immunology at texas tech university. >> i spent about a half hour in the house and i was talking with bill, mr. holder. and i said to him, bill i don't feel for good. i said i got to get out of here and just literally walked out the front door and pretty much collapsed. i lost any ability to stand without aid. >> the samples were processed at texas tech health sciences center. technicians there sterilized the slides, then examined them under a high powered microscope. the cotton swab samples were transferred to petri dishes. then put in an incubator for five to seven days. if there were spores present, they would grow mold which could be examined under the microscope. most household molds are harmless. but dr. strauss found one type of mold in the home that was not harmless. it was a toxic, deadly mold known as stachybotrys. experts believed stachybotrys spores exist on many building materials. as long as those materials stay dry, the spores don't present a problem. but when the spores get wet from a leaky roof for example or in a dark moist environment and are near a paper product like drywall and in

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valeant is porking with personing square's bill ackman, currently the largest holder of allergan stocks. he says today that allergan's thinning down was long overdue. >> allergan has 1200 basis points higher to spend 1200 basis points more on overhead than the competitive set. i mean, that's an incredible gap. and now they're going to start to close that gap which, of course, it generates an increase in earnings. but really what you're doing over the next several years is cutting out fat you should have cut out a long time ago. >> valeant today said it contacted regulators in canada and the u.s. over what it called false and misleading statements. allergan's been making about its business model. it also urged allergan shareholders to vote for a special meeting called by ackman, who is aiming to replace the majority of allergan's board. >> why are we calling a special meeting? we are calling a special meeting so the shareholders can explain, express their views, that they want the valeant deal, or not. can decide they don't want it. at least that's the first time the company's going to h

bill. now, we also know, that in the meantime, the school reform commission had to approve budget earlier in the day that included $93 million plate holder, hoping state legislators would help fill. >> the budget bill passed by republican controlled legislature late last night includes increase in dollars for schools. does not raise taxes, and fills a large budget gap. but whether it helps philadelphia school budget crisis, still remains to be seen. democratic representative brendan boil argued on the house floor, there wasn't enough for the city schools. >> we cannot leave here without having done something to solve this problem. >> the $2 cigarette tax vital to is philadelphia school funding woes put into separate budget related bill will be voted on by the senate today. house vote would then follow. the $2 per pack cigarette tax would bring in about $80 million for the school district. yesterday, the school reform commission had to approve a budget that includes $93 million hold with hopes other revenue sources like the cigarette tax would fill it for next year. >> there aren't any other place toss cut. this is not a problem you can s

information sharing between the department and appropriate stake holders and the leveraging of best practices. adecisionally, this bill will increase stake holder participation, particularly among the private sector and federal response agencies, creating a whole community dialogue on this issue. the bill will require the group to submit an annual report to congress highlighting best practices, lessons learned and any recommendation. lastly this bill will require the group to meet in person or virtually at least twice a year and will not be a financial burden on the department. in today's day and age, where new social media platforms and technologies can change the game almost instantly, we must ensure our first responders are nimble enough to adapt to an ever-changing landscape this group is but one way to facilitate this. the committee on homeland security approved h.r. 4263 by a bipartisan voice vote and i appreciate the man for the which my ranking member, mr. payne, has worked with me on passage of this with our committee. i urge members to join me and the rest of our committee in supporting this bill and i reser

bill: you don't think holder will move on this thing, do you?a is asking for a special prosecutor. based on all the signs we're seeing right now, that is not going to happen, is it, michael. >> no i don't think so. i think people who care about this, want to see more movement on this, they have to hope there is more media attention to it. there is not at love media attention so far with a few of us excepted on what happened here the last several months. i think what could happen from these hearings with the federal judges is keeping the media ball rolling as it were. kind of taking politics out of it. bill: that would be an understatement, right? the other thing issa suggested, he pretty much concede, if you get significant movement in midterm elections that could move the ball forward. that seemed to suggest to me, he doesn't think much is going to happen before november or even beyond. >> i would agree with that. i'm a little skeptical that there could really be any sort of political undercurrents that could push this forward. it is just going

