>> the pipelines from wyoming and north dakota can be built. the administration actually has no -- there is not a decision the administration need make on that. this is all on american territory. the only part of the pipeline the administration, the state department was asked to weigh in on was the part that went from canada to the united states. so specifically, and the pipelines that i was talking about are actually helping bring the oil from your state down to those refineries. those things are things where -- >> that's not the case. i just explained to you the pipeline that would help us bring the oil from my state down to the refinery. >> well, my understanding is if you look at the pipelines that exist today, and you look at the major of the pipelines, those pipelines, and we're talking now specifically about the part of the pipeline that goes from canada into the united states, those -- that is not the -- my people tell me that for the next decade or so, with the anticipated increase in production of canadian oil, that that will not be t

>> there are pipelines being built and up graded, as i said, from those -- from wyoming and north dakota. i was trying to point out where some of the bottlenecks are and how the pipeline -- we're all for this. this is why the oil production in the united states is at an all-time high compared to the last eight years. we think -- we are projecting -- first the oil production has gone up about half a million barrels a day in united states over the last several years. and we think because of the -- again because of the technology the d.o.e. invested in tech kaeds ago that shale oil production may lead to another million barrels a day increase. we're in the top three oil producers in the world and we could be either one or two. this is good news for the united states. all that is within the continental united states. so those pipelines being built there are -- these investments are going forward. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator frankin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the ranking member referred to the first ever downgrade of our treasuries. i would remind the ra

the pipelines that are taking the oil from wyoming, north dakota down south to refineries are up and running. the biggest bottleneck in the united states apparently right now is from cushing to the golf states. the market is responding. new pipelines are being built. pipelines are being reversed so oil from wyoming -- another pipeline from chicago to cushing back down to the gulf states are going forward. it's my understanding the state department is asked to look at other alternatives and environmental impacts on the part of the pipelines that cross the border. >> it seems to me it is fair to say that the keystone xl pipeline would facilitate oil production in the united states. and then my question to you is should the keystone xl pipeline be part of an all out, all of the above strategy that develops every available source of american energy which is what the president has actually called for? >> there are pipelines being built and upgraded, as i said, from those -- from wyoming and north dakota. i was trying to point out where some of the bottlenecks are and how the pipeline -- w

>> pipeline from wyoming and north dakota can be built. the administration has -- there is not a decision in the administration need to make on that. the only part of the pipeline the administration was asked to weigh in on was the pipeline the one from canada to the united states. the pipelines are helping bring the oil from your state down to those refineries. those things are things where -- >> that is not the case. i just explained to you. >> my understanding is if you look at the pipelines that exist today and you look at the major bottlenecks to the pipelines, those pipelines, the part of the pipeline that goes from canada into the united states, that is -- my people tell me that to for the next decade or so, with the increase in production of canadian oil, that will not be the bottleneck. where we have the bottleneck is to houston, from chicago. those things are being built. those are taken care of. >> i am over my time, mr. chairman. i will defer for a second round. >> why don't we go ahead with the second round? >> thank you. than

but look at all the states above us -- texas, wyoming, utah, north dakota. what did they have in common? 200 years ago, it was swampland and dinosaurs died there. it is either oil or gas. california is in a much better position. we have a far more diversified economy. agriculture, manufacturing. information technology is extremely strong. we have large ports that export to asia, the growing area of the world. most importantly, california has a highly educated work force. if you are looking for a job going forward, you want to have high education. that is what will be needed. let's quickly go over some investment ideas. here is a view of the stock market during the last year. we started the year at 1257, ended the year at 1257. they call it the roller-coaster year. start in one place, come back to the same place, but there were some thrills on the up and down. in terms of relative investment performances, you can see when we look at different markets around the world, the united states was able to squeak out a small increase, and that is because of the divide

>> pipeline from wyoming and north dakota can be built.he administration has -- there is not a decision in the administration need to make on that. the only part of the pipeline the administration was asked to weigh in on was the pipeline the one from canada to the united states. the pipelines are helping bring the oil from your state down to those refineries. those things are things where -- >> that is not the case. i just explained to you. >> my understanding is if you look at the pipelines that exist today and you look at the major bottlenecks to the pipelines those pipelines, the part of the pipeline that goes from canada into the united states, that is -- my people tell me that to for the next decade or so, with the increase in production of canadian oil, that will not be the bottleneck. where we have the bottleneck is to houston, from chicago. those things are being built. those are taken care of. >> i am over my time, mr. chairman. i will defer for a second round. >> why don't we go ahead with the second round? >> thank you. thank y

