Year by democrats and republicans, including Energy Efficiency managers, battery storage, Carbon Capture and electric Grid Security and more. Live coverage next of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, you answer us when we call. You extend to us your mercies and great is the your faithfulness. Stay close to our lawmakers, guiding them in these challenging times. Lord, inspire them to put their total trust in you, as they find joy in your abiding presence. Deliver them from discouragement, as they seek to examount you by the way they live. Give them the wisdom to cultivate reverence for you and your precepts. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation und
Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
Morning everybody. Welcome everybody to the b. I. C. Meeting of february 2019. Congratulations to director who participated in other Safety Outreach Program graduation january 20th. Another 48 residents grafted from a fiveday training course. This brings our total number of seismic safety ambassador to 4000 since the Program Began in 2015. Were better prepared to recover quickly. Special thanks to all the d. B. I. Employees who volunteered for the chinatown fair. They talked with Community Members about our housing information service, Emergency Preparedness and distributed 300 first aid kits and 15 of our emergency backpacks. Several Chinese New Year events in chinatown throughout the city, chief among them was the annual Chinese New Year parade. Many thanks for representing the department. Finally, d. B. I. Employees committee reviewed and selected this year, senior building inspector, joe duffy as employee for 2019. Inspector duffy has been recognized for his outstanding dedication
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