. >> reporter: paul scalise is an expert on nuclear policy. he explains the rationale behind the government's emphasis on nuclear power. >> you have japan's very precarious lack of natural resources, and the hope that by moving away from fossil fuels like imported gas, oil, and coal, that you can avoid the very disruptive shocks to both electricity prices, as well as gas prices, that took place in the 1970s. >> reporter: he says the energy policy will be welcomed by the business community. but he adds the utilities, and the government, need to display more transparency in order to convince the general public. nhk world. >>> managers at the fukushima daiichi power plant have reported a new problem. they say a cooling system for a pool of spent nuclear fuel temporarily stopped working. an alarm indicating an electrical problem went off on tuesday morning. the cooling system at the number 4 reactor building stopped because of a partial power failure. managers say workers digging out a nearby road damaged an electrical cable. they switched to an a

and representative scalise and myself both have bill withs, we're working together. we have a lot of enthusiasm between us in terms of understanding what's broken and what needs to be fixed. so we have more work to do, but i do think that we have the capacity to address this because i don't think it's a sustain bl business model -- sustainable business model. i think that consumers really are at the short end of the stick when these blackouts occur. i don't think anyone can defend these blackouts. and so there's work to be done. we need video reform. we shouldn't have to wait five, six, seven years for that. >> host: can you give us an update, representative eshoo, on yours and mike rogers' work on the securing of the communication links in the u.s.? >> guest: well, congressman rogers, as you know, is not only a member of the energy and commerce committee, but he's also the chairman of the house intelligence committee. and i served on the house intelligence committee. we have term limits there, so i was there when he was there, so we have partnered on many things eve

that's why steve scalise and i introduced the fare act this simple bill ensures that whenever the obamacare employer mandate is delayed, the individual mandate will be delayed as well. house republicans understand that fairness means not treated people differently. it means government cannot pick and choose which laws aply to which americans. mr. speaker, let's pass this commonsense piece of legislation. it's the fair thing to do. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i rise as co-chairman of the bipartisan career and technical education caucus to recognize national career and technical education month. this recognizes the contribution these programs make to the american economy along with the important work being done by c.t.e. professionals and teachers. high-paying, high-demand jobs req

scalise: mr. speaker, we should not stand by and let the i.r.s. target american citizens based on their political beliefs. yet that's what's been going on. it's been uncovered. the president tries to act like it's some isolated incident and yet of course we've got all kinds of testimony that shows that this goes way beyond some local office, this is a widespread, abuse of power by the internal revenue service and what we're seeing now with this latest proposal is literally something that would try to shut down an entire seg. of american people who want to participate in the democratic process, mr. speaker. the i.r.s. should not be able to go and target people based on their political views. that's what's happening and president obama is encouraging this kind of activity where you literally have the white house using enemy lists to go after people with groups like the i.r.s., the e.p.a., the nlrb, and the entire alphabet soup of federal agency this is a seems to want to go after people that might say something, exercising their first amendment righ

scalise and mr. witnessfield sent to the e.p.a. back in november talking about these new coal-based emission standards and they base those standards on some demonstration projects using carbon capture and sequestration and just so happens that the energy policy act of 2005 and title 4 section 402-i says they can't do it explicitly. we have sent this letter and not responded to it. they kind of back door put out a proposed up in the federal register something. maybe they have read the law and maybe what they have done is illegal and maybe they are going to take a step back. so right now, my position on some of these things they are doing in the war against coal, you may not like it, but if you can't change the law, follow the law. >> let me respond and say i think the e.p.a. is following the law and the courts have agreed with that. and furthermore, i think the problem with coal is not a war against coal, but rather market conditions changing, a lot more natural gas coming on the market and coal becoming -- not only is it lessen tal