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Slen, Peter - Host
INTRODUCE IT TO CONGRESSMAN DOUG LAMBORN WHO IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT ENERGY PRICES. HOW MUCH EFFECT CAN THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ON CONTROLLING PRICES, AND...
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A BIG ROLE TO PLAY. THEY CANNOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVERNIGHT WITH A SILVER BULLET, BUT WE COULD HAVE POLICIES THAT IF THEY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ARE SOME OF THOSE POLICIES? GUEST: THE NEW
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
DRAFT OFFSHORE LEASING PLAN. WE HAVE FEWER ACRES AVAILABLE FOR EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY THAN WE DID BEFORE BARACK OBAMA CAME INTO OFFICE,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
POTENTIAL ENERGY IN THE U.S. IS NOT BEEN KEPT AT THIS POINT? GUEST:
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
HUGE AMOUNTS. IN ALASKA, THERE ARE 10 MILLION BARRELS IF WE WERE JUST TO TOUCH THE 3% THAT THE LATEST BILL WE SET TO THE SENATE WOULD DO. OFFSHORE IN...
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Slen, Peter - Host
CAN TALK TO CONGRESSMAN DOUG LAMBORN. HOST: WE HAVE ABOUT 40
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Slen, Peter - Host
MINUTES IN THIS SEGMENT. TODAY IN "POLITICO" -- "OBAMA AVOIDING THE GHOST OF JIMMY CARTER." HOST: HOW MUCH
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF THE TALK AROUND GAS PRICES IS POLITICAL POSITIONING?
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
GUEST: I DO NOT KNOW. MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH ANY SUBJECT. YOU WILL HAVE A BIAS WITH A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN THAT WANTS TO EMPHASIZE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT ENERGY AND OIL USED IN THE U.S.. OUR PETROLEUM PRODUCTION -- HOST: IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT
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Slen, Peter - Host
WE USE OF 19 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY IN THE U.S. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ARRAY OF AVAILABLE OIL IN THE U.S., ARE WE ABLE TO BE SELF-SUPPORT OF, BECAUSE...
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
IF EVERY SINGLE DROP OF OIL HAS TO COME FROM OUR OWN SHORES. WE COULD CERTAINLY USE SOME FROM CANADA AND MEXICO. SAUDI ARABIA, THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FROM MR. LAMBORN'S HOME TOWN, A COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, REPUBLICAN LINE, HEATHER. CALLER: YOU HAVE
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CALLER, -
TO CONTROL THE SUPPLY. YOU CAN STOP REFINING IT, YOU CAN'T CUT IT BACK. SPECULATORS DRIED IT UP. -- DRIED IT UP. WE HAVE OIL COMING OUT OF PUBLIC LANDS...
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Cohen, Ben - Chair
DID NOT CATCH A QUESTION IN THERE, HEATHER, BUT ABOUT THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE LATEST MOVE FROM CANADA TO BUILD A SOUTHERN PORTION...
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Slen, Peter - Host
JERSEY, THE GALLERY ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I AM GLAD YOUR FIRST CALLER COVERED SOME OF THE POINTS I WAS GOING TO MAKE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLITICIANS...
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
A QUESTION IN THERE ONCE AGAIN, BUT I DISAGREE IF ANYONE SAYS SUPPLY MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. THE MORE SUPPLY YOU HAVE, THAT MAKES PRICES GO DOWN AND NEEDS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TWEET. OIL PRODUCTION IN AMERICA IS HIGHER THAN UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION -- TRUE? GUEST: THERE
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
IS CREDIT WE CAN GIVE EVEN GOING BACK TO BILL CLINTON. THE NUMBER OF LEASES IS DOWN. THE NUMBER OF ACRES AVAILABLE FOR PERMITTING OFFSHORE IS DOWN. ...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS IT COLORADO HAD AN ENERGY BOOM IN THE LATE-1970'S AND 1980'S? GUEST: UNDER PRESIDENT
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
CARTER THERE WAS A BIG PUSH FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED IN A CORPORATION, AND ALLOWING FOR THE GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN OIL SHALE AND SOME NONCONVENTIONAL...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU WANT TO HELP MANDATE THAT ALL LEASES FROM FEDERAL LAND INCLUDES REQUIREMENTS THAT PETROL BE SOLD HERE? GUEST: I AM MORE
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
OF A BELIEVER IN THE FREE MARKET THAN GOVERNMENT MANDATES. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF THE OIL IS PRODUCED HERE, MOST WILL BE SOLD HERE. YOU MIGHT HAVE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TWEETS IN -- FIVE-TO-10 YEARS, SO, DRILL, THE DRILL IS POINTLESS." GUEST:
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
UNTIL WE REACH THAT POINT, WHETHER WE GOING TO RELY ON? WE MAY NOT REACH THAT POINT. IF WE HAVE GOTTEN RID OF HYDROCARBONS IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE STUCK...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IS CHAIR OF THE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. HE GOT HIS LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS AND SERVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS...
