david burnett, the special representative for the united association of journeymen and apprentices of the plumbing and pipe fitting industry of the united states and canada, pipeline division. we have mr. burton, the international representative for the brotherhood of electrical workers. we have the chief business officer of bard holdings incorporated. we have the executive director of bowls, nebraska. we will recognize each one of you for 5 minutes for your opening statement. when the light goes red, your five minutes are up. we will try to get through opening statements before we have votes on the floor. mr. pourbaix, i will recognize you for 5 minutes for your opening statement. please be sure and put your microphone on. >> transcanada is a $50 billion infrastructure company with more than six years of experience in the responsible development and operation of north american energy infrastructure. we employ over 4200 employees with half of those in the united states. we operate the largest gas pipeline system in north america over 40,000 miles with the capability to transport 20% o

and co-host linda gasparello. >> barry worthington is the executive director of the united states energy association. welcome to the broadcast. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the relationship between the united states energy association and the world energy council? >> we belong to the council as a country. there are 90 members. we're the u.s. affiliate. we have counterparts in the other 90 countries. >> what is your mission? >> we strive to develop a dialogue and forum for conversation for people inside the energy industry and those outside to understand how the energy systems work. >> it is more important than it has ever been as we have reached 7 billion people. >> this week, according to the united nations. whoever that child is the was the 7 billionth, there is about a 1/3 chance that they were born in a modern economy with a viable energy. >> which means also having food and water available. >> it does. you cannot have food or water without energy. there's also 1/3 of the chance they were born in a location where there is inadequate, and reliable, and unaffordable energy. chance also 1

on a personal note i am a third generation 35 year member of the united association. i began my career 35 years ago on the trans-atlantic pipeline project alongside my father, pipelines is all it ever constructed, and i guess that's what brought me here today. united association is the leading trade union representing piping crescent and pipeline workers in the united states and canada. my home local unit, 798 based in tulsa, oklahoma, is a nationwide local pipelines. which would comprise the largest single craft working on the keystone xo project. as an organization united association invest over $200 million in training to assure that our pipeline and other members of the best trained and most highly skilled our industry has to offer. the united association strong support the keystone xl pipeline for several good reasons. keystone xl is a project the reference billions of dollars in capital investment in hundreds of mint in tax revenue and approximate 13,000 construction jobs. i cannot emphasize enough how important these jobs are. the construction issue has wrestle

. >> reporter: first united methodist associate pastor debbie gara says children bring a special qualitypageant. >> there are always the faces that we can't help but smile and feel warm about when we have all these hard places inside as adults. the children soften us in the telling of the story. the story of the telling of a baby child, of an infant, is something that warms everyone. >> reporter: but witvliet cautions that warmth and fuzziness shouldn't overwhelm the ultimate spiritual message of christmas. >> there's always danger in even in a variety of christmas celebrations and pageants that at the end of the day the kids pick up a message that is ultimately sentimental. so there is a challenge for adults and those who mentor children to point them in a deeper and better direction. ♪ >> reporter: the message is what it's all about at evangel cathedral in upper marlboro, maryland, and so they do their pageant up big. the church calls this a broadway-style production that includes the modern day, the victorian era, and biblical times. there are live animals such as sheep, donkeys, alpa

recently marked three months since the start of the movement against corporate greed in the united states and associates are going to reports from where it all began. these are the images of america over the last three months. must beat themselves in the forehead because they've given such life to this movement not welcome by authorities a movement against wall street wealth inequality and government corruption exploded in new york and spread all across the us the nexus of all of our grievances was the profit motive the fact that. the corporate sector dominated by the financial sector has our ostensibly democratic politics gridlock and it owns it. occupy wall street has just marked its three month anniversary what we volunteer on september seventeenth with this momentous moment of restoration in anger with america is this time now i think that we've kind of injected the idea of economic inequality and see the public discourse how come i walk through. that it would not last long enough to deliver any significant message but three months it was the biggest nationwide movement there what's happening here i

this but i mean how much do people correlate to the party with the politician because people do associate united russia obviously with a lot of your putin i mean there's no doubt about that absolutely but it's also not a secret that you meet your mid-range of his less popular according to you know polls that are done not very very wide gap between them but putin is certainly without a doubt the most popular politician in the country despite what the west says despite what russians say despite what opposition said he is popular people know him and he's proven that he can give stability i think what in terms of united russia being out of touch i think what they really do now is prove that they took the country through a stable in ten years they need to develop and fast and people need to feel it in their roads in their schools they need to touch this development which isn't happening so far but united russia gets this and i also want to point out that i think this whether you see it as a referendum on united russia dmitri medvedev or vladimir putin i think the. presidential election not to rush ah

