by some companies working in the sector do you think projects such as north korea would get funding if there's supply of gas in this case it is gazprom is not allowed to own the means of distribution. well the problem is that we want to lower the price of energy consumption and energy prices here in europe about we need to liberalize the pipelines i don't think it will disrupt gasper and supply of europe if it contributes to the liberal sation of europe because that will increase demand so although they might think that it hurts them it doesn't really because if the price of gas to go through a certain degree becomes more

would that gets votes for natural gas? >> i think there are various provisions in the law scheduled to expire. energy provisions for clean energy sources. we will have to find funds somewhere to continue with those provisions and i think it is important we continue with some of them. this was one place the funding could come from, reducing the benefits fossil fuel has traditionally enjoyed. i think that would add an additional argument to those who would support this proposal, but clearly we need to reduce the deficit as well as extend these tax provisions for clean energy going forward. >> does this bill have enough votes to get out of the set? >> i do not believe it does. i think the republicans will come up with an alternative that doesn't have the votes either. i do not believe it is likely. i think the votes we will have next week are on motions to proceed to consider these bills and i don't think the senate will vote, i don't think there'll be enough votes to consider either of the bills likely to come to the floor.

mostly is is not a pipeline natural gas this is the l. and g. . so we are more the chinese government both and the russian government the chinese supposed to balance or have been discussing that the natural gas the trading sell but there is. one thing is the price everyone i think in the world who is interested in energy knows that point but. that. is still going out there so if china wants to be in. using nor anacreon energy i think natural gas is that is is the better choice i think i know there has been a competition between china and japan for the hearts and minds of the russian intelligence of lines i read i read that the chinese were winning in this combination of as they view one or is the competition still on. do you think is that chinese are waiting that the japanese are i don't even florence and i think if it if not if not are how to save their always i think if i win win games. i do hope of that if. because i know that it is and are a liar how to save their part buy a car from the main pipeline and tear it to japan so i think t

would that not get some votes from natural gas? >> i think there are various provisions in the law that a scheduled to expire. there are energy provisions, particularly for clean energy sources. we will have to find the funds somewhere to continue with those provisions. i think it is important that we continue with some of them. this was one place that that funding could come from, reducing the benefits of the fossil fuel industry. clearly, we need to reduce the deficit as will extend these tax provisions for clean energy going forward. >> does the bill have enough votes to get of the senate next week? >> i do not believe it does. i do not believe that -- i think the republicans have come up with some alternative. it does not have the votes either. i do not believe it is likely. i think that the votes we will have next week are motions to proceed to consider these bills. i do not think the senate will vote -- but there will be enough votes to consider either of the two bills. >> all of us are talking on this friday afternoon. we sh

this natural gas is important because in the last few years the diminish lick fied natural gas received human amounts of foreign natural gas. developing offshore natural gas in virginia could displace foreign natural gas and mean more for virginia. in context, half a billion barrels of oil is enough to fuel all four million cars in virginia for more than four years and 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas can heat all 3.2 million virginia households for more than 11 years. developing resources off virginia's coast could generate nearly $19.5 billion in revenues to federal, state and local governments. virginians, along with their governor, both democratic stharts and a majority of the congressional delegation here in congress and the city council of virginia beach, off which much of the development would take place, do support offshore leasing and development because they understand it can bring much needed jobs and revenues to the state. thank you, mr. chairman. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from virginia. >> how much time

we're america's natural gas. and here's what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. entertained dad, and mom, and a neighbor or two. kept watch on the house when they slept. and tomorrow we could do even more. we're cleaner, domestic, abundant and ready now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power today. learn more at anga.us. >> smith: welcome back to the special edition of "face the nation." i'm harry smith sitting in for bob schieffer. mr. speaker, one of the things that seems to be dragging down the economy-- you've got one in four mortgages in the united states that are underwater. some estimates say there may be another five million foreclosures in the pipeline still to come. people are scared to death about what's happening with their biggest single investment. has washington done enough to alleviate some o

the problem with natural gas is is a gas and not a liquid. the advantage of oil is that gallon of gasoline is very transportable. it is very compact, and you get a lot of energy out of it. you can put 18 gallons of gasoline in your fuel tank, and most cars can go 300 or 400 miles on that tank of gasoline. natural gas -- to put enough natural gas in the same private vehicle takes a containment tank that is much larger and much more cumbersome. the transportability, the energy efficiency of gasoline is just greater right now for transportation purposes. over time, maybe the engineers can figure out the technology to compress the natural gas or use it in a way that makes natural gas a better deal. i think what you are going to have is a combination. maybe ethanol. maybe hydrogen. president bush put a lot of research money into hydrogen. the emissions of hydrogen is water vapor which is a greenhouse gas. it is very benign. let the market operate and let the federal government serve as an honest referee and a benefactor in terms of doing the resea

