Discussion with the hudson institute. He weighed in on infrastructure, diversification of Power Sources and issues with the transition to clean energy. This is 30 minutes. Rep. Armstrong thanks for having me. This should be fun. Brigham absolutely. My name is brigham mccown, i am the Senior Institute of the hudson institute. I am in germany. We are part of a global seminar. You are also, by way of introduction, the vice chair of the industry and commerce committee. In the house, you are on several subcommittees, relating to regulation, food, drug safety, and energy. That makes you a very busy and popular man. Rep. Armstrong i dont know about popular, but busy for sure. Brigham yes, sir. One of the initiatives here at hudson is to try to come up with a coherent Energy Security strategy that takes a look at the Domestic Energy policy and how that policy is very important to our National Security, Economic Security as well. You know, from your perspective, starting off here, framing the i
Hes facing massive backlash over the profane and racial comments he said at the white house. Today the president is trying to backtrack from what he said. On a day hes under fire for racially explosive comments the president signed a proclamation honoring Martin Luther king jr. Even joined by a member of the king family but couldnt avoid the blunt question, are you a racist. Did you refer to african internationa nations mr. President are a racist. The president attempted damage control over the vulgar insult he used tweeting this but nowhere did the president explicitly deny directing that profane insults at african countries. He said these hate filled things repeatedly. Senator was in that meeting. He said haitians . Do we need more haitians . And he went on to describe the immigration from africa when he used these vial and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from [ bleep ], the exact word used by the president not just once but repeatedly. Later he detailed more of the pre