colleague from nebraska, senator mike johanns. with my remarks today, i celebrate not just mike's last six years in the united states senate but also his 30-plus years in public service that will cul culminate at the end of this term. at the highest levels of government in both the legislative and executive branches, mike's life of public service has been punctuated by greater accomplishment. from the lancaster county board in nebraska to the lincoln city council, from his service as mayor of lincoln to his service as the 38th governor of nebraska, from his service 28th u.s. secretary of agriculture and throughout his tenure in the united states senate, mike has democrat tax rated a commitment to -- hayes democrat tax rated a commitment to-- --has demonstrated a commitment. in the senate mike's leadership and bipartisan efforts to repeal purposeless tax reporting requirements in obamacare, h's championing new trade agreements, and his contribution to the development and final passage of a new farm bill this year, all drib a strong conservative legislator committed to stimulating econom

nashville was a first city. and the city of south sioux city in nebraska. i was just in nebraska and announced this partnership with the first lady of nebraska on the steps last week. if you employ anyone, consider the alums of national service participants. in your qualifications or someone you should look to to bring on to your team because i promise you, they will make outstanding team members. i am thrilled to be a part of this conference. i'm thrilled to be a partner to the ncoc. and i support all the work that our universities and colleges are doing to connect our students to opportunities to serve. and let's work on that group who are not enrolled in college, as well. i'm going to count all of you to join us in the americorps partnerships challenge, or any way you can find a vehicle, an avenue, for americans to serve our communities. thank you so much for having me today. really appreciate it. >> thank you, wendy, before bringing out our next speakers, i wanted to give you a sneak peek at the civic life data coming out. i want to share two numbers with you. two of them haven't

and happiness. mr. president, i'd like to turn to my colleague, our colleague from nebraska, the senior senator from, mike johanns. even if mike johanns had never been a u.s. senator, he would have compiled an extraordinary career of public service. it started with a stint on the lancaster county board and continued with two years on the lincoln city council followed by eight years as mayor of lincoln, nebraska. in 1999, mike left the mayor's office and moved over to the nebraska state capital where he served six years as governor. he said one of his proudest gubernatorial achievements was enacting a mental health law that improved the least of nebraska's neediest and most vulnerable residents. that to me tells you about his character and sense of compassion. born and raised as a farm boy, mike was named america's 28th secretary of agriculture in 2005. over the next three years, he held more than 50 separate forums on the farm bill, more than 50. not surprisingly, he continued working on agriculture-related issues when he joint the united states senate. indeed, he's been a true l

successful battles to defend nebraska's rural communities against government overreach. it was true when he worked with the late-senator byrd to sync a national energy tax that threatened his constituents. and it was true when he led the first successful legislative effort to revisit obamacare, working with many democrats to repeal the so-called 1099 provision. mike is never looking for drama. he's always aiming for results. so it didn't take long for people around here to recognize that mike was more than just another freshman in the minority. he became the guy you'd turn to if you wanted to get an amendment up to 60 votes. now, that's truly remarkable for a first-term senator. it's especially remarkable when you consider that mike came to the senate at a time when republicans were deep, deep in the minority. but then again, mike is a pretty remarkable guy. county commissioner, city councilman, mayor, governor, secretary of agriculture. you name it, mike's done it. and that was before he even set foot in the senate. some think mike must have a secret that allows him to assemble bipartisan

house and what is the president saying? thet: all eyes are now on nebraska supreme court which may seem fairly minor, but the white house is indicated it will keep its review of keystone on pause until that court rules on a challenge through the pipeline's route through nebraska. that could happen anytime between january 2 and the end of 2015. it is very open-ended. that is a good thing for the president. the president said on stephen colbert, one of his last shows, that it is exaggerated on both sides. he has pooh-poohed the effective gas prices. sounds like this guy is going to say no, but it is a matter of when. own: the president in his words as recently as his end of the are press conference last week. here is president obama talking about the keystone xl pipeline and its potential impacts. [video clip] >> very, very little impact. nominal impact on u.s. gas prices, with the average american consumer cares about. weight this desk the way this gets sold his let's get this oil and it will come here, and the implication is that will lower gas prices in the united states. it is no

