wyoming has no documented cases of ground water contamination. from 1999 to 2010, over 46,000 stimulation treatments were performed in wyoming. almost 100% of oil and gas wells hire hydraulic fracture stimulation to be commercial. i request a copy of this letter be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it provides details about my home state's rules for hydraulic fracture being of. in wyoming, we have been producing oil and gas for a long time. the left mentions over 46,000 of these procedures from 1999 to 2010. we take this issue very seriously. i appreciate senator boxer's comment about wyoming doing it right. it is about both our environmental stewardship and about jobs. the state demonstrated this when it updated its rules just this last year. the changes include increased transparency requirements for hydraulic fracturing. industry is required to disclose all of the chemicals used before and after fracturing. most of america's gas is produced with fracturing, without it, the resources will be remained locked

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i come to the floor today as someone who lives in a state, wyoming, where we balance our budget every year, where the citizens of our great state, families all across wyoming live within their means, balance their budgets, know what it means to have to live within a budget. that's why our state, wyoming, is one that currently today does not have a deficit, does not have a debt, a state where every year by constitutional mandate we balance our budget. it's time for washington to take a lesson from wyoming and balance its budget. this irresponsible spending must stop. here we are a day from when it looks like we may be dealing with a government shutdown and i'm ready to vote. i'm ready to vote for a bill that already passed the house of representatives early today. i'm ready to vote to keep the government open, to keep the government functioning, to make sure services are there. the bill's passed the house. you know bs people who studied civic in school realize -- you know, p

some states like wyoming now require disclosure of chemicals. i agree that some states are taking responsible action here. the industry is also recently lost a voluntary disclosure effort with the ground water protection council. that is encouraging, to but we have a long way to go before full disclosure is a consistent an industrywide practice. i believe in disclosure. let the facts come out and we will make a reasonable decision, i believe. i have highlighted a few of the i environmental issues that have been associated with natural gas drilling. given the era of potential impacts, the need for more study, n.y. is taking time out from the state of iraq to and to study the issues before allowing widespread drilling. -- the state of new york is study issues before allowing widespread drilling. they are studying the impact of hydraulic fracturing. the agency will use an independent comprehensive and signs of a process to provide congress with unbiased information. there is much that we need to learn so that we can move forward in safe -- in a saf

wyoming has no documented cases of ground water contamination. from 1999 to 2010, over 46,000 stimulation treatments were performed in wyoming. almost 100% of oil and gas wells hire hydraulic fracture stimulation to be commercial. i request a copy of this letter be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it provides details about my home state's rules for hydraulic fracture being of. in wyoming, we have been producing oil and gas for a long time. the left mentions over 46,000 of these procedures from 1999 to 2010. we take this issue very seriously. i appreciate senator boxer's comment about wyoming doing it right. it is about both our environmental stewardship and about jobs. the state demonstrated this when it updated its rules just this last year. the changes include increased transparency requirements for hydraulic fracturing. industry is required to disclose all of the chemicals used before and after fracturing. most of america's gas is produced with fracturing, without it, the resources will be remained locked

in every state now except wyoming, a gallon of gas is going to cost you $3.50. and it seems the prices are only going up. at gas pumps across the country, more means less. paying more. >> i've noticed that the price has gone up. >> reporter: getting less. >> i just put in $13. and it got me about three gallons. >> reporter: the federal government says gas pr11 cents jumped 11 cents in just the past week. the nationwide average is $3.79 a gallon. >> it's painful. you have to make a decision on where you drive and where you go nowada nowadays. >> reporter: for five-straight weeks americans have bought less fuel. it coincides in middle east uprising and a change to summer blend. >> it's not going to take too much more of an increase in oil prices to strigerring the changes in consumption behavior. >> reporter: gas prices have been this high since 2008. >> it's stressful to have it cut into my budget and worry about what i'm going to be able to do from week to week. >> i'm probably driving a little bit less. taking the bus a little bit more. >> reporter: changing ha

and we had invited senator simpson from wyoming, my colleague from wyoming just spoke, a great republican senator, the cochair of the president's deficit and debt commission, to denver for this session, and he disagreed to covment the former head of office of management and budget. they agreed to come. and some others. more important than that, we put this out to the public and it was almost immediately oversubscribed so many people wanted to get in to have a real conversation, a an authentic conversation about what we're going to do finally to dig out from underneath this incredible deficit and debt that we face. i inconvenienced a lot of people inviting them to denver, but they are happy to do it anyway because they're so committed to this set of issues and they think having a conversation in the center of our country, in our reasonable carey mountain west, about these issues -- in our rocky mountain west, about these issues may cause some common sense to prevail. but that inconvenience is nothing compared to the inconvenience, to say the least, that the american people are going to suf

