Theyve enforced the laws. Ru theyve done a fantastic job of it. Ha we have among the best numbers weve ever had in terms of recorded history, certainly. But this has been a very strong year for less crime. Lets put it that way less crime. And theres a reason for less crime, and its because we have great Law Enforcement. Im very proud of them. There wont be defunding. There wont be dismantling of our police. And theres not going to be any disbanding of our police. Our police have been letting us live in peace. We want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there. And sometimes youll see some horrible things, like we witnessed recently. But 99, i say 99. 9, but lets go with 99 of them are great, great people. And theyve done jobs that are record setting. Record setting. So our Crime Statistics are at t level that they havent been at. And i just want to go around the room and just ask each one oft the folks to say hello and tell a little bit about themselves and the success theyve ha
I want to mention a couple of upcoming events. On december 4th we have a news maker with Sheldon White house and on december 9th a headliners coffee and conversation with lonnie bunch. And i would like to present miss abrams with down of the most highly coveted items in washington d. C. A National Press club coffee mug. And finally, before your race, one of the things you were known for was writing romance novels. Is there another novel in the works . Oh im glad you asked. I technically still have to write the third novel in the trilogy that i stopped writing when i became democratic leader. Im going to get that one done, because i dont want to hear from my mom or sister again about this. Im working on a new legal thriller, and that should be coming out sometime in the near future. But its going to be under stacey abrams, because the other name is kind of known. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me. And we are adjourned. good morning, everyone. The committee will come t
Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here today to consider the nomination of Dan Brouillette to be the secretary of energy. He currently is serving as the deputy secretary of energy, and i am certainly one who believes that you have done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would
So we want to thank you all you have done at the department. And at this point for your willingness to step up in a higher capacity. We have our colleagues here this evening texas and louisiana are well represented. Mister deputy secretary you should feel verydu welcome by having these gentlemenmp next to you. We will start with senator cassidy followed by senators cruz and senator kennedy to introduce deputy secretary this morning. Would like to proceed we do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you so the introductions do not consume the full morning but we do welcome all the good comments s comments. What a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. [laughter] its a privilegege to represent my friend Dan Brouillette eminently qualified as United States leads the world in all sorts of energy. He shared a longer showed a commitment to Energy Security and understands the importance of us Energy Exports to lower Greenhouse Gas emissions abroad. Committed to innova
Done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full morning, but we certainly welcome all the good comments. So senator cassidy. Madam chair, what a wonderful way to t