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CALLER, -
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. THE FIRST TWO CALLERS KIND OF SAID WHAT I WAS QUITE DEUCED -- IT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED BY CONGRESS THAT THE KEYSTONE...
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
DISAGREE WITH ANYONE WHO SAYS IT WILL BE ALL EXPORTED. MAYBE BITS AND PIECES WILL BE. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. I DO NOT THINK WE WANT TO MANDATE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU REFERENCED A BILL PASSED RECENTLY, BUT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WHAT ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF THAT BILL? GUEST: WE WEHR-3408
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
AND IT STARTED OUT AS AN OIL SHALE BILL AND IT LATER BECAME A PACKAGE FOR OPENING OF THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND 3% IN ALASKA AND THE CONTINENTAL SHELF,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IT PASSING? GUEST: UNFORTUNATELY,
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
I DO NOT THINK IT WILL PASS REALLY SOON. HARRY REID HAS NOT COOPERATED WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS. WE PAST 30 OR MORE JOBS BILLS. THIS IS JUST THE -- PASSED...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY. THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ASSOCIATION. DO YOU SUPPORT OPENING UP RESERVES? GUEST: WE SHOULD OPEN...
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
UP FOR EMERGENCIES. HOST: HAVE YOU
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Slen, Peter - Host
EVER VISITED THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVES?
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
GUEST: I WOULD LOVE TO. I DO NOT KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO SEE BECAUSE IT IS UNDERGROUND.
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK. YOU ARE ON WITH DOUG LAMBORN. CALLER: I THINK
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CALLER, -
THERE REASON OIL PRICES HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH IS BECAUSE OF THE DEVALUATION OF THE DOLLAR AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE PRINT MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR, AND...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GUEST: BARBARA, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS SOME TRUTH TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. THE DOLLAR HAS BEEN GOING DOWN. WE SEE THAT IN THE OIL AS WELL. THERE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
KATHLEEN, DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
FIRST, C-SPAN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. I HAVE CHANGED MY VIEWS ARE LOT ON EXTRACTING FOSSIL FUELS IN THE U.S....
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Slen, Peter - Host
WITH THERE.
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
GUEST: GOOD QUESTIONS. TO ENTER THE FIRST PART, I THINK REGULATIONS TO PROTECT -- ANSWER THE FIRST PART, I THINK REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HEARING. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE? GUEST: IT WAS TO TALK ABOUT
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
FRA CING. THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD POINTED OUT THAT WE DO NOT NEED A FEDERAL ROLE. THE STATES ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. IN COLORADO, IF YOU HAVE A WELL...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: MORE FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE ENERGY ADMINISTRATION -- INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION. AGAIN, THE U.S. TOTAL WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION, 86.7 MILLION A...
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CALLER, -
IS ADDRESSING WHAT WE CAN DO NOW. WHY HAS NO ONE TALKED ABOUT THE MONEY WE HAVE GIVEN IN SUBSIDIES TO THE OIL COMPANIES AND THE FEDERAL TAX THAT WE PAY...
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
QUESTIONS THERE. THE GAS TAX COMES TO WASHINGTON AND GOES BACK OUT TO THE STATES TO FUND HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. UNTIL WE FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF PAYING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
2010 -- U.S. PETROLEUM PRODUCTION, 7.5 MILLION BARRELS A DAY, AND THAT INCLUDES CRUDE OIL, NATURAL GAS AND OTHER OILS. OF THAT 7.5 MILLION, 5.5 MILLION...
