mrs. maloney. mrs. maloney: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her hard work on the financial services committee, and i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 3193. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. maloney: i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 3193 which is a blatantly partisan result on the cfpb and on american consumers. i think it's telling that just four months after the first government shutdown in 17 years, the republicans want to remove the cfpb's independent source of funding and subject it to congress' deeply dysfunctional appropriations process. it's telling because it exposes the true purpose of this bill. it's not to make the cfpb more accountable but rather to undermine, defund and hinder its ability to act to protect consumers in every possible way. the dysfunction that led to last year's 16-day shutdown is exactly why we gave the cfpb an independent source of funding in dodd-frank. we wanted to insulate the cfpb from the political games and partisan brinks

mrs. maloney, for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. by congratulating you, chair yel n yellin. in the 100 year history of the federal reserve, there's been only 15 fed chairs. and you are the first woman to lead the fed or any major central bank. we are so proud of you. >> thank you. >> and in your long and distinguished career, you have excelled at every single point of your career. and i just want to note that your appointment is a tremendously important historic achievement in the women's movement. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you, congresswoman. >> i would like to ask you about your reaction to the unexpectedly weak job report last week which showed that the xhil only created 113,000 jobs in january. some in the markets are now calling for a pause in the fed's tapering strategy. and has the weak jobs report caused you to consider slowing the pace of the fed's tapering? >> so i was surprised that the jobs report in december and january, the pace of job creation was running under what i had anticipated, but we have to be very

now represent the gentlewoman from new york, miss maloney, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, and thank you to all of the panelists, and before i -- i ask my question i want to join with all of my colleagues and all the members on this panel to acknowledge the sacrifice made by the fallen heros as well as the families, some of whom are here today. and i would like to go back, if i could, to the questioning on the flight recorder or the so-called black box, and i'd like to ask mr. reid and thank you for your public service. my power also served in the special forces with the army, and we're very proud of the work of that division for our country. the chairman -- i believe you answered the question from the chairman that there was no black box, that's correct, that there was no black box? >> yes, ma'am, that's correct. i want to ask to clarify that. do other ch-47ds have a black box? >> no, ma'am. the aircraft is not a digital -- does not have a suite of digital electronics. it has gauges, analog gauges. that gauges do not provide you with the abili

mr. maloney: this will not kill the bill. mr. speaker, i agree with many of those on the other side about much of the underlying bill. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. maloney: i agree with much of the underlying thrust of this bill. let's open our public lands to recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, make it easier to maintain public shooting ranges. no argument from me. but we can and should make this bill better and my amendment will do just that. preserving our public lands, our common spaces, also means investing in the critical infrastructure that allows us to bring our families there safely. that's why the bipartisan safe bridges act should be in this bill to ensure that our nation's highways and bridges are safe. the biggest admission with this bill is the failure to protect our citizens from toxic spills that would threaten our water supplies. a few weeks ago, we all woke up to learn that 300,000 people in w