we're america's natural gas.nd here's what we did today in homes all across america: we created the electricity that powered the alarm clocks and brewed the coffee. we heated the bathwater and gave kelly a cleaner ride to school. cooked the cube steaks and steamed the veggies. entertained dad, and mom, and a neighbor or two. kept watch on the house when they slept. and tomorrow we could do even more. we're cleaner, domestic, abundant and ready now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power today. learn more at anga.us. and go everywhere. to help revitalize a neighborhood in massachusetts. restore a historic landmark in harlem. fund a local business in chicago. expand green energy initiatives in seattle. because when you're giving, lending, and investing in more communities across the country, more opportunities happen. >> schieffer: that's it for us today. thank you for watching and being with us on face the nation. we're going ton right here next week covering who knows what. on face the nation. captioning

honda happens to be the only manufacturer making a natural gas car for retail sales, we've had a huge spike in the sales of the natural gas cars. >> former hybrid drivers are now lining up and dealers are selling out. natural gas filling stations are more common, you might not be surprised to hear that, in the bay area. than in other parts of the country. >>> we go indepth tonight with those anti-bacterial products which are so popular. is the chemical at the heart of those products actually doing more harm than good. nbc bay area's garvin thomas shows us the additive that may be counter productive. >> it is a dirty, germy world out there, which is why john calucci always carries protection. >> i have anti-bacterial wipes with me, clorox wipes to clean a surfa surface, mini-lie sol with me. >> reporter: now, other than being with calucci 24/7, there's one thing all these products have in common. an anti-bacterial agent. it's been making its way over the years into more and more consumer products, from hand soap to deodorant to toothpaste and beyond. it's in many things and is one thin

natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this.t's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> i honestly think we have more fun during the commercials than any other time. ben, you had an excellent question. >> i'm curious about if like a lot of people, some people spend all of their life savings, that's not the kind of thing you want people to do. how do we create a more skeptical society? a society that doesn't take everything at face value? >> you mean like my skeptics society? you can join, for starters. in general, we think education is a good thing, right? and that teaching people to think critically, rationally, scientifically, that's my goal in life. and that's what my books and magazine are about. but politically, as long as these people don't get power, this is why we worry about islam, right? who cares if somebody believes this and you have this faith and i have that faith and we have a different faith and the world is a big enough place for all of us. except if you believe that the world will not be okay until every knee is bowed to my p

they fill the pipe with water at high pressure and later this morning antioch workers will vent natural gas from a section of pipe that's to be tested. pg&e says there will be a slight smell of gas in the area for a short time but you should be fine. >>> some bay area teachers say enough is enough and this morning, they will hold a rally in san francisco to kick off a week of protests to save education budgets. they will rally this morning at the state public utilities commission building and then head to sacramento to pressure lawmakers. they are trying to save teacher jobs. one educator from san jose says there are already five fewer class days at his san jose high school. >> if this budget becomes an all cuts budget, we could be having 20 days. that's a whole month of instruction that our students will be shorted. that's the type of consequence if we don't get these taxes continued. >> after several days of talking to legislators, teachers planned a large rally at the capital this friday. that is the day teacher layoff notices take effect. >>> 5:06 on your monday. a little traffic and we

pg&e warns that area residents might smell natural gas when it gets vented from the pipe. workers will fill the sections with water and pressurize them to much higher levels than they would ever operate with natural gas. sections of pipe that show weakness will be replaced. it's part of a state order to ensure the transmission is safe after last september's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. >> the wind continues to cause problems. caltrans issued a high wind advisory at midnight for the bridges. it's been lifted for the benicia bridge. a downed tree blocked a street in oakland last night. it just missed a car parked on the open is sit side of the street. it blocked the street for several hours until city crews cleared it away. fantastic mother's day, but, i tried to put a hat on, didn't have a chance of staying on. >> better chance today. it will be breezy but not as nearly intense as it was yesterday. look at satellite and radar. note there are a few storms lingering around 80 as you head out sacramento and some snow as you head up to into the sierra. what we are lo