. >> bill kristol, not surprising that eric holder would hold that view. was surprised by congressman goodlatte. there's some concern. 1998. impeach the president, lose seats in the house. >> no responsible republican official has called for impeachment. the problem with that would be you get joe biden president. the republican task is to elect a republican senate. and elect a republican president in 2016. republicans are not going to impeach president obama. they're going to make the case for why a republican senate could check the president in 2015 and 2016. >> i think bill is completely right. nobody of responsibility, nobody in leadership, nobody of relevance has talked about impeachment. the lawsuit is about constitutional powers and the separation of power. can we stick to talking about what people who can make something happen say? and not what folks who just want to make headlines say. >> david plouffe, i think a lot of democrats want them to keep talking impeachment. >> of course. they reap what they sow. leaders are being some what responsible. t

bill: attorney general eric holder say critics of president are motivated because he is african-american have republican senator rob portman out of ohio. martha: struggling to handle thousands of illegal immigrants. texas governor rick perry is asking president obama to send in the national guard with you would that make any difference? today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> fox news news alert. a mysterious smell is sending people packing in a suburbs. they found high numbers of the a gas that was also used during the nazis era. new investigators are blaming the organic compound found in sump pumps for the order. overseas now, hamas is launches unmanned drones as the fight intensifie intensifies. this is brand new video showing the grown stri-- drone -- in thr there. good morning. i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. militants fired nearly a thousands rockets into israel and now hamas is taking it to a new level using drones

bills. not anymore. the american banker's association says the share of credit card holders paying off balance in full was the highest on record according to the latest data and late payments hit a 23-year low. >> up next, how data breaches like the one at target last year are creating a growing demand and opportunity with the insurance industry. >>> it appears washington lawmakers are moving closer to a compromise on president obama's request for nearly $4 billion in emergency spending on the boarder crisis. any deal would likely include policy changes to expedite the return of tens of thousands of children who have been streaming across the u.s. boarder with mexico and send them back to the home country. >>> it's being called the only must-pass legislation, the transportation highway bill and now senate finance committee leaders have agreed on a nearly $11 billion plan to extend construction funding. closely matching a plan from house majority leader john boehner that includes changes in pension taxes and customs fees. john harwood joins us from washington with more on this bill making its way through c

bill, but governor corbett wasn't racing to sign it right afterward. in the meantime, the school reform commission did pass a budget earlier in the day, that included a $93 million place holder, they were hoping state legislature would help fill it. >> large -- >> the budget bill passed by the republican controlled legislature late last night, includes an increase in dollars for school. does not raise taxes, and fills a large budget gap. whether it helps philadelphia school budget crisis, still remains to be seen. democratic representative brendan boil around on the house floor there wasn't enough for the city schools. >> we cannot leave here without having done something to solve this problem. >> the 2-dollar cigarette tax, vital to philadelphia's school funding woes, was put into a separate budget related bill that will be voted on by the senate today. a house vote would then follow. the 2-dollar per pack cigarette tax would bring in about $80 million for the school district. yesterday, the school reform commission, had to approve a budget that's includes a $93 million hole with hopes other revenue sources like the cigarette tax would fill it for next year. >> there aren't

bill: ten minutes past the hour. eric holder is under under microscope again today.awmakers asking why i will not appoint a special counsel in irs targeting investigation. we'll talk to one victim about her case in a moment. there is this have a listen. >> on just about every front there is danger we the people. president obama still have his supporters who spin the situation his way. the facts prove mr. obama's foreign policy has failed dismally. martha: that is bill o'reilly suggesting that the president's policies may be partly to blame for so much global instability, including the erupting situation now in libya. is that a fair assessment? plus this. bill: what you're watching there, are two women, running for their lives as a train bears down on them. and wait until you hear how this ends. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. bill: two women in indiana

because the going's gotten tough for eric holder, that somehow i'm a racist. now, when i criticize billhen i criticized any other democrat, if i criticized john kerry, hillary clinton, i'm not a racist. but he's throwing down the race card and making people somehow be nervous or angst, and oh, my gosh, you come after me or my policies, i'm going to say that maybe you don't like me because of the color of my skin, and that's why it's not right. >> craig, isn't there something in between here? i mean, you don't want to hide behind race, but there are people who hide behind policy, because they don't like that he's black. >> well, let me just send out a memo. we have racism in america, okay? we all know it. everybody on this panel knows it. the issue, though, is not that it exists, the question is whether or not it permeates enough throughout society that it doesn't allow the attorney general or the president to do their job. and i think the comments that paul begala made about what the president said in that article are spot-on. that, yeah, there is an element -- we all acknowledge there'

