mr. murray, if i could, sir? even though this is the second time -- [no audio] aside from the issues of if the waybills were manufactured, if they were to be excepted -- accepted -- >> if we take into consideration that each is accurate and valid, for the years he submitted over 80 waybills. >> how do we know for sure that when someone else is -- is that the medallion number? if two individuals have submitted waybills, how do we know that the individual -- [no audio] in otherwords, two people could not have unless it was an error. they indicated that as per habit, he'd write down 95. let's assume he was the one who and driving. how do we know that someone else did not claim to be driving? >> if you look at the shift times, you see 93. they are both overlapping, he was out from 10:00am until 8:00pm. there is clearly a problem and because you are driving the same car between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m.. >> i don't understand how you -- the appellant is the individual as opposed to the other individual. >> i see. the individ

mr. murray. >> good evening, jarvis mrray wi -- murray with taxi services. the only issue that we need to take a look at is whose evidence to you believe? we believe that he, based on his electronic log ons, may have logged on 74 times to drive his shit. he submitted 121 waybills for that year. he claimed there was no need to log on to the system every time he drives. it is virtually impossible that he will log on to the system 74 times but not the other 56. there will be no way for anyone to make a radio call to find vehicle 9053. if that is the case, he is not doing any particular service. not just drive invisible under the radar. there are numberous, o-- numerous, over 20 waybills that were exactly 10 hours apart. and we simply do not believe that those are accurate. holly believe those are fabricated. -- we believe those are fabricated. and they simply do not demonstrate, based upon the exact ten hours, and nobody gets an exat 10-h -- exact 10-hour stamp. it can happen, but not on a normal basis. we believe that this point, it is up to the board is simpl

mrs. murray: madam president? mrs. hutchison: would the senator from washington allow me to just make a couple of minutes response to the senator from west virginia. mrs. murray: i would. sure. mrs. hutchison: thank you. madam president, let me just say i appreciate so much what the chairman has just said. i think that is a major statement because what he says is true. one flight from washington national to california, that is all we have, one-direct flight -- one direct flight. that is not fair. it is not fair to the people in the west, certainly the largest state in america, california, in population, and i hope that what you have said will lead us, mr. chairman to a table to negotiate this so that we can be fair to the entire western half of the united states. so that we are also taking into account the people who live in and around the washington metropolitan area, which is what i think the western senators have tried to do. but let's talk about it, let's get something on the floor. let's negotiate this because wit

mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: madam president, i ask for unanimous consent to take ten minutes of the republican time, unless a republican senator comes to the floor on the remaining time on this amendment? the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, we are here on the floor debating an amendment by the senator from kentucky that is very important for the american public to understand. everyone agrees that we've got to take some smart steps to cut waste and reduce our debt and deficit. but cutting back doesn't mean cutting blindly. it doesn't mean indiscriminatetory cuttinily cug jobs. so make no mistake about it. the paul amendment that we are considering, that we'll be voting on shortly, directly impacts the safety of air travel in this country. we all know the f.a.a. has a very specific mission. it is responsible for keeping air travel safe. it ov

mr. murray? >> thank you, madam chair. i think we're all seeking for meaningful opportunities for risk reduction. we can argue that the clean water act gave us is framework to get to those meaningful opportunities for risk reduction and we can argue that maybe that process isn't working as well as it should be working. but we can't replace that process with water utilities chasing the contaminant du jour. right now fairfax water is monitoring for 30-plus compounds, new compounds, over the last year, year and a half that has been raised as contaminants of concern. and we don't know what to say about it. we post the data on our website and we don't have decent health effects information to speak intelligently to our customers about it. >> we remove a lot of them but what levels is it safe? and so i think your concerns with how we can improve the process of getting to meaningful risk reduction is real. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. dr. burke? >> thank you. i think the most important thing that the committee can do is br

mr. whitaker. -- thank you. >> dan murray -- murphy, stakeholder in the eastern neighborhoods. i was appointed to be on the eastern neighborhood infrastructure finance work group, which was actually the group that recommended this half -- this ifd tool for transitioning areas in san francisco, so i have been very involved in the background. recently, i was voted by the members to represent the neighborhood cac on this committee, which is piloting this incredibly important financing tool in the rincon hill area. i think the policies that staff has developed in consultation with people like me representing the public are right on point. i think it is a great program. i would be remiss if i did not say in the context of being on the eastern neighborhood cac, i look forward in the not too distant future of working with this type of tool in the eastern neighborhood. i recognize the -- that rincon hill is a pilot area, but i hope we do not wait five years to be able to do this. this is a growth area for san francisco. private sector development for close to 30 years now. i can tell y

mr. murray will not doubt provide insight into local water system dealing with chromium-6 in other drinking water mandates but also want to make a special note, welcomed the administrator, lisa jackson, administrator, it's good to see ias always. i want to thank you for your willingness last year to work with me specifically and my staff on some of the real difficult issues. i also want to thank you for your help on passing several key pieces of legislation that were drafted in this committee. with your help we passed a bill to reduce lead in drinking water, and a bill to provide grants to states to reduce diesel emissions. i want you to know that i sent a spy into your office. they tell me that the picture of my kids and 20 grandkids are in there, too. i appreciate that. the next two years, there are many contentious issues ahead, many issues that have funded of disagreements. we have talked about this among the republicans on this side of the aisle, and in particular the three new that we're welcoming today to this committee. that is the regulation, regular the greenhouse gases under the