an effort to go after their biggest geopolitical threat of the biggest question we have is a country and that s china. china is we all know if you weeks ago launched hypersonic weapon that for the first time can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the world. they lead the world and electric battery production, solar panel production, wind turbine production. are they right? probably so. they are predicting where the world is going to go so i think we should be in the business of competing and trying our hardest to beat them. climate change is also an economic challenge around the globe. there is some hypocrisy to people flying in big planes, having enormous carbon footprints and some not saying we should have it all of the above energy strategy. you can t out of one side say what we re dealing with with in terms of shortages and people wanting to be warm during the winter that we should rely on
defense, this is a chance to go on offense and say instead of going on defense we are taking action? we are not playing defense. he has always been in favor of and all of the above energy strategy. he s been supportive of coal, he s supportive of solar, he supportive of anything in between. natural gas as part of the in between products. we continue to do things in the administration to make energy viable to the united states, and make us energy dominant. we are doing that by getting rid of regulations and making our energy more competitive. down the road, you want to get the tax reform as well. we deftly want to get the tax reform sooner than eventually. the sooner we get the tax reform the better. our objective for now is to get to tax reform right after the august recess. the list you just ticked off, how do you do all of that when the media just wants to talk about russia? the media can talk about what they want to talk about. we are going to execute on our agenda. that s
west virginia and democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. thank you for joining us. congresswoman wasserman schultz, you just saw senator manchin, it seems like he fits into the category that the president described as the flat earth society. is he a flat earther by the president s definition? no. i think that senator manchin perhaps hasn t had enough opportunity to talk to president obama and the senior members of the administration about the importance of focusing on his all of the above energy strategy. we certainly need to recognize that we have fossil fuels. we need to make sure that we are striking the right balance between the fossil fuels that we have, making sure that they aren t adding to our carbon foot print, making sure they re not continuing to harm sea level rise. tucker, we ve had nine inches of sea level rise since the 1920s.
there that has energy independence. how many jobs would that create? why do we have to wait? this is common sense. this isn t talking act getting more taxes, doing something on social security. just make the decision and build the keystone pipeline. well, we ve gotten all of the above energy strategy. we have more oil and gas being produced now than we did before. and natural gas throughout the country. it s a good thing. it is. natural gas is a good thing. so there s alternatives. there are lots of people who have these leases right now who aren t using them. let s see them use them. let s see if this progresses more easily than the budget. good luck to both of you as these debates continue. thanks very much. we ll come back after this short break. our roundtable will be back to talk politics and the governor who took on the unions in his state in a pretty high-profile way and survived politically to state in a pretty high-profile [ mom ] 3 days into school break and the
how many jobs would that create? why do we have to wait? this is common sense. this isn t talking act getting more taxes, doing something on social security. just make the decision and build the keystone pipeline. well, we ve gotten all of the above energy strategy. we have more oil and gas being produced now than we did before. and natural gas throughout the country. it s a good thing. it is. natural gas is a good thing. so there s alternatives. there are lots of people who have these leases right now who aren t using them. let s see them use them. let s see if this progresses more easily than the budget. good luck to both of you as these debates continue. thanks very much. we ll come back after this short break. our roundtable will be back to talk politics and the governor who took on the unions in his state in a pretty high-profile way and survived politically to state in a pretty high-profile w[ male announcer ] if she keeps serving up sneezes. [ sneezing ] she may be