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HOST: KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD AND JOINS US NOW. LET ME GET YOUR REACTION TO THIS STORY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL MORNING, THE MITT ROMNEY...
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IS JUST PART OF A CAMPAIGN. WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BOAST THAT THE DEMOCRATS LIKE A LARGER AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT. I THINK HE WAS MAKING...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT
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IS TO THEIR BENEFIT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES, I DON'T THINK THAT IS A PROBLEM. HOST: IS TODAY THE LAST DAY WE WILL SEE THE HEADLINES OR WILL CONTINUE?...
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| 00:01:49 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE WORLD NEWS. ANY
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
EVENT -- MAY BE ANOTHER CANDIDATE WILL SAY SOMETHING ELSE AND EVERYBODY WILL RUN TO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN FOR THIS DISCUSSION ON ENERGY ISSUES,...
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| 00:02:47 |
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YOU COULD BUILD A COAL PLANT IN AMERICA BUT YOU WOULD SOON BE IN BANKRUPTCY BECAUSE OF NEW REGULATIONS I THINK THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT....
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| 00:03:26 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BLAME ALL OF IT AND REGULATIONS. YOU CAN EXPLAIN A LOT OF IT.
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| 00:03:38 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
THIS EPA HAS BEEN THE MOST AGGRESSIVE IN RECENT YEARS TO CHANGE THE WAY WE PRODUCE OUR ENERGY IN AMERICA ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE AND ON THE ELECTRICITY...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: NATURAL GAS HAS EMERGED BUT I DON'T LIKE ANYONE BELIEVED THAT NATURAL GAS WILL SAVE US LONG TERM. I DO
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS DONE WITH THE INTENT -- THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH WHETHER NATURAL GAS PRICES...
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| 00:06:03 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THESE BILLS WE HAVE PASSED BEFORE BUT THERE HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT DECISIONS AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE EPA CAN
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
NOW WITH A GRAND HOUSE -- GREENHOUSE-REGULATION. THIS WOULD STOP THAT. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A TAX FORCE TO BE HIRED WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT....
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| 00:06:58 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
1 PART A COALK ACT --ONE PART FOF THE COAL ACT WOULD GIVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT ON JOBS AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND COSTS AND...
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| 00:07:43 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THEY NOTED THAT A LOT OF THESE BILLS HAVE BEEN PASSED BEFORE AND ARE NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE WITH THE DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED SENATE. ARE THESE MESSAGING...
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| 00:08:06 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IT BE WHERE OF THE CONTRAST OF VIEWS ON ENERGY IN AMERICA TODAY. THAT IS WHAT POLITICS IS ALL ABOUT. ISABEL MESSAGING AND PUTTING...
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
ENERGY, WE TALK ABOUT TWO PARTS OF ENERGY -- THERE IS TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY YOU NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY YOU NEED FOR ELECTRICITY. ENERGY...
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| 00:12:27 |
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TAPE ON MSNBC. I GOT VERY UPSET. HOST: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MITT ROMNEY?
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| 00:12:43 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUECALLER: I'M UPSET THAT HE RAN DOWN THE SENIOR CITIZENS. I WORKED UNTIL I WAS 72 YEARS OLD. MY HUSBAND WAS 75 WHEN HE QUIT WORKING. MY HUSBAND HAS...
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| 00:13:33 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
THAT IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, MANY PEOPLE MAKE STATEMENTS THEY WISHED THEY HAD NOT MADE. I WILL NOT CONVINCE YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR BECAUSE YOU MAKE YOUR...
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| 00:15:27 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
I AM OUT IN MY DISTRICT AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT WAR. I TALK ABOUT THE POLICIES OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE DAMAGE IT IS DOING TO BE COAL INDUSTRY....
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| 00:15:56 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
OBVIOUSLY, HEALTH IS AN ISSUE IN MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS. YOU REACH A POINT OF DIMINISHING RETURNS WITH SOME OF THIS. IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER HEALTH...
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
THE DIFFERENCE IN REPUBLICANS AND MANY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ON GLOBAL WARMING IS THAT 99% OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS NITROGEN AND OXYGEN AND THE AMOUNT...
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| 00:17:41 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT MITT ROMNEY SAID WAS WRONG? THAT'S ABOUT IT. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. MANY PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW HOW
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| 00:18:08 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. IF YOU LIKE OBAMA YOU WILL USE THIS TO GET HIM ELECTED AND IF YOU DON'T, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT...
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BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I AM RETIRED. BACK WHEN TO BE CARTER STARTED HIS NUCLEAR PLANT IN TENNESSEE VALLEY, HE WANTED TO GET CHEAP ELECTRICITY...
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Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
ROLE IN PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO THE SOUTHEAST. NUCLEAR ENERGY DOES HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY. I WOULD EXPLAIN TO YOU, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE FEDERAL...
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| 00:22:55 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
I DON'T THINK PRODUCTION IS A REAL ISSUE. I WAS SPEAKING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF CSX RECENTLY WHO SAID THERE WILL BE A C MOREOAL FOR EXPORT AND THAT A TIME...