wyoming has no documented cases of round water contamination. from 1999 to 2010, over 46,000 stimulation treatments were performed in wyoming. almost 100% of oil and gas wells hire hydraulic fractur stimulation to be commercial. i request a copy of this letter be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it provides details about my home state's rules for hydrulic fracture being of. in wyoming, we have been producing oil and gas for a long time. the left mentions over 46,000 of these procedures from 1999 to 2010. we take this issue very seriously. i appreciate senator boxer's comment about wyoming doing it right. it is about both our environmental stewardship and about jobs. the state demotrated this when it updated its rules just this last year. the changes include increased transparency requirements for hydraulic fracturing. industry is required to disclose all of the chemicals used before and after fracturing. most of america's gas is produced with fracturing, without it, the resources will be remained locked awa

the constitution in wyoming says you have to balance your budget every year. mr. sessions: well, did do you that? mr. barrasso: we balanced our bg every year, just like the families in wyoming have to balance their budget every year have, to live within their means. that's what we do. you take a look at the revenue and then you don't spend any more than that. you live within your means. that's what families do. it's what the state does. and that's why i was so proud to stand with you as one of the cosponsors of the balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. i think this country has to balance its budget and do it every year. you know, the president's spokesman yesterday, the kind of word of the day seemed to be at the white house, vision. he kept saying the president was going to give his vision. the day before the word was "balance," and in the press conference he kept saying the word "balance." i would like to have a vision that we have to balance the budget of the united states. that's what i want to hear from the president today when he gives

roge interhis storm junkies hit tornado hot spots from wyoming to minnesota. >> look at the rotation. on the ground. >> reporter: and when the twister headed to mapleton, so did the gang. >> i'm always watching the sky. >> reporter: these sporters are not scientists but what they report can add to the caution. >> we have one storm that the northwest that is going to go severe. >> reporter: spotters on the ground often confirm what scientists are tracking on radar. >> that is spinning hard. >> look how fast. i don't think i have seen one that fast. >> reporter: it adds up to setting off the important sirens that jeff fehr heard loud and clear. she had enough time to grab her family and head down to the seller. >> we just said the lord's prayer over and over until it was over. >> reporter: you splus been terrified. >> yeah, we were. >> reporter: jennifer is trying to make sense of what is left. i don't recognize your house. what do you see? >> just a mess. a big mess. >> reporter: while the community rebids, roger hill is still on the move. after all, tornado season isn't over. i'm yuny

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: i come to the floor today as a doctor who has practiced medicine in wyoming for about 25 years. during that time as medical director of something called the wyoming health fairs where we provide low-cost blood screening for people for early detection and early treatment of problems and medical problems. we know one of the things that was attempted to be solved with the debate and the discussion on health care was to have people involved with their own health care decisions and early detection as well as prevention of disease. so i was in a health fair last weekend in worland, wyoming, had a chance to visit with a number of folks there who were attending the fair. also people with small businesses. so the first thing i would like to do is congratulate this body and specifically congratulate senator johanns from nebraska for the repeal of the 1099 form regulations, which is a signif

getting the recovery voice out there is an important goal of friends and neighbors in rock springs, wyoming. the celebrate recovery walk and rally in lansing, michigan, commemorated the successes of those recovering from addictions to alcohol and other drugs. participants joined together and marched to the state capital for a celebration featuring guest speaker and advocate, kitty dukakis. recovery friends and advocates in honolulu, hawaii, participated in a charity recovery walk and 5k run. following the run, attendees enjoyed music, food, popsicles, volleyball, and fellowship. members of the daytona beach, florida, community celebrated recovery with a motorcycle ride, entertainment, testimonies, and information on supportive services. the free celebration started with a bike ride to the beautiful halifax river for a dare extreme stunt rider show with a prevention message to young people. also included in the event was a talent contest, toys for kids, food, and fun! mohave county substance abuse treatment education and prevention partnership and the kingman area meth coalition hosted a par