the police department. don grew up in omaha, nebraska, not all that far from with the presiding officer is from. he is the son of a civil servant and lawmakers. -- and homemaker. his father worked for the department of justice. clearly public service is a tradition in his family and from what i hear, it is something don takes to heart. don began his federal service more than 24 years ago as a supply clerk, supply clerk within the u.s. department of agriculture farm service agency in lincoln, nebraska. four years later, in august of 1998, he joined the immigration and naturalizeation service in the department of justice. and after a little over a year there he was transferred to the citizenship and immigration service in this new department of homeland security. within citizenship and immigration services, don works at the national records center where he is responsible for logistics, for procurement and property management. you can still find him there today. in fact, his colleagues consider him a cave pillar, having worked at the center since opening day. what is the national r

. in terms of process, a nebraska judge is still determining whether or not a new path of the pipeline is appropriate. once that is resolved, the state department will begin in all the information it needs to make a decision. but i want to give some perspective is there has been a tendency to hype this as some magic formula to what ails the u.s. economy and it's hard to see on paper exactly where they are getting the information from. in terms of oil prices and how it affects the decision, i think it will not have a significant impact except perhaps in the eyes of folks when gas prices are lower they may be less susceptible to the argument that this will lower gas prices. it would never lower gas prices because the oil goes into the world market. >> is this something where you clearly say you're not going to let congress force your hand. >> we will take that up in the new year. >> any new year's resolutions? >> thank you mr. president. last question, again. six years ago this month, i asked you what was the state of black america and you said it was the best of times and the worst of t

georgia. i yield the floor. nor senator mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska is recognized. mr. johanns: mr. president, today it is an honor for me to stand here and pay tribute to saxby chambliss. i think the first time that i really got to work around saxby i was nominated to be secretary of agriculture, and i think the first hearing saxby chaired as chairman of the senate ag committee might have been that hearing. i arrived in washington. i was scared to death. i had no idea what to expect. and i met with saxby, and i knew immediately that when i was in that hearing, i was going to be treated with dignity and respect because heious wouldn't have it any -- because he just wouldn't have it any other way. that's the way he did business. fortunately, i was confirmed and that started a working relationship. in those years, i won't try to argue that we agreed on every knenuance of farm policy. i'm positive there were times that saxby was convinced that i didn't understand a thing about southern agriculture, but he was patient and he was determined to represent al

fact in 1904 booker t. washington gave the commencement address at the university of nebraska-lincoln. in which he advocated the settlement of all-black towns. by this time he had given up on the notion of all-black states. but he was advocating the settlement of all-black towns. and as a result of washington's trek through the upper south, midwest, and great plains, there were all-black towns that were developed. and partly as a result of booker t. washington's legacy. for example, in nebraska, there were like five all-black towns. there were all-black towns in kansas oklahoma oklahoma still has predominantly all-black towns that came out of that settlement. boldy, oklahoma, which is the site of the national black rodeo every year. montana had two all-black towns. i've taught students from both of those towns over the course of my career. texas had some all-black towns, et cetera. and so washington's legacy was let's have our own. let's have our own thing. yes? [ inaudible ] >> -- negro business league, what happened to it? because, on saturday, i went to a local community here calle

, just too hard. there's a great story about a little town called north flat, nebraska, that when they had the opportunity, and remember they were under government rationing so they were rationing eggs and rusher and tires, by the way we've been in conflict for 10 years and nobody's been rationed one thing. you still get your tires and yourings and your cheese. you get everything you want. no show's been interrupted. but there during world war ii, trains would go back and forth taking soldiers to the eastern conflict and to europe. and that little town came together, of farmers from that whole region, donated all the materials that they had, eggs and cheese and flower and their time, they met every single troop train that came through north flat, nebraska. they on their own sent six million meals to young soldiers and marines and airmen, sailors who they'd never met. but they believed that was their contribution and something bigger than themselves to keep america who we were. by the way, there was no government program, nobody told them to do it. government made it a little harder tha

representatives lecture from dave a student from omaha nebraska. good morning. >> caller: good morning. along the lines of timeline the ncaa would institute quotas religious and racial, along those lines. >> guest: i'm sorry. i'm not clear on your question call mike well i think with thailand we have to have female athletics quotas, you think they would ever instituted a quota system for religious or racial diversity on campuses transferred i don't think the ncaa would have anything to do with it. title ix is a federal law, and that's where that comes from. that's not from the ncaa. that was passed by congress. i think the ncaa has made some effort to try to bring diversity in terms of its governance panels that are involved in rules making to try to have women involved to try to minorities involved, to try to balance those things out. but having that sort of quotas or having that legislated in terms of athletes involvement i think it's not going to have an. >> host: one more call for a just and we'll hear from chris in grant park illinois. hi. >> caller: good morning. i would

