i commend senator risch for his remarks. i want to make a little addition to those in just a second. specifically, in answer to your question, senator johanns, the only thing you can do with this budget is start over. senator risch is very important to recognize the ten-year fiasco we look at every year by pushing the saisks out into years eight, nine and ten when this congress won't be here and another congress will be here. talking about compromise, one of the things that senator shaheen from new hampshire and i have pushed for two years is a process that 40% of the states operate under, including yours, if i'm not mistaken, mr. johanns, and that is a by by annual budget process, so instead of talking about ten years, you talk about two. instead of talking about appropriating every year, you appropriate one year or two years, and the second year which happens to be the election year or the even-numbered year, your total obligation is to look for savings, efficiencies and find function in the government. we don't ever do in

senator risch? >> thank you. secretary chu, let me say for the record that -- and i know that this falls on deaf ears and this is simply a philosophical agreement, it decrees the nuclear energy come point by -- component by 10%. i find that particularly discouraging as we look to the future. i know that's not the administration's position that nuclear is our fposition and i suppose that's not going to change until the administration changes. take my objection to the decrease and we'll increase the other boutique type of energy production systems that you have. i want to ask particularly about one part of that. i noticed that in the budget you increased -- or you decreased the fuel cycle research and development by 10.8%. and yet, yesterday when you were in georgia you announced that there was going to be a new $10 million advanced nuclear innovative cross cutting for cross cutting and soon to be a little inconsistent. on one hand, you're asking for the -- for a $10.8 million decrease and yet yesterday you said th

she got the permit pretty quickly after risch -- after we cited her. this sometimes happens. the window people are not great at getting the permit is done. this is just a lack of construction knowledge regarding the permits. our department is happy enough on that one. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? president garcia: i wish there was a way to accept that agreement. i wish there were a way that we could compel people to come before us. we have had the situation before where, and i'm not saying it is an allegation, but it has been alleged -- we have no independent knowledge. if the contractor did do that, which i believe he did, there should be some sanctions against that contract. if we impose a contract, it would not be against the permit holder. i move that we accept the arrangement made by dbi and the appellant. >> we have a motion from president garcia to reduce this penalty to two times the regular fee. commissioner fung: aye. h vice-presidentwang: aye. commissioner goh: aye. >> the motion is approved. >> moving back to item number five, a few j

i don't think fox news or risch limbaugh could get through ten minutes without coming up with something like this. it's part of the national discourse and i think this ushered in an era where reporters and politicians, now, they have always had somewhat of an adversarial relationship, but i think it got uglier and uglier and uglier during that period, and i think it's remained to this day. personally, i'm not sure this is a healthy thing for the body politic, but i think a lot of the things that got set in motion during the nixon administration we're still living with, and i think to an exponentially, i think it's even gotten worse as time goes on. [ applause ] >> i want to thank the nixon library and also the miller center and tim ni neothy neftal putting on this conference and for arranging this volume that opens up a whole lot of interesting possible projects of scholarship for the future. i'm going to talk about the 1960 election. we still live within the framework that teddy white laid down in 1961 in his making of the president volume. teddy white's book sold millions of copies an

senator risch. >> secretary chu, first of all, let me just say for the record -- i know this falls on deaf ears. this is simply philosophical disagreement. but your budget requests the 3.2% increase for the year. yet decreases the nuclear energy component by 10%. i find that particularly discouraging as we look to the future. i know that that is not the administration's position that nuclear is our future. i do. a lot of other people do. i suppose that's not going to change until the administration changes at some point in time. so, for the record, just take my objection to the decrease while increasing other of the boutique-type energy production systems that you have. i want to ask particularly about one part of that. i noticed that in the budget you

i can speak for senator risch, i know he'd volunteer his garage if you need it. i know he represents iral and i represent inral. you know i'm very proud of their accomplishments there. i want to continue to work with you to seecontinues. and then your budget, and in my estimation you go a long way toward supporting that lab's critical programs, which are focused on developing innovative renewable energy technologies that clearly have translated into lasting, well paying jobs, a more comprehensive energy p t portfolio and the national security that comes along with that. so kudos to you. i know this is a tough fiscal environment and i want you to know that we support what you and the president have put together. i mentioned how important inral is. financing is also really crucial to our energy future. would you speak to the fact that we're at a really critical juncture here in regards to the ptc, the production tax credit. it's been very instrumental in the expansion of wind. deployment around our country. every state has a stake in this. whether states are produc

