Reatest number for the long run. Pinchot also wrote that, conservation is the application common n sense to the problems for the common good. Today aker, this bill lacks common sense. Slope of to the north alaska. We can develop clean, safe, energy in the world and and rve our public lands the environment. I would argue its because of our technology and innovation clean fuels like natural gas has allowed the nited states to decrease our global Greenhouse Gas emissions, more than any other country in the world. At this bill today and we look at the history of 1980, a appened, in democraticheld Congress Passed lands ska National Conservation act, and president carter signed it into law. Act set aside more than 1. 5 million acres for responsible anwr. D Gas Development in itself, nearly 20 million acres in total. Such a large commitment, less than a decade after the arab and embargo, made logical sense time. It was 2018 when Congress Approved a limited exploration acres in anwr. 0 than. 0
President ial candidates appeared for the first time on the same stage thursday night sparring over immigration, Foreign Policy , health care, and president obamas legacy. I think we shshould have a debate on health care. She isthe senator says for bernie. I am for barack. I think obamacare worked. Insurance Companies Last year billions of dollars in profit out of the system. How did they make that money . Everyone of those 23 billion was m made by an insurance compy saying no to your health care. Amy we will air highlights from the houston debate and host a roundtable discussion. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, the ten leading democratic president ial candidates appeared for the first time on the same stage together thursday night at a debate at Texas Southern university in houston. It was the third debate of the primary season but marked the first time former Vice President joe biden and se
In the central or eastern time zone, we want to hear from you. T 202 7488000 if you vote and identify democrat in the mountain and pacific time zone, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Keep in mind we are always reading at social media, twitter cspanwj and facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Once again, Democratic Candidates is towards their next set of debates and the question. S electability thats a lot of a democratic voters are talking about and is being taken on exactly by the recent article in the atlantic. The article says this, ask any New Hampshire democrats which of any of the two dozen democrats the replyng for, usually isnt a name, but a list. A few candidates they like, perhaps, or maybe a couple they ruled out. Ask them the most important factor in their choice and the response is instantaneous, universal down to the words that they use, who can be trump. These are the electability voters and they are now driving the democratic primary. Theyre the biggest reason,erhaps e
[inaudible conversations] the committee on Health Education and labor and pensions will come to order. Senator murray has an important meeting right now and she is asked me too proceed with the hearing because we have six excellent witnesses and we want to make sure we hear from each of you and we want the senators to has questions of each of you. So patty should arrive at about ten. When she comes we will interrupt and let her make her Opening Statement and we will resume the hearing. Good morning senator murphy. Nearly a year ago doctor brent james from the National Academy testify before Senate Health committee with a startling statistic up to one half of the American People spend on healthcare may be unnecessary. Let me repeat that, up to half of the 3. 5 trillion, the United States collectively spent on healthcare in 2017 was unnecessary according to doctor james and many of the other witnesses at our hearings agreed with that. That is 1. 8 trillion, three times as much as we spen
I was a reporter at the time during investigative work but also covering business. I had covered oil even before this bill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska . How large was it during that time . The modern oil industry we know today got started in alaska in 1967. It was a huge oil strike. The pipeline began operating in 1973. About 15 years past. The oil industry in alaska from the day oil was discovered had an enormous mind share in this state. It was instantly recognized as the biggest source of funding for State Government. For a long time it was the only source that mattered. The oil industry produced money so fast that one of the jokes was even the Alaska Legislature couldnt waste it all. The oil industry took an acute interest in policy. Over time their influence over the legislature became enormous and it was almost more mandatory to be oil friendly to get elected to the legislature in this state. Who were some of the Big Companies operating out