. before he came to georgia state, he was at the university of nebraska lincoln where he directed the asian studies program and the internationals studies program and also been a visiting research professor at beijing university. i had the pleasure of working with andy when he was a visiting professor of political science at the johns hopkins university center for chinese and american studies where he was from 2006 to 2008. and i would also like to welcome his daughter, maggie, who is also at the hopkins center and is now studying china at george washington. andy is now working on a new book project that examined social unrest in china and he is the author previously from mow to market. and the double paradox of rapid growth and rising corruption in china brought out by the cornell university press in 2012. i should also mention that when we were at hopkins center together, andy once caught me singing loudly the rolling stone's wild horses and what i thought was the abandoned underground garage where the acoustics were excellent but i was not alone. and in that small community you did

from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, a member of our committee, mr. for then berry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for two minutes. mr. fortenberry: thank you, mr. speaker, i thank the chairman, mr. rogers, for his commitment and hard work on this bill. as president kennedy once said, to govern is to choose. and the key here is to try and choose wisely. this bill is a result of a long and arduous and democratic process. it is the result of extenive effort of the appropriations committee -- extensive effort of the appropriations committee with input from members to effectively prioritize government services. i don't agree with everything in the bill. i don't think anyone here does. but the question is, are we going to move forward and govern a bit forward towards something a bit better. what is good in this bill? first of all it continues to prioritize the right type of budgeting and reduce spending. the spending levels in the bill are $176 billion below fiscal year 2010 funding levels. a

. and i think is still in the hospital. we have lee terry, from the great state of nebraska. on the subcommittee, and did bill cassidy will be moving over to the u.s. senate and corey gardner will be moving over to the u.s. senate. but i just want to thank them for the many contributions they have made and the great job they did representing their constituents. and on the democratic side, henry waxman served for many years as chairman and as ranking member will not be returning. mr. john dingle, who all of you know is chairman of the committee for years. john barrow of georgia, and donna christianson of the virgin islands. so i just want to thank all of them. you can talk in the opening statement. if that is okay. but anyway, at this time i'll go ahead and recognize myself foro. we're going to get a little history lesson. as many of you remember, that act established the price controls on domestic oil. and also established the strategic petroleum reserve. also established the cafe standards. and also set the prohibition on the export of crude oil. and as you know, ronald reagan elim

will be protected. we have put together with the people in emily and nebraska and adapted trial designs to take a look at a couple of these therapeutics with the control being an enhanced care. in other words he intensive replenishment and fluid and electrolyte balance so it is in the placebo because it is different from the situation in which you are giving the vaccine. i will hand it over, 12 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. sorry for the glitch. >> thanks for the invitation. as you know, there's a long tradition of global health weather on the r&d side of things. or work on the other that scene. and different -- the different outbreak. it seems for the great and leading driving the community to participate taking part and the tragic situation. and the next few minutes, talked-about tweeting. talk about some key enablers, get incentivize to buy to set pay, and share some learning and future looking ideas of how to be better if repaired in the future for situations like this. i would be happy to explain for anyone of you as we get into the q&a. >> the status in partnership w

