mr. holt: madam chair, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 8 printed in house report 113-426 offered by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 557, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. holt: i thank the chair and i yield myself 2 1/2 minutes. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. holt: for 23 years, congress had an inciteful nonpartisan agency aimed at providing members of congress and their staff with expert advice on the technological aspects of public policy. it was called the office of technology assessment. from 1972 to 1995, it produced reports on topics that were striking in their relevance even today, computer software security, disposal of security weapons, bioenergy and many more. o.t.a. was part of congress, understood the congressional process. i

mr. holt: why not -- mr. goodlatte: i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. : is it not correct that this bill does not invoke the probable cause standard? mr. goodlatte: this is not a search under the fourth amendment and probable cause has never applied. the gentleman is attempting to change the law if he thinks that -- mr. holt: would the gentleman yield further? mr. goodlatte: i would yield further. mr. holt: does any american doesn't think this is a search? mr. goodlatte: reclaiming my time. mr. speaker, reclaiming my time. when it comes to gathering information about foreign nationals who are deemed to pose a national security threat to the united states, the fourth amendment does not apply. and a court must still order the particular selectors that are used. the gentleman's characterization is inaccurate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. i am yers: mr. speaker, going to yield an additional minute to mr. nadler of new york. a member -- senior member of the committee. the speaker pro tem

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. holt of new jersey, page 13, line 21, and page 14, lines 8 and 9, after the dollar amounts, insert, increased by $37 million,450,000, reduced by $37,450,000. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes. mr. holt: i thank the chair. i rise today as a member of the sustainable energy environment caucus. this coalition of members has formed in order to advance policies to promote clean energy, protect our land, air, and water. and to address one of the dominant issues of our time. human induced global climate change. i'm joined in this amendment tonight by representatives moran, mr. peters of california, polis, lowenthal, connolly, mr. hastings of florida, huffman, tonko, and cartwright, and we rise because, unfortunately, this bill fails to make the critical investments that are needed to further our understanding of the spheric -- at moss spheric changes -- atmospheric changes we know are affecting our planet. it would cut climate research in the next fiscal year

mr. holt: why not -- mr. goodlatte: i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. lt: is it not correct that this bill does not invoke the probable cause standard? mr. goodlatte: this is not a search under the fourth amendment and probable cause has never applied. the gentleman is attempting to change the law if he thinks that -- mr. holt: would the gentleman yield further? mr. goodlatte: i would yield further. mr. holt: does any american doesn't think this is a search? mr. goodlatte: reclaiming my time. mr. speaker, reclaiming my time. when it comes to gathering information about foreign nationals who are deemed to pose a national security threat to the united states, the fourth amendment does not apply. and a court must still order the particular selectors that are used. the gentleman's characterization is inaccurate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. i am yers: mr. speaker, going to yield an additional minute to mr. nadler of new york. a member -- senior member of the committee. the speaker pro t

in the report published today mr holt also ruled that the poor guy the commissioner much in common and has done nothing wrong when he passed the information to the minister for justice because he said. it is the guy the commission is to see to keep the mr clean forms. the minister shasta has been found to breach the data protection acts. he is not committed an offence and is not subject to any penalty under the axe. this evening deputy was that he believes the minister's position is no longer tenable read about it right he has abused his office. but all of it. it's ok for this injustice done to us. so this is a competition to make minister alan johnson has twenty one days to appeal this decision and he said to remain in the spotlight for no. to further reports that coke investigation into the t cell causing controversy. and the gear and appealing to god that whistleblower maurice mccain's claims of mishandling of criminal investigations are expected soon. sunday chelsea fourteen years. muscle car crime correspondent up all rivals to join the central she explained that to assess how the

mr. holt: i thank the gentleman, my good friend. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania must remain standing. the gentleman is recognized. mr. holt: i thank the gentleman, and i thank the chair. i should point out first of all that as a percentage of our economy, the government, the federal government support for scientific research is half of what it was back when i was in college. now -- well -- many decades ago. the point is, we are not keeping up. part of the problem is, here in this chamber and around the country, people value the fruits of research but they don't have a clue about how it is done. and so we see here on the floor people ridiculing research because of the title. a prominent politician recently ridiculed n.s.f.-funded research in fruit flies. or game theory. you know, she obviously didn't understand that one of the principal representative buy y logical organisms that have been studied are the so-called fruit flies. social and behavioral research is important in understanding how people make decisions about er

mr. holt: i certainly appreciate the work of the very admirable chairman wolf and my good friend, mr. fattah, the work that they put into crafting this bill. however i do have some serious concerns, especially the cuts that are being made to noaa's climate research programs. this bill cuts noaa's climate research for the next fiscal year by $38 million below the current year, or $69 million below the president's request. deeper droughts, heavier rains, more flooding, superstorms, tornadoes, rising seas, huge storm surges are all getting worse. would we not want to understand what's going on? i'll be offering an amendment later this evening to restore funding on -- for critical noaa climate research programs. noaa climate research program support ocean and spheric research, global data collection and sharing so that we can understand climate change. this year reports from the intergovernmental panel on climate change and the u.s. national climate assessment were released. they agreed, they come

. >> mr. holt? you, mr. secretary. a few comments before i get to questions. i noticed it was said earlier that your commitment to preschool for all is a pet project. i do not think this is a frivolous pet project. often you were attacked for waivers. if the leadership of this house would get to work and get a elementary and secondary education act up to date and working, there would be less need for waivers. i want to commend you for the funding for the state longitudinal data systems. that is critically important for understanding students progress. i want to invite you to respond. it is not a question. i want to call attention to teach grants. i think this needs to be enhanced. it is not sufficient. last year, the deputy assistant secretary for international programs, the office of international and foreign languages stepped down and has not been replaced, has not even been named. beenlacement has not named. given that one of your -- isives is degrees to increasing global competency, what are you going to do to address the continuing lack of support for lan

mr. holt: thank you.erday, speaker boehner said he was not qualified to debate the science of climate change, but he was confident that all plans to deal with climate change would hurt jobs and our economy. mr. speaker, i'm a scientists but that doesn't uniquely qualify me to debate climate change. as members of congress, we rely on the expertise of others to inform our decisionmaking. and i agree with the overwhelming consensus among scientists, the climate is changing largely the result of human activities and we can and must act now. not because i am myself a scientists but because of peer reviewed reports like the ipcc and the national climate assessment. less than a year ago in a speech announcing his climate action plan, president obama said wee direct the e.p.a. to put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution. this coming monday, the president will make good on his promise when the e.p.a. proposes the first-ever limits on climate -- on carbon pollution from existing power plants, which a