castor votes chairman upton. no. >> others wishing to cast a vote? seeing none, the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, there were 19 ayes and 34 nays. >> the amendment is not. the next vote will occur on the doyle amendment and those in favor will sayos opposed will say no. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. barton votes no. mr. sterns votno. mr. whitfield votes no. mr. shim kiss votes no. mr. pits votes no. mrs. bono mac votes no. mr. walden votes no. mr. terry votes no. mr. rogers votes no. mr. mi rick votes no. mr. sullivan votes no. mr. murphy votes no. mr. burgess votes no. mrs. blackburn votes no. mr. bill bray votes no. mr. bass votes no. mr. skilis votes no. mr. lata votes no. mrs. mcmorris rogers votes no. mr. harper votes no. mr. lance. mr. lance votes no. mr. cassidy votes no. mr. guthrie votes no. mr. olsson votes no. mr. mckinley votes no. mr. gardener votes no. mr. pompeo votes no. mr. kin singer votes no. mr. griffith votes no. mr. waxman. mr. dingle. mr. dingle votes aye. mr. markiy votes aye. mr. towns. mr. towns votes a

castor. >> thank you. welcome. citizens across america value clean air and clean water. so i want to thank you and everyone at epa for what you're doing to protect our air and our water and for your partnership with states and local communities. now, two of the most important partnerships with our local communities involve the state -- the clean water and safe drink water loan programs. these are the vital dollars that help with storm water infrastructure, replacing old pipes. waste water infrastructure that's not real exciting, but they are vitally important when it comes to keeping our neighborhoods clean and our water bodies clean all across the country. they're important job creators too and the recovery act gave us a nice shot in the arm to help create jobs while at the same time leaving with us a lasting legacy of important infrastructure improvements. the issue is that the needs all across the country outweigh the resources. how would you characterize the backlog right now in storm wat

economies, questions from kathy castor a democrat from florida. the issue of eurozone also came up as he testified before the committee, saying the decision back in december to offer cheap three-year loans toe europe banks has taken away some of the financial stress and also given a little more breathing space to the european economy but he warned a slow u.s. recovery does remain vulnerable to any shock from the troubled region. also an issue that came up last week with vice president bride idden remains the impact it could have in the u.s. moving into the summer and fall. this is washington today in the washington baltimore area, wcsp. we're streamed on the web at c-span radio.org and heard on xm channel 119. a former executive of the now collapsed brokerage firm mf global testifying today he warned the then ceo jon corzine a year before the company went under about the risks of making large bets on europe's government debt. michael roseman told a house oversight subcommittee that he raised the concern back in october of 2010 about this issue. mf

castor: thank you, mr. speaker. the bill is a special valentine a love letter of the republicans undiing devotion to big oil. no others compare. the problem is with the republican congressional leaders' blind passion for big oil, they demonstrate an animosity to american families and businesses. it has been less than two years since the deepwater horizon disaster and republicans now propose to drill for oil just about anywhere. have safety measures been adopted by this congress? no. do they recognize that there are special places across america that are not appropriate for oil drilling? not really. for example, the bill would allow drilling off the beaches of florida. florida's tourism industry employs more than one million people. tourism and fishing are multibillion industry, drilling closer to our shores puts those jobs at risk. yet, that's what the republicans propose here and for what? the c.b.o. says if you drill off the coast of florida that would generate $100 million. $billion or 100 million? bp decimated t

homer and margaret castor. >> johnny's orbital flight was a real test of courage for annie, too.rl. >> annie had complete faith in the space program just as she had confidence in everything johnny set out to do. >> this house was home for john glenn. john glenn sr. and mrs. clara glenn are gratefully proud of their son's accomplishments. >> john was prepared for the orve orbital flight as were the other astronauts and the entire team. >> in a way, john has been preparing all his life for his venture into space. as a small boy, his idea of a holiday was a visit to the airport. and when he grew up, it was no surprise to us when he decided to learn to fly. >> flight commanded young john's major interests. he had to learn to fly. world war ii interrupted college. he received his first flying lessons from pilot harry clever. >> this is john's flight record with my combat after his first flight, which was eager to learn, relaxed, alert, and good coordination. he certainly has retained these flight qualities right into outer space. [ playing "anchors away" ] >> flight training in pensac

