mr. boozman: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: i ask unanimous consent the senate resume legislative session season for a period of morning business with senators sperplted to speak for up -- permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. con. res. 103 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. cloys -- the clerk: h. con. res. 103 authorizing the use of emancipation hall as part of the celebration of days of remembrance for the victims of the holocaust. the presiding officer: without objection the senate can proceed to the measure. mr. boozman: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideratio

mr. boozman: thank you. i rise to discuss the effect tax reform is having on my home state of arkansas. despite from what you may have heard from those who oppose the tax cut and jobs act including minority leader pelosi's description as the t

boozman. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. chairman, i have a letter that the arkansas department of environmental quality sent me yesterday in support of epa's recent decision to approve arkansas's revised regional hay state implementation plan. quote the letter "arkansas applauds the epa's recent improvements in regard fostering increased cooperation with the states in order to achieve environmental goals in a sensible and practical manner." i'd like unanimous consent to enter the -- >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. administrator, i was very happy to see the epa approved arkansas's revisions to the regional hay state implementation plan. many in arkansas are thrilled that we now have an epa who's willing to listen to the states, and are excited to proceed towards the goal of improving air quality. in the past we've had a situation where the epa wanted to hear input as long as the state agreed with them. if not then they got themselves in trouble. can you explain your approach to cooperative federalism, and t