, whether it be in maine or off the coastline of new england. i think and i'll add this as well, one of the things that is not well understood about the east coast of the united states is that when you go out 10 miles, 20 miles, 30 miles, 40 miles, you're still only in 200 feet of water. when you go out that far on the west coast, you're out -- you're miles deep in the ocean. and so in terms of the siting issues along the east coast for wind especially you can go out miles and miles and still be just hundreds of feet from having to site these wind facilities and then with superconducting technologies and bring them in from the shore and hook them into the preexisting grid that already is there in new england with the states having to work out, of course, what the cost allocation is, but knowing that all of new england for example and acknowledge and maryland are committed to resolving and cooperating in the production of new renewable energy resources. so just opening up this whole question of the remote areas of maine for example most people do

in the new england system, we have exactly that split. if there's, through the regional planning process, lines are identified that are needed to maintain reliability on a regional bases and the endstar line in boston was exactly one such line. then we support the socialization across the entire region. because it benefits everyone within the region. to maintain the reliability of the grid. so the cost of the endstar line is shared by everyone in new england. and massachusetts, we're about half of the load. we pay about half of the bill. similarly, the project that commissioner cohen referred to in vermont, other projects that are on the books in new hampshire and maine, and connecticut, all focused on reliability of the grid. our project for which even though they're not within massachusetts, massachusetts will consumers will pay half of. it's a vitally important component of cost allocation. and we're looking at reliability to be a willingness within an integrated power grid to share the cross across loads. the distinction i want to mak

our wholesale competitive markets in new england are critical for keeping prices low to consumers and not violating that is extremely important.@@@ and essentially back-stop planning mode, and require that regions, rtos, utilities, or interconnecting transmission owners, issue solicitations for long-term contracts or renewables on a delivered price basis. >> i want to make sure i have the other two, i want to get the other two witnesses, if you'd kind of wrap up. >> thank you. >> haunk, congressman. i'm optimistic that if congress sets the goal and sets the process and has a strong back-stop authority, that we'll be able to get this done. if we don't get it done, i think that's when the role of ferc steps in. so if ferc, if the states came up with a specific plan and the plan did not meet the objectives of congress, that congress set, i think there needs to be essentially an overseer. and i personally would be fine with that being the federal government. saying, yeah, this plan actually meets those objectives. but the plan itself has to be designed by the states. >> mr. chairman? >> t

so if transmission were coming from the dakotas, being put into new england, the price of that would include not just the cost of developing the generation, but also the cost of the transmission. we can then compare that price to other generation prices available to us within the new england market for local renewables, for demand resources or for more traditional regenerationth and ultimately, the projects that will go forward will be the ones that benefit ratepayers. >> as far as cost allocation i don't think we can actually speak to would be the best cost allocation of this point in time it should be tailor-made to the grave that is essentially play and. as i mentioned in my initial comments, if you pick a specific cost allocation right now it's likely to steer the plane in a specific direction and i'd rather have the physics drive, physics and economics drive the plan and then we can figure out how to pay for it after the plan is designed so that is my recommendation. >> as a vermont commissioner i would concur with my colleague from massachusetts as to from the naval perspective

as a matter of fact, on c-span here the other day, they had a guy -- from england who was crowing about an 18-week waiting period. in canada, people had been waiting for transplants for seven years. you have the epa that they brought up yesterday as a good -- but you have the dea that they brought up yesterday as it possibly -- i have had several surgeries that had had to pay for myself. one, i actually had a bone chard sitting through -- sitting next to a major vein. one bump, and i could have bled to death. the v.a. refused to do the surgery. you people out there who want all this stuff, you need to wake up. please. guest: when you have a government run health care systems, you can have the saving of money by rationing care. or you can have systems that do not ration care, like medicare, but the cost expenses there go through the roof. host: what exactly is the single payer system? guest: single payer is a euphemism for a national government provision of health insurance. the government pays for all health insurance, there are not any private health insurance companies anymore. you ha

i have lived in canada and england and i have family living in france. of these stories of the problems of that people have with health care in this country -- these countries, and i am sure we can find problems but the majority of people are totally happy with their health care in these countries. the thing that amazes me -- i hear all of these people calling in, knowledgeable of the problems in canada and england and so on, totally ignoring the fact that this country has more than enough problems, that is why we are discussing health care in this country. just give one example of the health care in this country, our viewers familiar, for example, with the fact that just a few years ago, the second-largest health-care provider in this country, talking about a hospital group had dozens of heart operations which were totally unnecessary and for which they have subsequently been paying back the government's and to the people will have the heart surgery. why don't we speak about the problems in this country that need to be fixed and not concentrate upon the