natural gas is almost entirely private lands. i have counties for the first time in history their unemployment rates are below both state and natural averages. everybody benefits. not just the people getting the royalties or lees -- or leases but the churches, the boy scout the girl scouts, the little leagues, because rural folks are generous and support good causes. so the communities are growing ching the annual average tax -- the annual earnings are going up. frankly, government is benefiting because local, state an even the federal government is get manager tax revenue with all that economic activity. and our unemployment is down and energy security is there and it's lower energy costs for everyone and you know what, it's private sector. if the government owned that land, we'd never be experiencing those benefits. so you know, despite that fact, despite these being private lands, i'll end my comments with this because i know we have other members who want to speak tonight this administration is going after that natural gas pro

natural gas, we want to use natural gas. let's use our own natural gas. the largest oil reserves in the world. we just have to be willing to have american jobs and reduce our reliance on foreign oil. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield myself 10 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: this bill does absolutely nothing to lower gas prices and it does everything to increase profits with big oil companies. again i repeat the question i have been asking over and over again. why was the amendment that would help our veterans get jobs when they return from iraq and afghanistan defeated in the rules committee? i have no idea why. at this time i yield five minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for tife minutes. mr. peters: i thank my friend from massachusetts for yielding time. i urge my colleagues to vote

we have not looked for the oil and i think we have more but we know how much natural gas we have. the industry surprised itself but what it is finding. on the fracking issue, what is the department doing and are you being aggressive to find some conclusions? we think that fracking is safe under certain circumstances. what are you going to come to a final determination on this so we can take advantage of 200 years of supply of natural gas which can reduce our greenhouse gases by 50%? in 30 seconds or less. >> we have to establish what is really going on and it could be different in different regions of the country. that is why the president asked the department of energy to form this subcommittee. we need to find out -- >> when you expect some results or conclusions from that to? >> 90 days from now, we will have a preliminary set of recommendations and that subcommittee than those before -- >> i think that is a very important component of our work in this next year. natural gas with a 40% reduction in debt -- greenhouse gases, the technology is there, i think we will find there is

. >> natural gas, there's just not enough support for them right now and not enough places to fuel them up at this point. so until the infrastructure gets in place to support those kind of vehicles, right now we're stuck with hybrids. >> reporter: and that means stuck in the slow lane with everyone else. again, the yellow sticker program will expire in less than two months. starting july 1st, hybrids caught driving solo in the fast lane will face a fine of $450. reporting live in concord, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. that hurts. >> wow, that is steep! okay, thanks, jodi. >>> still ahead at 6:00, it's a map without batterieses, without a computer. yes, believe it or not, the project that may be among the first of its kind in the u.s. that aims to bring a bay area community together. how it's helping them find their way. >>> i'm scott budman. it's no longer a hit record, now it's a hit download. coming up, the music and tech summit and how you can benefit. >>> also, you be the judge. is it elitist or simply practical? the controversial new plan for the uc system that could

>> i think the fundamental thing is the source of hydrogen that right now it's natural gas, but natural gas will have to be significantly more abundant and less costly. we are going in the right direction but have to significantly more abundant or the gasification of coal again with carbon sequestration, but that is a technology issue to make it cost-effective, but there has to be -- it is turning a hydrocarbon into hydrogen and sequestering of the carbon. >> the son shot initiative which seeks to reduce the cost of solar power to roughly a dollar watt and at that press the delete as the solar power generation becomes cost-effective without subsidy with other forms of electricity generation. i'm gerry pleased to see that the son shot initiative will include the foot of a tape manufacturing initiative. as you will recall several years ago, you told me that so devotee yet was not cost-effective but he expected at that time that it would take four to five years to become effective, cost-effective so i would like to know what progress has been made there as well. do we need to focus resourc

mostly it is it's not a pipeline and natural gas is that l. and g. . so we all know that china's governments both and the russian government of china supposed to governments are held english causing that the natural gas the trading sell that there is. one thing is the price everyone i think in the world who is interested in an idjit knows that the point but. the topic is there is still going out there so if it china wants to you. as in more and clean energy i think they're getting is that is is their best to try i said i think i know there has been a competition between china and japan for the hearts and minds of the russian intelligence of lines i read i read that the chinese were winning in this combination as they view one or is the competition still on. here think is that chinese are weighing the japanese you are i don't think i think it's if it's not it's not our heart is there they're all weighing i think if i win games. i do hope of that if. because i know there is. a line how to save their part by part from the main pipeline and the tw

