Do not do that again, mr. Shanahan, or i will not take your name up for a vote before this committee. Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org, right on our home page or by searching the video library. And now Energy Secretary rick perry on President Trumps proposed 2018 budget for the Energy Department from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. This is about an hour 40 minutes. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize for the delayed start, but hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the secretary and learn of the president s views for the department of energy. Secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. While it took us a little bit longer than wed hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full compliment of folks there at the department as well. The budget request for the department of energy ta
And Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Lincoln center in new york,at Hari Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The weekend after Senate Republicans delayed any votes on their bill to repeal and replace president obamas Affordable Care act, Trump Administration Officials Say theyre optimistic a compromise is within reach. Today, health and Human Services secretary tom price said after the july 4 recess, he believes Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell will get legislation that could Lower Health Insurance costs back on track. What were trying to do is bring all of those prices down. Everybody. Premiums in this nation have doubled over the past four years, up an average of 3,000 dollars for the average family. Thats a tax on everybody. Sreenivasan one hurdle to secur
Carey, this is from washington journal. Host brian scheid is with us. Energy week, energy dominance, which is not Energy Independence, the term we heard often in the but energy dominance. , but energy dominance. Gy what does that mean for the future of u. S. Energy policy . Whats the change . Guest its an idea that has been talked about by every president since new nixon. The idea that we no longer have to rely on opec imports or be concerned of some sort of embargo or a blockade of crude coming into the u. S. An dea has become become of it antiquated. Were producing 9. 5 Million Barrels per day. Basically double what we were back then. We are also integrated with the rest of the world. This idea of Energy Independence morphed into this idea of energy security. We will be fine if there is a blockade. If the strait of hormuz is shut down, it wont have too much of an impact on the u. S. Oil and gas markets. The Trump Administration has shifted that a bit to talk about this idea of energy
Carey, this is from washington journal. Host brian scheid is with us. Energy week, energy dominance, which is not Energy Independence, the term we heard often in the but energy dominance. , but energy dominance. Gy what does that mean for the future of u. S. Energy policy . Whats the change . Guest its an idea that has been talked about by every president since new nixon. The idea that we no longer have to rely on opec imports or be concerned of some sort of embargo or a blockade of crude coming into the u. S. An dea has become become of it antiquated. Were producing 9. 5 Million Barrels per day. Basically double what we were back then. We are also integrated with the rest of the world. This idea of Energy Independence morphed into this idea of energy security. We will be fine if there is a blockade. If the strait of hormuz is shut down, it wont have too much of an impact on the u. S. Oil and gas markets. The Trump Administration has shifted that a bit to talk about this idea of energy
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize for the delayed start, but hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the secretary and learn of the president s views for the department of energy. Secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. While it took us a little bit longer than wed hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full compliment of folks there at the department as well. The budget request for the department of energy takes a different approach this year than weve seen in the recent past. The president has made a concerted effort to increase funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration to focus on our Nuclear Weapons program. This is a portion of the department that falls outside the scope of our committee here. The administration has also requested robust funding for the cleanup of Nuclear Waste l