the trump administration s approach. new mexico and utah officials review current land use application process and delays in permit approval. without objection, so ordered. under committee rule 4 f, any oral opening statement are limited to the chairman, ranking minority member and the vice chair. this will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. i ask unanimous consent that all other statements be made part of the hearing record if submitted by 5:00 p.m. today. without objection, so ordered. today we will examine access to oil on federal land. or subcommittee is holding a hearing to discuss offshore federal oil and gas development and we ask the members reserve all offshore questions for the next hearing. states are owned by all americans and the bureau of land management is obligated to responsively manage and develop these resources. on shore federal oil and gas accounts for 20% of america s production and is integral to o
good thing is there s no fog this morning but we do have some issues with black ice as some water s leaking out of the our ground and that s going to hang around until 9:00. hang out in the upper 40s with increasing clouds throughout the day, low to mid 40s by 7:00, grab an umbrella, some sprinkles by 7:00. more on the black ice and its issues, here s alexis. and mike, you said it s about 31 degrees right around altamont pass right now and that is where we ve had a lot of problems this morning. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1 hour, 8 minutes, i just got reports of another crash, this one near grant line road, nine vehicles kracrashed along that d this morning. westbound 4 still looking okay, antioch to concord and southbound 101, no problems there either if you re coming from the north bay, about 17 minutes into san francisco. we do want to get back now to that breaking news that we are tracking. a three-alarm fire at an apartment building in oakland. and it is burning
recovering from that bring got into this race. why law? why did you go into law practice? so when i was a kid my parents were poor. and my mom said you re a doctor or a lawyer. that s the only way you re going to get out of this world. and when i see blood, wanlt to pass out. so it was pretty easy for me. why did your parents say that? why do they have the outlook? you know, they just you know, they were not educated. my mom had a third grade education. from what she saw, you know, she came up with. that i don t really know how that happened. your parents immigrated from mexico. is that right? both of them, yes. what was that like for them and what impact do you think that had on them and how they raised you and your siblings? they came here for a better life for their children. so we would have that opportunity. and you hear the stories about how they struggled when they got here. and how they were working hard to make sure that we could go to college. and,
barragan representing the 44th district in california, a democrat. tell us what you were doing before you ran for office. well, i was serving on the city council where i lived in hermosa beach. i was practicing law. i had just gotten out of a fight, fighting an oil company that wanted to drill 34 oil and water injection wells into the santa monica bay. so that s a long fight and just recovering from that before i got into this race. why law? why did you go into law practice? so when i was a kid my parents were poor. and my mom said you re a doctor or a lawyer. that s the only way you re going to get out of this world. and when i see blood i want to pass out. so it was pretty easy for me. why did your parents say that? why do they have the outlook? you know, they just you know, they were not educated. my mom had a third grade education. from what she saw, you know, she came up with that. i don t really know how that happened. your parents immigrated from mexico.
nanette barragan. tell us about what you were doing before you ran for office. i was serving on the council where i lived in hermosa beach. i was practicing law. flight forenough a an oil company that wanted to drill in the santa monica bay. it was a long fight. why did you go into law? when i was a kid, my parents were poor. my mom said, you are a doctor or lawyer. that is the only way you will get out of this. when i seef it blood, i pass out. why do you think they have that outlook? they were not educated. my mom had a third grade education. from what she saw, she came up with that. i do not really know how that happened. your parents emigrated from mexico? both of them. what was that like for them? and what affected have on you and your siblings? they came here for a better life for their children. you hear stories about how they struggled when they got here. they were working hard to make sure we can go to college. in latino families, it is customary