i think we do with respect to liquified natural gas. but it could happen that liquified natural gas can become a security issue if it is not properly guarded, maintained, and secured. >> what steps would you take in forming it? >> well, it won't happen if we leave the debate to the people inside the beltway in washington, d.c. it just won't. the idea of creating an independent regulatory commission, taking away from the executive branch or judicial branch current authorities, that's not an easy conversation for people who hold those current authorities to have. also not an easy conversation for k street or lobbyist groups to have because it goes against what they stand for. so you have all the antibodies around this concept living in the place where the decision would ultimately be made. how do we get it done? well, i didn't start citizens for affordable energy just as a hobby. citizens for affordable energy, the foundation that my wife and i founded three years ago exists for the primary purpose of educating all americans, could be app

natural gas, have to say this, the president made his speech stations. on thisan probably three weeks agoa mr. president he said in that speech we have an abundant supply of good, clean natural, o gas. very careful of what we're doing because we don't want to contaminate with hydraulic fracturing. i happen to come from oklahoma. fve not had one contaminationts since 1948, 60 years. natu and yet right now there isra gog to stop us from particular fracturing., in these tight formations, the b it's d a way of inserting liquid develop it t. u and so it's fair.we don so what the president is saying natural gas, but we don't want to use hydraulicand th fracturiy there is an effort right now to try to take that over as arightn federal fund, relation of it' hydraulic fracturing. right now there's never been a problem with it. is regulated differently in different states. for example,da in oklahoma arees talking about that of some 35,000 feet. you could just north into kansas. it's between three andit's not 4000 feet. so it's different in differentat states.done?

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>> i think the fundamental thing is the source of hydrogen , right now it's natural gas, but natural gas will have to be significantly moribund ant and less costly. we're going in the right direction, but we will have to be significantly moribund ant. or the gas of coal with carbon sequestration, but that's a technology issue to make it cost effective. but there has to be -- turning a hydro carbon into carbon and sequestering the carbon. >> the second thing, the sun shot initiative, which seeks to reduce the cost of solar power to roughly a dollar per watt, and at that price, the belief is that solar power generation becomes cost effective without subsidies with other forms of electricity generation. i'm very pleased to see that the sunshot initiative will include the manufacturing initiative. as you'll recall, several years ago you told me that photo was not cost effective, but you expected at that time that it would take four to five years to become effective, cost effective. so i'd like to know what progress has been made there as well. do we need to focus resources on the sunshot

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the venting of the natural gas and it sounded like this. that is the sound of natural gas being let of the pipeline clearing it so it can be filled with water so it can test for leaks. no interruption of service, neighbors were notified by mail and phone that they may smell gas today. this is a feeder line, it feeds the same line from the peninsula to san bruno the same one killing eight people. pg&e says this stretch of pipe will be tested very thoroughly. >> we are doing in-line inspections with cameras. we're going to excavate pipe and excavate the wells, test the state of the steel. we're going to do a lot of inspections. >> the device that goes through and cleans out debris inside the pipe. they estimate the cost of half million dollars per mile of testing and plans to test 150 miles. puc has asked 700 miles of pipe pipeline to be tested. if you take that number of $200,000 per mile, one of the lower figures, you are talking about $140 million project. pg&e says, puc will make the decision whether rate pairs will make that payment or s

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now if we shift the focus to natural gas, the u.s. has enough natural gas reserves to meet u.s. demand for 90 years. well, let's turn to coal. again based on c.r.s. analysis, our domestic coil resources -- our domestic coal resources are huge. in fact, the united states is number one in world coal resources. the united states has 28% of the world's coal. american recoverable coal reserves are 262 billion tons of coal. to put that in perspective, the united states consumes about 1.2 billion short tons per year. simply extraordinary. what i'm saying, madam president, is that's over 200 years' worth. then c.r.s. did something else interesting. they consolidated the energy resources and then ranked the united states against the rest of the world. and the united states came in at number one. and this does not include oil shale or methane hydrates. c.r.s. concluded that total fossil fuels within the united states and barrels of oil equivalent are 972.6 billion. so considering the united states leads the world in total energy resources, we need to evaluate any energy policy on whether

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, natural gas being one of the most economically viable and environmentally friendly sources of fossil fuels. a recent study by i.c.f. international concluded that offshore energy production in virginia could create 1,888 new jobs and generate 19.5 billion in federal, state, and local revenues. i can tell you in virginia as we struggle to find dollars to clean up the chesapeake bay, struggle to find dollars for transportation, that those dollars are much needed. virginia can lead the nation in improving our energy security and reducing our reliance on foreign oil, and to do that we must reinstate the planned offshore oil and natural gas lease sale. with that i urge my colleagues to support this measure. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. markey: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia,. mr. connolly. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: thank you. i thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, you know, i hate to say it, but w

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