i am a third generation of the united association. i began my career 35 years ago. pipelines are all i have ever constructed. this is a leading trade union representing pipes and graphs in the u.s. and canada. my own local union is based in tulsa, oklahoma. this would comprise the largest single craft working on the project. the added association spends nearly two ended million dollars in trying to make sure that we are the best trained and highly skilled that our industry has to offer. that association strong supports the keystone pipeline for several good reasons. this is a project represents billions of dollars in capital investment, hundreds of millions in tax revenue and approximately 13,000 construction jobs. i cannot emphasize how important these are. the construction industry has wrestled with unemployment as high as 27%. we have seen countless working families lose their livelihood, their homes, and some cases, their hope of a better life. these are not just jobs we're talking about, they are american families. with the best parts about this project is that

david barnett, united association of journeymen and apprentices said, the fact of the matter is keystone x.l. would be the most environmentally safe pipeline anywhere in america. and jeffrey soft, international labor union of engineering said, without the keystone x.l., crude oil, the fastest growing oilfield in the united states, will continue to move out of the region in the most dangerous, most expensive way possible, by tanker truck. folks, this is about jobs. we're fortunate to be able to place this in this bill. 20,000 immediate jobs, 110,000 additional jobs. i stood outside a refiner and i asked people, where do you think the crude oil comes in and how does the refined product goes out? and any refinery in this country is done through pipelines. so the keystone x.l. pipeline is a job creator. organized labor is strongly behind this. it creates 20,000 immediate jobs. and you know what, it's the best form of stimulus because we're not borrowing money and it's not a government project. so i appreciate what my colleagues have done including it in this bill. i thank them. my organized

united association of journeymen and apprentice of plumbing and pipe fitters industries of the u.s. in canada, international union operators and engineers, laborers international union of america, international brotherhood of teamsters, international brotherhood of electrical workers, building construction and trade department, afl-cio. now, this is one of the best christmas gifts we could give the american people by creating jobs and lessening our dependence on foreign oil and stop sending $1 billion every single day to foreign countries. again, i want to thank congressman lee terry for all the work he's done on this and thank you. mr. terry: thank you, mr. sullivan, and i appreciate your support on this issue. at this time i'd like to recognize the gentleman from illinois, one of the new phenoms on our energy and commerce committee, mr. kinzinger. mr. kinzinger: i thank the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry, and listening to the words of the gentleman from oklahoma, very well-spoken. you know, i often ask, what are the top issues? what are the top things americans are concerned w

according to the united states parachute association, the likelihood of a fatal crash is roughly onen 140,000. and the sky diver you're about to see escapes that fate by the skin of his teeth. an experienced sky diver is sailing down to earth at 45 miles per hour. like he's done more than 300 times before. but this time, something goes horribly wrong. >> are you okay? >> i've been in other situations where i have got out of them. this one here where the winds happened to catch me at the wrong time. i had to make some really fast decisions. and obviously, it didn't pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorado's fremont county airport, tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i told the other jumpers that i will film them coming out. >> he gets out on the strut of the plane to capture the other sky divers as they jump 40,000 feet to earth. >> i just let go of the aircraft and watch it fly away.

david barnett, who is a special representative, united association of journeyman and apprentices of theumbing and pipe fitting industry of the united states and canada, pipeline division. we have mr. bruce burden he was international representative for the international brotherhood of electrical workers. we have mr. jerome ringo who's the chief business officer of bard holdings incorporated. and then we have ms. jane kleeb, executive director of bold nebraska. so once again, we welcome all of you. we're going to recognize each one of you for five minutes for your opening statement. on the front, in the middle of the desk is a little light. when it goes red in your five minutes are up. so we will try to get to these opening statements before we have boats on the floor, and i don't know if we will be successful or not, but mr. pourbaix, i will recognize you for five minutes for your opening statement. >> be sure to put your microphone on. >> transcanada is a $50 billion energy infrastructure company with more than 60 years of experience and responsible to feldman and reliable operation th