super tuesday looms on the horizon with 11 states holding caucuses including alaska, idaho, north dakota, wyoming, and virginia. don't forget to go to our website at c-span.org slash campai campai campaign2012. again, that's c-span.org/campaign2012. >> my important points on who should run, we can't tell them. i think it is better if like a month before the election we announce who is running for president. because i mean the media's obsessive desire to know who is your leader, is it michael steel? is it rush limbaugh? glenn beck? is it sarah palin? they want us to tell us who the leader is so they can fixate on that person and destroy him or her. >> this year's conservative political action conference begins thursday and c-span will cover their events through the weekend. watch past speakers online at the c-span video library. all archived and searchable at c-span.org/videolibrary. this discussion is part of the day long summit discussing innovative ways discussing problems and military voting. this was hosted by the overseas vote foundation. >>> this is going to be a discussion between and amon

. >> again, if we're talking about the trucks in north dakota and wyoming, the private sector -- i don't know the particulars about this. but i think once you see a lot of truck traffic, that's almost the last resort. you know, it goes pipeline and then rail and the last is truck. >> mr. secretary, i'm looking for help here. frankly, your experts have been helpful. and they've been right on the money. literally. they have. they reported this thing straight up. i appreciate it. maybe we conclude with as you in our state, when we talk about all of the above energy development, we don't just talk about it. we do it. if you go to our state, you'll see wind. you'll see biofuels. you'll see ethanol. you'll see biodiesel. you'll see shale gas. you'll see oil. you'll see hydro. in other words, we're really doing it. but the reality is to get to that, all of the above, that means we have to develop all of them. i'm looking for help in this endeavor. let's touch for just a minute on this. i may go over my time just a minute. i hope you'll endullth me. 80% of the new development is in situ. instead

. >> so, again, if we're talking about the trucks in north dakota and wyoming, the private sector -- i don't know the particulars about this but i think once you see a lot of truck traffic, that's almost the last resort. it goes pipeline and then it goes rail and the last is truck. >> mr. secretary, i'm looking for help here. frankly your experts have been helpful and they've been right on the money literally. they've reported this thing straight up and i appreciate it. maybe we conclude with is you a you know in our state when we talk about all of the above energy development, we don't just talk about it, we do it. if you go to our state, you'll see wind, biofuels, you'll see ethanol, biodiesel, shale gas, oil, you'll see hydro, biomass, all of these. in other words, we're really doing it. but the reality is to get to that all of the above, that means we have to try to develop all of them, not pick winners and losers. so i'm looking for help in this endeavor. let's touch for just a minute on in-situ. mr. chairman, i may go over my time just a minute. i hope you'll indulge me. with t

there are gop contests in 11 states on super tuesday including caucuses in alaska, idaho, north dakota, and wyomingfriends knew an america where freedom is made real for all. without regard to race or believe for economic conditions. [applause] i mean a new america which everlasting light attacks the ancient idea that men can solve their differences by killing each other. [applause] >> as a candidate's campaign for president, we look back at 14 man who ran for the office and lost critical to our website, c- span.org/the contenders, to see video of contenders who had a lasting impact on american politics. >> the process of the radical liberal left continues to offer only one solution to the problems that confront us -- they tell us again and again and again -- we should spend our way out of trouble and spend our way into a better tomorrow. [boos] >> c-span.org/the contenders. >> in a moment, more about the caucuses last night and primary results. plus, today's news and calls and your e-mails log on "washington journal." and the house is in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. this afternoon, work on a line item v

tennessee, oklahoma, ron paul, super tuesday strategy is going to the caucus contests like north dakota, wyoming hoping to get delegates to build a substantial pocket of delegates that he can take into the convention. >> mark murray, always good to see you. thanks. >> thanks, kris. >>> espn fired an editor for using a racial slur in a headline involving overnight nba sensation jeremy lin. take a look at the papers. nation's first player of chinese descent. they say king lin. he is even on the back pages too, doesn't happen often. there we are. on the front and back pages of the post and daily news. richard lui has been checking into his meteoric rise. lots of reasons they're watching him. >> not only all the puns. over 300 division one colleges. not one wanted jeremy lin, except the ivy league and harvard. the gamble here, only a few harvard grads made the nba. the last in the 1950s, according to database basketball.com. unfortunately, that trend seemed to be playing out for lin. no team wanted him after graduation. then the break. the golden state warriors sign him, but cut him december 9th. th