. >> at this time we recognize the gentlemen from nebraska, mr. terry, for five minutes. >> thank you. one of the reasons i ran for congress 16 years ago was the high level of reliance on foreign fuel to fuel our economy and wanted to changing change that. i am pleased to see we are down to 33% of our fuel needs so why do we have 33% import of oil in the country still? >> within a year and a half the united states is likely to be a net exporter of natural gas and are already there with coal. we don't import much electricity. a little from canada. on the oil side, we import crude oil only and those numbers will come down if you say do you want that to go to zero and the answer is not necessarily. >> and particularly venezuelan oil bothers me. but do we have a political responsibility to allow some importation of venezuelan oil? >> i will stay away from the policy decision of what we would want to do with venezuela or not. but i would say venezuela is at the top of eia's list of what could go wrong in the global market. you have iranian sanctions issues, isis in iraq and maybe opec will deci

protected. we are put together with the people in memory as well as in nebraska adaptive trial designed to take a look at a couple of these therapeutics with the control on being an enhanced care. intensive intravenous replenishment and electrolyte balance. it is different than the situation. i will stop there and handed over. i was in my actual 12 12 minutes. thank you. >> thank you. [applauding] >> thank you very much. much. sorry for the glitch. >> thank you. as you no, a long tradition of commitment to global health weather on the r&b side of things or the commitment to a malaria vaccine. but also but also the manufacturing and supply of approved vaccines in partnership, part of this endeavor. clinical vaccinations and thriving in the community to participate and help deal with this tragic situation. the western african countries but on a worldwide basis. in the the next few minutes we we will talk about three things. talk about some key enablers the future looking ideas of how it can be better prepared. we get in. in terms of the status, the first phase one trial has been

other place they should not be seen is the red mass. the red mass is -- when i grew up in nebraska, we used to talk about the fox in the chicken coop. going to the red mass is putting yourself in the chicken coop. and when the priest gets up, he is the fox. he is very interested in consuming those who sit in the audience. [laughter] so just to be a little bit moderate about that, there are two places where justices should make up their minds that that is inappropriate to their job. >> maybe we should stop on that note. [laughter] i'm going to open this up to questions from the audience. there are two microphones. i believe we are asking you to go to one of them. and speak. and you can maybe identify yourself before you do so. >> i was wondering about opus dei. -- we have to justices who are involved with opus dei. i was wondering if you thought that was appropriate? >> it is a religious view. unless you want to go back to the 19th century notion that catholic people in government follow whatever rome says, whatever the pope says, that is their religious view. they have the right to

table. the hat purpose does for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to honor my constituents, arnie and ester larson who will celebrate their -- larson, who will celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary. 50 years of marriage is referred to as the golden anniversary and 60 years as the diamond anniversary. however, there is no such reference for an 80-year anniversary because this accomplishment is so rare and unique. much has changed since 1934. a stamp cost three cents and frankly roosevelt was in his first term as president when arnie and ester were married. in all this time the larson's marriage has endured a testament to their love, faith and commitment to each other. mr. smith: i ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the larsons in this remarkable occasion and congratulate them on 80 years of marriage. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i ask to ad

prizes associated with savings and that has occurred in nebraska and north carolina and washington. since 2009, over 50,000 account holders have collectively saved more than $94 million and it only is available in the credit union setting and not available in a bank setting because of federal barriers that prevent banks and thrifts from offering these prize linked savings products. with the passage of this legislation, which, again, is a pretty straightforward, commonsense kind of opportunity, this legislation will update federal laws to allow states to expand prize linked savings to other financial institutions beyond credit unions. increasing savings is a win-win for individuals. it's certainly valuable to boost the financial institution's accounts and an improvement to the american economy. this legislation was introduced by me with the -- with the cosponsorship, the efforts of senator sherrod brown, the senator, the gentleman from ohio, in an effort to create one more opportunity, one more piece of encouragement for people to save for their own financial well-being, to care for

doctor in nebraska got, you know, and we don't have -- because it's been an emergency, let's throw something at them, see if we can save them, the science is very murky, we don't really know anything about which of these drugs may have worked or what happened. are there policy issues there that have to be thought through for making sure you have clean science when you also have -- >> we're probably the wrong people to ask but i can assure you those same questions have been asked of the individuals that will make that decision. >> the f.d.a.? >> if they thought it through and understand exactly what their policy is going to be, the statement that they're going to make, because every decision like that has been -- has a precedent with it. and understand why it's difficult for the united states is because every day in this country, somebody guys of cancer because -- somebody dies of cancer because the f.d.a. has not approved an experimental treatment that they're denied that they might not have had a choice of anything else. they basically have a choice between nothing and nothing. a

