Time. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Cantwell thank you mr. President. I thank the senator from north dakota. I know were going to be going back and forth on this issue and that we have speakers coming later this morning and were going to have time divided but i appreciate the senator of north dakota allowing us to join in the debate this morning and make a few mountains. And i do want to say i appreciate the senator from north dakotas hard work on the Energy Committee in general and i look forward to working with him on many Energy Policies. He and i have worked together on a couple of different agricultural issues, and i certainly appreciate his due diligence. But needless to say i dont agree with the process of moving forward with this motion to proceed to the Keystone Pipeline bill. Many of my colleagues here are going to be coming down, talking about the issues. Two of my colleagues including the senators from utah and arkansas along with the senator of north dakota,
Like the members of congress that have spoken today i long advocated for modernizing our relationship with cuba. I led a bipartisan bill to make it easier to finance exports to cuba. The bill is led in the house by ranking agriculture chair colin peterson. My home state of minnesota digs into exports while we export to cuba in 2o 13. With the president s action alone, the Minnesota Department of agriculture estimates that exports could increase by another 20 million. Increasing agriculture exports and promoting normal commercial relations with cuba will ensure cubans can provide for their families. The growing community of cuban Small Farmers and coops need advice and assistance to aid in the large Stateowned Enterprises to a more entrepreneurial system u. S. Agriculture can develop a new generation of cuban agriculture. The success of this policy shift and the potential for openings does not hinge solely on the u. S. The government must take serious steps to reform politically and eco
Government would not be involved. Washington would not know about it at all. But it is required that the state department pursue it not any statutory framework, but a series of order starting with president s, starting in the 1950s. Most recently executive order 10 42 three was amended by the executive order reference in the first hour, executive order 113 37. Those orders designate the secretary of state to receive all applications for president ial permits for the construction, operation, or maintenance at the borders of the United States for facilitating transportation of Petroleum Products to or from a foreign country. Just athe review is Border Crossing, the fact that the state department involved, allows the state department to review the environmental policy. A key to understanding the Legal Framework is to note that these are standing executive orders and they were not issued pursuant to a statutory grant and authority. Congress did not legislate to create this permitting frame
Campaign talking about little else. My school, my education, my family, thank god you have not picked on my dog yet. What is really at stake here is the lives of the other 750,000 people in this district and america and how they will get their education. Mr. Romanoff, your second question . Is a bit of a vocabulary question for you. He said that you voted against every measure that produces this result and that you support Immigration Reform. You called the house bill and the dream act a nightmare. What the support mean to you . Let me take your first question, you asked three. We have made tremendous progress as a country in reducing Carbon Emissions in america. Do think that we can be a country that simply provides services, but we must get country that makes things. I think that the greatest export to the United States has been manufacturing jobs to china and we have got to strike a balance and bring them back. I think that we should continue to reduce carbon in this country, but wh
Right way. Host richard talks about medical marijuana. You may have other issues. Keep calling with those as we take a few minutes to talk about secret service. It was at the white house where the White House Press spokesperson josh earnest talked about the issue of the resignation and also talked about when the white house learned about that Armed Security guard, the Armed Security contractor who rode in an elevator with president obama. I can tell you that the white house first learned of that incident yesterday afternoon shortly before it was reported by before it was reported by the news organization. She did not tell him about that . The agency did not tell the white house about that . He didnt know about it yesterday . Until shortly before it was reported publicly. And thats a problem, right . Well, i would i think the it would be accurate for you to assume that when incidents like that occur, that there would be a pretty open channel of communication between the United States se