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on the one hand we have a profound commitment to resettle people who have been associated with the united states. i think government officials take that commitment very seriously. on the other hand we have the imperative of protecting americans. and the fact s the unfortunate fact is there have been refugees and siv applicants who have come into the united states where there have been serious security concerns identified. that's why over the past year there have been additional security screening procedures which trudy is correct, have slowed the process. the only answer to this is perseverence by government officials. we need to throw more resources at the effort to investigate these cases so they can be cleared and moved it there is no simple solution to addressing these dual imperatives. >> trudy rubin in our time left, do you have a solution? what would you like to see happen? >> there was a solution which the british, the pols, the dains and australians used, they airlifted their people out. we did it to iraqi opposition people in 1996. we airlifted 6,000 out to guam and did the secu

this bill would provide the maniilaq association with clear titles to lands previously conveyed by the united states. elimination of this restriction would enable the association to sustain long-term improvements to the property without federal involvement. i ask my colleagues to support the passage of this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i am very pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from alaska, mr. young. mr. young: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i want to thank chairman hastings and the ranking member for your cooperation moving this bill. as you said, this is a noncontroversial bill, solves the problem more the health providers in that area and i urge passage of the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from marianas islands. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i yield back my time. the speaker p

and in the united nations our main associate in middle eastern matters now appears to be the soviet union. in the very week when the red army has been shooting down a brave people of hungary and poland. stevenson concluded i doubt if ever before in our diplomatic history has any policy been such an abysmal and complete, catastrophic failure. ike was not sleeping well. his doctor was concerned. the president's blood pressure, his heart skipped beats and he suffered constant abdominal discomfort and diarrhea. the records at the eisenhower library are marvelously detailed. one day i told one of the library staff that they don't report on the president's diarrhea was just a little more information than i really wanted or needed. late in the night of then late in the night of november secondly bristol john foster dulles was rushed to walter reed hospital where the next morning doctors removed a cancerous tumor from his colon. on saturday morning. ville november 3rd, news from the middle east was visible. syrian senators -- egyptian troops were pouring into cairo to defend the capital and the a

a sixty two thousand dollars fine after being found guilty by the football association of racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra on october the fifteenth the players also issued a statement strongly condemning the f.a. action. i don't think the club. promoted to get any further detail than what they have done in the in their statement which can of course to anybody any trouble. within the police of cause any trouble with a few. by their statement or by their support of the teacher. meanwhile on monday which is boxing day in england chelsea are again in action in the first of eight matches hosting following in the west london darby aim to keep up the pressure on the top four as they take on the struggling involves second bottom bolton face newcastle haven't won six liverpool welcome embattled steve keen's rock bottom blackburn manchester united second missing nine injured players take on third bottom wigan leaders manchester city go to west brom and start his aston villa in the middle and they want some the lowest now one of two out of three under latino they'll take on everton who had to bring in a

spent a lot of time with the labor unions in the united states as well as nonprofit organizations organizations like the national advancement association of colored people and the national council of. the largest latino philanthropic organization the united states we work around the health care battle health care for americans now focusing messages to organizations on how they can have better remember to member communication so when. there's an attack on workers' rights in the midwest like there was in ohio we can actually focus and organize workers to use these tools to rapid really respond to show up in organized and state capitals in columbus ohio or madison wisconsin is it isn't going more for was doing the election committee what are your plans for twenty twelve are you going to be back so i don't i don't know yet but i'm still i'm still obviously active engagement for a number of u.s. senators a lot of us governors. and right now my goal for two thousand and twelve is to build up all of the base coalitions on the left so the environmental communities in the. community the. labor communities the african-american communities the la

and fined sixty two thousand dollars after being found guilty by the football association of racially abusing majesty united defender patrice evra in the one one draw at anfield on october the fifteenth the year guys started now is the allegations and has a fortnight to appeal saying on twitter it was a painful and difficult day for him and his family while liveable said we find it extraordinary louis can be found guilty on the word of patrice evra alone the ban will not start until any appeal has been heard in the twenty four year old is expected to play for the reds of wigan this wednesday night though he could miss the carling cup semifinal against manchester city plus league matches against manchester united and arsenal. while in the meantime league leaders manchester city entertain stoke this wednesday evening hoping to at least retain their two point lead over rivals manchester united and city manager about the mancini says the aim is to finish the packed christmas programme still at the summit. is important to stay on the top. as important as they agree is most. important to state in the end you know