courts, the senator from nebraska commented that, well, everybody's entitled to representation on the court, even the mediocre people. [laughter] >> another question. >> mediocre people don't get into harvard and yale and columbia. so i do think that when politicians go looking for people to nominate, to court, they have some stars in their eyes about the elite schools, and think that's where they really ought to look first, and they seldom get beyond that. >> all right. >> i am wondering if you guys see any cases coming down the pipeline where there could be a conflict between religion and secularism? >> anything coming out of? >> yeah, i don't know. i mean, there has been one case so far that has been about religious accommodation, and it's been about the length of a prisoner's beard and whether arkansas has to accommodate a muslim prisoner who wants to grow a beard just because his religion dictates that. and it was an interesting case. partly because, unlike some of the ones with last term, the obama administration was on the same side with in a very conservative religious groups,

terms in the house representing the people of nebraska and i've enjoyed working with you during your chairmanship on the subcommittee over the past few years. i wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. i am deeply saddened that we are here again today to discuss this but i'm determined to understand what exactly happened to respond in a time that improves driver and passenger safety. in 2004 driver in alabama was killed by shrapnel and jacket from at the qaeda airbag. they recall that expanded over the next five years and was originate to find the root cause of similar and asked takata to order a national recall and yesterday the company rejected the request. media reports suggest the takata honda knew about the seriousness risks its airbags imposed on drivers and passengers as early as 10 years ago. actions have been taken to address the cause we wouldn't be here today. because takata refused to nhtsa's request for recall atta manufactures his customers are driving vehicles equipped with airbags that could be deadly now have to determine whether they will be -- airbags ar

this year, and one each in colorado, nebraska and new york. as well as a national cemetery presents in a highly rural come in five urban locations. we strive to better serve the veterans and their families in the future. nca recently received the results of an independent state study on emerging burial practices that address is green burials and additional ways to memorialize a veterans. we will be happy to brief the committee on the study in greater detail after we have completed our review. nca is planning to expand the use of gis and gps technology at our national cemeteries to enhance overall great site accountability. this technology will provide state-of-the-art mapping, great site and headstone information and will serve as the basis for ongoing great site accountability effort. finally, we intend to explore how best to share the rich history of our national cemeteries and the stories of our nation's he rose with the public through a variety of approaches. mr. chairman, we look forward to our continued work with this committee, to care for those who shall have borne the battl

nebraska provision. av there's equal representation in other words, a delegation can be example, thereçñ minority party doesn't fails to be1ñ but in no event will a delegation all be members of one party./=u and ifx you have a state, for example,-)zç]a9$Ñ that is republican on -- inlf[óx both (ílinstances in both thÇz+Ñ houseo2# and the senate and% ñ for whatever reasonaa that minority leader is the democratdxa4ñ minority leaders don't>ñ i4Ñ choose tobmism1f6% appoint@&pyv someone, they can't say, well the thirdv0 guy will be a?8Ñ republican too. we all have our different convention can be. getting to 34 stateslbvñ for a convention and getting to 38 ns@ going to take both} )qj it. whatever it is that you @ b8 pb"cf1 o is important to you. so, we havesç&ñ to x- k5- organization.nc1m=1ñ as i just mentioned in-1$qgÑw$ @r(t&háhp &hc% section viie are -- if there are less than three delegates -- if there's only one from that state, however appointed, that person or persons if3 4x z there'sv that is your delegation. and wha!qzn we're#a$÷ $fsçdjt to 1 participate1mt andjéd;

which will open this year, and one each in colorado, nebraska, and new york, as well as a national cemetery presence in eight highly rural and five urban locations. we strive to better serve veterans and their families in the future. received the results on an independent study on emerging burial practices that addresses green burials and additional ways to memorialize veterans. we will be happy to brief the committee on the study in greater detail after we have completed our view -- our review. nca is planning to expand the use of gps technology in national cemeteries to enhance overall gravesite accountability. this technology will provide state-of-the-art mapping, gravesite, and headstone information and will serve as the basis for our ongoing gravesite accountability efforts. -- weend to display or can to explore how to best display our rich history of our national cemeteries and the stories of our nations heroes with the public. we look forward to our continued work with this committee to care who went into battle and we are appreciated of your leadership and all your done for