. >> reporter: to understand why facebook has become so valuable to investors, meet emily castor fromalifornia, walter vatieri from italy and tatjana a antin-- friends because of facebook. >> it's a foundation of every social interaction we have. >> reporter: facebook? >> it is. >> reporter: they were brought together by zimride, an internet site that organizes car pools but it was brought together by facebook. >> it was comforting to see tatjana had hundreds of friends on facebook. she looked like she was friendly. >> reporter: so you rented a car? >> yes, we rented a car and hit the road. >> reporter: zimride's cofounder john zimmer says like many internet startups his company depends on facebook to get customers. >> when you log into our service and we require facebook and you log into services that require facebook it makes it hard for people not to use facebook. >> reporter: and that is facebook's goal, to become the place on the internet that people must use to connect with friend and businesses. everything users do on facebook adds to a detailed personal profile that facebook t

miss castor. we balance it by the fact that we have, as you noted, the recovery act gave a shot in the arm to the programs. it's been about $18 billion in this administration. it's another dut. tough, tough choices. we're at the point where we don't have many places we can cut except in these infrastructure investments. these are loan programs, for the most part. there's a revolves, almost self-sustaining point. >> i hope the congress will respond overall by giving a boost to these vital clean water and drinking water initiatives that are important partnerships for our local communities and the states and find savings elsewhere in the budget. next i would like to ask you about -- the good news out of the administration on more fuel-efficient cars. think this is great news for american families. and businesses. it appears that you al are building on the success that the congress in first increase in u automobile fuel economy in 32 years. we beasted mileage to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. i have to

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i wanted to add my voice to miss castor who spoke about the reduction in the 2013 budget, $29 million for drinking water, state revolving funds. i'm hoping there might be a way to restore some of that money. my city of new york has received many millions of dollars to protect water sheds, make upgrades to our sewer system. epa's most recent drinking water infrastructure need survey indicates new york will require $29.7 billion over 20 years to ensure continued delivery of safe public drinking water. i want to emphasize that, and i hope you can find some way to restore those cuts. i want to talk about fracing, because that is something, in my state, that is a hot topic. we have many, many people who are freearful of fracing. obviously we don't want to contaminate drinking water and have fracing by water sheds. that is a concern i have. on the other hand it has the potential to create many jobs in western new york as it has been in pennsylvania. i know that you had -- mr. gatt and mr. green had spoken with you about it with the study. i think the study is a good idea. i think we have to

castor who spoke about the reduction in the 2013 budget of $359 million for the clean water and drinking water state revolving funds. i hope there might be a way to try to restore some of that money because my state of new york has received many millions of dollars to protect our watersheds and make upgrades and repairs to our sewer systems and epa's most recent drinking water infrastructure survey indicates that new york will require $29.7 billion over 20 years to ensure continued delivery of safe, public drinking water. so i want to emphasize that. and i hope you can find some way to restore those cuts. >> i want to talk about frocking. that is something in my state that is sahh hot topic. we have many, many people who are fearful of fracking. we don't want it to contaminate the drinking water or have fracking by the watersheds. that is sahh concern that i have. on the other hand, it has the potential to create many jobs in western new york, as it has been doing in western pennsylvania. and i know mr. green had spoken with you about it. with the -- with the study. i think the study is

castor. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, mr. secretary. i would like to ask you about identity theft and tax fraud. in the fall of last year my local police chief, she said where are all the criminals on the street? all the drug dealers were gone. all the other petty theft criminals gone off the street. they thought we're doing a great job. crime is down. then they raided a motel with rooms where they had laptops set up one after another and they found where all the criminals were, and they were filing fraudulent identities to claim the filing the tax returns to get refunds. they have quite a racket going on. they call it turbo tax because it is so easy and they can put in hundreds of these and you should see what the postmaster general has, just row afro of those debit cards -- row after fais row of debit cards, green cards, other checks coming to post office boxes and in fact the bust last year was $130 million worth. they think that's just the tip of the iceberg. this is not just in tampa, florida. this is happening all over the country

