Bob Farnham's MyC-SPAN

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) formally announced his campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Many supporters led up to the senator’s speech at the rally in Waterfront Park on the shore of Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. Senator Sanders outlined all the issues he would like to focus on in his campaign, including campaign finance reform, poverty, raising the minimum wage, Wall Street reform, tax policy, climate change, and health care reform.

There were brief signal losses at the end of the senator’s speech.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held a news conference to talk about his agenda for the country and his decision to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Senator Sanders in this briefing did not say specifically that he was running for president because the event was an official Senate stakeout, and he was therefore barred using the position for campaign purposes.

Alex Epstein talked about his book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, in which he says that the public only hears one side of the argument in the debate over fossil fuels. In his book, he argues that fossil fuels have done far more good than damage in the world and are a safe and reliable source of energy. Mr. Epstein spoke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Carly Fiorina spoke at a “Politics & Eggs” breakfast at the Bedford Village Inn and Restaurant in Bedford, New Hampshire. She discussed international affairs, immigrations, jobs, and global climate change, among other topics.

The “Politics & Eggs” breakfast series dates back to 1996, and is co-hosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anslem College and the New England Council.

Janet McCabe testified at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposals to limit emissions from new and existing power plants.