From C-Span –
This week on “The Communicators,” two critics of the Obama Administration’s proposals for reducing cyber threats against the U.S. discuss their objections — Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance.
From C-Span –
“As a follow up to Monday’s hearing on a government program intended to track weapons and Mexican drug cartels, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continued its inquiry today.
The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) program “Operation Fast and Furious” allowed gun stores near the Mexican border to sell semiautomatic weapons in bulk to “straw purchasers” and then track their journey. Many of the guns were linked to crimes, including the killing of a Border Patrol agent.”
Click C-SPAN continues coverage of the House Government & Oversight Reform Committee’s hearings
Read the full bill – House: On Ordering the Previous Question: H RES 245 Providing for consideration of H.R. 1229, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to…
KEY PROVISIONS OF HOUSE ENERGY BILL
• Opens federal waters beyond 50 miles from shore along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to oil and gas drilling, ending drilling bans that have been in effect for 26 years. States would have to agree to drilling for areas between 50 and 100 miles from land.
• Rolls back $18 billion in tax breaks for the five largest oil companies and requires energy companies to pay billions of dollars in additional royalties from oil taken from the deep water areas of the Gulf of Mexico under questionable leases issued in the late 1990s.
• Requires the release of 70 million barrels of oil from the government’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to put more oil on the market and lower gasoline prices.
• Makes it a federal crime for oil companies holding federal leases to provide gifts to government employees, a response to a recent sex and drug scandal involving the federal office that oversees the offshore oil royalty program and energy company employees.
• Provides tax credits for wind and solar energy industries, the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, and purchase of plug-in gas-electric hybrid cars.
• Requires utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from solar, wind or other alternative energy sources.
• Gives tax breaks for new energy efficiency and conservation programs, including the use of improved building codes and low-interest loans for energy-efficient homes, and for companies that promote their employees use of bicycles for commuting.
SOURCE: Associated Press
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