Investing in renewal and clean energy. Josh lets get a quick biography from mark connolly. Mark connolly is a native of bedford and has an mba from northwestern. He was elected to the New Hampshire house, serving bedford. He worked in the Business World and served as assistant secretary of of the bureau securities regulation. He lives in newcastle and is engaged to be married. Mark honored to be here i have fought for New Hampshire families. It is the kind of leadership i will bring. For the concord monitor. First question is going to go to steve march and but it will be directed to all of you at one point. Roughly three quarters of the electorate dont know enough about the candidates on stage tonight to form an opinion. With that in mind, tell us about personal sacrifice that has helped you become who you are. Generation american. A bankruptcy from a Health Care Crisis when i was in high school, it helps inform Public Policy. If it wasnt for great Public Education at cost for clark el
Tremendous job he is doing in arkansas and were grateful to have her on board and like i said were pleased that youre here and all that you represent. Thank you. Thank you, senator boseman. Were going to start with you, ali. Im going to follow the direction of senator carper and take your short name, all right . You are recognized. Chairman and house Ranking Member boxer and members of the committee my name is ali mirzakhalili, delawares director of air quality. I thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I would like to share with you delawares view of the respective roles and responsibilities of the epa, state and the u. S. Congress with respect to complying with various environmental statutes and associated regulatory actions to protect Public Health and environment. The Clean Air Act has been a huge success, preventing literally hundreds of thousands of premature deaths as well as averting millions of incidents and mobility. The Health Benefits associated with the Clean Air A
A reminder, well have live coverage of mrs. Reagans funeral from the president ial library in simi valley friday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. White house spokesman josh earnest took reporters questions about the Supreme Court vacancy, last nights president ial primary and this is a one hour portion of todays briefing. Good afternoon, everybody. I do not have anything off the top so we can go straight to questions. Darlene, would you like to start . Do you have anything to add to your reports that u. S. Special forces are questioning the head of the Islamic State units trying to develop Nuclear Weapons . Unfortunately, i do not. Ive seen those reports. At this point im still constrained im still constrained by some Operational Security concerns from answering them. You do know there are u. S. Military forces that are on the ground in iraq that are part of these forces that are dedicated to carrying out raids, collecting intelligence and where possible getting access to high value targets, but
Complex, butay be the bottom line is clear. There is no relationship in the entire world like the canadau. S. Relationship. [applause] oure minister trudeau great countries have been friends a long time. We grew up together, and like all great, enduring friendships, at our best we bring out the best in one another. Through it all, are enormous shared compliments speak for themselves accomplishments speak for themselves. Diverse societies that have been shaped by history together. We could not be prouder of that passed past. On behalf of 36 million canadians, i think you all for your were what thank you all for your warm welcome. Now lets get to work on shaping our shared future. [applause] march. T shoulder, commands] mr. President , this concludes the ceremony. [applause] [applause] host that was the arrival ceremony earlier today. We are back in the cspan studio. Right now, they are having a reception. They are dining. Savage of politico is here with us. Louisa, in eight years, i do
To think very long and hard about the least cost, least risk approach. Oregon especially since 1999 but even back dating back to 1980 has treated Energy Efficiency not as a boutique thing to do every now and then, but as a genuine resource that a utility should rely on. It is a costeffective resource and should be at the top of the list of any utility acquisition as being the lowest cost resour resource. So between planning, Energy Efficiency, weve been able to maintain our low cost. We are below average and weve been below average for dwight quite some time. We dont expect the Clean Power Plan to fundamentally change that because of the tools that you would use to meet the clean power provisions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. In my direct in southwest arkansas has already been announced to be closed and theres study thats show that rates will increase from 20 to 60 because of this closure. The the obvious negative effects are direct loss. The higher rates will put a disproportional burden