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| 00:23:56 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
COMMENTS ABOUT COAL AND OIL AND COMMENTS ABOUT HER MITT ROMNEY. FOR THE COAL INDUSTRY, WE SHOULD TAKE THIS THING SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WHEN IT REACHES CRITICAL...
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| 00:25:10 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
I KNOW THAT MANY WOMEN FROM BOTH PARTIES DON'T ALWAYS MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED ON GOVERNMENT BENEFITS BUT THEY HAVE. WE NEED A SAFETY NET. IT IS CRITIC...
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| 00:27:00 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
OIL PRODUCTION IN AMERICA IS UP TODAY. TODAY WE'RE PRODUCING MORE OIL THAN EVER BOUGHT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. OIL PRODUCTION HAS GONE...
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| 00:29:08 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE ABOUT THE COAL COMPANIES. THEY
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STARTED STREAMLINING AND IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THEIR RUINED SOME STREAMS. THEY ARE JUST RECOVERING FROM IT NOW. I VOTED REPUBLICAN SINCE EISENHOWER IN 1956....
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| 00:30:22 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
IT. IF YOU ARE IN PUBLIC LIFE TODAY, YOU CAN
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| 00:30:28 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
BI SOMET -- YOU CAN BET THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO RECORD A VIDIT. HOST: LET'S GO TO KELLY. CALLER: I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND LISTED TO OBAMA'S STAND...
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I'M A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. I THINK THEY ARE REACHING WHEN THEY SAY IT IS GOING TO HELP. MINERS SUFFER FROM LUNG DISEASE. IF THEY...
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| 00:32:40 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
COMMENTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF COAL,
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| 00:32:46 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
OIL, AND NATURAL GAS. LET'S BE REASONABLE AND HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE. IT IS NOT RIGHT WHEN NEW REGULATION PUTS PEOPLE OUT OF WORK AND YOU DO NOT CONSIDER...
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| 00:33:55 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLER: I LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AND BE GIVEN A MINUTE TO MAKE MY STATEMENT CLEAR. BIG BUSINESS CONTROL OUR
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GOVERNMENT. THIS MAN REPRESENTS BIG BUSINESS. THEY TELL THE POLITICAL PEOPLE THAT THEY PAY AND THEY HAVE A HAND IN THEIR POCKETS WITH WHAT THEY WANT....
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| 00:35:20 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT TO THE LADY FROM ATLANTA. BUSINESSES
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| 00:35:31 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
CREATE JOBS IN AMERICA. TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE JOBS IN AMERICA HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. I DIDN'T THINK WE SHOULD SAY BECAUSE SOME...
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| 00:37:20 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: ABSOLUTELY THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT IT BOTHERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU SUBORDINATE THE
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| 00:37:28 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
TAXPAYERS TO A VENTURE CAPITALIST AND MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK FIRST, AS WAS THE CASE WITH SOLYNDRA. I DO BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT MADE A SIGNIFICANT...
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| 00:39:23 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
A CALL ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM FLORIDA THIS MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. PRAISE BE FOR C-SPAN.
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TWO ISSUES OF IMMINENT DANGER TO THE UNITED STATES. SUNFLARES KNOCKOUT OUR ELECTRICAL GRID IN THE UNITED STATES. I TALKED TO MY CONGRESSMAN ABOUT THIS....
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| 00:40:59 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
SENATE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. AS FAR AS THE BOOK, I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT. I HAVE SAT IN MANY HEARINGS AND I'M CONVINCED...
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| 00:42:05 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
I HEARD ABOUT THE WORKERS AND
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CALLER, -
HOW THEY ARE OUT OF WORK. WEN THEY WERE IN WORKED -- WHEN THERE WERE IN WORK, THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT ENFORCE THE OSHA FINES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY...
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| 00:43:16 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY HAS LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY ALL COME UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON CERTAIN PIECES OF LEGISLATION. HOST:...
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| 00:43:43 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GREENHOUSE GAS ACTIVITIES. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO. GUEST: ETA THIS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GIVE MONEY TO ENTITIES AROUND THE
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| 00:44:00 |
Whitfield, Edward "Ed" - U.S. Representative, [R] Kentucky
WORLD FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. WHILE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHEN COMPARED TO A $16 TRILLION FEDERAL DEBT IS NOT ENGIGANTIC, IT DOES REPRESENT OVER $100 MILLION,...
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| 00:45:16 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
BILL. GUEST: THEY ARE USING MORE AND MORE COAL IN CHINA ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE THE ATMOSPHERE THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD. I'M GLAD WE INTRODUCED THIS...
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| 00:46:23 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
BACK AFTER THIS NEWS UPDATE FROM C-SPAN RADIO. >> THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS ROSE JUST OVER 2% TO
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750,000 LAST MONTH. EVEN WITH THOSE GAINS COME AT THE RATE OF CONSTRUCTION STILL REMAINS ABOUT HALF THE PACE CONSIDERED HEALTHY. MITT ROMNEY'S WORDS FROM...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.