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senator ron johnson, another outspoken critic of climate change science and take control of the homeland security and government reform committee. it is possible senator tedruz, yet another climate change skeptic, will control the science subcommittee within the commerce committee. that is the committee that controls federal science research. it is likely these fossil fuel companies that spend big on the selection because they're looking for something in return. that being pressure on the environment protection agency to roll back or delay its proposed rules on carbon emissions. there are rules coming up that deal with existing coal-fired power plants. these are power plants that were built in the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's with very outdated technology that are significant .rivers of carbon emissions the obama administration has proposed these rules, and it is likely the new republican congress will pressure the epa to delay them or maybe even attach a budget writer that says the epa will not be funded to carry out these rules. that could set the stage for another government shutdown, like the similar dynamic that happened last year when a budget rider was a

you have people like ron johnson and pat toomey running in democratically leaning states in a presidential cycle while at the same time in the same caucus he has people like tedruz and rand paul who will be probably running for president along with marco rubio. you have two dynamic polls going on here. mitch mcconnell has a difficult job. he is savvy enough and knows what he needs to do to make sure the party has a chance to hang onto senate majority and that may not be satisfactory to the base of the party. >> republicans have learned so much about what they did right this time around. >> we hope they did. >> it was interesting when we saw an interview with president obama and he was talking about hillary clinton and whether or not she may run and having to distance herself from him. it seemed like they have that figured out. >> i think so. >> maybe he was distancing himself from her. >> if i'm going to do this, don't be offended, i'm not going to call on you but i might and take a few swipes at you first. >> you're right. it reminds me something that democrats have this planned out. they have everything lined up. they have one person that's going to be runn

ted cruz's name. he's gone around the bend. what's wrong with this guy, jack. >> around the bend and off the deep end. senator johnsonthoughts on that? >> well, what we need is somebody who can analyze the problem facing this country. you know, internationally and domestically. understand what's keeping our economy from moving forward is the fact we have regulatory overburden. that driving up the cost of energy. they can communicate that clearly. also someone that understands that as you continue to grow government, government becoming more incompetent. so we do need somebody who's run something, that understands how to run large organizations and has a vision. how do you rein in this government that has grown totally out of control. but also recognize the fact that the more it grows, the more incompetent it's going to become. so somebody who is dedicated to limiting the growth of federal government, devolving that power back to the states, our government is more competent because it's closely governed. >> amen. amen. >> but senator, i guess you don't want to necessarily endorse anyone, but what are your thoughts on