In which he outlined his Climate Action plan. So i was reading a legal opinion recently and it said a president s speech is certainly not a matter of law but the president making these International Agreements has through regulation pursued his commitments that he is making. But other countries that are part of these agreements are not doing the same thing so the u. S. Is being penalized because of these extreme actions. So what you all are doing, and im reading from a legal opinion that mr. Tribe wrote, you are forcing a select set of victims including consumers communities regions, businesses and utilities to bear a substantial part of what is a global problem that even you and your predecessor indicated that these regulations were not solved so you are asking for 425 million more dollars than last year. A lot of that money is going to go to hire additional lawyers to defend them litigate these extreme regulations so we look forward to the opportunity today in exploring this situatio
Priority for me is the issue of Environmental Justice and making sure the states are providing adequate direction in order to achieve the interest of local income and minority communities. In cases where safe may not be sure how to conduct Environmental Justice analysis or how to define an Environmental Justice community then i believe that it would be very helpful if the epa provided states with guidance Technical Assistance and resources to help protect the most vulnerable communities that have the least amount of influence to help themselves. Can you speak to this issue and assure me that the epa is listening and working with the Environmental Justice groups as the agencies prepares to finalize the rule and two the agencies will provide states with guidance data, tools and resources to help identify and protect these communities i can assure you of that,ranking member and point out the Environmental Justice budget is given an increase this year which will go a long way to provide th
Franken on Net Neutrality. Here are the top stories were following. The u. S. Federal Communications Commission. Has approved new internet regulations the vote was 32. The rules would prevent broadband providers from charging websites to deliver their content more quickly. Big internet providers like verizon, at t, and comcast were opposed. They say the regulations would stop them from making billions of dollars worth of network improvements. Winners include Video Streaming Services like netflix. Check your mail. Apple has sent out invitations to an event on march 9 in san francisco. The company is expected to unveil details for the introduction of the apple watch. Spring forward, the event to be held at the center for the arts theater at 10 00 a. M. Apple first unveiled plans for a smart watch back in september. The u. S. Senate is moving forward on legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department Just a day before a partial shutdown of the agency. Many House Republicans say they
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