if you're an individual holder or paying a big tax bill because of inversions, another thing.y the way, if you're the management, you're getting grossed up, they're not paying that bill. they're not paying that bill in these deals. the ceo and senior managers, that's wrong. that's wrong. >> yes. >> to be a ceo -- >> bananas. >> look, i felt the market looked -- i'm not -- i'll use it, topiness to the market last week, being companies that deliver good earnings and stock weren't going up, that was different from three weeks ago earnings season. the company i'm watching now, i'll get to it, reported really good numbers and it's not going up. it's almost as if what's left going up right now is takeout. and you need to see a broader market. that's not what you want, to be down right now. >> it is a busy week for earnings. of course from everybody, oil, pharma, media, insurers, we'll get the jobs number on friday, q2, gdp this week as well. we'll break it down. >>> first on cnbc interview with blackberry ceo, john chen, hear what he has to say about the smartphone maker's valuation

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addressing this important issue and the administration will continue to work with key stake holders on the various billsping in congress. the perils of cyber space are not insurmountable. we know we need to remain focused on these challenges because these threats will continue to evolve. cyber security must be ongoing and by working together, all of us, we will meet this test. we will deploy the progress of today's technology to fulfill tomorrow's promise. coening will flow and marks will flourish. communities will prosper, workers will thrive and opportunities will abound and by moving forward without fear or illusion, we will realize the heap and expectation of the information age. thank you very much. i look forward to the discussion we are going to have. [ applause ] >> it's good to have you. thank you so much. i'm listening to your speech t. first thing i think of is i have an account and money in a major bank i know has not spent the doctor 250 million. i'm thinking, you do we prevent a run on the money? if my money is not in my account tomorrow, i will tell everybody the money is not there. how q

bills. now it has got the money. the president here -- they have done their bit, they're paying the restructured bond holders. is a lot of rhetoric here. they call these holdouts -- funds that got debt very cheaply. they want to be able to pay in full and the president said she will not be -- they never wanted to pay that, that's not something they would do. at the same time, though there has not been talking in the last few weeks, there has been negotiations, late yesterday the economy -- talks wrapped up. and they said they're talking again. the fact that the two sides are actually coming together is -- certainly people here in argentina were pretty skeptical when i was talking to them yesterday. but this morning, they talk about we just had this -- the last advice to avoid default. certainly the newspapers are quite watching every single last minute to see what is going on. >> we have to leave it there. unfortunately we have some sound problems coming from your end, but i know i'll be talking to you in about 45 minutes time on the world business report, hopefully get the sound issue sorted out. i apologize

bill. and since then, we've been walking around in circles. the stake holders are united and unanimous that america's falling apart, and it's falling behind, and we need to stop abaiting our responsibilities to fess up. now there are different approaches. you may hear from one of my colleagues, who's interested in devolution. there's a republican bill that would cut the transportation funding down to i think 3.7 cents, and turn this back as an unfunded mandate to the states and let them do what they will. the republican budget is kind of a status quo slow decline. if enacted it would have no new transportation projects until october 1st, 2015. and there would be a ten-year reduction of 30% of highway. and that's maybe what some people want. but that ought to be debated openly and honestly. others have ideas for raising revenue. i think we would be well served to be able to resolve this so that the transportation committee can come forward with a six-year bill. that they know what they got. is it 3.7 cents? is it the slow decline, the 30% reduction? is it maybe

