Production in the United States this is good news for the us economy is trades and i am quoting you here, combined with the right policies. When you make that statement, are you referring to tax policies, energy policies, a combination of all of that . If you could go into that i would be curious. Very fortunate because we have oil, gas, Renewable Energy sourceand business here. By improvement of the technology you look more and more oil and gas, existing resources if the right incentives are provided to the industry. Number 2, i believe, huge potential to make more use of urban energies, solar and wind especially. I was able to see support for Renewable Energy policies. The production tax credit. Exactly. Third, very important, the Independence Energy dependence and Energy Dependence is based on two factors, one is encasing production and seconds, keeping consumption at a certain level and not to waste Energy Efficiency so i imagine Domestic Energy policies, in addition to supplyside
Vietnamese opt and our hospital and i went to nutrong once a week to do red cross work. Watch American History tv, every weekend on cspan3. The Senate Energy Committee Held a hearing on the Global Energy out look. The executive tiff director of the agency talked about oil and Gas Production and the decreesable price of Renewable Energy and Cyber Security and a another of other issues, this is about an hour and 45 minutes. Good morning everyone the committee will come to order as we begin our first hearing what propositions to be a very busy 2008 id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. So looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is returning to our committee
Coming up later, the strong frank puts pressure on swiss employers. We will be speaking to the countries economy minister johann schneiderammann. At 10 10 a. M. Francine first this morning, minutes from the feds in july show janet yellen and officials are concerned about low inflation is. In improving job market is bringing them closer to the first Interest Rate increase in a decade to manus mike mckee has been taking a closer look. Mike it is all about inflation now. Teresad officials met go, most judge the conditions for policy farming had not yet been achieved, but they noticed that conditions were approaching that point. What was missing . Prices what continue to move up. To seembers continued Downside Risks from the possibility of further dollar appreciations and declined to Commodity Prices. In addition, several noted tighter legal markets labor markets had not yet pushed up wages. Theyt all members indicate would need to see more evidence that Economic Growth was sufficiently st
Right side of the roadway. Chopper 4 over the scene. We have a fourmile backup. Its on the washington, d. C. App right now. Right now, its a pretty good option, 95. Two lanes blocked ramp from southbound gw parkway to inbound key bridge that is shut down starting today through friday. Take the roosevelt bridge instead. 100 eastbound at route 1, a crash there as well. See slowdowns there. Innerloop and outer loop, no major problems. More on this problem on the beltway coming up, eun. Thank you, melissa. Developing this morning. You wont be able to go to the Washington Monument when it opens today. There is a problem with the elevator. News4s molette green is live outside the white house to decide what is being done to fix the problem. Molette, good morning. Reporter good morning, no operating elevator means no visiting the Washington Monument. Theyre standing by waiting on a repair crew set to arrive sometime this morning to get to work on this latest elevator problem. This had malfunct
Testify about technologies theyre using to secure the nations borders, including efforts to combat drug smuggling. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on border and Maritime Security will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to examine the role of technology in the nations Border Security efforts. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Border security is a complicated endeavor, because theres no one size fits all solution. Thinking through what it will take to secure the border is the primary responsibility of the three agencies represented by our witnesses today. Border patrol is our Operational Force between the ports of industry, cbps office of Field Operations job is to facilitate legitimate trade and travel while keeping illicit drugs from entering, air and marine is the supporting element. All three of these critical Border Security components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Indeed, technology is a Crucial Force multiplier