demonstrably unqualified to sit on any nebraska senator from commented, everybody is entitled to representation on court, even mediocre people. mediocre people don't get into harvard and yale. i think when politicians go looking for people to nominate, they have some stars in their schools.t the elite they seldom get beyond that. i am wondering if you guys see any cases coming down the pipeline where there could be a conflict between religion and secularism. >> i don't know. fare has been one case so which has been about religious accommodation. the length of a present our's weird. arkansas has to accommodate a muslim prisoner who wants to grow a beard because his religion dictates that. it was an interesting case. , unlike some of the ones we had last term, theo obama administration was on the same side as conservative groups supporting the prisoner. this one did not seem it was going to be as tough as other cases had been. >> later in the term, we are going to have the sequels to involvebby which do not private business corporations but involve nonprofits. if hobby lobby was in

dollar figure on it. so, in terms of process, you've got a nebraska judge still determining whether or not the new path for this pipeline is appropriate. once that is resolved, then the state department will have all of the information it needs to make its decision, but i just try to give this perspective because i think there has been this tendency to really hype this thing as some magic formula and to what ails the u.s. economy. it's hard to see on paper where exactly they are getting that information from. in terms of oil prices and how it impacts the decision, i think that it won't have a significant impact except perhaps in the minds of folks when gas prices are lower maybe, less susceptible to the argument that this is the answer to lowering gas prices. but it was never going to be the answer to lowering gas prices because the oil that would be piped through the keystone pipeline would go into the world market. >> that's what dertermines oil prices ultimately. >> congress working your hands on this, is this something where you say you are not going to let congress force your h

really happened ran the first mile? do you know in 1873 in nebraska there was a scout that ran in three minutes and 57 seconds they set up my watch must be gone and they ran three minutes and 58 seconds and never got the credit. we make sure that history the history for our children, everybody's children know the true history of the americas. [applause] i will think about that and also it's really clear on the curriculum side so we have prohibited by touching curriculum. the absence of knowledge is a huge issue but to be very honest our ability to influence textbooks and curriculum in what is taught is tight. i will think about that one. >> next question. it's been a visiting hispanic business a message to all that are here before me. my name is marilyn fox and i stand before you today to represent my fellow travel youth ambassadors sitting right over there. [applause] i just wanted to tell my fellow ambassadors to speak up. it's not easy. i'm not going to lie you have all these eyes watching you. speak up and say something. be heard even if your voice shakes. i just wanted to thank eve

the hospital. we have leads kerry from the great state of nebraska on the subcommittee and doctor bill cassidy will be moving over to the u.s. u.s. senate and cory gardner will be moving up to the u.s. senate. but i just want to thank them for the contributions they've made and for the great job but they that they did representing their constituents. and then on the democratic side, of course the ranking member henry waxman of california served many years on this committee is the journey and it is ranking member will not be returning into returning and mr. john dingell as all of you know as the chairman of the committee for many years. john of georgia and donna christensen of the virgin islands. so i just wanted to thank all of them for their many contributions and with that you can talk about that in their opening statements. but anyway, i will go on at this time for an opening statement. this morning's hearing we are going to be focused on the energy policy and conservation act of 1975. we are going to get a little history lesson as many of you remember that act established the price

georgia, tom coburn of oklahoma and mike johanns of nebraska. i got to know them when i gathered with one of these gangs, as they call them around here, to talk about deficit reduction. we spent more time together trying to explore this federal budget and ways to reduce or deficit in a thoughtful manner that we really got to know one another and respect one another. there is a world of difference in our political values and philosophies, but each of them in their own way made a positive contribution toward making this a stronger nation. last night, it was my honor to salute carl levin of michigan. 36 years of service in the united states senate. he's done so many things so well. as chairman of the armed services committee, he's produced this con contentious and challenging bill year after year, both as ranking member and as chairman. as chairman of the permanent subcommittee on investigations, he really raised that subcommittee to a new level. he tackled some of the most complex issues of our day, particularly when it came to corporate abuse. spent the time to get the facts right