and england taking on andorra. and rooney getting it done, he has the header and a goal, 1-0 england. and a 2-0 game and rooney again. he got three goals in the last two world cup qualifying match-ups, 3-0 england. and the second half and a 4-0 game and beckham off the free kick and the rebound and his second goal of the match. and beckham after it was over said it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played. sure did, the 6-0 shutout. argentina, the high elevation of ecuador. after being taken out of the box and the penalty kick, the shot is stopped and they failed to put home the rebound. and stopping this one as well, it keeps the game tied in the 59th minute. and then ripping the shot, ecuador with a 1-0 lead. and the 83rd minute and the ball played in the box and palacios, and they gain three crucial points. when we come back on "espnews," kids out of college struggling to find jobs, but not mark sanchez. he is a multimillion air without taking the snap. and the red sox and yank

england up 3-0. second half, leading 4-0, beckham, off the free kick, not able to land it. jermaine dafoe able to sneak in the rebound. beckham after the game said "it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played." >> kids out of college are struggling to find jobs. not mark sanchez. he's a multimillionaire without even taking a snap. plus close games in two of the best rivalries in baseball -- red sox-yanks and mets-phillies decided by one run. do you remember when making dinner meant finding just the right stick for your hot dog. when new every fork on the trail led to a new adventure? then keep the tradition going with great father's day gifts from bass pro shops. like the under armour tech t-shirt for only $19.99. and a garmin nuvi 255 gps for only $149.94. and don't miss the family summer camp going on now with lots of free activities. details at ( "tuesday afternoon" by the♪ tuesday es playing ) ♪ afternoon ♪ i'm just beginning to see... ♪ when was the last time you went to the aquarium? - ♪ now i'm on my way... - with your dau

england up 3-0. second half, leading 4-0, beckham, off the free kick, not able to land it. jermaine dafoe able to sneak in the rebound. beckham after the game said "it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played." >> kids out of college are struggling to find jobs. not mark sanchez. he's a multimillionaire without even taking a snap. plus close games in two of the best rivalries in baseball -- red sox-yanks and mets-phillies decided by one run. ♪ ♪ >> i'm eric karabell with fantasy news, taking a look at a few scheduled starting pitchers for thursday's games. let's talk lefties. one of the better young southpaws in baseball is tampa bay's david price. he's won only once in his three starts this season, mainly because he's throwing way too many pitches and not going deep into games. he faces the angels, though, a team near the bottom of the majors in walks. that's a harbinger of good things. i think price will throw strikes, pitch into the seventh inning, and he's going to win that game. washington's john lannan's not a sexy fantasy pick,

in an analysis we published in the new england journal in 1999, a decade ago, prior to the report that has been referenced many times, we showed that in medicare, blacks received this surgery 15% less often than bites with the same diagnosis. we showed that this was not due to greater morbidity amongst blacks or differences in socioeconomic status, we showed that we believed the achievement gap was the explanation for their survival lot comes. the study is memorable for me, one of the first major analyses published in the medicare database which is a cornerstone of cancer care and one of the few studies that demonstrates that treatment gaps were important in terms of disease outcomes. prior to that, treatment gaps were illustrated without a link to outcomes. we were unable to determine why treatment rates were lower for blacks. our study was not designed with that question in mind. and data was insufficient to address the granular patient little question. we had used national data covering many areas and tens of thousands of patients, we had little individual level information. other d

i say this to you as part of the problem we have in massachusetts and new england as well, it is not you, it is your predecessor who just left office, pre-empting the state and local governments from setting authority on wholesale lector transmission lines, that issue is eliminated by the fact that it is completely and responsive to local concerns when it comes to be setting of liquefied natural gas facility in massachusetts. i have a facility in my district. mass. working with the federal government has licensed 2 facilities, 10 miles off of the coast line to bring in el n g, into our market and the new england market. 30% of the natural gas we use in new england, we have licensed 2 facilities, but notwithstanding, mass. saying we don't need another one on land, we are doing it offshore and we have license them. up until this time they have been saying you are going to have another one in massachusetts. even that decision itself could affect the amount of renewals that we need. notwithstanding the fact that natural gas maybe half in its use as cold it is not nearly as good as renewa