the northwest, alaska, idaho, wyoming out in the west, north dakota as well, oklahoma down there, tennessee down there, ohio for the northeast, and georgia down there, virginia down there, massachusetts up there, vermont up there. a mixed bag. if you look at the bottom there, do you think your candidate will do well in the south? he never did before. last time around he got booted in the south. >> florida is a southern state. he did pretty well there. >> not in the southern part of the state. he lost the southern part of the state. >> every one of those states is proportional. all four of the candidates, mike, went at least one state on super tuesday. even ron paul showed in a couple states, especially alaska. what i will predict is this, that next tuesday, ten states, romney will get more delegates out of that day -- >> that's the way you count it. let's talk about the big states. >> and widen his already large lead of delegates. >> suppose it goes like this. we do politics here. take a look. newt wins georgia, okay? there's a close fight for tennessee. nobody really walks away with it. oh

caucuses. 11 republican contests and 437 delegates are up for grabs, in alaska and idaho, north dakota and wyoming. georgia, tennessee, ohio, virginia, vt., and massachusetts. stay with us for live coverage of the republican candidates and barack obama on the campaign trail. and watch this on line to search the candidates for issues. and then campaigns and political reporters, and what people like you are saying on facebook and twittered. cspan.com/campaign2012. >> bobby jindal will reveal his plan to balance the state budget, which is $900 million in the red. it is mostly cloudy, 38 degrees in memphis. you are listening to shreveport- newsers city's -- bossier's leader. >> saturday, starting at noon eastern on book tv. on the union's army in louisiana, "one damn blunder from beginning to end: the red river campaign." and the lsu-shreveport archives. on american history tv, sunday at 5:00 pm, a look at the role of the base on

north dakota. we will head to wyoming for the start of the five-state caucuses there. in march, will of caucuses and oklahoma, georgia, ohio, vermont, and massachusetts. >> house and senate lawmakers continued negotiations to extend the payroll tax cut for workers. it will continue their work on tuesday. the cuts expire at the end of the month and all sides agree it should be extended. i hear an excuse as to why not to do it. when they go into the workforce, they have an additional tool. >> to link the social insurance with both programs designed for 70 years functioning to derive financial support when you lose your job to a requirement that you have to be in this training, i think it will not work. i do not think it contradicts the notion that the more education you have today, the better off you'll be in this economy. >> watch the rest of this meeting on line at the c-span video library. >> house majority leader eric cantor and minority leader talked about the legislative agenda and the house schedule for next week. from the house floor on friday, this is half an ho

there are caucuses in alaska, idaho and north dakota and the start of a five-day caucus in wyoming. oklahoma, tennessee, georgia, ohio, virginia, vermont and massachusetts will hold primaries, and be sure to follow c-span for live coverage of results from all those contests. a reminder to may c-span.org/campaign2012 your go-to source. find stump speeches, debates and links to other related web pages and find a special section to compare where the candidates stand on the issues. >>> tonight on c-span, from this year's world economic forum in davos, switzerland, see the heads of the world bank and international monetary fund along with other global leaders as they talk about the future of the world economy. >> no one is immune in the current situation. it's not just a eurozone crisis. it's a crisis that could have collateral effects, spillover effects around the world, and, you know, we'll hear from others, but what i have seen and what we are seeing in numbers and in forecasts is that no country is immune and everybody has an interest in making sure that this crisis is resolved adequ

north dakota. can you help me understand why diesel prices are so much higher than gasoline prices in wyoming? >> thank you. i couldn't specifically speak to wyoming without, you know, without doing some more research. but i do know that this issue of diesel and gasoline prices is a broader phenomenon. there may be special circumstances in wyoming. but really in part because of some of the issues we've been discussing, demand for the petroleum components of gasoline has been sort of depressed with fuel economy and switch toward biofuels. you know, the developing world is driving a lot of the increase, you know, the oil increase is in the developing world. it's much more heavily oriented toward diesel than towards gasoline. the world mix, if you will, of products is now much more -- the demand growth is in the distillates. concerning senator shaheen's constituents and me since i happen to be one of the few in washington who uses heating oil. it's really that set of products, the differential between gasoline and heating oil has grown. heating oil is much higher. and diesel is much higher than g

alaska, georgia, idaho, massachusetts, north dakota, ohio, vermont, tennessee, wyoming., it's not until march. >> two weeks. vince, can i ask you? >> sure. >> if all four candidates stay in the race all of the way through, how will you put the odds that you will get to the convention without anyone have the majority of the delegates and would that be a good thing or bad thing for the party? >> i don't think it will be a bad thing. the good thing for the party is that people are talking about conservative solutions. that will be a good thing. certainly if one of the candidates breaks through and can paint a compelling picture of what it requires to change this spraigs administratiadmini america back to work, that will be great. i don't know if i can put odds on it but after super tuesday there will be a lot of the four candidates with lots of delicat delicates. it will continue. >> when newt gingrich talks about compromising with the clinton administration to help fix the economy in the 'points, isn't it fair to point out in large measure that was achieved by raising taxe

