i'm sorry, did i have -- yes, hanna from utica and gibson from saratoga springs. two -- those are two moderate freshmen with us. the two stalwarts we have are republicans in the house are, of course, mike simpson who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative aaron schock. both have been long -time friends of ours. people who are not as we say in new york -- are the republican study group. the study group, which i think the -- you had mentioned to me, nina, who was the founder of the -- phil crane. the former member, the founder of the republican study group and congressman tim wahlberg, we're hoping somehow we'll be able to get a game of words with friends going with tim. i'd like to try to pitch that. we're going to find some beachhead there with him and try to get him over on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udahl from new mexico who is good with us on this issue. he's a first-term senator, but he has been spearheading efforts to recruit other senators to support funding increases for the nea. and tom harkin. who was c

i'm sorry, did i have -- yes, hanna from utica and gibson from saratoga springs. two -- those are two moderate freshmen with us. the two we have are republicans in the house are, of course, mike simpson who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative aaron schock. both have been long -time friends of ours. people who are not as we say in new york -- are the republican study group. the study group, which i think the -- you had mentioned to me, nina, who was the founder of the -- phil crane. the former

yes, hannah from utica, gibson from saratoga springs.se are two moderate freshmen who are with us. the stalwarts that we have in the house are mike simpson, who i met with last year, probably the boise area of idaho, and rep shock, from peoria, ill.. they have both been longtime friends of ours. people who are not, as we say in new york, meshpuken, in the group here, the republican study group, which i think you had mentioned to me -- who was the founder? philip crane, the former member, who wanted all federal funding taken out. congressman paul byrd, from michigan, hoping somehow -- hopefully i will be able to get a game of words going with tim wallboard. we will try to get him on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall, from new mexico, who has always been good with us on this issue. a first term senator who has been spearheading efforts to get other senators to support funding increases for the nea. tom harkin was chairman of the health committee on labour and pension. he has been placing a spotlight on the decline in

not only that, but also a lot of those states, the utica shale formation in ohio, the marcellus shalensylvania, upstate new york, these are all areas where natural gas development is a huge economic boone. so do you really want to sock those guys and that big development with these big new tax increases? i think romney has a strong case to make and i think he'll press that case more and more. >> that is a very nuanced discussion though. >> it's benefiting in particular swing states like pennsylvania. this is nothing the obama campaign or obama administration wants to squelch. i don't think ending a long-term tax incentive amounts to an outright tax hike. it's been a benefit baked in the cake for oil companies for decades and decades. but i think it's a great point to not wanting to stop the shift to the natural gas. >> that break has been there since 1913, for what it's worth. >> there's also another point that the president was trying to get to which you see in some of the polling. is that people in america do feel like there are two sets of rules. the big boys on top who play by the

yes, hannah from utica, gibson from saratoga springs.hose are two moderate freshmen who are with us. the stalwarts that we have in the house are mike simpson, who i met with last year, probably the boise area of idaho, and rep shock, from peoria, ill.. they have both been longtime friends of ours. people who are not, as we say in new york, meshpuken, in the group here, the republican study group, which i think you had mentioned to me -- who was the founder? philip crane, the former member, who wanted all federal funding taken out. congressman paul byrd, from michigan, hoping somehow -- hopefully i will be able to get a game of words going with tim wallboard. we will try to get him on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall, from new mexico, who has always been good with us on this issue. a first term senator who has been spearheading efforts to get other senators to support funding increases for the nea. tom harkin was chairman of the health committee on labour and pension. he has been placing a spotlight on the decline i

no, i'm sorry, did i have -- yes, hannah from utica and gibson from saratoga springs, those are too moderate who are with us. the two stalwarts we have of the republicans in the house are of course mike sampson, who i met with last year from the boise area of idaho and representative iran shock from the peoria illinois district of his in illinois, both simpson and shock have been longtime friends of ours. people who are not come as we say in our movement here are the republican study group, which the republican study group which i think the -- you mentioned to me who was the founder? phil crane, the former member was the founder of the republican study group will all the funding held in the congressman tim walberg, republican from michigan, we are hoping somehow we will be able to get a game of words with friends going with tim walberg. [laughter] i would like to pitch in that to get a beachhead with him over on our side. on the senate side, we have senator tom udall from mexico who has always been good with us on this issue he's a first term senator but he has been spearheading efforts to r

in pennsylvania were doing it with the marcellus shale and a ohio we are doing it with marcellus in uticaraveling ohio and one of my visits was to the u.s. steel, a great company and lorain ohio. in fact in the last year what they have done theirs they have put a 100 million-dollar investment into ohio. they have added over 100 new jobs and they are making pipes there but finishing pipes that are made here in pennsylvania, creating jobs and creating opportunity. this is not just about a very important job of developing our own natural resources and having more affordable lower prices for energy. this is about jobs folks. you have seen in westmoreland county. in you to bring it to the rest of country and stop the washington interference with producing our own energy here at home. don't you agree? [applause] i also have had the opportunity to talk to small business. get shares and can ohio meeting with small businesses getting involved in the energy business and we are talking about people who own companies that sell equipment, sell trucks, people that own restaurants in area, people that o