many people have seen their careers get established or get revived once they come to new england. look at wes welker who led the nfl with 112 receptions. randy moss set a record with 23 receiving tds in his first year. corey dillon rushed for more than 1,000 more yards in his debut season with new england than he did in cincinnati. >> world cup qualifier action, david beckham starting in his first competitive match with the team. 1-0, england. rooney had more, his second of the game, making it 3-0. in the second half now, 4-0, beckham's kick on goal, da foe to clean up the rebound, da foe's second of the match. they're one win away for notching and clinching their spot in next year's south africa world cup. >> pirates-rays, look at this. anderson had just hit a two-out hitter for atlanta, but matt capps gets greg norton to fly out to end this one and end the danger, and the win snaps the three-game losing streak for pittsburgh. meanwhile atlanta sees their three-game winning streak ended as well. a full highlight ahead on "espnews." >> straight ahead, phillies and mets among our t

england up 3-0. second half, leading 4-0, beckham, off the free kick, not able to land it. jermaine dafoe able to sneak in the rebound. beckham after the game said "it could have been a difficult game but we made it easy with the way we played." >> kids out of college are struggling to find jobs. not mark sanchez. he's a multimillionaire without even taking a snap. plus close games in two of the best rivalries in baseball -- red sox-yanks and mets-phillies decided by one run. ( upbeat music playing ) what do you say to a spin around the color wheel? to paint with primer already mixed in? test samples instead of can commitments? what do you say we dip into our wallets less and grab a hold of the latest tools out there so we can quit all that messing around with extra steps and get busy turning our doing dials up a notch? more saving. more doing. ♪ ♪ >> i'm eric karabell with fantasy news, taking a look at a few scheduled starting pitchers for thursday's games. let's talk lefties. one of the better young southpaws in baseball is tampa bay's david price. he's won only once

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there was political pressure in england to provide restitution. after the war, everybody who was a loyalist had to provide evidence of what they had possessed, how much property they own, what they're in, had been when they became a loyalists. it was a great deal of information, all of that was written out, they had to make 5 copies of what they rode out and they submitted that. from all of that evidence, historians have been able to have a pretty good idea of how many tories there actually were. among those who were active during the revolution, probably 20% were tories. i didn't mention when i was talking about civilians, perhaps i should have, in our civil war, <1/2%, an infinitesimal fraction of southerners went into exile following the civil war, but 5% of the free population in america at the time of the revolutionary war went into exile following this war, perhaps even a little bit more. >> when i was doing work in the 70s, the numbers i came up with, proportionately speaking, more americans went into exile and cubans after castro or french

jefferson and his party would have gone to war against either france or england. it was touch and go because both of them were stopping american ships on the high seas. and so adams wanted to pursue a policy of getting peace at any cost because he said this nation is in no position to have another war so soon after the revolution. we couldn't sustain another war. so there were different -- that is of the major reason for the breach between them. but jefferson also thought that adams was exercising too much power as president and wanted a strong federal government and he wanted a weak federal government. what jefferson did was, first of all, wrote a letter to thomas thank you had written a book about the french revolution, and jefferson's letter of sympathy for thomas spain got a tended to the introduction of the book when it was published in america. and everyone knew it was a criticism of adams and the person who really knew it was a criticism of adams was a adams. and so that made him very angry. this man of great passion. and then jefferson did write a couple o

glen johnson finds brian rooney for the header, england up early. already 2-0. johnston to rooney who gets his second goal of the game, 3-0 against the 198th ranked andora. jermaine defoe with a cleanup rebound, second goal of the match for defoe, 6-0, and england remains undefeated atop group six, a win away from clinching a berth for south africa in 2010. >> coming up we'll let you know whether the yan ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar music ] draw another door. don't say draw. never filling, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. seven aces.

