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00:00:00 KATHLEEN, DEMOCRATS LINE.
00:00:01 CALLER: FIRST, C-SPAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
00:00:09 I HAVE CHANGED MY VIEWS ARE LOT ON EXTRACTING FOSSIL FUELS IN THE U.
00:00:15 S. OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF WARS, FOR INSTANCE IN IRAQ, FOR OIL, AND I AM ALSO LOOKING AT MY OWN USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, TAKING A HARD LOOK AT MY OWN PATTERNS.
00:00:34 HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT IS TO ENFORCE EXISTING REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO EXTRACTING, AS WELL AS CREATING UNNECESSARY REGULATIONS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
00:00:52 ON CNN AND ON MSNBC, THEY BOTH HEAD ECONOMIST.
00:01:01 ONE WAS MR.
00:01:03 STOCKMAN, AN ECONOMIST, AND THEY BOTH TALKED ABOUT SPECULATORS BUYING UP OIL AT THIS POINT BASED ON THE POSSIBILITY THAT IF -- IS REAL WILL ATTACK AROUND -- ISRAEL WILL ATTACK IRAN.
00:01:22 HOST: A LOT TO WORK WITH THERE.
00:01:25 GUEST: GOOD QUESTIONS.
00:01:26 TO ENTER THE FIRST PART, I THINK REGULATIONS TO PROTECT -- ANSWER THE FIRST PART, I THINK REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT ARE IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE GOOD REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
00:01:39 WE HAVE GOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FOR DEEP WATER BUILDING, -- DRILLING.
00:01:51 IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE REGULATIONS AND WE DO.
00:01:56 WHEN IT COMES TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNDERGROUND, THE STATES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
00:02:04 WE LEARN THAT OHIO'S GEOLOGY AND WATER IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER STATES.
00:02:10 SO, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE VARIOUS STATES THAT KNOW THEIR OWN LOCATION AND GEOLOGY BETTER THAN WASHINGTON DOES TO STAY IN CONTROL AND NOT IMPOSE A FEDERAL LAYER OF REGULATION ON TOP OF WHAT THE STATES ARE ALREADY DOING A GOOD JOB OF.
00:02:31 HOST: YOU HELD A FIELD HEARING.
00:02:34 WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE?
00:02:35 GUEST: IT WAS TO TALK ABOUT FRA CING.
00:02:47 THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD POINTED OUT THAT WE DO NOT NEED A FEDERAL ROLE.
00:02:52 THE STATES ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
00:02:55 IN COLORADO, IF YOU HAVE A WELL , AND YOU THINK IT MAY HAVE EFFECTED YOUR WATER, THE FRACKING, THEY COME THERE THE SAME DAY OR WITHIN 24 HOURS.
00:03:13 THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
00:03:15 THEY HAVE FOUND PROBLEMS WHERE IT HAS EFFECTED GROUND WATER, BUT IF THERE IS POTENTIAL, WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
00:03:23 HOST: MORE FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE ENERGY ADMINISTRATION -- INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION.
00:04:01 AGAIN,
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