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Prepared Witness Testimony The House Committee on Energy and Commerce W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, Chairman   Help How do I find...? Contact Us About The Committee Search Menu Home Action Schedule Members News Subcommittees Issues Letters Legislation Publications       Natural Gas Supply and Demand Issues Full Committee on Energy and Commerce June 10, 2003 10:00 AM 2123 Rayburn House Office Building        Mr. Guy F Caruso AdministratorEnergy Information Administration1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC, 20585 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss EIA's outlook for...

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - A top federal regulator on Wednesday defended a controversial vote to ease ownership limits on media companies, saying he was forced to take action in the wake of a string of court defeats. Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, told a panel of mostly critical U.S. senators that the old regulations could not withstand legal scrutiny. The new rules stood a better chance of being upheld, he said. "I believe we did our job, and indeed that we did it well," Powell asserted at a hearing sponsored by the Senate Commerce Committee. All five FCC...

<p>To certain critics of U.S. policy in Iraq, the only thing worse than going to war with Saddam Hussein is the fact that we won. This they can never forgive -- which is why they are now trying to make a war crime out of the fact that the allies haven't yet found caches of weapons of mass destruction.</p>

Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report EIA Home > Natural Gas > Weekly Natural Gas Storage Methodology Storage Basics Schedule Historical Data Working Gas in Underground Storage Data Released May 08, 2003, for the Week Ending May 02, 2003 Region Stocks (Bcf) for Stocks (Bcf) for May 02, 2003 April 25, 2003 Implied Net Change (Bcf) Year Ago Stocks (Bcf) East 378 333 45 789 West 192 180 12 249 Producing 251 228 23 607 Total Lower 48 821 741 80 1,645 Region 5-Year (1998-2002) Average Stocks (Bcf) Difference from 5-Year Average (Percent) Survey Sample Coverage (Percent) 1/ Estimated Std. Error...

June (NYMEX) soars 43.4 cents Heating demand in the Northeast and cooling demand in the South and West combined to spark a huge rally on the June NYMEX futures contract, which surged 43.4 cents on Monday to settle at $5.689/MMBtu. Alaron Trading analyst Phil Flynn said low gas storage inventories also were a supporting factor in Monday's run-up. "The market is vulnerable to the supply side of the equation. The supply issue is still at the back of traders' minds." he said. Heating-degree days were higher than originally forecast, said IFR Pegasus analyst Timothy Evans, and a stronger petroleum complex...

<p>After several failed attempts by Senate Republicans to break a Democratic filibuster, it's starting to look as if Miguel Estrada may never make it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The controversial Bush nominee may have to settle for the strangest of consolation prizes: his name plastered on bumper stickers in the 2004 election.</p>

1. Senator Levin, North Korea has tested a missile capable of reaching LA and they now claim to possess at least 2 nuclear weapons, do you now feel that you should change your opposition to missile defense and fully support President Bush’s efforts to protect us from nuclear missile attack from not only North Korea but China or any other country. a. See enclosed article if he says technology hasn’t been proven. b. If he raises the cost, ask him how much would the nuclear annihilation of LA cost. 2. Senator Levin, during the run up to the war with...

Freedom Definitely Isn't Free So far the Bush administration has requested $75 billion ($255 an American) for Operation Iraqi Freedom. How does that compare to other wars? BusinessWeek pegs World War I at $191 billion in 2002 dollars ($2,489 for each American), WWII at $2.9 trillion ($20,388 each), Korean War at $336 billion ($2,266 each), Vietnam War at $494 billion ($2,204 each) and the Gulf War at $76 billion ($306 each), $54 billion of which coalition members reimbursed.

American Stud by BOBTHENAILER (Tennessee Stud by: Jimmy Driftwood) Early in spring of two oh 3 We left Kuwait to hunt Iraqis We never would have got through the hail of Scuds If they hadn't been a-pounded by the Air Force studs We had some trouble with Ouday’s pa He and his brothers was some bad outlaws We sent them a letter by my Uncle Sam And delivered it quick with a thousand JDAM’s CHORUS: The American stud is long and lean They’s red, white & blue and god damn mean They got the nerve and they got the blood...

ANKARA, Turkey (CBS.MW) - Turkey's stock market and currency plunged Monday after the parliament voted not to allow the deployment of U.S. troops in a surprise move that could delay a war with Iraq and lead to a cut off of aid to the economically struggling nation. In recent action, the main stock index had tumbled 12.5 percent, or 1,445 points, to 10,128. The lira crumbled as much as 5 percent to 1,675 to the dollar from Friday's close of 1,597. "Despite the prospect of a massive U.S. aid package, the Turkish parliament rejected the government's motion to allow U.S....