bill, good evening. there are reports tonight that nearly two dozen of the passengers on board this aircraft were americans. or at least holdersu.s. passports. but those reports remain unconfirmed. however, senior u.s. officials have confirmed to our pentagon team that the plane was, in fact, shot down by a so-called buk surface-to-air missile. it's the very category of missile that the rebels there in eastern ukraine last month boasted of having acquired when they seized control of the missile defense site in donestsk. they have phone intercepts directly implicating two russian military officials in this attack. president obama and president putin discussed that by phone today. came one day after russian sanctions manufactures this kind of missile. the kremlin has issued a statement in the name of president putin attributing responsibility for this incident to ukraine not saying anything specific about who or what actually shot down that plane. it's actually the third ukrainian plane downed in this region this week. in short, this incident stands to escalate the crisis tensions in u.s. russians relations to a new level. senat

bill. and since then, we've been walking around in circles. the stake holders are united and unanimous that america's falling apart, and it's falling behind, and we need to stop abaiting our responsibilities to fess up. now there are different approaches. you may hear from one of my colleagues, who's interested in devolution. there's a republican bill that would cut the transportation funding down to i think 3.7 cents, and turn this back as an unfunded mandate to the states and let them do what they will. the republican budget is kind of a status quo slow decline. if enacted it would have no new transportation projects until october 1st, 2015. and there would be a ten-year reduction of 30% of highway. and that's maybe what some people want. but that ought to be debated openly and honestly. others have ideas for raising revenue. i think we would be well served to be able to resolve this so that the transportation committee can come forward with a six-year bill. that they know what they got. is it 3.7 cents? is it the slow decline, the 30% reduction? is it maybe

and finally the bill promotes the kinds of partnerships that we need between businesses, industries, postsecondary and other community sake holders. the southern regional education board cites that students with highly integrated c.t.e. programs where the c.t.e. programs and the academic programs are integrated together, that those schools have significantly higher achievement rates in reading, mathematics and sciences than students at schools that don't have integrated programs. in closing, madam president -- and then i want to defer to may colleague from ohio -- i noticed something when i was mayor of richmond and governor that was a change in the kind of economic development world. as mayor, i was often trying to get business to come to richmond and competing against savannah or the county next door. what i found it is what in these competitions, the closing factor was always the incentive factor. mr. mayor, what kind of tax incentives can you put on the table? you either beat the other guy or you don't. but by the time five, six, seven years i was later, the last incentive was not the incentive package. companies that were ch

republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, it's bad for our economy, and it's bad for our future. i've also directed secretary johnson and attorney general holdertify additional actions my administration can take on our own within my existing legal authorities, to do what congress refuses to do and fix as much of our immigration system as we can. if congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours. >> those comments came only a few hours after the president sent a letter updating congress on the administration's efforts to help control the over 50,000 unaccompanied minors who have arrived at the country's southwest border from central america, just since october. the president also wrote of his intention to request emergency funds which the white house said will likely total more than $2 billion to support "an aggressive deterrence strategy focused on the removal and repatriation of recent border crossers, a sustained border security surge through enhanced domestic enforcement chug interdiction and prosecution of criminal networks, a significant increase in immigration judges and the resources necessary to appropriately detain, process,

bill. another lawsuit seeking to defend a hedge fund's rights as a bond holder has just been filed.this case, it's blue mountain capital. the $21 billion asset manager in new york seeking to defend itself as a creditor of the puerto rican electric authority. the puerto rican electric utility, which has been struggling of late to meet debt payments. and blue mountain believes that a recently passed law in puerto rico that gives certain companies wider latitude to renegotiate debts is essentially going to allow companies like the utility to perhaps avoid their constitutional obligations as an issuer of public debt, among other things. they have hired ted olson to represent them in court. they filed in u.s. district court in puerto rico, kelly and bill. and it's sure to be another interesting case as we watch elliott in argentina unfold, fannie and freddie litigation unfold, et cetera. >> the whole industry watching it carefully, kate. thank you very much for that update. with 30 minutes to go here. >> yes, indeed. 30 minutes left and we're starting to gravitate higher again. the dow u

