That is not sound policy. Texans like me say, that aint very smart. It hurts American Energy and is an abuse of federal power. That stings local communities that need energy for economic growth. Like wooi likewise, blocking Safe Pipeline Development in protest is not rational governance. We must reign in what i call the enterprise prevention agency, the e. P. A. Im thrilled that President Trump announced his new administrator for epa, our attorney general from the north, scott pruitt. My friends will have a horse to ride to get this thing turned around. White cheap natural gas has been a factor in the decline of coal power, the work from day one to find creative new ways to change the Clean Air Act to close down coal plants. Their Clean Power Plan Climate Change rule didnt stretch the law. It smashed the law. No surprise the Supreme Court agreed. Despite those liberal attacks, coal is still a big part of our power grid. In texas, my own state, coal is just a bit behind natural gas. In
Now House Science Committee chair lamar smith on opportunities for changes in environmental and Energy Development policies, in a Trump Administration. He and others talked about their goals in working with the new president. Good morning. Good morning. Are my mikes work singh thating . Im john hillboldt, it is my privilege to welcome everyone to the sarah and douglas auditorium as well as those joining us on the heritage. Org website were pleased to host with the texas Public Foundation. Our housekeeping duty is to make sure your mobile devices are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. And of course, were running we house vote schedule so some things this morning will be a little bit on the fly. My introduction of our first guest will be very brief. Welcoming on behalf of the Heritage Foundation is my colleague, becky norton donlop, who served as our Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow. Member of the Reagan Administration working in the white house with president reagan and attorne
Now House Science Committee chair lamar smith on opportunities for changes in environmental and Energy Development policies, in a Trump Administration. He and others talked about their goals in working with the new president. Good morning. Good morning. Are my mikes work singh thating . Im john hillboldt, it is my privilege to welcome everyone to the sarah and douglas auditorium as well as those joining us on the heritage. Org website were pleased to host with the texas Public Foundation. Our housekeeping duty is to make sure your mobile devices are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. And of course, were running we house vote schedule so some things this morning will be a little bit on the fly. My introduction of our first guest will be very brief. Welcoming on behalf of the Heritage Foundation is my colleague, becky norton donlop, who served as our Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow. Member of the Reagan Administration working in the white house with president reagan and attorne
Anyone might get a free pass to american citizenship but heres the thing. Millions of people who have come forward and worked to get right with the law under this policy have been living here for years too. In some cases even decades so leaving the broken system the way it is is not a solution. In fact that is the real amnesty, pretending we can support 11 Million People or build a wall without spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money is abetting what is really factually incorrect. If it is not going to work it is not good for this country. It is a fantasy that offers nothing to help the middle class and demeans our tradition of being a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. In the end it is my firm belief that immigration is not something to fear. We dont have to wall ourselves off from those who may not look like us or pray like we do or have a different last name, because being an american is about something more than that. What makes us american is our shared comm
Announcer washington joirnl continues. Host we are joined by james zirin the author of supremely partisan, how raw politics tips the scales in the u. S. Supreme court. He is here to discuss his book which argues that the Supreme Court has become increasingly partisan in the cases he says were politicized and threatened to undermine Public Confidence in the court. Thanks for joining us this morning. Guest im delighted to be here. Host so what inspired you to write this book . Guest i was a practicing lawyer. I of course followed the Supreme Court for many years. And i became alarmed in recent years reading the cases at the 54 decisions and the 63 decisions, which seemed to be decided along partisan lines. So that you had the liberal wing of the court, all justices appointed by democratic president s, and the conservative wing all appointed by republican president s. And they were taking political positions, which could easily be identified with the ideas of the respective parties that a