and then, as we say in england, university life met. c-span: and then what? that'd be about 18 or 19, then. >> guest: yeah. i moved up to manchester, in the north of england, and started writing for little newspapers and working with pop groups, none of whom made it. in fact, i played keyboards with a -- with a -- with a man who wore a huge papier -- a giant papier mache head. his name was frank sidebottom. we once supported the teen group ross wembley, which was our -- our finest moment. but we got bustled off stage after about 10 minutes. c-span: why? >> guest: well, we weren't very good, essentially. he wore a huge papier mache head, and he talked like this, and we'd do cover versions of pop hits very cover versions of pop hits very badly. we really weren't all cover versions of pop hits very badly. we really weren't all vo: the coronation begins. >> yao ming, dwight howard, lebron james, derek rose. >> it's every cavaliers fan's worst nightmare and a dream come true for every new yorker from lynn brook to little fallses. lebron in a knicks uniform. the fr

they came from an old new england family. they paid for her to go to mount holyoke but at some point he became a little worried about her becoming an intellectual himself and then worse yet she became a liberal intellectual, even worse than you see a discomfort in the relationship in adulthood between frances perkins and her parents. her grandmother though however, lived to be 101 years old and she was very important to frances perkins her whole life. she had a lot of it these things about, putting your shoulder into things and when a door opens go through. in the america people can rise quickly, they can fall quickly and you have to be prepared for either one. she gave for things that helped france's. steel with it but another thing that was really remarkable is there were such long lived family. the grandmother of 101. her mother live to be 101. one frances perkins was a child people talked about the war, they were talking about the french and indian war. they had a remarkable grasp of history that when that. they have a st

dave: and oxford in england and he took office unusual interest in the story of your flight. the dalai lama with his perfect gift even then with a perfect gesture found a picture of himself when he was five years old already on the lines drawn in lhasa and sent it to me to my father. so i'm in that connection very early on and, of course, is a typical three-year-old i didn't know who or what a dalai lama was but i only have to look at the picture to feel that this was somebody the so different and i think this be to give to has been two ever use he finds common ground so you see a reflection of your better self. and i remember vividly to the states that every now and then i think i feel sorry for myself and life is difficult for her little boy in a foreign country by himself and i only had to look at the photo of a five-year old boy already ruler of 6 million people and things were put into a useful perspective so i put the picture on my desk and we moved to california shortly thereafter and stayed on my desk and then as a way of the world a forest fire struck up half a mile

the same with delay and it just doesn't translate well in new england. >> host: let's get to the book. i have a million questions. let me process that with this, when you were a young one coming up, a young man living in florida, at some point you became political and added decision to be a conservative and a decision to be a republican or started yourself thinking of yourself as a conservative. briefly, how did that happen? what went into the making of a conservative in your case? >> guest: i think in my case it was a time that i got interested in politics. jimmy carter was president. >> host: you were a young man in. >> guest: i was 1718. my senior year. we have a iranian hostage crisis, inflation was a 21%, america was inapt and i talk about in the book where ron dellums, the liberal liberal from berkeley, california actually came up to me and said, but i don't understand, why is it all you cats with energy, you are all conservatives. back in my day you would have been on my side. i thought about and and i said, you know, when you think of the republican party you think of vietnam,

they took him out to an lst, and from there he got to england toward dark on d-day. he got on the train in portsmouth and ran up to london, got to the development studio. the kid doing the developing was so anxious to see these pictures that he overheated them, and the emulsion melted down and they all came out blurry. only eight of them came out. the kid ruined all the others, and capa was just furious because he's shot clean. but it turned out that that blur to these pictures suited perfectly omaha beach, so that's undoubtedly the most famous picture from the invasion. c-span: when you go in the book stores today -- i just happened to walk by a book store this afternoon -- and it's just full of d-day books. what's different about this book that you've done from all the rest, and what's new in here? >> guest: well, first of all, it's based on a much broader set of interviews than anybody else's. i mean, i've done four or five, 10 times as much interviewing as anybody else, and it covers every level. my interviews on d-day begin with the supreme commander. i spent fi

. >> riff tom brady returning to in the patriots, new england, at least for the moments, appears to be everybody's favorite to win the afc east this seen. almost everyone. six days good new jets head coach said he is not here to kiss bill belichick's ring. there won't be a a board big enough to hold off the stuff. >> i'm not going to concede anything. do i recognize the fact that belichick is a heck of a coach? absolutely. my thing is i'm not intimidated by him or anybody necessary this business, period. >> you didn't think rex ryan was going to back down, did you? rex ryan said he didn't come to new york to kiss bill belichick's ring, and his loss wouldn't hurt him. >> you don't come here to bow down -- nobody is entitled until you step on the field. >> he let us know we shouldn't be afraid to say what we want. it's my first year and they already engrained that in me, we play for the super bowl. that's the way he plays. >> you have respect for the three rings he has and at the same time we're not going to submit to anybody. >> rex line learn that from the man. >> you can't worry about