percentage basis, percentage growth basis, the states with the largest change, north dakota, utah, texas, oklahoma, wyoming. >> thank you. my last question real fast, when we talk about going back to this whole maybe underemployed or still searching for the real job you want, do we have -- i know you gave us a particular cost or average per wage of $23 or $24. does that include benefits? are we see changes in the type of jobs? is there smaller benefit package going with those jobs? are there numbers available with that in the aggregate? >> those numbers gave you are wages only. we issued an earlier cost number report earlier i believe that showed the cost benefit to employers growing faster than cost wages. zroint information though about the nature of the benefit packages for jobs being created right now. >> so let me just rephrase that. if i'm an average employer getting an average person on the payroll for the first time. i'm paying them about $24 but the benefit package to them is actually costing me more than it used to per employee? >> correct. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that. >> thank

percentage basis, the percentage growth basis the states with the largest change, north dakota, utah, texas, oklahoma, wyoming. >> thank you. my last question real fast. when we talk about giving back to this whole may be a underemployed or still searching for the real job you want. do we have -- i know you gave us a particular cost or average per wage of $23, $24. does that include benefits and are we seeing any changes in the type of jobs we are getting and is there a smaller benefit package going with those jobs? are there any numbers available in that in the aggregate? >> those numbers i gave you our wages only. we issued an employment cost index report earlier this week i believe it was which showed the continuation of the cost of benefits to employers and growing faster than the cost of wages. i don't have any information about the nature of the benefit packages of jobs that are being created right now. >> so let me just rephrase that. you are saying if i man average employer and i'm getting an average person on the payroll for the first time i'm paying them about $24, but the benefit package to them is

north dakota. the start of wyoming's five-day caucuses, and primaries in oklahoma, tennessee, georgia, ohio, virginia, vermont and massachusetts. >> when president lincoln was shot on april 14th, 1865, he was wearing a black coat made especially for his second inaugural by brooks brothers. the coat is cared for by the parks service and periodically displayed. american history tv document anded -- documented the process of displaying the coat. lincoln's coat on american artifacts this sunday at 8:00 a.m. >> this weekend on "newsmakers," the chairman of the energy and natural resources committee will answer questions from reporters about the agenda in congress for energy and environmental policy. you can watch "newsmakers" on c- span sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> just so that i will remember, here is that wonderful moment when senator lott revealed his nostalgias for the states' rights segregationist south. take a look. >> when strom thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. we were proud of him. >> the media ecosystem is such a different world today than it was -- it is hard to be

we'll have live coverage from alaska, idaho, and north dakota and then we'll head to wyoming with more primaries throughout march. think about that. if the imf is right, the guy you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's leading economy. >> mark steyn has published nine books. his latest is a "new york times" best seller. he also writes the happy warrior column and is a frequent guest host on rush limbaugh's radio show. and sunday your chance to call with your questions at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >> the senate select intelligence committee met tuesday for their annual meeting on threats to u.s. national security. jame clapper told the committee that al qaeda is in decline but remains a threat. he warned that the u.s. still faces significant threats to terrorist organizations, foreign entities and cyber threats. and other witnesses at the hearing included c.i.a. director general david petraeus and f.b.i. director robert muller. this is about 2-1/2 hours. sm for the committee to ask questions of our intelligence leader

north dakota. we will go to wyoming for the start of the five-day caucasus. we'll have primaries in oklahoma, tennessee, georgia, ohio, vermont, massachusetts. watch the c-span networks for your road to the white house coverage. >> now, erick kanter talks about the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance. -- eric cantor talks about a payroll tax cuts and an employe insurance. this is about 30 minutes. would ask him on the timing, the conference committee has m twice on the payroll tax cut, the unemployment insurance, and the so-called doc fix to ensure the fact that doctors are compensated and will be available for medicare patients. conference committee, mr. leader, has met twice since december 23. we adopted a motion to instruct overwhelmingly through the house to make sure that they reported ck by february 17. i think you may have read my comments in the press that if we do not do it by the 17th, then we are off for a week and we will be back, 27, 28, 29, come back the night of the 27th will be jammed at the end on wednesday the 29th. we on have six ful