castor: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm very pleased to see so much bipartisan support for legislation to devote 80% of the fines and penalties under the clean water act from the b.p. deepwater horizon disaster to the gulf of mexico. and i reluctantly have to oppose this amendment because the amendment is entitled restore and that is one of the pieces of legislation that, on the one hand, does devote 80%, but on the other is completely flawed. and so for that reason i'm going to have to urge everyone to vote no. but, let's not lose momentum here. let's redouble our efforts in this congress as soon as possible to pass legislation that does devote 80% of the fines and penalties to the gulf of mexico. the problems with the restore act are many, it doesn't focus on gulfwide research and recovery it does not devote the kind of resources to long-term monitoring in the gulf of mexico. there are many other areas in -- that many other areas in america enjoy. for those reasons i urge a no vote. the chair: the gentleman

castor: thank you, madam speaker. i ask my colleagues to support the stock act when it comes up later today. the stock act is the stop trading on congressional knowledge act. it essentially bans members of congress from using their position and information that is not available to the general public for their own personal gain, such as purchasing stocks based upon information we learn from a briefing here on capitol hill. public office is a public trust , and rules that apply to our neighbors and americans all across the understand should equally apply to members of congress. i'd like to congratulate my colleague, congresswoman louise slaughter from new york, and congressman tim walz from minnesota, who have worked on this legislation year in and year out. colleagues, we should all vote in favor of the stock act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr.

castor: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the bipartisan expedited line-item veto and recisions act. as a member of the budget committee and a co-sponsor, i'd like to thank chairman ryan and ranking member van holen for their work and -- van hollen for their work and cooperation. mr. chairman, i support a line-item veto because the congressional appropriations and spending oversight is broken. they're broken. almost every year appropriation bills are rolled into one massive package at the end of the year with little opportunity to review, debate or amend the provisions. that means members have little ability to eliminate a wasteful expenditure or program. this past year was a perfect example. despite the expressed desires of speaker boehner that we would have open debate and have open amendments on every appropriations bill, that did not happen. instead, the bills were rolled into one huge package in the 11th hour, released with -- i think ranking member van hollen said, 15 hours to review

parmley, a just fermented castor to shut a yes from mr. cantor. >> don't know, a yes and a believe it is yes. assets and about she can appreciate or falken tire, be sold or transferred, and we all agree to? >> let the record show you all agree. >> potentially they could also be stolen. do we all agree? >> yes, sir. >> let the record show that all the great. >> have any of you ever heard of them being quote a verizon? >> no, sir. >> no. >> okay, let the record show that all said no. how would you treat assets on a balance sheet if those assets had been stolen? or just to save time, is it correct to assume that they wouldn't be counted because he would eventually need to be returned to the rightful owners? do you agree with that statement? >> i'm not sure i've ever faced that experience. >> i would put on the balance sheet as a row but there might be a contingent potential recovery. >> okay. we as we'll have never faced anything like that, but we would probably handle it very similarly. >> so mr. cantor, mr. gellert agree. mr. parmelee, you

castor: we both know, because -- mr. cassidy: we both know, because of market forces, its costs are 40% cheaper than originally conceived. that is the power of getting the patient the ability to go from plan to plan. if she doesn't like that plan, next year she chooses another. and the bad plan goes out the of business if enough seniors do that. that's the same concept behind medicare part d. we have other colleagues to speak. i have one more thing. i'm always struck when my democratic friends say they want the american people to have the same type of plan that members of congress do. the premium support model is the same type of plan you and i have. we pick among an array of programs we pick the one that works best for us, that matches our pocketbook. if we're poor we pay nothing at all, if we're rich we pay a little bit more. but most of us in congress are in this middle range. we get the plan that benefits our need. that is the widen-ryan plan totally. we actually give the american people the same sort of deal that me