epa for a package of transportation projects for treasure island.no local match funding is required and the period of performance is three years starting this past january. we have an award agreement and the grant is considered obligated. however, since the grant is funded through the epa's environmental and climate justice program whe inflation r, there's some certain uncertain india around it at the moment but we're requesting approval of this action item in anticipation of being able to move forward. and just as a refresher, here's some quick context for this item and the grant at full buildout. treasure island will be home to 20,000 new residents living in 8000 new homes of which 27% are affordable. almost a thousand new units are already complete and more construction is underway. the development is a critical piece in meeting our housing commitments. the treasure island transportation program is an integral part of the overall development of treasure island and was part of the project definition that was analyzed in the air. the overall goal i

and that's that was our position, and that was the epa's position. but that was not the judge's ruling. jordan believes air pollution tests in louisiana are not wide ranging enough. the toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, there's not any mandatory measuring or testing from the epa of those particular chemicals. no, there's not. the epa focuses on these six pollutants that it has identified as the ones that are very commonly across the country, known to present health effects. but of crse, we have communities here in louisiana that are exposed to toxic pollutants that don't fall under this epa program. the company decided to withdraw its plans for its grain facility in wallace, but attorney jordan still thinks local officials aren't sufficiently protecting residents. the local political subdivisions have a responsibility under the constitution, which guarantees people the right to the natural resources, clean air and clean water. what do you want to be done? stop permitting new industry from coming into the area. i don't want to have my communi

. >> um, the epa this week, president trump addressed plans for that agency. listen to this. >> i spoke. >> with lee zeldin and he thinks he's going to be. cutting 65 or so percent of. >> the people. >> from environmental. >> and we're. >> going to speed up the process to. >> but then for clarity, according to the associated press, which talked to a white house spokesperson, trump was referring to overall budget cuts and not a reduction in personnel. so what would a large reduction in either budget or personnel mean for the epa? >> well, it's going to mean we can't enforce the law. a lot of that funding goes to create clean drinking water and clean water overall. and it it means we're going to get things that america didn't vote for and doesn't want. um, so it's a very serious, very serious situation. >> so specifically, you know, help paint a picture or meaning, um, at risk rivers and streams. uh, you know, our national parks and, uh, preservation of of animals, of, uh, of forestry. to what extent are all of these things now jeopardized, in your view? >> all

the three of us were face timing pretty much all weekend about the $20 million issue you know about epa nonstop about that. we are going after that, that's a team of lawyers on that. we are all working hand in hand to secretary rubio, as you note this past week we had a great ruling for him from justice roberts. they stated the case that marco had to disperse hundreds of millions of dollars of u.s. aid funds. wwe've had some other fun rulins for doge one involving secretary besson support you will love this would if you've not read about this when yes. they tried to tell the secretary of treasury that he had no power of how funds are disbursed from the treasury departments. only career employees could do that, not the secretary of treasury because they called him quote political pride that is what we are doing with every day. >> you got a lot of these judg judges. it's in the districts they are in most are in dark blue cities of boston, washington, new york, seattle, washington. i counted it to be wrong but accounts on the public record 94 of these lawsuits trying to cripple doge and th

so it started two weeks ago with a bizarre video message from trump's epa administrator, lee zeldin. circulated two months ago featuring. >> a. >> biden epa political appointee talking about how they were tossing gold bars off the titanic. rushing to get billions of your tax dollars out the door before inauguration day, the bank must immediately return all of the gold bars. i will be referring this matter to the inspector general's office and will work with the justice department. >> as well. >> so he's referring to one of those right wing undercover videos where someone was saying that metaphorically, like they're trying to get the money out the door before they leave, which happens. in every administration. what he's actually talking about was a $20 billion green bank fund created last april. that money was to go to eight nonprofits to give loans and businesses and families to businesses and families to spur clean energy across the country, particularly in low income neighborhoods. this was all part of the inflation reduction act. it's written into the bill. it was passed by congre

else, you want to make sure you're not hindering and i think in some cases we have an example with the epa classified force, what pres. biden was talking about what are we going to do about the energy for these and how much we're going to have to have and i asked a simple question . the epa witness we had a couple of years ago, how much more energy will we have to produce in this country and they came up with a figure 4 1/2% which was crazy isbecause we're in a total of 50% or not hire to make sure it goes all electric. i think when you look at the departments they've come up with and i always look at it this way, if the department comes up with a figure that's what everybody will have to try to work from but it is not feasible how are you going to get there? that's one of the things that has to be questioned is whatever they're doing is looking at reality and not what they would like but what's the reality of the situation and you look at the americans driving habits the age of our fleet is up to about 12 years now so it's never going to happen but it will put a terrible strain on our eco

