Houseur reaction to the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Laying out the next steps in the investigation. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 31, 2019. One of the most consequential dates in the impeachment inquiry yet. Procedures for future closeddoor and public hearings. With the house set to gavel in at 9 00 a. M. , we will spend two hours getting your thoughts ahead of todays vote. Give us a call on phone lines as usual split by political affiliation. For republicans, it is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good thursday morning to you room you can start calling now. It is a wet washington, d. C. This morning. We are on the house side of capitol hill overlooking the
Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities so i hope we see you much more frequently from now on, and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a subst
Test. Test. Test. And part of that reason is because of the research that is going on at our National Labs. And im going to, again, ask paul to share with you, just because hes fresh out of seeing some of this and has to do with the Battery Storage. And the progress being made on Battery Storage is really fascinating. And ive always said that Battery Storage is the holy grail. If were able to get to that point where we can use our renewables, solar and wind in particular to power these batteries that have long time storage, and what were finding now is that the the elements that are being used to create some of these batteries are not Rare Earth Minerals and theyre elements that we have right here in the United States, so were going to be in control of our future substantially more on the Battery Storage if you just kind of give them a glimpse of whats going on here and i think thats pretty exciting stuff. So a couple of examples, the complex, r d business, beyond lithium ion batteries
We are delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities , so i hope we see you more frequently and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs most faired well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a substantial increase in the International Fusion project which i advocated for as well. I went to visit that project a couple years ago,
We want to mention a nice gesture from the denver broncos. Emmanuel sanders signed a football that they donated for the game tonight to be onto and off auctioned off and the proceeds will go to the families of those impacted. Every parent who has ever put a child on a bus can relate, but those homecoming days and how important this is and the decision to go home from you can only think that this way playing tonights homecoming game is the way to get through this and find some peace and what happened. We hope its a good game for everyone involved. Speaking of the bus driver, services will be held next week. Friends and family will gather at Crossroads Church at 6 00 on monday. The public is invited that schools have been showing their support. Students, their opponent made banners to show their support. Football players from westminster brought dessert to legacy players during the team dinner. Desserts were decorated with football equals family and legacy strong. Joe coors, the great gr