wait on nebraska we can agree that is not an energy policy. the good news from an energy policy perspective is we now seeing the price of oil come way dividends to consumers around the country. it is pretty much a good news story so much on energy. what i would encourage anybody to look at actually is the issue -- the price of carbon pollution right now and take a look at the has gott the president a regulatory approach but has indicated he would much prefer to take a market approach. your former secretary of treasury and a lot of people involved in this issue who recognize that we are paying a pollution inbon the country and around the world. that price should be captured in a market way and a market approach would be far preferable to the regulatory approach. i hope people will begin to take a look at that because if we don't take the market approach the other approach the president as outlined in the absence of any alternatives is going to be the policy. engage hope people would with our colleagues in congress. there was a time when this was not a partisan issue when senator

nebraska there was a scout that ran in -- a pawnee scout that ran the three minutes and 57 seconds, clocked by the army? he said, my watch must be wrong. he immediately turned around and ran it in three minutes and 58 seconds and never got the credit. that needs to be in the history books. that is why we need an assistant secretary, to make sure that our history for our children, , everybody's children know the true history of the americas. [applause] >> i will give you a quick two-part answer. i want to get to other questions. i definitely hear the question and request for an assistant secretary of education. i will think about that. i also will think about it. i have a air amount of skepticism about our ability to solve all these things in washington. i get the idea of institutionalizing that role. i want to be really clear on the curriculum side. we are prohibited by law from touching curriculum, textbooks, all those things. we in washington cannot do that. that is always developed on a local level. the gaps in what is taught, the absence of knowledge is a huge issue. but to be

colorado, nebraska, and new york. as well asp3u a nationalr(= cemetery presence in eight42mz!6= highly rural and five urban locations.'7s we strive to better serve veterans and their families in the future.:(56z nca recently received the results of an independent study on emerging burial practices that addresses green burials and additional ways to72or memorialize veterans. we will be happen to brief the commission on the? =t study inz z greater detail, after we have. completed our review.) nca is planning to expand the ÷ekm of u#gis/gps)"bq gravesite and headstone information and will serve as the basis for our ongoing gravesiteable n!e accountability ÷=6mç efforts. #cï11e weyd best share our rich histories of our nationalgjx cemeteries and our stories of our nation'st)áv heroes with the public through a variety of sources. mr. chairman, we look forward to committee, to care for th2 who have born the b#udÑbattle. and we@v÷ of your< have done for our nation's] veterans. kty thank you again for this opportunity to be here today and i would be pleased to answer any questio

fischer of nebraska, republican, senator angus king of maine, independent, democrat he caucuses with the democrats have been it is pretty good piece of legislation along those lines. i have a particularly colorful phrase in my article. i said if these acts were to pass and actually take power away from the regulators in these two areas, they would be great victories for bipartisan, smart populism over the forces of faux expertise in crony capitalism. how do you like that? so i'm for pursuing opportunities here to take lawmaking right back to congress. i think that we should be prepared that congress, in thinking about the balance of powers, should be prepared for some surprises in the next two years. i think this conventional media idea that the president is a late-term or, a lame duck, he's very unpopular, he will try to pursue some foreign policy initiatives, that's what presidents do in the in game, but not much else. i think that may be incorrect. he's a man of strong ideologic ideological, systematic views. he's very smart. he's intensely determined, and if you look at the things he

mile? did you know in 1873 in nebraska, there was a pawnee scout that ran the mile in three , clocked byeconds the army. they said my watch must be wrong. turned around and ran it in three minutes 58 seconds. never got the credit. need an assistant secretary, to make sure our history for our children, for everybody's children know the true history of the americas. [applause] >> i will give you a quick two-part answer. i hear the question and i will i have aut that and fair amount of skepticism. it has to be clear on the curriculum side. we are headed by law from touching curriculum. textbooks, all of those things, develop those on the local level. the gaps on what is taught as a huge issue, but our ability to influence textbooks, our ability to influence curriculum and what is taught is very tight. i will think about that one. >> thank you. next question? >> i'm sorry, it's not a question but it's my last chance to say something to represent my fellow tribal youth ambassadors. is marilyn fox and i stand before you today to represent my fellow travel youth ambassadors. i am e