david barnett, united association of journeymen and apprentices said, the fact of the matter is keystone x.l. would be the most environmentally safe pipeline anywhere in america. and jeffrey soft, international labor union of engineering said, without the keystone x.l., crude oil, the fastest growing oilfield in the united states, will continue to move out of the region in the most dangerous, most expensive way possible, by tanker truck. folks, this is about jobs. we're fortunate to be able to place this in this bill. 20,000 immediate jobs, 110,000 additional jobs. i stood outside a refiner and i asked people, where do you think the crude oil comes in and how does the refined product goes out? and any refinery in this country is done through pipelines. so the keystone x.l. pipeline is a job creator. organized labor is strongly behind this. it creates 20,000 immediate jobs. and you know what, it's the best form of stimulus because we're not borrowing money and it's not a government project. so i appreciate what my colleagues have done including it in this bill. i thank them. my organized

planning department, the eir coordinator for the environment planning unit and the planning department, the ceo for esa associates who was and still is charging through the environmental review requirements for the project, joy of orion associates, and paul mitchell, who is with esa, which has this management team that really deserves an enormous amount of credit. that said, it could be appealed. there is a 20-day appeal period. if we get one that would be processed through the board of supervisors prior to their actions -- so with respect to the findings themselves, let me just go through those. as i mentioned, there have been project changes. some of them were already recognized in the final eir and were documented in the comments and responses document. layered on top of that are changes that have taken place in the project since we published the staff report. with respect to those that were covered in the eir already, those were related to changes and refinements in the scheduling for the race events themselves. there were a number of improvements and refinements that the event of authority and race managemen

power and associates estimates retail sales for this month will top a million units. that's a 9% increase over the same month a year ago. dealer mike ettleson says buyers are primarily interested in better technology and fuel economy. >> we're selling some cars not with all the bells and whistles. we're selling cars that are transportation for people. i don't think they're stepping up to the absolute top of the line, but they're buying what suits their needs. and the cars today come with so much more standard equipment that they're happy with what they got. >> reporter: u.s. auto sales are slowly pulling themselves out of one of the worst slumps in the industry's history. sales plummeted in 2008 and 2009. they've been slowly improving since then. consumers tired of driving old vehicles with high mileage began heading to dealerships this fall after a slow summer. some industry watchers fear those robust sales could taper off after the first of the year. but jeffery schuster, j.d. power's director of global forecasting, doesn't think that will happen. >> i think while t

association of northern california posted the philippine nurses association of america, bringing in hundreds of philippine nurses from all over the united states into san francisco, treasuring the legacy of our health care's industry was the finest philippine nurses. the san francisco bay area philippine american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of nurturing and a passion for life. >> representing the philippine nurses association of northern california are board members of the philippine nurses association of northern california. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is a story that needs to be told. [inaudible] needs to be told from generation to generation.

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on the one hand we have a profound commitment to resettle people who have been associated with the united states. i think government officials take that commitment very seriously. on the other hand we have the imperative of protecting americans. and the fact s the unfortunate fact is there have been refugees and siv applicants who have come into the united states where there have been serious security concerns identified. that's why over the past year there have been additional security screening procedures which trudy is correct, have slowed the process. the only answer to this is perseverence by government officials. we need to throw more resources at the effort to investigate these cases so they can be cleared and moved it there is no simple solution to addressing these dual imperatives. >> trudy rubin in our time left, do you have a solution? what would you like to see happen? >> there was a solution which the british, the pols, the dains and australians used, they airlifted their people out. we did it to iraqi opposition people in 1996. we airlifted 6,000 out to guam and did the secu

joint euro bond, all the things we associate with the united states of ameri, some element of at will probably have to come into europe. it's going to take a long time before they get there. >> that is my point. >> and they may t, they may not. >> when do they come to th abyss andhow do we know that? >> i think, i totally agr with you, that would take a long time to get ere. i think they've got to take some set of measures in the interim that gets them to me interim sustainability because that will take years to try t figure their way through it. the fiscal policy which is basically a surrender of national sovereignty and you fi ou how you can do it mechanically, one is muddling through to something that is, i think say it takes six months or a yearthat is what they were working on. now if they can getthere which is extremely complicate kd, then they sustain themselves for a while while they try to work out a long-term solution, and have another set of complications. >> you are admiring a mario dagi. >> i think-- let me say, he happens to be a friend but leaving that aside, i think he