they should not smiles up at the people nicely to the epa, even if the complete just the what i knew, i just wish you did. so then we will be able to just out that they said that when you get you who do for nimble, it was the issue symbol of the actual weight of 50 presidents opinions based. what are you going to use that? those are the so you just the, the, the deal is to supplement russell to see when you get a little bounce. keep this up. throwing up then you've got a little about them with us before by phone, cuz it's not that by phone with him. you guys like 0.0.0 as still but yeah, just let's just just move the gear the the like. what was you wish to when you will just simply ask other levels to circle to the village ocean double most interesting to this other one. does he have so that anybody can learn? yeah. what they will take you with us to them. you could actually be us and you called for the person that i did speak with dustin miller, i was assuming that i was a substitute. even use news news to make it through z. okay, right. so the, the notion photos closer spending, but

the epa this week said it's completed phase one of its wildfire cleanup plan. crews have been sorting and removing hazardous materials from many damaged properties. >> take a look at this amazing sight from yosemite national park. on wednesday, a photographer captured what may be the final yosemite firefall of the year. this is time lapse video. the phenomenon usually occurs in mid to late february at horsetail fall, on the eastern edge of el capitan, just before sunset. the sun hits the waterfall at a certain angle and gives the waterfall the appearance of a fiery ribbon, turning it molten orange. >> and it really is just spectacular. coolest thing? well, happening tomorrow, the oakland ballers will hold their first ever fan fest. it's going to be held at the prescott market in raimondi park, which is where the ballers play their games. this sounds like last year's event. the fan fest, which was a grassroots effort by a's fans. the team is gone, but the spirit is living on, with last dive bar teaming up with the oakland 68 for this year's event. this is being

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the epa this week said it's completed phase one of its wildfire cleanup plan.rews have been sorting and removing hazardous materials from many damaged properties. >> take a look at this amazing sight from yosemite national park. on wednesday, a photographer captured what may be the final yosemite firefall of the year. this is time lapse video. the phenomenon usually occurs in mid to late february at horsetail fall, on the eastern edge of el capitan, just before sunset. the sun hits the waterfall at a certain angle and gives the waterfall the appearance of a fiery ribbon, turning it molten orange. >> and it really is just spectacular. coolest thing? well, happening tomorrow, the oakland ballers will hold their first ever fan fest. it's going to be held at the prescott market in raimondi park, which is where the ballers play their games. this sounds like last year's event. the fan fest, which was a grassroots effort by a's fans. the team is gone, but the spirit is living on, with last dive bar teaming up with the oakland 68 for this year's event. this is being to

candidate stacey abrams, was able to secure a $2 billion climate change grant from president biden's epa. i wonder why. there's going to be less empathy as that corruption continues to get exposed and it's a political strategy to try and humanize it. gee wee: jason, the organizations that are having a soros-backed groups and trying to have a financial gain right now. >> look, i left congress in 2017. there were people that came into that and i got to tell you, it is not something that is productive. you want to have town hall meetings as best as possible and protesters brought in, it's not productive. joey: the democrat derangement and not stopping a foolish protest and 23 far left state attorneys general that are reportedly wasting 30 minutes every day to plot against president trump according to politico. this is a quote. they share updates on seven cases they have moving through federal courts and argue about whether to treat elon musk as a lawful arm of the government or un-credentialed interloper to it. then there's the attorney generals that see themselves as last backstop between

newsom announced a new recovery and rebuilding plan, claiming 99% of the debris had been removed by the epa rest was up to the military. >> the army corps is substantially responsible for those complex properties and all the other additional properties. >> but he's also promising the rest of the debris will be removed quickly so the recovery plan can ramp up. >> the goal is simple record time to finish the job with phase two debris removal. >> and federal officials say this week they won't be conducting tests on soil samples from the burn areas, despite concerns about possible contamination in los angeles. bill melugin fox news. >> on the last day of black history month, we're focusing on an effort here in the bay area to bring more diversity to fire departments. >> ktvu tom vacar has more now this afternoon on the program that's working to recruit more minorities, to become firefighters and to take on other leadership roles. >> molly williams, known as volunteer 11, was the first known black in the united states and a slave of a new york city merchant. today, only 7% of firefighters are bl

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. >> you spoke with a cdc worker who is a pregnant amputee, an epa employee who canceled his honeymoonth scientists to tackle the bird flu outbreak. how will they pay the bills? how will they navigate insurance issues now? do they have support systems to help them through it? >> in some cases, yes. >> in some. >> cases, no. >> you know, one of the individuals who was helping with the bird flu, she just moved into a new house and she has two mortgages now and no income. i think the most compelling story, however, was that of anna khan. she is a amputee below above the knee amputee who is also eight months pregnant. here is someone who has international experience, incredibly intelligent. again, went into this job because she was very passionate about her work and she was just completely let go, just with without any notice at all. and now she's in a lurch. one of the biggest issues she's facing is that she was in the midst of getting a. >> new. >> prosthetic for her leg. because her body is changing as she's pregnant, she's getting sores. now all of that is in limbo. so she's she's. jus