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CALLER, -
FRUSTRATED TAXPAYER, SICK AND TIRED OF BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE. I CAME UP WITH A POTENTIAL SOLUTION I NEVER HEARD DISCUSSED....
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
YOU HAVE GOVERNMENT MANDATES, YOU WILL HAVE DISTORTIONS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO SHIP OIL OR GAS. MOST OF IT WILL STAY HERE ALREADY....
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: COLUMBUS, NEB.. PAM, A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: THANK YOU,
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CALLER, -
C-SPAN. I AM TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE. I LIVED IN NEBRASKA. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, -- I LIVE IN NEBRASKA. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, SOME...
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Slen, Peter - Host
POINT. THANK YOU. GUEST: PAM IF THAT OIL GOES
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
DOWN TO OKLAHOMA, LOUISIANA, MOST OF IT WILL STAY IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF BASIC ECONOMICS. IT IS CHEAPER TO USE IT LOCALLY. IF WE DO NOT BUILD...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IMPACT. HOST:
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Slen, Peter - Host
THIS TWEET -- GUEST:
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
NONE OF THAT IS TRUE. ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED IN OUR FIELD HEARING IN OHIO -- GROUNDWATER IN OHIO IS IN THE TENS OR HUNDREDS OF FEET BELOW THE SURFACE....
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Slen, Peter - Host
TWEETS, WHAT IS THE TIME LINE BETWEEN PERMITTING AND PUMPING IT? GUEST: IT COULD
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
BE YEARS AND YEARS. YOU HAVE TO PUT IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, SOMETIMES YET TO GET YOUR PLANNED -- PLAN APPROVED -- THERE ARE MANY WAYS THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS COMING INTO SESSION IN ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: MIGHT CONCERN IS
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CALLER, -
THE -- MY CONCERN IS THE QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING IS ARE WE SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? MARTHA STEWART WENT TO PRISON FOR INSIDE TRADING. WHY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
POINT ABOUT OIL SPECULATION. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TWEETS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. OUR OIL SPECULATOR IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST? GUEST: PETER, I'VE NOT SEEN
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
HARD EVIDENCE THAT BUYING FUTURES OR HEDGING YOUR BETS HAS A BIG EFFECT ON GASOLINE PRICES. TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THAT COULD DRIVE PRICES, BUT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
COLORADO SPRINGS, MR. LAMBORN'S DISTRICT. INDEPENDENT MIND, YOU ARE ON THE AIR. YOU HAVE TO -- LINE. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. YOU HAVE TO TURN DOWN YOUR TELEVISION....
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CALLER, -
TRY IT AGAIN. I HAD A CRACK IN LINE -- CRACKLING LINE THE FIRST TIME. I WAS ON A SPEAKERPHONE. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A PREVIOUS CALLER. IN ALASKA, THEY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
A PERMANENT FUND AS A STATE, BUT WE HAVE A DEBT. STATES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO DEBT. WE HAVE A DEBT AS A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. MAYBE WE COULD USE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
IN ELBERTVILLE, ALABAMA. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO
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CALLER, -
TELL THE REPRESENTATIVE THE SAME THING SENATOR WILSON TOLD OBAMA IN CONGRESS, YOU LIE. IN THE HEARINGS, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE,...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: CONGRESSMAN LAMBORN? GUEST: THE
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
KEYSTONE PIPELINE, IF ANY OF IT IS EXPORTED, THE PRESIDENT CAN STEP IN TOMORROW AND SAY NO MORE BECAUSE IT VIOLATES NATIONAL SECURITY. THE PRESIDENT HAS...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HAS BEEN OUR GUEST. HE'S THE CHAIR OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY & MINERAL RESOURCES. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL."...
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Lamborn, Douglas "Doug" L. - U.S. Representative, [R] Colorado
WE WILL BE WORKING ON SOME SUSPENSIONS. HOST:
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Slen, Peter - Host
DO YOU FORESEE ANY ENERGY BILLS GETTING THROUGH CONGRESS? WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 34-08. >> CERTAINLY NOT THIS
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Unidentified Speaker, -
WEEK BUT HOPEFULLY SOON. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE:
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THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE, -
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER. THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER. THE
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