what we see in canada and england are long waiting periods. one reason that we have such successful cancer treatment, for example, a man with prostate cancer has a 98% survival rate -- england has half of that. people die because they do not have the intervention. i concede canada close to michigan, from my backyard. we see many canadians coming to the u.s. because they do not get the immediate attention to the medical needs that they have, whether it is hip replacement, knee replacement, heart disease, particularly as they get older. they do not need -- meet this criteria as ideal patients and so they do not get immediate care. that is the concern with single payer that you are finding in legislation. host: one last call from betty in erie, pennsylvania. caller: hello. i was talking to a friend of mine here and her sister had to have a triple bypass surgery, and per-share in japan was $10,000. i was just appalled. i would have to die in this country if i had to put up that kind of money. your health care is a right, not a privilege. thank you

the bad boy for the header. 1-0, england. more already, a 2-0 lead, the second half, already 4-0, beckham free kick, jermaine da foe with a cleanup on the rebound, his second of the match, fabio capello's man gets the win. a win away from clenching a berth for south africa 2010. >> michelle and i are coming back in a moment with our top stories. the yankees have yet to beat their arch rivals this season. this is kate. last year, kate went on the bud light port paradise cruise. i had a very nice time. kate "had a very nice time." for four days and three nights. she left the work world behind. way, way behind. for obvious reasons, we're protecting kate's identity. i told my boss i was having a root canal. i'm going to beat you! ( laughing ) ( sighs ) bud light port paradise. it's the most fun you might never want to talk about. do you remember when making dinner meant finding just the right stick for your hot dog. when new every fork on the trail led to a new adventure? then keep the tradition going with great father's day gift

always well to keep in mind that this to an observation of by adam smith about policy formation in england in, he recognized that what he called the principal architects policy in his day the merchants and manufacturers make sure how that their own interests are most peculiarly attended to however grievous the impact on others including the people of england but foremost so those who were subjected to what you call the savage and justice of the europeans and particularly in concord, india own a prime concern. we can easily think of analogs today. his observation impact is one of the few solid and enduring principles of international domestic affairs to keep in mind and the food prices is a case in point. erupted first and most dramatically in haiti in early 2008. no like bangladesh 80 is a symbol of utter misery and like bangladesh when and the european explorers arrived there were stunned because it was so remarkably rich in resources. later it became a the source of much of france's well, i can run to the sordid history, it is worth knowing, but the current food crisis traces back direct

what you see there is a strong association from northern new england states, along with other states like montana. then there is a gradient that is moving down. for the purpose of this analysis, california looks like a southern state. its

i say when i go to england, i say i'm going to the middle west. [laughter] >> when i come to the united states, i say i'm going to the far west. [laughter] >> you laugh -- you are laughing about a ridiculous language. but we use this ridiculous colonial language everyday, in our writing, in our academia, in the media and nobody laugh. so we have to change the language in order to be free because if we cannot change the language, we are not free. we are dominated by the big powers in the academia, in politics, in economics, in religion. i'm supposed to be brief because -- no, because i would like to have a dialog, and a conversation with anthony and maybe hopefully with you but maybe we will not have the time, but anyway, what i would like to say that -- >> religion. >> oh, religion. yesterday, and that's the danger of the media. how we are brainwashed in a subtle way and how we receive false information and false knowledge all the time. under knowledge. authority. and that's why we never have real knowledge. we receive false knowledge, fragment kn

host: where in england are you from? guest: all over because my father was a methodist minister. he used to get posters outside the church trying to get people into his room on sunday. he put up one sign that said come to church on sunday and avoid the christmas rush. we lived about 50 miles from london in all sorts of directions, north, east, south. so my accent is 50 miles out of london in all directions. that is my accent. host: betty, on the phone from waukegan, illinois. caller: i heard from another tv station that nixon said he would agree to abortion if the child was conceived by an interracial couple. do you know anything about that? host: that from the recording released by the national archives. guest: i was staggered by that. there were two nixon's of course, the good nixon and the bad nixon. the bad nixon won out. he did use controversial words for italians and other people in the tapes come off the record, things we had. the only thing that surprises me, and obviously i am sure it is true, and that was a side of nixon. but in fact, his record, oddly enough, on race,

