Having this archaic policy that wouldnt allow cuba to join the hemispheric unity. Now that we will i think when he goes to this conference, next summit in panama, hell be welcomed. Because now well be able to unify this entire hemisphere. You may think its a small island but the significance of being able to bring in 11 Million People and make them like the rest of the people in this hemisphere, when you think about it, as we go out and compete against the world we have every type of agriculture that there is in the world, every single thing is grown in this hemisphere. We have more ability for producing electrons than any other hemisphere in the world. All of the solar, all of the wind all of the hydro all of the oil. I mean you name it. Every possibility of producing energy exists. If we could just unify this whole hemisphere and this is what these president s are all talking about is the hemispheric energy policy. We wouldnt need a drop of oil from any other part of the world. We co
Opportunities to try to, you know, position this certain ways as to who its for and so forth. But if you ask the American People, by a margin of 21 consistently over years, theyve said they want it. And last i checked, thats who we work for. And as far as a turning point, im listening to some of these arguments, and theyve got to be music to opecs ears. Some of these arguments are going to guarantee that we continue to import oil from the middle east. And im pretty sure thats not what americans want. And any other alternative type of energy that any member of this committee or anyone else wants to bring up, go do it. This legislation doesnt stop one of those ideas. Go do it. But the reality is, if you understand economics, economics come into play. And opec and other countries are going to continue to manage this oil price so that things work for them, not us. So i believe we need to compete when it comes to oil and gas and were doing it. And thats why prices are down at the pump. And
Of that this morning. Republicans, 202 7370002. Emocrats, 202 7370001 independence and all others, 202 6280205. Send us your thoughts via toast social media, http twitter. Com cspanwj, and email us, journal cspan. Org. First i want to begin with David Drucker joining us on the phone this morning. Lets begin with what we heard on the sunday talk shows yesterday from House Speaker john boehner. What did he have to say . Well, friday afternoon, evening, he said he did not expect a clean debt ceiling bill to be brought, that there were not enough republican votes to get through. Senate republicans are not going to provide the votes that will be necessary for a 60 vote bill to get the clean debt ceiling through the senate, that is what they are telling me. Given all the speculation over the last week that this was something he would do, it is possible he felt that he needed that he will do something on the debt and the deficit. Whatts show our viewers he had to say when he was on abc this w
It was earlier this week that president obama announced that he wants to see changes that would expand the number of workers who can receive overtime pay. Some say the move will cause job losses. What do you think about the proposal to expand overtime echo you can weigh in on one of three lines. Social media available to you as well. You can tweak us or send us your thoughts on facebook. Or send ustweet us your thoughts on facebook. This edition at the white house. President Obama Meeting in front of workers, especially those who are managers, to talk about the topic of overtime pay. Heres a bit of what he had to say about the addition. Directing my secretary of labor to restore the commonsense principle behind overtime. Toyou go above and beyond help your employer and your economy succeed, you should share a little bit in that success. This will make a real difference in the lives of millions of americans from managers and fast food retail to office workers, cargo inspectors we will d
The nation struggle to cope Health Care Workers are issuing grave warnings. We are in a war footing. This is out of control in a way it wasnt out of control in march. A new cdc forecast puts this into devastating perspective. It predicts there may be as many as 19,500 deaths in the weekending december 26th. In that one week alone. And it projects the National Death toll could reach 329,000 by that date. This afternoon joe biden talked about the need to speed up the nations response to the pandemic and about what the Current Administration has not done regarding covid vaccines. As we inherit the Public Health and economic crisis were working on a plan that will put forward for the next congress to move fast, control the pandemic. Are you satisfied with the current plans that are under way for distributing that vaccine . Do you feel the federal government is doing enough at this point . Theres a lot more that has to be done. Theyve clued us in on their planning, on how they plan to distr