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the senate judiciary committee considers a bill that would prevent state and local governments from restricting access to abortion. attorney general eric holder speaks at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the civil-rights act. congressman jeff tennant talks about the problem of children from south america and injuring the u.s. without their parents. >> on that next washington journal we talk with democratic representative karen bass of california about a bill aimed at ensuring child welfare agencies are able to identify and served child victims of trafficking. >> now you can keep in touch with current events using any phone any time with c-span radio. simply call 202-626-8888 to your congressional coverage, public affairs forms in today's washington journal program and every weekday listen to recap at 5:00 p.m. eastern. c-span radio on audio now. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and the public policy events and every weekend book tv now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable-tv industry and brought to you as a public service b

i know all the stake holders firmly believe the adams' legacy is worthy of memorializing in the nation's capital. this bill if passed, will give all parties time to reach an agreement on an appropriation he case that honors president adams' legacy. for those of who grew up in massachusetts, the john and abigail adams memorial, their family, and our nation's service is a beacon on which to focus our own efforts. george washington, thomas jefferson and john adams, the sword, the voice of our independence. yet he continues to go unrecognized. i look forward to working with the adams memorial foundation, the national capital memorial advisory commission and others to help correct this oversightism thank chairman bishop of utah for his courtesy and support of this legislation. i want to thank both the chairman and ranking member, mr. holt, for yielding me this time and i urge my colleagues to support this very important bill and i yield back he the -- yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from montana is recognized. mr. daines: i reserve the balance

. >> one thing critics of eric holder, top cop getting involved in this. they are saying bills actually taking a close look at this himself. he is going to retrain all 35,000 police officers on what they need to be using with force. what's appropriate and what's not appropriate? the officers involved, the badge and gun of the one who allegedly did the choking has been taken off the job. others are on administrative duty. >> they're handling it themselves. >> they seem like they are. >> handled locally why would you have to have the department of justice get involved in something like that? >> why would you have to have the nation's top cop involved in something like that which nypd we know that they can handle their own investigations, one of the best, finest police departments in the world. >> bill bratton the lead. >> why in the world isn't the doj getting involved in other big matters that are out of. >> we he have a marine in mexico, still. >> michael tahmooressi down there in a mexican prison, still. fighting for our freedoms. why would you stay silent on this? how about

bill. in the state of tennessee you can now carry in the restaurants that serve alcohol as long as you're permit holder as long as you are not drinking any alcohol. and they are still allowed because of the provisions if they choose to. i personally choose not to go to those places. if you are not going to give me the ability to protect myself, and you're not going to protect me either, well, i have a problem with that. i don't want to give them my money. actually have these little cars that carry around with me that tell them, you're a gun free so bad it's a false sense of security. you have to stop and ask itself, who is most likely to follow this silly rules, you know? someone that wants to harm people is not going to carry about that sign. -- care about that site but it's a false sensitivity. i also testified before the ohio legislature, the house and senate, and they now have the restaurant carry law, and i submitted my written testimony here, for your north carolina legislators. and now you have restaurant carry. despite what the media would have you believe, and i know you all saw on the news, t

bills. as real money tells us, many may not even know it. >> the number of americans with debt in collection is shocking. that number includes credit card holdersl past due on their payments, generally more than 180 days. even worse, many of these consumers don't even realize they owe money. >> it could be anything from a magazine subscription to a gym membership, to any one of the number of recurring payments we have set up on auto pay and if you change bank accounts or credit cards and don't realize that that account's been on there, it could easily fall into collections. >> student loans and hospital bills are frequently overlooked, especially co payments or other bills a patient believes insurance covered. on average, the debt owed is just over $5,000 but varies widely from less $225 to more than $125,000. often the amounts are so small, collection agencies will let them go, but they are trouble on credit reports. >> it is used to determine insure rates, the interest rates you'll pay on a loan, whether you'll be extended a loan at all, and some employers use it. it makes it more difficult if you don't have a good cyd score and having things

holder and called on the department of justice to begin appropriate criminal and civil investigation into the allegation of misconduct at the veterans administration. we've also recommended that the commerce, justice and science appropriation bill that we serve as chairman and ranking provide the resources for these investigations. the veterans' affairs and military construction appropriation bill provides an additional $5 million to investigate v.a. scheduling practices alone. madam president, legislation introduced this week requests an additional $17 billion to improve the v.a. over the next three years. and while i commend these efforts to initiate corrective action, i believe that it's only a starting point. a lack of funding is not the main spring of the v.a.'s troubled past. i look forward to working with you and others, with the new v.a. secretary to ensure that these problems at the v.a. are rectified as soon as possible before any more veterans are virtually -- are adversely affected. solving issues at the v.a. have never been more imperative than it is today, as american service members continue to risk their lives every day for our nation. support for our armed forces must never waiver and it must be just as strong

