The goal here is to win elections in november. 2012, we010 and nominated several candidates. Christine odonnell, cheryl murdoch, theyd are not in the senate. The reason for that is they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. Michael as the leader of the Republican Party in the senate is to keep us in the majority. What you do that is not complicated. To nominate people actually went because winners make policy and losers go home. We changed the Business Model in 2014. We nominated people who could win everywhere and took the majority and took the majority in the senate. We had one skirmish in 2016. We kept of the majority. Our approach will be to support our incumbents and in open seats, to seek to help nominate people who can actually win in november. That is the way you keep a governing majority. Earlier today, you talked about drug and Insurance Companies. What specifically would you like to see from both of those companies . Pres. Trump the Insuran
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For the upcoming fiscal year, a testimony from the secretary, jennifer granholm, live coverage here on cspan3. The chair will recognize himself for a fiveminute Opening Statement. Welcome to the hearing to review the department of Energy Performance and fulfillment of the statutory responsibilities and to examine the departments fiscal year 2025 budget request to congress. Welcome back to the committee, secretary granholm. The department of energy has National Security responsibilities to protect Energy Security and oversee the Nations Nuclear weapons program. They conduct an overseas taxpayerfunded research and development, providing loans and grants to help commercialize energyrelated technologies. These hearings are essential to ensure that the department is taking to its core mission and is a responsible steward of taxpayer resources. These hearings are essential. Members will also have an opportunity to examine the department of energys expanded budget request as this year they ar
Obamas climate legacy. Pres. Trump my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. Really clean coal. The plus, we will look at internet privacy after the house votes to allow Internet Providers to sell your web browsing history and other personal information. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Surrounded by coal miners, President Trump signed an executive order tuesday to dismantle a slew of climate rules established by president obama. If carried out, the executive order will nearly virtually guarantee that the United States will fail to meet its 2015 Paris Agreement pledge to reduce emissions in order to curb the effects of Climate Change. The executive order marks the first step to undo obamas Clean Power Plan to limit power plant emissions and replace coalfired power plants with new solar and wind farms. The Clean Power Plan is considered to be a critical element of the u. S. Plan to meet th
Committees probe. Is an independent counsel needed . Than donald trump heads to the epa and signs an executive order to dismantle much of president obamas climate legacy. Pres. Trump my administration is putting an end to the war on coal. Really clean coal. The plus, we will look at internet privacy after the house votes to allow Internet Providers to sell your web browsing history and other personal information. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Surrounded by cocoal minerers, presesident trump p signed an executive order tuesday to dismantle a slew of climate rules established by president obama. If carried out, the executive order will nearly virtually guarantee that the United States will fail to meet its 2015 Paris Agreement pledge to reduce emissions in order to curb the effects of Climate Change. The executive order marks the first step to undo obamas Clean Power Plan to limit power plant emission