babin: thank you. now i'd like to recognize mr. brooks. mr. brooks: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. gerstenmaier in light of recent launch failures is nasa reassessing their insight and oversight approach for commercially provided vehicles that service the international space station? >> as part of the accident investigation with the space-x event that occurred, we have part of our commercial crew program representatives are part of that activity with space-x. they are actively involved in analyzing and understanding what occurred on the cargo vehicle with an eye toward any design changes, process changes, any hardware changes that need to be made in the crew program. so we're actively involved in transitioning that information from this failure directly into the crew program. mr. brooks: thank you, i appreciate that response, an effort on behalf of nasa. in my experience, nasa has a tremendous amount of insight and expertise. and i would encourage nasa to show the leadership that you indicate they are sh

babin: thank you. i now recognize mr. elbon to present his testimony. >> on behalf of the boeing company, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to provide an update on boeing's role on the international space station. as one of your constituents congratulations on your selection to lead this important committee. boeing is extremely proud to have supported nasa in the design, integration and assembly of the i.s.s. as nasa's prime contractor boeing delivered the components and provided system integration for the stage by stage ability. we continue in the i.s.s. sustainment role today. on november 2, the world will celebrate 15 years of continuous presence in space, human presence in space. with international crews living and working on bort the i.s.s. at a time when many decry a gap as we transition to commercial transportation, we who know i.s.s., america and partner nations are making advances in space every day. international space station has been recognized as the largest most complex inter

the hearing of the house space subcommittee chaired by bruce babin of texas.morning. i like to welcome everyone to our hearing today and i want to thank our witnesses for taking time to appear before our committee. since 2013 the iss program has experienced a number of challenges. as a can-do nation america has always been committed to identifying challenges addressing them and advancing to reach out and reach our goals and destiny. we have that same commitment with the iss. during this time astronauts have experienced water leaks in their suits three times with one incident occurring during a spacewalk. on april 26, 2013 from an unmanned russian progress cargo vehicle damaged the radar deflector, reflector when docking with the iss. on january 14, 2015 a false alarm of an ammonia leak caused the crew to retreat into the russian segment. on october 28, 2014 and orbital site is unmanned cargo launch failed just after launch. on april 20, 2015 a separate russian cargo vehicle failed to reach the iss. on june 7, 2015 upland reduced by the iss using a doc progress

babin: a video released just today shows another high-ranking planned parenthood official again discussing fetal tissue payments. she describes using a less crunchy technique to yield as much and many body parts as possible for more money to buy herself a lamborghini. this is inhumane. and as a health provider myself i condemn it in the strongest terms. i hope the relevant medical licensing boards and their states disqualify her and the other doctor from ever practicing medicine again. it is a national disgrace that taxpayer dollars account for 41% of planned parenthood's revenue. rand that over the past three years the organization has received $1.2 billion in funding for medicaid. all of this for an organization that performs more than 300,000 abortions a year. american families should not be forced to pay the operating costs and salaries for abortion businesses. much less one that engages in fetal tissue trafficking. as an original co-sponsor of the defund planned parenthood act, we are working to prohibit federal funds from going to planned parenthood or any entity that performs aborti

we have on the phone former undersecretary of defense jed babin. we heard all the different worries about this. what should be our main worry as americans, not necessarily as global citizens but as americans with this deal? >> well our basic worries are twofold, charles. number one, we have to face the fact that the congress is made irrelevant. the arms embaggoer will be relieved by the united nations regardless what the congress does. all the things the president granting to iran will really happen regardless of what our congress will do to approve or disapprove. let's not pretend we have any voice in this. the second point this insures that iran has nuclear weapons, five, 10 years, probably sooner. and they will be able to do what they will, at the same time, accompanying that they are going to receive in relief of this arms embargo the russian missiles, the s-300 anti-aircraft, anti-missile systems that will make sure that -- charles: jed, need to hold right there. hold that thought. there are great points you're making. we have to go back to wa

. >> chairman babin, ranking member edwards and members of the subcommittee. on behalf of the boeing company thank you for the opportunity to testify to provide an update on boeing's role in the international space station. as one of your constituents, congrat oolgss congratulations on your selection to lead this committee. boeing is proud to have supported nasa in the design, integration and assembly of iss. as nas'sanasa's prime -- we continue in the iss sustainment role today. on november 2nd the world will celebrate 15 years of continuous presence in space human presence in space. with international crews living and working aboard the iss. at a time when many decry a gap in america's space program as we transition from space shuttle to commercial transportation, we who know hiiss know we are milwaukeeing ingmaking advancements in space every day. it's been recognized as the largest scientific and engineering project in history. and the world's largest endeavor in space to date. ongoing improvements are making iss even better. the station brought together h

babin's district as well as my own district in oklahoma. >> can, but -- >> i now recognize the gentleman from alabama, mr. palmer for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. administrator mccarthy from the epa your agency wrote that the epa projections show the vast majority of u.s. counties would meet proposed standards by 2025 just with the rules and programs in place right now. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> then is it also correct that the epa is just now -- or just earlier this year started releasing guidelines for implementing the 2008 rule? >> that is actually true sir, yes. >> then why in the world are we talking about a new standard, which the epa based on a past hearing here admitted the technology doesn't exist to meet this new standard. why have -- are you implementing a new standard when you haven't implemented the last one? >> well, sir, there are still remaining a number of standards. this is actually an -- >> ma'am i don't want to get -- >> well, congress told us to do this, sir. it is an effort to continue to look at the science. >> so if congress -- you're doi

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