Texas Shrimper's Theatrical Protest Disrupts Senate Hearing

TRNS Correspondent Brandon Kosters interviews Diane Wilson, a shrimper and activist who doused her body in dense syrup that resembled oil during a Senate hearing with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wedensday on the current oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. Wilson was protesting Joint Resolution 26, spearheaded by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), which will restrict the EPA from monitoring the green house emissions of large corporations. (13:57)
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Republican Murkowski Explains EPA Overreach

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) explains her position that the EPA is overreaching its boundaries and trying to do the job of Congress. (0:20)
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The current power grid will not meet our future energy needs

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico - Talk Radio News Service

At a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Ranking Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said that America's current transmission infrastructure for electricity will not meet the country's future electricity needs. (01:23)
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