you can't farm in southwest oklahoma without having dust in the air. if it is oil and gas people again my friend mr. hench and i disagree on hydraulic, as a matter of fact we all waste is agree on hydraulic begin a recognized legitimacy in the issue he raises particularly in areas that haven't had oil and gas activities on the scale we have seen for decades. in oklahoma we have hydraulic fracturing is not a new technology. we think we regulated very well. we have been using it since the late 1940s and we think they ought to talk at the state level to whether regulators who do this. but i have a whole industry that worries they are on the verge of having a federal regime they have never had to deal with impose upon them when it is a practice they have been doing safely for a long time. and i've got communities that come to me continually and saying they keep raising the standards on water and we get unfunded mandates. so while you pointed out in your testimony the environment is bipartisan and it was nixon that created the epa and roosevelt the national

southwest is clear but later today, scattered thunderstorms are likely over eastern texas and oklahomausty winds expected in the central plains and seasonal temperatures and sunny skies for most of the east coast. >>> in sports, chicago won its 10th game out of its last 12. derrick rose of the bulls scored 24 points against the hornets and chicago surged past the hornets 85-77. the bulls are in second place in the eastern conference. >>> carmelo anthony of the knicks scored 34 points against utah and new york rolled to an easy win over the jazz 131-109. the knicks are now in sixth place in the eastern conference. >>> in college basketball, eight teams qualify for march madness. david stockton hit a three-point shot with his father hall of famer john stockton watching. the zags beat st. mary's to win the west coast conference tournament. that earned them an automatic spot in the upcoming ncaa tournament. >>> and the nfl contract talks will resume today. the players union and the league negotiated for four hours on monday. they face another lockout deadline on friday. >> when we return,