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the epa said it is awarded a grant for a competitor view process.here is no funding that evidence the fun was fraudulent or that abrams personally benefited from it. power forward communities recently announced the first face of projects granted by the grant. they rate that's three false. caller: political fact? they are garbage. politifact, you guys have got to quit using these for your source, good god. they are lying to you every day and you keep -- forget it, i'm done. have a good day. host: that was robbed in new york. gary in new york, line for democrats. caller: hello? how you doing? host: doing well. caller: i just thought i'd call. definitely a democrat. my honest opinion, all those felonies trump has had, he should definitely be put in jail. republicans are all afraid of him. they should impeach him, i think. i don't think you should even be a garbage person. honestly, even my son voted for trump and i couldn't believe he did. honestly he should have been put in jail. the president of ukraine when they were talking on the news, that was ri

the epa said it is awarded a grant for a competitor view process.re is no funding that evidence the fun was fraudulent or that abrams personally benefited from it. power forward communities recently announced the first face of projects granted by the grant. they rate that's three false. caller: political fact? they are garbage. politifact, you guys have got to quit using these for your source, good god. they are lying to you every day and you keep -- forget it, i'm done. have a good day. host: that was robbed in new york. gary in new york, line for democrats. caller: hello? how you doing? host: doing well. caller: i just thought i'd call. definitely a democrat. my honest opinion, all those felonies trump has had, he should definitely be put in jail. republicans are all afraid of him. they should impeach him, i think. i don't think you should even be a garbage person. honestly, even my son voted for trump and i couldn't believe he did. honestly he should have been put in jail. the president of ukraine when they were talking on the news, that was ridi

epa basically since the beginning of the clean air act to allow california to have stricter standards than the rest of the country in order to clean up our air quality. and it's frankly the reason that the l.a. basin looks as good as it does now and isn't as smoggy as it was in the 50s and 60s. so california has always had that waiver. air board always thought we'd get to have that waiver and the new trump administration has said no for the purposes of the advanced clean fleet rule in the electric vehicle conversion we will not be granting that waiver. and so the air board rescinded its request and for now we are sitting in this awkward position where a california regulation stands. they will not rescind it but they cannot enforce it without the waiver granted from the federal government. and so we could have a flip of a switch one day where the federal government grants that waiver and now all of a sudden these regulations are alive. you would imagine that the state would give us some time to acclimate to that if that happened. but it puts us in this strange position where we don't k

the invests -- inspector general at the epa was fired. at least five inspector generals who are looking into elon musk's companies were fired by this administration. they were independent, protected by law, the people who find the waste, fraud, and abuse. they were fired because they were looking into elon musk. at the national labor relations board, which is supposed to protect workers from getting unions busted, has been functionally broken by the department of government efficiency. they are trying to shut down the department of education. the department of labor. do you know what elon musk does not seem to be looking into? his own contracts. do you know how much money a day mr. musk will receive from the federal government? >> no. >> the answer is $8 million a day. just last year he was promised $3 billion. do you know how much the average person in this country who survives on social security, a senior who has worked their entire life, has to survive on? $65 a day. this subcommittee, chaired by marjorie taylor greene, is looking into

to appeal those decisions and also allowing customs to on its own initiate these proceedings under epa. so there are changes we should make and we and it's an absolutely important problem that we need to address. >> yeah, so ms. peisch, i heard you say there was no no ability to enforce our trade laws. that's and that's a sad fact unless we do it through the courts and who's going to recognize those. but that's why we're having to do the tariffs that we're having to do, sadly enough, and i don't believe they should be used as a revenue generating mechanism, but the time has come for american industry to actually reach back and not have the abuses that other countries place upon it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> and he's back and i recognize ms. sewell. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank our witnesses for being here today. the discussion about trade enforcement, i think, is very timely and it's bipartisan. i welcome the conversation that we're currently having. unfortunately, like most of this administration's actions thus far, the president is overreaching his authority and the

practices, improving small business administration, resolving federal housing, finance issues through hud, epa issues around environmental liability. there is national nuclear security on here, enforcing tax laws including the irs, improving certain fda and doi programs, improving v.a. service, cms programs, and also the regulation of the financial regulatory system, and all of these things are really about the transformation of how the federal government provides services, and i heard you just say to mr. lynch as well as to mr. -- that with respect to some of the specific programs that were asked about that the indiscriminate elimination of funding and staffing for these programs would not only fail to actually resolve the issues that you guys have identified about potentially make them worse. is that correct? >> that is a possibility. >> yes. so obviously, there's been a lot of conversation today in this committee about the actions that are being taken pursuant to doge by elon musk and this indiscriminate funding freeze that is happening, the dismantling of these programs, the hacking of fed