later today, snow in parts of wyoming and south dakota and rain in colorado. southeast is humid with sunny skies and the northeast will see a mix of sun and clouds with a chance of rain. >>> in sports this morning, boston fights off new york in the nba playoffs. to the highlights, ray allen of the celtics hits a three with 12 seconds left. it caps a second-half rally against the knicks. new york's carmelo anthony missed the last shot. boston took game one. game two tuesday night in boston. in oklahoma city, kevin durant scored 41 points for the thunder in game one of the playoff series against denver. russell westbrook added 31. the thunder beat the nuggets 107-103. an upset in los angeles, new orleans point guard chris paul had 33 points, 15 in the fourth quarter. the hornets beat the defending champion lakers 109-100. and in memphis, talking about surprising san antonio in game one, they took the lead with just seconds left. the spurs missed a shot at the buzzer. the grizzlies get their first-ever playoff win 101-98. in baseball the yankees rallied to beat t

of the state of wyoming is thirty seven billion dollars the g.d.p. of the city of chicago is five hundred seventy four billion dollars and chicago police are as thirteen thousand employees and the d.o.d. the departed if we get thirty four thousand dead civilians in afghanistan you know if we just took that one trillion dollars that we're spending in afghanistan at one trillion and we gave it to the twenty eight million people in afghanistan that's thirty five thousand seven hundred dollars per afghan. in a country where the average annual income is three hundred dollars they would all be rich we wouldn't have a war without the same amount of money but frankly thirty seven thirty five thousand seven hundred dollars you could just take the seven hundred dollars and give it to every single one every single person in afghanistan and you would have two years' worth of income for i mean this is absolutely insane but we're too. crazy alerts i have an eye on that as that's a promise that's good you know that in less than a one month from today i'm a fan of o

the lowest prices, in wyoming, $3.27 in casper. and according to experts, $6 gas is a real possibility this summer. >> $6 gas is probably one well-placed hurricane and one tiny little bit of supply disruption away. >> reporter: some are already cutting back on the amount of gas they're buying. six weeks in a row, consumption is down. a new abc news/"washington post" poll reports 71% say gas prices are causing them financial hardship. and with $6 gas a real possibility by summer, the nissan leaf, named world car of the year, the first all-electric family car, is selling faster than they can be made. nashville's justin mcnaughton got his in january and spends only an extra $15 a month on electricity to fuel it. gas prices are now irrelevant. >> i haven't bought gas since december 2010. i don't even know what the price of gas is. >> reporter: but is it practical? not for everyone. i took the leaf for a test drive. it has a top speed of 90. gets from 0 to 60 faster than most economy cars. but range is limited. 100 miles per overnight c

attacks of two thousand and eight and three states with the fastest growing usage are idaho utah and wyoming what federal aid is something that they they turn their nose up at they sniff that so how does this how how how does this work exactly because here you have three states that are quo and the government but they have this huge increase in food stamps from the government there's a huge disconnect how is that possible how is the propaganda so effective how are they able to push that alex jones how do you think what's going on here well max that's a very sophisticated question there's a lot of factors obviously forty two of the stage for technically bankrupt the federal government itself is admitting that it's preparing to take the stage into receivership the federal government has been bankrupted by the central banking derivatives and it has all been engineered to consolidate wealth to vertically integrated and so you do have states that have tried to stay independent tried to not take federal aid but because of the financial terrorism that you mentioned. there so devastated that individ

you'll have to drive all the way to wyoming, the only state where gas still averages under $3.50 a gallon. the national average, now $3.79, is just $32 cents shy of the all-time high set in july of 2008. prices driven up by the global economic recovery, record speculation, and unrest in the middle east. >> the libya hit is big. >> reporter: john kingston says supplies have been strained by the civil war in libya. >> you lost 1.3 million barrels a day. you have to account for that somewhere. >> reporter: as oil has climbed back to $110 a barrel, it poses a growing threat to the economy. gas prices could take some of the momentum out of this recovery. >> absolutely. economists have already marked down some of their growth forecasts for the first quarter for consumer spending. >> reporter: this economist says gas and food inflation are eroding americans' paychecks. >> if we had... they not only decline month to month in march but they're declining on a year over year basis. >> reporter: the american consumer drives two-thirds of the economy. so far spending at retail stores is holding up. it

