Administrations Clean Power Plan and with paris happening a month ago, Carbon Pricing more broadly . How ready are u. S. Energy companies for those two regulations . All of our companies some are across the continuum. Some have supported a trade approach. Some have supported a carbon tax. Theres a variety of different position amongst our Member Companies. The things we have focused on primarily is the science and the data. Why . Because we think that is the story thats not being told today. The relate is that the u. S. Is the leader. The president should have gone to paris and said i have a case study in the United States. Were able to grow our economy, put people to work, at the same time our Carbon Emissions are at a 20year low. We think that story should be told because we think it will help reorient other thinkers about the solutions of our time which is climate. We believe we now have a case study. We actually have data that shows how you continue to support a growing economy at
Of political party, regardless of energy conversation. We believe as i talked about earlier its all about education. Its about science and its all about data. We believe if everybody will talk from that perspective, the solutions to the challenges of our day are easier to drive at if we base them in science and data. And thats why this u. S. Model is so important is because what it shows us is we can reduce carbon emission. If thats the issue of our time, we can do that through cleaner burning natural gas. So we have not aligned with any campaign. We have not aligned with any political party. If questioned by any of them, were open to all of them because we believe this energy issue, specifically oil and gas, is a common area where we should be able to come together. Thank you. Im with the ap. Many thanks for the opportunity. I would like to ask you about the western hemisphere. What opportunities do you see and how important are they in the western hemisphere for the next year not onl
In getting it to the president s desk. I yield back the balance of my time. Thank you very much. I do not see mr. Polis here. The gentleman from ohio is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Dr. Price, thank you for being here. Thanks for your care for a lot of patients, thousands of patients over your time practicing medicine. Thanks to the gentleman from kentucky for being here. I appreciate you both giving us your time today and your opinions. I was really struck by something you said earlier, dr. Price, about the difference between Health Coverage and healthcare. We have told millions of americans that they have coverage, but theyre not getting care. And they cant afford care. And when they get care, they are being chased something i dont remember you saying, being chased by bill collectors the rest of their life because of high deductibles they didnt have. We have confused coverage with care. Just because you have a piece of paper or a card that says you have insurance doesnt mean
I think process has been the thing thats protected that old relic in the past, and i think we just need to mount an effort to educate the American Consumers and then call on congress as those who represent those consumers to fix a problem thats not helping American Consumers. Lets turn to the phones. We have a question. Next question from the line of ed cooks with the financial times. Good afternoon. Thank you so much for taking the question. This is ed crooks from the financial times. I wanted to go back to the subject of the Clean Power Plan. When you say you are strongly critical of it, not recognizing the significance and the valuable role that natural gas can play in reducing emissions, i wonder what sort of policy conclusion you draw from that. Does that mean you think the Clean Power Plan should be scrapped, or is it possible there could be some reform or amendments to it or a similar plan put in place that still has the same objective of driving down emissions but not necessari