kind risch -- congress should send me those reforms. i will sign them right away. [applause] another thing we are doing to support american jobs is making it easier for businesses like boeing to sell their products all over the world. two years ago, i set a goal of doubling u.s. exports in five years. we are on track to achieve that goal. we are ahead of schedule. last of member, when i was in indonesia, boeing announced a deal with the help of an export import bank to tell more than an -- to sell more than 200 planes to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. boeing is one of the largest exporters in america. this is one of the biggest deals boeing had ever done. over the years, it will help support and thousands of american jobs, including jobs here in washington state. i say, i deserve a gold watch because i am selling yourself all the time. [laughter] i will go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american products. by the way, i will not stand by when our competitors do not play by the rules. [applause] [cheering] that is why i directed m

risch: thank you very much, mr. senator. i want to speak briefly on this issue, and i want to thank those who have put this on the table for us to talk about. every single american should watch the debate on this issue. this debate strikes to the heart of the freedoms that we as americans enjoy. why do we have these freedoms? because in 1776, the people decided they were sick and tired of the king telling them that they had to do this and that they had to do that and had totally wiped out a number of freedoms that they had, not the least of which was speech and religion. you remember, these people operated under a king who had -- was so powerful, the monarchy was so powerful it established a religion and said you must belong to this religion if you are a citizen of this country. and when we fought to be free of that, when we fought to be a free people, the founding fathers put together a document that specified very clearly freedoms that we would have. we have come many, many years since then, but we will lose these freedoms

tell that to the town of benton harbor, michigan was the first city to feel the saving embrace of rischck schneider's landmark policy. souped up emergency manager law, allows the state to take over a town, overrule all authority and appoint a manager. the state-appointed overseer can do pretty much anything he or she wants in the town, including firing local elected officials, including even abolishing the town without the town's consent. michigan governor emergency management law eliminates democracy at the local level, whatever you vote for, whoever you vote for, overruled by the governor's say-so. if your town has problem, the law says the reason for those problems is because you have had a vote. you have had a say in what happens in your town, so your vote must be taken away for your own good. the essential michigan website eclectablog calculates using the law, he has taken local democracy of half of michigan's african american residents. he can't say that was the intent but that has been the effect in the making of his emergency manager law. a majority of michigan's black populatio

they are considering using the building for films that risch sound stage and edit sweeps. filmmakers say they usually avoid shooting in d.c. because not having a nearby sound stage can cost the film lots of money. filming of the tv show "the firm" from last september. mayor gray is also considering a 5% tax on movie theater concessions to help boost d.c.'s film incentive fund. more test sing under way in upstate new york where 15 students are suffering from a mystery illness that causes uncontrollable ticks. similar to those with tourette's disease. environmental specialists are te testing a super fun cleanup site from the outskirts of leroy. a train derailed in 1970 dumping toxic chemicals causing water and ground contamination. the site is four miles from where the students go to school. officials are trying to determine if there is any connection to the mystery illness. neurologists initially said the teens have conversion disorder, formerly known as mass hysteria. >>> another busy day today in indianapolis with just three days until the super bowl. super bowl xlvi. tod

in distinguishing governor romney's position and my position, but in addition, it's not harmful -- rischarack obama and hillary clinton were in a contest all the way up to mid-june. john mccain won early. it didn't seem to help him, so have been testing ideas, and showing that there are philosophical differences about how we approach america's future, i think that's very healthy for the republican parties, and i think we'll be a party of better new ideas and better new solutions. >> mr. speaker, as usual, thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks. good to see you, wolf. >>> will the republican race for the white house remain undecided all the way to the august convention in tampa? we're taking a closer look at the tea leaves. that's coupling up in our "strategy session." and you'll hear the chilling 911 call that led police to the unspeakable scene of the powell murder/suicide. sfloo >>> let ate get right to our strategy session. jamal simmons along with alice stewart. let me start with you. you agree with newt gingrich, this republican contest could go all the way to the end of august,

tucker take on the comments by krauthamer and risch limbaugh.rickson has weighed in and jonah goldberg they say when it shows to them he can't make a conservative argument. is that true. >> we know what the attack on romney will consist of. he will be parented at heartless rich guy by the obama campaign. as a matter of tactics or strategy you probably ought not to play into that. romney can defend it on the merits. it is very true that the poor have more disposable income and time than the working poor. the real frustration for conservatives is he is having trouble making it and explaining the basic precepts of conservative. that is why they like newt in a lot of cases even though newt is not a consistent tent conservatism but he can explain ideas behind conserve tim and romney can't. martha: adding to that criticism, what tucker is getting that, is he not nimble and can't talk off-the-cuff and find himself going into these sort of difficult waters at tiles when he does. alan, he says this comment was taken out of context that it does not mean t