a wyoming and eight-year-old girl are dead after trying to crash this bridge. a second child was put to safety. in south carolina the rescue temple church collapsed while people were inside. they say god was watching out for. the. >> alan: in the bay area, giants fan bryan stow has suffered a set back in his recovery. doctors had to put him back into a medically induced coma yesterday after having several seed ours his surgeon decided to bring him out of his medically induced coma on friday. espn spoke to his parents today. >> bryan's supervisor called and said bryan had been involved in a fight at dodger stadium. a lot of bad -- throwing stuff together making airline regs reservations. we did not know the extent of his injuries. we were talking to his friend that was with him the whole time, and cory shared some information. we couldn't get a flight until 7:00 friday. weyear just praying, hold on bryan, we're coming. did not have any information until we got to the hospital and then we were hit with the brain injury. >> alan: doctors say they will be monitorin

one is on the -- how we are going to regulate the populations in idaho, montana, and wyoming. that one has some environmental support. it is probably the right thing to do. one or two of these or several can be accepted. again, some of these are very controversial. you know, planned parenthood. that has become a national issue here. i would not bet on much of an increase over seven to $3 billion. >> very good. on to libya. are you satisfied with what the president said on monday, when you heard from secretary kids, secretary clinton? do you believe this is the right policy for the united states? do you foresee an end game for the future? >> like everyone else, we would have liked to have more prior consultation. i was on the phone call, and i thought the president clearly explained -- and as former speaker pelosi, now our lead democratic leaders said, no one said do not do it. i think there is confusion when the president says getting gaddafi out would be the right thing to do, but we are not going to use means in order to get him out. i think people have a hard time understan

only wyoming is lower. jim avila has been tracking. you're learning the summer will be much worse. >> reporter: george, it's getting serious. while the average price at the pump is still under the $4.00 mark, some of the most populated places in the country are seeing pump prices right up against the $5.00 mark. this as you say is months before the peak driving season. the regular unleaded pump in suburban los angeles. >> i put in $13 and it got me about three gallons. >> reporter: in greenwich, connecticut. >> look at this, regular, $4.11. >> reporter: and chicago. >> $4.29 a gallon seems like an absolute rip-off. >> reporter: a body blow to the personal budget of american drivers. one economist says for every dollar gas goes up, we spend 5% less on other things. lara, a single mother in chicago has seen her gas costs jump $20.00 a week. and she's already cutting back. >> definitely stressful to have to have it cut into my budget and worry about what i'm able to do from week to week. >> reporter: americans are already driving less. on

we can mine and refine soda ash products in southwestern wyoming, ship them to south asia and deliver them at a lower cost with higher quality than competing chinese producers. we achieved this in part because of the derivatives we entered into to head natural gas prices. these derivatives are done with several banks all of which are supporting fmc through their provision of $1 billion of committed credit. our banks do not require fmc to post cash margin to take -- they take this risk into account as they prize the transaction with us. this structure gives us certainty so we never have to post cash margin while the derivative is outstanding. deterrent system where end use and their counterparties the side collaborative lee whether and how margins should apply is changing. the fdic proposed a rule that could in the future subject end users to margin requirements. we are still reviewing the details. appears regulators, not market participants will now determine how margin will be set. regulators will have the final say over how much cash a end user will divert to a margin account where

the fbi thinks he's hit a number of banks in california, wyoming and colorado. >>> take a seat, gas prices at $6 a gallon. really? some say it is possible by summer. bob redell is live with more. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you laura, or excuse me, marla. it seems like we are headed there. the price of gas is up there at this 76 station in san jose. it's $4.35 for a gallon of gas. that is a little above average if you look at the latest numbers from aaa. they are reporting gas is averaging around $4.22 a gallon. these prisz prices are up a quarter from a month ago. the recent spike caught the attention of uncle sam. president obama or the justice department set up a task force to show how they are affecting the price of oil. they are interested in seeing if there's illegal manipulation or fraud. oil is trading at over $110 a barrel. some experts think it's grossly overinflated and should be in the $65 to $70 range. they are making a prediction of $6 a gallon of gas by summertime. he has few reasons for thinking why that's possible. one is the dollar. right now, it's hov

we have to balance a budget and wyoming.do it and if we are going to have the secured future of this country, the one that we know, that we need there is only one didn't do it and that is by making sure i constitutional amendment that we balance the budget every year in this country and that is why i'm so bad that 47 of us have come together to unanimously signed onto this approach for a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. thank you. >> last but not least,. >> thank you so much senator hatch and senator mcconnell for your terminus leadership. i think it says so much that we are all together in what in my view is the single most important piece of legislation that we can pass in the united states senate. and this is about what i heard from a hoosier voters as they campaigned up and down our state. why can't you live within your means and congress? white why do some pushing think get it like we do at home? and congress has not been able to live with its -- within its means and that is why this is the single most imp

