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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140624

mrs. boxer: mr. president, reserving the right to object. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: reserving the right to object, and i want to explain how i will come to my conclusion at the end by saying a couple of things. i say that these are all my friends who i really enjoy working with. i say to my friend from oklahoma, he said tom steyer is from california. this is a fact. so is justice kennedy. so was richard nixon who signed the clean air act. richard nixon signed the clean air act, and republican president george herbert walker bush signed the clean air act amendments. mr. inhofe: would the senator yield on that point because i was a cosponsor of the clean air act. mrs. boxer: i will not yield, and the fact is republican objection to controlling carbon pollution took that case all the way to the supreme court. now, another thing i need to correct the record on is my friend senator barrasso who talks about our president as if our president doe

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140626

accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand. mr. president, there is now a growing consensus. this is not just the opinion of bernie sanders. there is a growing consensus that excessive speculation on the oil futures market is significantly contributing to the high prices that the american people are seeing at the pump. exxonmobil, goldman sachs, the i.m.f., the st. louis federal reserve, the american trucking association, delta airlines, petroleum marketers association of america, the new england fuel institute, the consumer federation of america, and many other organizations have all agreed that excessive oil speculation has significantly increased oil and gas prices. just a few years ago goldman sachs, perhaps the largest speculator on wall street, came out with a report indicating that excessive oil speculation is costing americans 56 cents a gallon at the pump. 56 cents a gallon. i personally think that that is a conservative estimate, but it is interesting tha

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140626

it is hard to have a hard view that there s a size that makes you financially significant and creating the risk. the question is, does the combination of your size, your structure, your interconnection to the system and, you know, it s something that requires our ongoing analysis. thanks very much. time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognized the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffy. thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. lew. it s nice to see you back at the committee again. just a couple questions on e-mails. how does the treasury back up their e-mails currently? the main treasury, i believe, has an autot2 backup, but i d e to get back to you on the specific details. so with all the information about e-mails and backups and irs and treasury, you have no idea how your e-mails are backed up? i ll just}ñ that the main treasury is much smaller than the irs, it has different volume, so it s a different kind of an e-mail system. how about with the w

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140626

own words, to quote switch the majority on the court and to quote fill up the d.c. circuit one way or another. and in the rush to eliminate any possible judicial obstacle to accountability by packing the d.c. circuit, the obama administration and its allies run roughshod over the rules and traditions of this body by blowing up the filibuster. whether through unilaterally changing the senate rules or abusing the recess appointment powers, the president and his allies have demonstrated a willingness to work untold and permanent damage to the institutions of this great body and to our constitutional system itself. madam president, with such a powerful and aggressive president, no single institution can restore the constitutional checks on president obama s often lawless exercise of power. restoring constitutional government will require great effort by all of us the courts, the congress, and most importantly, the voting public. that s why it s essential for my coll

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