this situation with the cheap steel coming back, it s not just teal but tires and rare earth. there are many, many inconsistencies in our policies and you re right, the president needs to act. let me give you an example, ed, the brand-new san francisco bay bridge, beautiful bridge. it was built with chinese steel 6,000 chinese got a job zero americans and by the way, it cost over half a billion dollars more because of all of the bad mistakes made by that steel mill and the chinese welders. we need to make it in america. we need to spend american taxpayer money on american jobs and american steel, cars, all of those things. the public should be mad. and there s something we can do about it. it s right here. it s in the halls of congress. there are opportunities today to rebuild the american ship building industry, a bill that will be up on the floor any moment now for a vote, sending our natural gas overseas to the
john mccain want to build his military arsenal with foreign steel? you don t think it s a national security issue? you re wrong. it s time for john mccain to stop calling for military action in iraq and advocate for where the hell we can get the best steel on the face of the earth, those guys that wear the hard hats that are americans. any senator that didn t sign the letter needs to look at this chart. charts are informative and make you think about stuff. they give you something to think about. we re losing jobs to imports. it doesn t have to be that way. letter legalities and rules within the trade agreements that the united states commerce department could act on that would force other countries to be honest brokers. our guys have to file petitions and file complaints months on end sometimes years to get a
these epa regulars. that s right. republicans. they are so short sided they would rather risk another government shutdown than protect the environment an go against the science. and of course, injure our economy again. the shutdown, the last time cost $25 billion. joining me tonight on rapid response panel, how to say i love you in indian and the senior vice president of affairs for the league of conservation voters. great to have both of you with us. the science is overwhelming but the denial is equal at this point. according to a poll con ducked by the heart research and by the league of conservation voerts the majority of americans support the new epa regulations, how do republicans justify any attempts to block the regulations and go against the will of the people yet again? that s absolutely right, ed,