elliot picked it up when he came to england. town had it, and again in america but it's very much of european. i think there is a sense of right as well. but there is no doubt you are right that there is a degree of something unhinged hostility toward israel a government policy. i'm not a great admirer of current israeli policy. i am sort of zionist. i believe in the jewish state. i'm a two-state solution person. but hasn't shadowed into without daring to call itself that, a kind of assertive anti-semitism, the answer is yes, in my view. and it's something actually which friends of mine who are jewish and public intellectuals, phrase slightly makes my blood freeze, but like how jacobsen for example and jonathan freedman are really aware of. and we just launch ourselves over it actually. i refuse to be taking an apologist by the israeli government which is especially unsavory and anti-semitic implications. i think it's worth in britain than in germany for example. it's a british thing which i am so under sort of worried about and

service dealers of america, the united egg producers, the peanut growers, friend of the earth, and new england fuel institute. all of these organizations for different reasons are worried about the impact of rapidly rising oil prices on consumers. madam president, all of us took economics 101. what they told us in economics 101 is that when supply is low and demand is high, prices go up. and when supply is broad and demand is minimal, prices go down. well, right now, unfortunately, it seems we can throw out mocks 101 right out the window because at this moment the supply of oil in the united states is as high today as it was 20 years ago and demand for oil in this country is lower than it was a decade ago. so the question that we are wrestling with now, if supply is high and demand is low, why are oil prices soars? up until today, as a matter of fact, madam president, gasoline prices increased for 54 treaty days, the longest streak on record dating to 1996. today the national average for a gallon of gasoline is $2.69 a gallon, up more than $1 since late last year. madam president, there is mou

israel declared itself in 1948 as independent state, and england pulled out and left the palestinians hanging without democracy, without a country, and as a result for the last 61 years, the palestinians have been homeless, suffering under occupation, living in refugee camps. doesn't he feel guilty as a brittish man for what they have done to the palestinian people? host: sam, what is the tie between that situation and the current situation in iran? caller: we are encouraging democracy in iran, england, the united states, but when it comes to the palestinian people, the only thing we hear from politicians is the negative things from a few actors that are raking in the middle east. host: we will leave it there. guest: i think the current situation in palestine is a prime example of where the countries you mention, including mine, do encourage democracy. we have supported the elections there. we made a mistake, in my view, in the attitude we took to the most recent election, and i don't agree with the policy which we adopted in the last four years, but to go back to 1948, i don't want t

he has a standard line open all the time for anybody from canada, england, france, who wants to call and criticized their health care system. i listen to him every night. it is a repeat every night about 7:00. i have never heard a person yet call and criticize their system. he gets a lot of calls from canada. everyone of them praises their system and say this is nothing but republican talking points. guest: ok, i have no idea what guest: ok, i have no idea what that last bit was thaabout.

i want to call your attention a documented letter that was in the new england journal of medicine on june 4th, 2009, edition. it says that the insurance industry has ever $4.4 billion in investments in tobacco companies. the you have any comment on that? >> my first comment would be we with the first major change in the u.s. to stop selling cigarettes. >> i am asking about the industry. >> i guess i would say with respect to that, i haven't given that a lot of thought. insurance companies most likely have a fiduciary responsibility to do the best they can with their investments. i am not an economist. >> milton friedman said this. i do not often quote him but it is worth quoting in light of what you just said. he said few trends could so thoroughly undermined the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials, of a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible, that is included in this article in the new england journal. i would just like to say, the fact that insurance companies can invest in tobacco companie

and national leadership positions including the chair of the consumer affairs committee of the new england conference of public utility commissioners. we welcome you, sir. whenever you're ready, please begin. >> good morning, mr. upton, and ranking subcommittee. i also served as the first vice president of the regulatory commissioners also known as neru. i offer a state view on transmission. i'd like to thank representative wells for his kind introduction and his service to our state. he is certainly my favorite congressman from vermont. at the state level, we deal with transmission planning and siding requests regularly and the issues and concerns are not policy or procedural, and do not lend themselves to a one size fits all solution. state commissioners are obligated to act deliberately to ensure that any new projects would benefit the public. this means regulators must determine whether demand respon response, energy efficiency or local energy source is more appropriate than putting transmission towers in the ground. a major impediment is a great difficult no getting public acceptance.

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