bill ackman suggests a standoff is in place as bank of america and u.s. authorities fail to agree to a multibillion fine. >>> let's take a look at that top story. u.s. attorney general eric holder has reportedly refused to meet with bank of america ceo brian moynihan to resolve charges the bank sold bad mortgages before the financial crisis. holder says the sides are too far apart for a meeting to be productive. bank of america and justice department officials haven't held talks since the second week of june. last fall, jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon met with holder ahead of the bank's $30 million settlement. bank of america is asking to raise its dividend from a penny to 5 cents a share. bank of america got the approval in march to launch a buyback, but it had to pull the plan in april after discovering that an accounting error was in place. bank of america submitted its new plan in may and has requested a smaller buyback. quick check on the bank of america in the german trading session, down just shy of 0.5%. >>> now, the s.e.c. is poised to finalize long awaited rules on money market funds aimed at preventing a repeat of the financial crisis. "the wall street journal" reports the

bill somehow dictates what is the best science. not true. what it says, though, is that all of the data that they collect they have to present to and ther stake --holders it says that -- stakeholders and it says that they have to consider that data. now, if somebody has a study about what they think the conditions in lubbock, texas, are -- mr. hastings: i yield seconds. mr. neugebauer: we believe that people in lubbock, texas, west texas, have better information and ought to be part of that conversation. i ask my colleagues to support h.r. 4315 and i thank the gentleman. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i yield myself one minute. the gentleman made a point which i would agree is they should consider and give do weight to local submissions and people in the area. unfortunately, and perhaps the gentleman is unaware, this bill elevates that and it does say all science submitted by states, tribes and local governments is by definition the best scientific and commercial data. then if you refer back to the law under basis for determinations on endangered species and a number of other things, t

obtain input from stake holders including federally and nonfederally funded research, higher education institutions, small businesses and scientific disciplinary societies. the bill also requires a report on what steps are taken to carry out recommendations of the working group. i would like to thank chairman smith, ranking member johnson, my colleague, mr. peters from california, my colleague, mr. lipinski from california for their work on the bill and i'm hopeful this bipartisan legislation can see movement in the senate and from there we can help to alleviate some of the burden placed on our research universitys so they can get back to the main goal of conducting science research. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lipinski: i want to take this opportunity to thank mr. bucshon and chairman smith for not only this bill but the series of bills we're debating today. the subcommittee that chairman bucshon is chairman of and

easements but would allow the alaska native land holders to determine themselves which lands will be invested. i strongly support this provision and the underlying bill and it's always interesting, we talk about our good chairman, his proposal for tax reform. if i remember correctly, that side of the aisle criticized that tax reform badly. i'm not yielding. it's my time. criticized that tax reform. did not do it when they were in the majority. they passed obamacare, they passed cap and trade, they passed, you know, the stimulus package and they passed dodd-frank. didn't address this issue of being fiscally responsible. that mazes me. now i hear from that side to be fiscally responsible. but what we're trying to do here is give an extension for those who want to give neds of going through this congress. let's let the private individual be the one to decide to help his neighbor, not the bureaucracy. it amazes me how this changes, somebody on this side can say, we need reform, we need reform that side.nored by i compliment the chairman for his work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i yield myself 30 seconds.

bill to achieve the objectives. over 150 organizations, representing a wild variety of public and private entities and thousands of stake holders support a resolution to this issue. just to name a few of these organization the national association of state departments of agriculture, national water resources sork, the american farm bureau federation, the national farmers union, farm family alliance, national rural electric cooperative association, crop life america and responsible industry for a sound environment. i want to thank chairman shuster and ranking member rahall for tea the leadership of the committee as well as chairman lucas of the ag committee and ranking member peterson for their leadership. i urge members to support h.r. 935 and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon. mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defaws yoke spst it's groundhog day again here on the house of the floor -- on the floor of the house of representatives. much of that speech was read three years ago. there was a new rule, the