wyoming, for example-- the geology is well suited to it.parts of appalachia, it's well suited to it. but other parts-- new england, the southeast-- it's not. >> smith: and that means building a lot of new infrastructure. every year, us power plants emit up to two billion tons of co2. these emissions alone equal the total worldwide flow of petroleum today. disposing of such a volume of co2 would require building a massive new pipeline grid. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the american electric power second quarter 2007 earnings conference call. >> smith: even before the global credit crunch, big banks were getting nervous about carbon capture and storage... >> and our first question this morning comes from the line of dahlen rose. >> smith: ...asking utility executives more and more questions about cost. >> i was just wondering if you could compare the price of the new coal plants that you are planning. >> what we said all along, that we thought integrated gas would be 20% to 30% more costly than the more traditional pulverized coal. tha

how do you move in a country twice the size of wyoming. he did on one or two kinds of vehicles. pickup trucks or motorcycles. most of the taliban today are equivalent to the 1860s tosh tunes or comanches. but albright and a duck and hide very well, but the albright on motorcycle. and that's their horse. well, there is no such thing as writing anywhere anymore nastiness and the were not watching. it were not watching you can select who is struck. therefore i am not that concerned about the taliban because i don't see how they do it. so when i see is the endpoint here is were not going to win over the population to get it and we're not going to build a modern nation and asking if and. i mean, karsay is -- karzai -- what were do i use. it's difficult to run a country when you're in. 's on understanding. but he did for another four years. the issue in afghanistan is very simple. leave something behind to take care of it child but not us. that happens to be the afghan soldiers. and all they need more than anything else at this particular point is an infusion and a belief that they ca

we have to balance a budget and wyoming. her family stayed to do it in their businesses need to do it and if we are going to have the secured future of this country, the one that we know, that we need there is only one didn't do it and that is by making sure i constitutional amendment that we balance the budget every year in this country and that is why i'm so bad that 47 of us have come together to unanimously signed onto this approach for a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. thank you. >> last but not least,. >> thank you so much senator hatch and senator mcconnell for your terminus leadership. i think it says so much that we are all together in what in my view is the single most important piece of legislation that we can pass in the united states senate. and this is about what i heard from a hoosier voters as they campaigned up and down our state. why can't you live within your means and congress? white why do some pushing think get it like we do at home? and congress has not been able to live with its -- with

around salt lake city and parts of wyoming into montana. there will be some thunderstorms on the north side of that. snowing across the northern rockies, rain in the pacific northwest. meanwhile, sunshine and 80--degree plus temperatures from los angeles to miami. now here's your local forecast. >>> we've got a mild start to ur sunday morning and lots of low clouds inland and probably some mist for some of the low clouds, pretty thick in a few spots, you'll notice in terms of any real storm clouds, those are holding off for now. we have clouds spilling in across the coast that will eventually toss a chance of showers our way probably after sundown tonight for the north bay. temperatures in the 60s and 70s this afternoon. warmest for areas san jose southward. for tomorrow, plan on a lot of clouds, much cooler for rain on monday and a few more showers for the middle part of the week. >>> jenna, good morning to you. this is the church holly has attended since she was a little girl. today services will be dedicated to her and her family. it's b

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. a senator: thank you, madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak until 11:30 as if in morning business. the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. barrasso: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak until 11:30 as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. last week america's government was brought to the brink of a shutdown, and the shutdown was avoided literally at the 11th hour just last friday. that same day the president called speaker boehner to try to advance the talks. according to "politico," the president told speaker boehner that he said -- quote -- "we are the two most consequential leaders in the united states government." well, madam president, the president was right. so why was only one of those two leaders actively trying to lead on the issue of the day? spea

live in california, we have 1/12 of the influence in the united states senate than if you live in wyoming. and yet the most under populated states in america are also the most conservative states. so over and over and over those 40 republican senators who represent barely 32% of the population were able to frustrate the will of the majority. it wasn't anything obama could do about it. i work at the nation. i may be the most conservative person at the nation. but people laugh when i say that. but it's true. and there were a lot of sort of people on my left who would criticize obama, saying he should just demand that the democrats pass health care with a public option. he should just demand they pass a carbon tax or cap and trade. yet, there's no way for a president to do that anymore. president's have no power over individual senators and congressman. because individual senators and congressman raise their own money. and unfortunately, there's this -- you know, tea party movement on the right which does actually threaten republican politicians who don't vote the way they want them to and w

