is the workforce. we re going to create we have already created hundreds of thousands of jobs and we ll need skilled workers to continue to enter the industry. it s also our opportunity to make sure that all americans regardless of we ll leave these earlier remarks from the u.s. energy association conference to return to live coverage now. this is live on c-span3. [ applause ] thank you. thank you, barry, for inviting me, and more importantly, thank you for where i fall on the agenda, which is if i had to follow the piece de resistance, tom kuhne, i m not sure how sheila would have introduced me. i m grateful i m here with you after lunch. i m going to look for a clicker somewhere. here it is. this is a really exciting time to be in the energy industry, as tom said. it s particularly really interesting to be the new leader of the american gas association, an opportunity for which i m very grateful. we had tremendous potential. we have a lot of work to do. we have a lo
Hence geothermal nuclear, they remain core and important parts of the department of energys technology program. That said, we have seen big fluctuations in Natural Gas Prices, that have come from a variety of sources. That is something that we have to take into account. We look at the importance of price when we look at Public Interest determination. They impact the price on consumers, on manufacturers, and a lot 6 the issues that you heard here on the panel. That is something were focused on. We think it is very important. But over time, as you look at our research and development program, in the area that i manage which deals with throughout the department of energy, we want to make sure were pushing those technologies here in the United States. Thank you again. Thank you madam chair. I thank the witnesses for being here today. Im very pleased to be here, and also to be a cosponsor of senator barrassos bill. Many people think of the shelf as occurring in the western states, like wyom
Could get a green light to produce something make something, move forward with a project in the United States of america pretty quickly. Now were ranked 41st in the world in the dealing with Construction Permit category by the world bank. Were getting worse. Other countries are Getting Better. Germany, Something Like number eight. South korea is Something Like number 12. And capital is flowing to different places around the world and not coming here because of the time it takes to permit something. Yesterday i introduced legislation with senator mccaskill thats bipartisan, thats a balanced approach to how do you get at some of this permitting. Senator king is a cosponsor of that legislation. Hes got an incredible background in this, having been a governor, but also in the private sector dealing with permitting. What i like about this legislation is it doesnt take away d. O. E. s approval authority, but it says you have to do it in 45 days. I appreciate what mr. Smith said about the fac
And direction that you are taking. But i think we here in Congress Need to be thinking longterm. Secretary moniz has made very clear that he wants to work through this process, but i worry that perhaps a future secretary of energy might not be as favorable to lng exports connelling out of this secretary around the administration. So i question that i would ask you very directly is whether or not you think s33, as it is written, is workable and achievable. Thank you, madam chair, for the question. First of all, we understand the intents and interest of this legislation and in fact, as i listened to many of the comments that have been made here in opening statements, we share many of these drives, many of these core values of transparency, make being prudent Public Interest determinations. So i think we have a lot in common in terms of what we want to accomplish and we understand the intent of the legislation. In fact, the changes that the department of has made to our internal process h
Region. We can be a partner to anybody who wants us to partner with them in the fight against sectarianism and others. We are there, and we will still be there. Iran will always be our neighbor. Bear that in mind in any evaluation you have. The region itself is going through tremendous social, political upheaval. The arab spring has been hijacked. No clear mandate to the governments in the region governing pre as in comparison to prearab spring. So please bear that in mind. So in that sense, i would say that in iraq you have a reliable partner, but at the same time, help us to help you in the fight against international terrorism. Somebody asked us the other day, a question a senior official said to me he said lukman lets say we get rid of isis will you be a partner with us against isis elsewhere or are you content with just iraq . My response is no. We know we will have a responsibility that we will take seriously, but we have an urgency now which we want you to help us with, and let