Forward, i have been focused like the laser on trying to help the country get to a Better Safety posture when it comes to the movement of crude by rail. Su the point we have taken 24 shortterm measures that were thought about as bridges longterm answer which is ultimately a rule on this. Just to cut to the chase, you have to have a comprehensive approach to is this issue. There is all lost in the news about hank cars and tank car standards. The cape cod is that mitigation device. Is not a device designed to prevent an accident an accident for some period of time. We have to have a prevention strategy, we have to have a mitigation strategy, we have to have an Emergency Response strategy. One thing we pushed on the department is a comprehensive approach to take into account all those areas and i would say that i think there is the building consensus both outside government but within government, the right way to go. We are still working through the later stages of rulemaking, this is an
On my part . Congressman, the action that the administration took obviously was to try within the law, within the authorities we have to remove restrictions that we thought were counterproductive, and if anything working against the goal of getting the kind of change in cuba that we all want which is a Movement Towards giving human rights and other issues of importance greater attention. I think that, you know, the transactions between the u. S. And cuban parties will be governed by law so there will be things like food sales. The payments will be easier for companies to comply with and purchasers to comply with, so i think it will be easier for u. S. Firms to do business with cuba but we havent opened up all the forms of support that exist in countries that we have normal relations with and weve been clear that cuba still has a long way to go to make the changes it has to make before we would have that kind of conversation. I agree that were not there yet. In 1993 cuba actually made t
Engineer, a Petroleum Engineer early part of her career, then a banker for a good portion of her career, a chief executive of a publicly held company and lastly a mountain climber and a kayaker. I think the last two attributes that she brings to this job are probably going to be the most important attributes of washington climbing mountains and avoiding rocks in the rapids. So i think she is extraordinarily well credentialed for this position. Ive had sometimes distressing experience and Energy Policy formation. I have a lot of i see Bennett Johnson in the background here. A lot of us have bruises that have lasted for years from that process. Senator, good to see you. Bob frye, the late bob frye was the head of resources for the future, once testified before the committee i was on that the task of defining the Energy Future was to chart a safe, secure response environmentally responsible energy path that would sustain Human Progress for present and future generations. That was probably
It was an inclusive conversation. I am privileged to be here on behalf of the irish people. It is quite unique for a country as small as ireland to reach right to the center of things in the white house and we thank you, president obama, and your wife and family, and your administration for allowing our country to have this access. We are very positive for the future. President obama i should point out that the Prime Minister got me a copy of poems by yates by yeats, one of my favorite poets. Thank you, guys. Thank you. President obama thank you, guys. Interior secretary salazar said yesterday that the Obama Administration is making more areas available for offshore oil and gas trilling but will heighten safety regulations. Her remarks are next. On washington journal, we will look at the house gop budget plan. That is live at 7 00 eastern. The house is in at 10 00 eastern. They will work on it epa regulate they will work on nepa regulations bill. Here are some of our featured programs
If you want to buy a tv that is 20 years future proof, here you go. It looks 3d and it is not 3d. It is just so sharp, the contrast is so realistic, it looks real. Is that on the market today . I think it is second half this year. It is going to be expensive. The set is 6,000. This is going to be more than 6000 red probably around 10,000 red this is a look at what is going to be mainstream down the line. That is what i find exciting. Looking into the future if you will. Tim moynahan, wired magazine. Tim do you want to penny back . The communicators is on location in las vegas for the annual ces annual Consumer Technology show. If you are interested in seeing more of our program, you can go to cspan. Org. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] cspan. Created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service. Tonight, the Communications Director of twitter prov