he's suspected of robbing banks in san diego, los angeles, wyoming and seattle before moving onto colorado. >>> nine bay area hospitals have seen a dramatic decrease in accept sis. the chronicle reports ucf nurses led a program that tracked the hospital for two yearsful during that period the hospitals saw an average of 40% drop in deaths. hospital workers receive training to better recognize and test patients who are most vulnerable. the changes resulted in patients being treated sooner. >>> okay. time now 5:18. sal's ready to get you to where you need to go this morning. sal. >>> that's rite. we've been looking at traffic all over the bay. show you the traffic this morning looking good on highway 4 getting up to the willow pass grade. no major problems here. the commute looks good all the way out to concord and then 680 traffic is moving well. contra costa county on geary road there is a car that ran into a fire hydrant there. again geary road at bus kirk. this is a look at the san mateo bridge that traffic looks good to the high-rise. westbound 580 livermore valley no major problems the

he is suspected of bank robberies in san diego, los angeles, wyoming, seattle and now in colorado. >>> wow. 6:18 is the time right now. sal, how's traffic? >>> it's not too bad, pam. right now traffic continues to move along very nicely in many areas. they're getting a little bit of a back up here at the toll plaza because these metering lights just went on. and it's not all that bad though. once you get on to the bridge it looks good there. on the lower deck there is an injury accident eastbound 80 right before treasure island in the right lane. and that may start causing some back ups. still kind of early but we'll keep watching it. also the morning commute is okay in oakland. the a's are not playing there today. so it is going to be a nice day traffic-wise. and the giants are also not in town. so we get a little bit of a break from baseball traffic today. this morning's commute on the antioch freeway it's slow. only thing to worry about there. 80 westbound is okay to richmond. and marin county from novato to san raphael off to a good start. now let's go to mark. >>> hi, sal. good m

now, there are a lot of big states out there in terms of land, like the dakotas andw, wyoming but they don't have a lot of people. so the frameners philadelphia said, let's make sure that these guys get some representation, too, that is worth their dignity. second, to put some distance, and this is something that we don't think about, but it's true, to put some distance between the people and the president by creating this electoral college, this sort of thing in the middle, where the electors might even change their minds if they think that they're voting correct flee what they think is the public interest. so those types of things have kept the system there. >> is this ever going to happen? >> seven states are there. we talked about that, okay? but i really think for this to really happen, you've got to have two or three or four elections like you had in 2000. two, three in a row and that might be enough to convince the public to support a new system, but voters never -- short. how many people remember what happened in 2000, even though it was 11 years ago? that's ancient history. so

again, that is not so bad under normal circumstances, but i do know how many of you have been in wyoming in winter, but it tended to be -40 degrees, windy, snowy, and one year we had 8 feet of snow in 10 days.

we begin with butch from jackson, wyoming. caller: hello, ladies. i would like to know what advantage to this revolution has given to women in the political system. are you going to have a voice? when are you people going to realize that religion is going to drag you down to secure a drug anybody else down? host: women and religion. mirette? guest: concerning the voice of women and whether they played a role in the revolution, this was the first time in egypt where you could find women in the front lines during the rising. usually you would find women in the back because men would not allow them to be in the front lines. this was the first protest in the streets where you would find women on the front lines facing all the gun shots. host: i think his question was going to now that this happened, are women going to have a larr role? i think that is where the caller was going. guest: women have been working hard in the past decade and even before the revolution they have been speaking out for different mediums. it was not just on line. it was offline

. >> i remain committed to resolve any issues we might have with respect to wyoming. i don't believe the article referenced sites in wyoming. >> the overall approval. thank you. i wanted to get back, mr. chairman, with the nrc response in japan and you have 250 staff both function s and working hard on this. given the commitment to the resources to japan, if we had any sort of emergency in the united states, would you be able to redeploy in a way we would not put ourselves in a disadvantage? >> absolutely. as this event has gone forward we have looked at our staffing levels and actually we've transitioned our approach to the staff in our operations center to have a smaller team there who can respond quickly but then would reach back to our larger agency to get information requests as they need. it allows us to respond but in away that allo us to continue with our other important responsibilities. >> senator inhofe raised the issue about you invoking an emergency pwers as a result of this. could you describe to me how you interacted with your fellow commissioners durin