interconnection and does not apply to states located in the eastern interconnection to the states of alaska or hawaii, or ercot. are we going to have different rates for different parts of the country under this amendment that was filed at 3:09 a.m. this morning? then we get to page 30678 the federal energy regulatory commission shall act as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all applicable federal authorizations and related environmental reviews. so now we have ferc is in charge of all reviews. >> parliamentary inquiry. mr. boehner: i have the time. page 34. page 34 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. mr. boehner: after gust 8, 2005. mr. boehner: does the gentleman yield for parliamentary inquiry. mr. boehner: i'd be happy to yield for the gentleman. mr. waxman: the republican leader was yielded the balance of the time which i think amounted to four or five minutes. he's talked for around 20. i know we have this magic minute that gives leaders a lot of extra time to speak, but i'm just wondering if there is some limit under the rules on the time that a leader may take,

hawaii. a state in this union. . they could just as well fire it at texas, or california, or alaska or georgia or maine. a sovereign state of this nation is their -- told us they are going to fire a missile in that direction basically at that state. now, they are pompous and blow hard -- blow hards, but we don't know what they are really going to do. we do know they have tested nuclear weaponsp very recently. so they have nuclear capability. why do i bring these things up in relationpship to the atmosphere that's been created in this house by the failure of leadership to address issues that is part of draining the swamp? it's because i'm going to make the argument that what has gone on in this house and the conversation about -- between our speaker and the c.i.a., about who is telling the truth and who is not, has a direct influence on these two sunday morning news stories and others. because, yes, we folks sitting around the breakfast table, we get our information about what's going on in the world from the press. but you better hope, having been a trial judge and told juries this for 20 years, you bet

or senate. still not included. the bill prohibits current detainees from being released in the continental united states and alaska and hawaii and d.c. prohibits current detainees from being transferred to the continental united states except to be prosecuted only after congress receives a plan detailing risks involved, a plan for mitigating such risk, cost of transfer and court demands, and a copy of the notification provided to the governor of receiving state 14 days before transfer with certification by the attorney general that the individual poses little or no security risk. in addition, the bill provides current detainees cannot be transferred or released to another country unless the president smits to congress 15 days prior to such transfer the name of the individual, country the individual will be transferred to, and an assessment of risk posed and actions taken to mitigate such risk. the terms of the transfer agreement of the other country including any financial assistance. lastly, it describes the disposition of each current detainee before the facility can be closed. but let me say in the final analysis, many re

or not. i think we will decide that we want to and do what was done 50 years ago with an alaska and hawaii, and a few years before that, actually w with oklahoma i don't want your egos to be upset. there's a lot going on today and part of it, obviously is what happened with the metro rail system. it's actually depressing, sad, that there is no current way for the ntsb or the department of transportation or anybody else, they can make recommendations, but they have no enforcement authority. i did not know that. until this happened. and people can have a variety of philosophies about the federal government, but it seems to me that where you have a heavy train being hit by -- vice versa, a light train being hit by a heavy train and something went wrong and yes, we know, we'll speculate and it'll all come come out in the end and in the meantime, the only thing that really counts is the, you know, all those families of the dead and sometimes the families of the injured suffer longer. but there's no authority to tell them they've got to run a safe train. there are recommendation, but no authority. th

or not. i think we will decide that we want to and do what was done 50 years ago with an alaska and hawaii, and a few years before that, actually with oklahoma actually and mexico and some other new states at the beginning of the 20th century. . host: at is it for today's "washington journal." we will take to the floor of the house of representatives. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] >> u.s. house gave eling in for what may be the last meeting before the 4th of july holiday. we expect the day to get started with one-minute speeches. the rule allows for three hours debate. now live coverage here on c-span. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, you hold all in good order. yet you give us the freedom of choice in the realm of good conscience. it seems you achieve your own good purposes in and