Some see America’s patriotic mood waning. Campujairi, Kuwait – The peace protesters might as well be marching right under the tank barrels. U.S. troops amassed in the Kuwaiti desert couldn’t avoid news of anti-war protests that swept the globe over the weekend, and it is making some angry, defensive, fired-up and anxious. They see scattered news reports of opposition to a possible war against Iraq, but the hardest-hitting bulletins come in phone calls home to worried wives and loved ones, said Sgt. 1st Class Victor Oravec, 41, of Fort Knox, Ky., of the U.S. Army’s 3-7 Cavalry. “They’re saying, ‘Why...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Sometimes, art imitates life. Or is it the other way around? With CNN and its founder Ted Turner, you never know for sure. On Feb. 21, Turner's movie company, Ted Turner Pictures, will roll out "Gods and Generals," a film about the Civil War. Yes, Turner is a student of the Civil War. But he also could have gotten the inspiration for the flick from his baby, CNN, a unit of AOL Time Warner (AOL: news, chart, profile). For years, CNN's two main offices, Atlanta and New York, have been waging their own private civil war...

<p>Ronald Reagan's (Unilateralist Cowboy) first term was bloodied by hijackings and massacres around the world, many of them traceable to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi (Chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee). The the Unilateralist U.S. responded with fleet maneuvers off the pristine and peaceful Libyan coast, covert operations and finally a military strike called El Dorado Canyon. (Nor was that the only odd name: Fleet challenges in the Gulf of Sidra were known as Attain Document; and a proxy war in Chad, with the U.S. and sophisticated France backing the government against forces sent by Libya, was called Arid Farmer.) The raid is almost forgotten today, but it was the first display of a style of warfare that has become the hallmark of American arms.</p>

Inconvenient Facts Your January 24 edition hit a milestone in missing some inconvenient facts. “No Blood for Oil” should go on to say that no U.S. oil company can do business with Iraq by law. However, two opponents to any war, Russia and France, have multi-billion dollar oil contracts with Iraq. No wonder they support Mr. Edel’s opposition to war. Two other opponents also have enormous economic interests in Iraq: China, who supplied Iraq with a military upgrade linking anti-aircraft batteries with a cutting edge fiber optic system, in addition to additional military hardware in the multi-million dollar range, and...

Good mornin' little schoolgirl can I go home with you tell your mama and your daddy that I'm a little schoolboy too Baby I love ya, I just can't help myself you're so good lookin' pretty baby the Assistant DA said she would help Good mornin' little schoolgirl can I go home with you ooo,ooo,ooowee (Mudboy Slim howlin' away on a harp) I'm gonna leave you baby about the break of day on account of the way they caught me Assistant DA says stay away Good mornin' little schoolgirl can I go home with you tell your mama and your...

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Friday gave the green light to more coalbed methane drilling in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, saying its studies showed that the process of squeezing natural gas out of coal deposits would not harm the environment. In two environmental impact studies that support President George W. Bush's plan to boost energy exploration in the west, the Bureau of Land Management said impact to water, soil and wildlife in the region would be "minor." The BLM, in an about-face from its earlier draft, proposed storing salty water used to extract natural gas in...

<p>Residential heating costs are expected to soar up to 43 percent this winter as a result of the sharp rise in world oil prices caused by the cutoff of Venezuelan supplies and a looming conflict with Iraq.</p> <p>The jump in costs for heating oil, natural gas and electricity for homes projected for the November-April period by the Energy Information Administration appears already to have helped stoke a drop in consumer confidence last month and one of the worst Christmas selling seasons in decades.</p>

Vladimir Putin is settling into a rich niche in the world economy. This week, the Russian president finds himself pen in hand, about to sign a deal to build a $2.5. billion oil pipeline to China. Only weeks before, he and Russian crude were a hot topic in Washington.(What's this oil pipeline to China? I thought we took Afghanistan for the main purpose of getting Caspian Sea reserves to market) As the U.S. looks for new and reliable energy supplies, Russia is finding new and reliable sources of income. The country sells five million barrels of crude and oil products...

From the great gas basins of the Rocky Mountains, to the seaboards of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to the northernmost reaches of arctic Alaska, battles are being fought between proponents of mineral extraction and advocates of nondevelopment. Debates rage over the amount of public land that should be available for energy production, and how that land should be protected.The oil and gas industry points to its outstanding environmental record, and believes that it can help supply the nation’s vital energy needs while carefully preserving the environment. Not surprisingly, another camp vehemently disputes this contention. Underpinning the industry’s urgency is...

"Right" America America! We love you! How many people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful country of ours? The stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protect The women and men who have broke their necks for the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold. Or so we are told. (Yo I want everybody to listen to the words of this song). I never would’ve dreamed in a million years I’d see, so many motherf---’in people who feel like me who share the same views and the same...