Thank you, madam chair. On want to get gavelled on. Well, you have 28 more seconds if you wish to continue. No. I will get some credit out of you. Oh, need your credit, thats true. Now were going to complete this first panel, which started a very long time ago, seems like yesterday. And were going to do it this way. Im going to give senator whitehouse take my two minutes. Senator vitter okay . Senate inhoff, senator sessions and then ill close. Everybody has two more minutes, okay . So lets start with senator whitehouse. Ill just take a little bit of my time to respond to senator sessions suggestions that one scientist says that Climate Change isnt really happening and that there really isnt an association with storms. And i just want to put that into context. There actually is a Peer Reviewed Scientific Consensus out there about this. It is massive. It is not unanimous. Sometimes is rarely unanimous. There are eccentrics. There are outliers. There are people who have nonmainstream opi
Spectrum and local broadcast stations has risen perhaps ahead of the incentive auction next year. So for a variety of reasons, weve seen a number of companies consolidate their positions in the broadcast tv market. Theyve fought stations across the country bought stations across the country. Weve seen Certain Companies really being aggressive in terms of snapping up smaller broadcasts. Host so with a company like sinclair, how Many Television stations does it own across the country . Guest i believe i dont know the number off the top of my head, i believe they own something in excess of a hundred stations. They have a number of these joint Sales Agreements in place. Theyre one of the companies that will likely be with impacked by this. Impacted by this. In some cases broadcasters can get waivers if they can prove these joint Sales Agreements are necessary to keep the smaller station afloat or so they can provide local or news programming. However, in most cases it appears theyre going
When you all set the reduction target for wisconsin it did so based on electricity production in 2012 year in which they were still operating. You are calculating your reductions the year and you had the operating with no Carbon Emissions. That facility closed and now that state and many states that have Nuclear Power i have one of the largest generating states in the country. Its now is disproportionately harmed by the rules. Extremely harmed. So the result is that wisconsin would be forced to compensate for the loss of the plan. Is that alice is all correct . This rule addresses the fossil fuel sector. It ithat is our responsibly undr 111 d. Thats where we started our job is to identify the best system of Emission Reduction for the fossil fired plants that doesnt include nuclear. Nuclear. Succumbinsuccumbing to 2012, wet the emissions in each state from their fossil generations. And we looked up with that system of Emission Reduction was from the National Basis that would result in 2
Publicans can call at republicans can call at 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Ndependents, 202 5853882 a special line for Illegal Immigrants. 202 5853883. Morning toaturday you. If the surgeon unaccompanied children and the white house response. The lead story in several border state papers this morning. Heres the houston chronicle. Feds unveil border crisis plans. To the Los Angeles Times this morning. U. S. Asked to ease border legal crunch. Over to the arizona republic. Their story on the border crisis. America in central dont go to u. S. Migrants will be deported. That is the stories leading several of the border state papers. Here is an info graphic from todays Washington Post about the sudden surge. Our phone lines are open to get your response to how the u. S. Should respond. That surge in on a Company Children, 24,500 the Company Children were apprehended by the westport patrol in 2013. Twice the amount has been picked apprehended by the in 2013. Er patrol the info graphic
Energy. We will kick off with your Energy Habits. How have they changed over the years . Emocrat, host 202 5853880 republicans, 202 5853881. Independence and all others, 202 5855883. Send us a tweet at cspanwj. Mail us, journal cspan. Org let me begin with a poll taken energy and the environment tradeoffs. From an april 10 poll, americans are still divided on this Energy Environment tradeoff. Americans divide evenly when asked whether the u. S. Should Prioritize Energy production, or environmental protection, 45 , when goals conflict. From 2000 one to 2008, americans came down on the side of the environment. Since 2009, they have been divided or showed a preference for energy production. Aside from a shift for the environment in the late of the gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in april 2010. Have your Energy Habits changed over the years, what do you think about this . We want to hear from you this morning. More polls. Is it possible to reduce the effects of Global Warming . There may be disag