Thank you all so much. I am Andrea Mitchell from nbc news and from msnbc, and you know tom donelan and steve. We are so happy to have two former National Security advisers who have had long experience in Public Policy and before and since their roles in government. I, of course, knew tom all the way back when i was first going to the state department and you were working with warren christopher, and steve from all the years in the white house, and of course, with National Security adviser role when secretary rice was secretary of state. So, thank you all so much. Weve had a great kickoff to this from jack lew. First, lets talk about, since he raised the questions of sanctions, and it is so top of mind right now with russia and with ukraine, steve, first to you. How effective have we been in mobilizing europe against russia . Weve seen the effects, the economic effects with the ruble, but how is ha translated into effecting Vladimir Putins behavior . Well, you dont know. One of the Grea
And likely to commit it again. Accommodations under title ix are available regardless of whether you decide to go through the adjudication proceeding. Youre saying theyre not applied fairly even though they should be getting the same . Yes, what im saying is basically, if one student files a title 9 complaint in their investigation, their individual investigation, ocr is going in and interviewing other students who were sexually assaulted on that campus, and went through those same proceedings. And faced the same barriers and faced the same harassment from administrators. I see what youre saying. Now i understand. Those students, who have reported in this case. I see what youre saying. I understood the point you were making. I think the guidance is fairly clear that thats not what you just described is out of compliance. And so im not im not to judge another institution sitting here, but certainly, i feel like were very clear that if a student informs an appropriate person whos respons
And its rougher. And it costs more money to fight. These stories go down the list and i can just tell you that a couple years ago, we flew in to down around by billings, they were having record floods. The next year, same people whose houses were under water one year were being burn out the next. Same land. I dont know whats going on. I dont know if the airs getting warmer. I dont know if were just in a cycle. But i can tell you we can talk about all the things that need to be done here. We can talk about how its going to impact farmers and ranchers and sportsmen and all that. But if we end up passing on a climate to our kids that doesnt allow our kids to move forward with an economy that helps support, i think were making a huge mistake. Now, last year we had a record crop. I can tell you right now its going to be a pretty open summer for me if we dont get some rain pretty damn quick. Those kind of variations in weather farmers always talk about as being normal. But this is this is ab
Studies. I want to make sure i understand. Yes, on your on the studies. The Commission Decision has been to not require further work to require any look at transfer. Weve closed that issue. Okay. On the in 2012 the Districts Court remanded nrcs waste confidence rule. When will the revised rule become final . The revised theres a draft rule thats supposed to come to the commission this summer, and we expect the completion of that waste confidence rulemaking in the fall of this year. Okay. Given that spent fuel integrity was an issue raised by the d. C. Circuit in their remand of your waste confidence rule, how do you plan to satisfy the court if the seismic safety or the spent fuel pools remains an open question under the review . Senator, i understand the question. I would just comment that since this involves an adjudication. Yeah. . N response to the d. C. Circuit there are certain things we cant address, but would i just tell you we have a i personally believe in the Commission Deci
Want it. So why are you blaming us for it . There were some times that things were explained to each side and maybe they felt better and that they a lot of people do run for the senate particularly house members, at some point, harry reid was a house member, so was john mccain way back, because they wanted to be in a chamber that afforded them more pow for the negotiation and wasnt just run on 218 votes. And they, i think, apparently a group of members that are trying o maintain a vision of the senate that they had when they ran for the office. David drucker who is joining us on capitol hill. Hes a washington correspondent for the washington examiner. Thanks for being with us. The house is coming back in to debate a few bills easing regulations on small airplanes and oil pipeline standards. S an nays are ordered. Or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. Record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin se