is now urging the e.p.a. to review the findings and asking them to limit the use of quietus a on food crops in washington sara montecito r.t. . group for it's interesting since last. regarding roe or with the working group released its report was the up to anything regarding of a study that they did back in two thousand and sixteen of how much privacy it was really in our food so they did actually publish those results in october believe it or not during the twenty sixteen f.d.a. analyzed over seven thousand food samples now these were over sixty nine hundred. and over four hundred animal products from ninety eight countries forty six states within the united states the f.d.a. did find that over ninety nine percent of domestic and ninety percent of import human foods work compliant with federal standards and i want to bring back in mind the report from the glyphosate was found at high levels in corn but not eggs or milk and soybeans as well i want to bring back though to the limits if we remember back when i ref

e.p.a. i'm also a delegate to the san francisco labor council from that union. there are two other unions at e.p.a., and i'm speaking for them today as well. the reason being that they wanted to be here, but they are so busy scrambling to catch up with the important work that they do every day that was, in many cases, left undone. it is true that some of them were working without pay, for example, we had a large crew of people, not only from our regional office, but from across the country, working on the hazardous cleanup at the fires in california, and during the shutdown, they were able to complete that task under budget, and ahead of schedule, all without pay. so that is just an example of the essential character of our work, i also will mention, since i was a super fun project manager, that e.p.a. is to lead regulatory agency at hunter's point superfund site, which is undergoing enormous problems, as you know, but has a large role to play. i think that you've already outlined very effectively, supervisor haney, what the financial impacts were, and what other

e.p.a. has been slow to respond and failed to keep communities informed. this month i partnered with senators durbin and duckworth and other colleagues in my delegation to introduce legislation that would require the e.p.a. to immediately revise and update its e.t.o. standards and keep the public fully informed. we're also commanding that e.p.a. evaluate ambient levels of e.t.l. in these communities immediately. something it should be doing already. our communities deserve more from the e.p.a. this is about our families and their public health. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize county sheriff jack welsh as he retires after 43 1/2 years of service to the county. sheriff welsh has served in many roles during his law enforcement career, beginning as a volunteer reserve deputy and eventual

which will get two in a sack and what they saw was anywhere from three to twenty seven parts per billion in the orange juice the e.p.a. has set the limit at five hundred parts per billion for being completely healthy so even if they were to go hundreds of times more than they already are they would still be well within healthy range i think it's something like you'd have to drink about two hundred fifty thousand glasses of orange juice a day at that rate to even begin to see any kind of effect whatsoever the study comes from a group called moms across america this group is not known for its finance part let's also but even if we were to take all of this together if we were to accept that the other problem with this whole issue of hysteria is glyphosate is considered safe by the e.p.a. it's considered safe by the european union and yet it still continues continues to get headlines again and again and again the most recent example was a mega analysis that came out just a couple of weeks ago and it looked at all the studies being done so far each one a worst case scenario study and again even if we take it at face value

there was provisions of services that we want to make sure we are prepared for and aware of. e.p.a. inspections, national park management, grants to nonprofits and municipal agencies being delayed, businesses who are serving federal employees, losing customers, and there's a possibility that this -- even though it's stopped for now, may continue again in a week and that there may be unfortunately situations in the future where we have to deal with this again. as i mentioned today, we're going to hear from various city departments that relate to the day-to-day lives of people who live and work in san francisco so we can better understand what to do in the future and what happened over those 35 days. i do want to say that one of the things that initiated this conversation was that there were cities and counties all over the country who took steps, from kansas city to denver to atlanta who took steps to support their furloughed employees. we were able to talk to many representatives from those cities. in kansas city, federal workers were entitled to free rides on public transportation f

also today, andrew wheeler won a nate committee's approval to be head of the e.p.a. his nomition now goes to the full senate. and, on wall street, a series of strong earnings reports gaveoo stocks another. the dow jones industrial average gained 172 points to close at 25,411. the nasdaq rose 54 points, and the s&p 500 added 12. still come on the newshour: reaction to the president's comments that the u.s. will use a base in iraqo keep eyes on iran. a rigorous program prepares black undergraduates to go on to medical school. plus, essayist rachel kaadzi ghansah gives her brief but spectacular take on fearlessness. >> woodruff: as we reported, the top u.s. military commander for the middle east was on capitol hill today. in addition to the fight against isis, he was asked about recent comments by president trumpti sugg american troops in iraq could shift their mission. and asick schifrin reports, those comments about u.s. troops watching iran, have sparked deep concern in iraq. >> schifrin: near the iraqi- syrian border, an iraqi soldier, and his american advisor, lineu

e.p.a. came in right after that and cleared my good name. which was -- people want to rail on the e.p.a. and given time i might too but at that time i was very grateful. although i'd lost the business. i always tell people, you want to see my fortune, drive by my lawyer's house. t's very nice. i said at that time, i looked at people that were getting run through the ringer, i remembered a travel date was up here in the clintons. recked these people's lives that were involved in a travel -- used travel and they just wrecked their lives so somebody else could get the job. they were on the radio raising money, hundreds of thousands of dollars, you know, for their lawsuits. mine was more expensive than theirs and nobody came out and looked after tim burchett. just his mom and daddy and i decided at that point if i was ever fortunate enough to be lect of any office or do anything, i would never turn my back on folks that, constituents. that's been my hallmark. the first race we won we won with about 2.5% out of 9 house that that year -- 99% year. i was only person to beat an incumbent. and fou

in an effort to find a solution to the problem that is e.p.a. has launched an initiative called the big health project that sente sandy and casey and his team are developing bio pesticide from plant based materials in an effort to kill disease causing mates. just like humans billie's have the good and bad bacteria so all of the things we do it dissipate is to look at the good bacteria that they have in their testing. and explore. for them to use it to. really. protect themselves against. against. environment. it is crucial to restore populations of twenty meters the food security has to be enhanced protecting habitats and banning him from would allow bees and butterflies to flourish again and crops proliferate one mission at a time. they effect of climate change are many but it's obvious that droughts and flooding now post bigger threats to farmers around the globe than ever before experts say that between two thousand and five and twenty fifteen economic losses from natural disasters cost more than one point three trillion dollars globally insur

housing -- bridges, transit and housing, and the bill blocks attempt business the white house to hamstring the e.p.a. and other agencies from protecting our environment. and importantly the bill overrides the president's decision to freeze federal employee pay this year. instead, it provides a $1.-- a 1.9% pay raise for all federal employees. this conference agreement also makes smart investments in border security by investing $755 million in infrastructure and technology at ports of entry, additional funds to hire customs agents, $563 million for immigration judges, to reduce the backlog, and humanitarian aid for central american countries and along our border to those who need the help. the bill also provides $1.375 billion for border fencing, with restrictions protecting sensitive areas and local involvement. and takes steps to reduce the immigration detention bed levels for which i'm confident the louis provide rigorous oversight. madam speaker, there are a few things missing from this agreement, to help us repair the damage from the longest partial government shutdown in united states history.

e.p.a. requiredr very large waovider in the u.s. to test for 1,4-dioxane. that's the first step in whether or not a contaminant will be regulated under the safe drinking water act. esults showed that long island was a hot spot. mf ore than 70%ter authorities here had levels of an1,4-diabove .35 parts per billion. that's the level that the e.p.a. calculates poses a lifetime, one-in-a-million increased chance of developing cancer. at may not sound like th high a risk level, but many sites here on long island had levels way above the ones associated with that long-term cancer risia in fact, off here in hicksville had to shut down this well in 2015 becau it was found to have levels of 1,4- dioxane that were the hiest in the country, amounts that were nearly 100 times higher than that one-in-a-million risk level. but 1,4-dioxane's presence in drinking water doesn't mean it'll necessarily be regulated at the federal level. the e.p.a. says it will not make any final determination until at least 2021. >> the federal government didn't take a lead role in wanting to

it's in a sensitive environment which means we have to work with the army corps of engineers, state water resources control board, e.p.a. and a whole host of other agencies to complete this project. unfortunately, this failure, this crack happened before we could finish the design for that project. so that project is happening. it's a bigger fix. we cannot, though, not fix this crack prior to completing the large project, so we implemented the emergency declaration, got out there and started doing the work to ensure this didn't result in a complete break of the pipe which would have been even worse to have a three-foot sewer broken into a creek that the public can access and also have potential serious regulatory engagement based on that. >> president yee: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: well, when you call the next item, i'd like to hear the story on the next item. >> sounds good. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take these two items, same house, same call? without objection, these resolutions are adopted unanimously. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 19 is a resolution to retro

i can report back to you since then the e.p.a. has approved our time extensions and that makes today's step the last step required before we can get started. the funds remaining as i've already stated are the project budget. we're looking to expend all the remaining funds in these grants, and they require a match of 10% by ocii, an amount of 55199. first d.p.w. will do the work, ask payment from ocii, we'll seek reimbursement and pass it onto the department of public works. some work has been done out at the shipyard, including work to building 101. as i said, we've been collaborating closely with the shipyard artists to decide what the best scope for these improvements would be working with the shipyard trust for the arts and we've worked together over a period of years to develop the need of the artists and scope of this project. as it's funded by the economic development advation, it's required to have an economic development for job creation objectives. so one of the core pieces of the improvements we'll be doing is to convert

many issues facing this country at the moment it's hard to pick and choose which one rises to the top of the e.p.a. about twelve holidays here in the year and being killed richard. they're more children than that that die of the flu on a monthly basis perhaps the flu should be at the top of the list it's not the numbers the issue is what is it exactly that we can do about it without interfering in the village image rights of citizens in this country under this constitution to own guns for legitimate purposes richard feldman thank you very much for your time thank you. now the former deputy director of the f.b.i. has revealed that top u.s. justice department officials had meetings in twenty seventeen to discuss removing president trump from office under mccabe says the move was considered because he colleagues were so alarmed by trump's decision to fire james comey the f.b.i. director at the time a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. it's the first time anyone working on the investigation into u.s. president donald trump's alleged campaign ties to russia has publicly stated there we

don't care what people want to twist it or politic it would all falls on the backs of the george bush administration in particular christine todd whitman who was the head of the e.p.a. . quote a week after the attack she said quote i'm glad to reassure the people of new york that there are safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink she said three days after the attacks use about a week up to the attacked by the tragedy of it is a lawsuit brought by new york residents against whitman was brought that year. people's court ruled that women could not be held liable for the health problems caused by the air or ground zero yes but you know what you're you can be held liable in the court of public opinion use those people in there to work and breathe that air you were in the bush administration and that's where the blame falls and this is a topic that hopefully we will have to cover good because they'll get their money and these people can get paid but as we go to break don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics with a couple of days before the show was at our t.v. dot com coming up we celebrate black history month with an all star panel discussion on

into the people who are to the navy, to the regulators, the department of toxic substance and control, the california environmental protection agency, the u.s. e.p.a and all the other regulatory agencies is for them to reconvene and get advisors here, and what is going on. there are protocols involved. so that is that. i just want to capture the use, based on the discussions we have had today on discussion of future agenda items, i think what i heard the commissioner say, what our interests are, moving forward, is that with regards to the parks and maintenance, we would like to have a framework of the future administration of that, and the entity that we talked about, based on successful models in the country and in the world. how we are going to do that, given that they have the bulk of the responsibility for some infrastructure and impacts maintenance. i would also mention that now is the time to start talking about marketing, some of the opportunity that we have as part of san francisco, engaging with agencies like the airport, or tourism, and see, even right now, what they could be planning to do to help us let people know that treasure island

acknowledging those facts, the president denied climate science, nominated fossil fuel lobbyists to run the e.p.a. and department of ininterior and undone critical environmental protection. we need a comprehensive agenda to combat climate change and a monument shift to renewable energy, and more energy efficient buildings. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, for more than 50 years we observed february as american heart month. heart disease is the nation's number one killer. during this month we reaffirm p our commitment to combating heart disease and educating all people about the benefits of a healthy active lifestyle. madam speaker, before i came to congress i worked for nearly 30 years as a rehabilitation the

two hundred twenty million dollars federal tax rebate that's according to the institute for taxation and economic policy or e.p.a. policy group in washington i t e p listed netflix as one of one hundred fortune five hundred corporations that paid zero taxes and got a rebate and profitable years between two thousand and eight and twenty fifteen i t e p senior fellow matthew gardner wrote online quote this is especially troubling because net is precisely the sort of company that should be paying its fair share of income taxes. and turning to venezuela's financial problems which we've discussed here many times the government of president nicolas maduro may have hit on one method of converting gold reserves in the cash bloomberg is reporting that a turkish company started as imported nearly nine hundred million dollars of gold purchased from the venezuelan state between january and november of last year and managed to buy all that gold despite having just one million dollars in declared capital now a venezuelan legislator who supports the overthrow of the elected president is alleging that an object of the company n

after the interview i'm not going to speak to mr such is the concern about spies stalking the streets of brussels that the e.u. is diplomatic and foreign wing the e.p.a.'s has warned member states embassies that hundred so. so if they know. where all they. been told that this city is full of spice have you seen any yet. and i'm respond favorably hold to. the rich and give to the poor to do such in brussels with europe have you seen any yes we do have people that you don't know about that are the most important spies they know the most so not russian not chinese. made it . to the right direction. i have been told to eat. oh yeah i am definitely missed by one that this is the best i could do with some. comment to lisa from the m.s.c. . group. russians. blush. well after much searching here in the heart of brussels it seems that they've been taking me on a bit of a wild goose chase and know we're actually spice. back in the restroom feeling that tells me that if they were filling up the seats they probably were going to be here and you see. it's very difficult to spy. countries where to sit so you can just arrive here and say here is the commission i wa

giving testimony after testimony of why a corporation needed to follow the rules, needed to follow the processers in e.p.a., the federal highway administration, the number of entities involved in possibly a new bridge crossing. what i also incredibly loved is, you know, i remember sitting on a panel about immigration reform with congressman dingell at the university of michigan-ann arbor. as a sitting state rep i remember coming in from little capital, driving in about an hour or so, it was a cold day, i believe it was snowing, of course disheveled as i usually am, i look to him if you know congressman dingell, he had the cane, he would put the cane right between his knees and just sit there and he would look up if his demrses and i look at him and i said congressman dingell, i just don't know how you've been doing this for so long. this is so hard because they lie. he looked at me and he said, you know, i just loved what he said. he turns to me and he always called me young lady he said young lady, there's a saying in india that if you standstill enough at the river banks, standstill, that your enemies w

in the census which is 1 billion-dollar increase she notes to, quote, combat the administration's assault on the census and 9.3 billion in e.p.and water conservation fund. meanwhile democrats are encouraging them to sign off. both schumer and pelosi saying you can't always get what you want. get on board. actually, lawmakers on both sides appear confident that it probably will pass with some rejections. of the voting is going to start in the senate because of a funeral and finish in a house likely tonight to pave way for his signature of this the 1159 pages. brian: right. are you going to refill the paper for bret baier? because when he comes in he hates doing that. ainsley: how many times did you have to refill to. steve: three reams. ainsley: president said he is going to read through that whole thing to make sure there aren't any land mines. steve: i doubt the president will end up reading that. ainsley: the staff. brian: mick mulvaney. ainsley: nancy pelosi after it passes. steve: you have to pass it before you find out what's in it. there are a number of liberals going to vote no because there is money for a border barrie

e.p.a. out of decided this issue there was a demonstration opposing the. decision but now it's can of course but. the consternation alrighty is set about to let from hari thank you your own place to call home with electricity was have and it clean toilet now that's not too much to ask right but that is out of three each for many invent namibia where high prices have pushed more than half of the city's population into rental slums on the outskirts now a youth movement is saying enough is enough. seven years ago a poor ashie one that left to have village in north and the media and came to study in vain talk and able to afford city prizes she rented a shack five out in the cut to tour a township the name cut to tura translates from the local heroin language as the place where no one wants to leave and it's not hard to see why. i just pardon my door open and everything was in the house or somebody stole my things. this thing is like this. this is not exactly what pool imagined for herself when she made the decision to come to been told but decent affordable housing is in short supply anything more central would simply be too expensive she fee

e.p.a. is national center for environmental assessment published a study showing that when it comes to air pollution blacks specifically had one point five four times higher burden than did the overall population and this week the union of concerned scientists released a report regarding. in equitable exposure to air pollution from vehicles in california they found that african-american latino and asian californians are exposed to particulate matter pollution forty three thirty nine and twenty one percent higher respectively than white californians and that people living in los angeles county are exposed to sixty percent more vehicle pollution than the state average and two hundred fifty percent more than the san francisco bay area you know what this means is that poor people of color are at higher risk for slowed long function growth development of asthma heart and lung disease heart attacks or regular herpes some blood clots just to name a few it also means that the concept of environmental justice has missed the injustices happening to people of color why well as robert bowler the father of envir