Resilient, whic ways that we bee are going to help both businesses and consumers. The bill includes investments in Energy Storage which helps integrate Renewable Energy. It has provisions for advanced grid technologies, which really help make our electricity grid smarter and more intelligent to move Energy Around more efficiently. It has Cybersecurity Research and development. I dont think there will be anybody here in the senate that wont support this more robust effort on cybersecurity, given the challenges and threats we face. It has a focus on new renewable technologies, which are great brickintroduce in helping to which are great breakthroughs in helping to drive some costs. The cost is basically onethird to onehalf less of newgeneration services. This chart here focusing on that is the question of whether you want to pay 4. 6 cents a kilowatt for production or 12 cents a kilowatt for production. I know this id rather pay 4. 6 cents. I would rather drive the efficiency down to the
When we interviewed people who were concerned with security, not just be s but be pulled from other parts of the government also, they were not happy, people we talk to were not happy with their role in the selection process. So the pendulum had shifted from security to design. I mentioned there are several examples of our observations as i said before, didnt come from the six of us, they were based on the interviews we did with a hundred people, not all of them obviously opined on oboe and security but many did. So those observations that are in there, it is not my opinion. It is what we got from people who work on a daily basis, will hopefully work on a daily basis with bobo. I am out of time, mr. Chairman. Of the gentlewoman could yield 4 response to this. I will yield. As mr. Green put together this report which is an offshoot and started because of the accountability review, lydia muniz, has the state department accepted this . Has it been approved . Anything in your mind that has
A stiptypical family could save 1100. They provide greater Economic Relief to low income households and Senior Citizens on fixed incomes. Even better they do not require a dime of taxpayer money. No one has to wrestle this tax cuts. Low prices patrolling are spending power. Residential heating down 1. 33 residential propane down 1. 40. Every dollar consumer save while fueling their cars and heating their home is one they can use to purchase other goods and services. This is all great news for American Consumers but not every one is celebrating lower energy prices. Crude is below break even prices. Russia iran and venezuela need Brent Crude Oil prices well past 100 per barrel to balance their budget. Mostly because brent crude prices have plummeted by 50 during the same time. On monday brent crude traded at 57 per barrel. Thats 58 less than its peak. Russia needs brent to trade around 107. Ie venezuela needs prices to go to 151. Around 50 of its annual budget from the oil and gas indust
Conditioned on this question the incoming secretary needs to have the courage to speak truth to power to congress, yes but also to his commander in chief. Half. Mr. Durbin mr. President . Speaking in morning business, i rise to express my support for the president s nominee dr. Ashton carter to serve as our nations 25th secretary of defense. A few words of thanks first for chuck hagel our former colleague in the senate who served as secretary of defense. Hes a friend. Hes had a long career in public service. Hes a veteran from vietnam and the people of nebraska rewarded him by asking him to represent them in the United States senate. As our nations first person 6 enlisted rank he had a unique ground level view on matters of war and peace and a strong, strong commitment to our troops. I thank chuck hagel for his service. Dr. Ashton carter has an impressive distinguished record of service as well in government. An advisor scholar. He has what it takes to be a great secretary of defense.
It was either with you are chairman smith asking about working with faithbased organizations. We do work with that. In fact, we visited with the archbishop in kurdistan when we were there to talk about the work they are doing. I know the king and jordan has been very open in meeting with different religious leaders both sort of from an islamic perspective to reduce the lore of isil, but also how do we work with the various religious groups. Syria was one of the most tolerant countries in the entire middle east before all this took place. It is important but there are many groups we work with to try and reduce the tension that is going on. Is there a way to hold those areas that you have the refugees in going to school and being abused with whatever type of abuse that is. Gender abuse, we will say how do you go about making you said you are helping those countries deal with that and trying to make sure they are protected, but how do you go about holding that country or that government a