it's the heart of the community in farmington, in aztec and in the navaho nation and without water at home and with this toxic yellow sludge floating through the river in the center of town, people literally were confronted by the spill at home and outside and in the face of these circumstances, new mexicans responded as i would have expected. they came together with a well-orchestrated and selfless plan to move forward and respond to the emergency at hand. in particular i want to commend the efforts of the local officials from san juan county, new mexico, the city of farmington and the city of aztec, from the very top to bottom these officials responded at mirbly. they integrated themselves into our emergency response team and they took initiative and acted heroically throughout the process at all levels from their leaders, the ceo, the coo, the mayors all the way down the line, their staff from top to bottom really -- they were essential to this effort. i also need to compliment my staff. i had dozens of employees mobilized in the field. people were literally supposed to be dropping

it literally goes to the heart of the community and is the heart of the community in farmington and the navajo nation. without water at home and with this toxic, yellow yellowtoxic, yellow sludge floating through the river in the center of town people literally were confronted by the spill at home and outside. new mexicans responded, as i would have expected. they came together with a well orchestrated himself was plan to move forward and respond to the emergency at hand. in particular, i want to commend the efforts of the local officials from san juan county, new mexico, the city of farmington, and the city of aztec. from top to bottom these officials responded admirably integrating themselves and to our emergency response team, took initiative, and acted heroically throughout the process at all levels from leaders, ceo, clo of san juan county, the mayors, all the way down the line, the stafm more essential to the effort i also need to complement my staff. i had dozens of employees mobilized in the field were literally supposed to be dropping their children off at college that weekend,

the city of farmington and the city of aztec. from the very top to bottom, these officials responded admirably. they integrated themselves into our emergency response team and they took initiative and acted heroically throughout the process at all levels from their leaders, the ceo, the coo of san juan county. the mayors, all the way down the line. their staff from top to bottom really were essential to this effort. i also need to compliment my staff. i had dozens of employees mobilized in the field. people literally were supposed to be dropping their children off at college that weekend. because new mexico needed them, they traveled hours from around the state to be there in farmington during this ordeal to help. had employees who were out, the temperatures were well into the 90s on most days. we had set up a mobile lab that i talk about in my testimony. i had literally over a dozen employees out there from morning until late at night working in very cramped conditions and hot conditions in a makeshift lab and at no point did an

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i used to live in farmington, new mexico, was an ironworker there and lived on the navajo reservationi guess to the nomination for a couple years. i know how the tribe is intensely invested, not only financially but spiritually in the land. and i was honored to be there guest for a couple of years. what troubles me here is that,, you know, we often see how the epa works. they have an almost maddening hypertechnical compliance regime for businesses. that is often the case. and yet in this case internally it seems the epa abandon all of that hypertechnical compliance and its own application of its actions. what are we going to do here to help the navajo recover? what will we do to get this straightened up and cleaned up? can we get a promise you that you are all in on this and that you will be as relentless and cleaning up this spill and this accident as you have been in some cases where you come down on some industries that we are all aware of that found themselves in a similar situation? we need that type of guarantee. we need you to be all in on this, be relentless in terms of fixing

the couple will likely join a farmington, minnesota woman's lawsuit filed earlier this month against andrew and williamson fresh produce, inc. the san diego company has voluntarily recalled "limited edition" brand cucumbers. >> vicki: still ahead. pope francis holds sunday mass in cuba. his message to the people. possible terror attack. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >> vicki: if you were one of the many tourists or locals at the ferry building today. you were met by this. a scene of trauma and terror. fortunately - it was only a drill. >> vicki: it looks real enough. victims being whisked off on stretchers. first responders taking action. not something you'd expect on a sunny summer day in the city. the goal is public safety. albie esparza with the sfpd says they hope never to have to deal with disasters like this. but with high profile events coming to the bay area - like the superbowl - it's better to be prepared. >>: receive incidents all over the world and we just want to be prepared. >> vicki: coming up at 8:30. grow. anymore people. plus. a five year ol

this time it was black, all the way to farmington.pick your color, these are 24 different types of minerals that have impacted our river, our watershed, throwing all the way through durango, into new mexico, into arizona and ultimately into the colorado river. the gold king mine was draining anywhere from 200 to 500 gallons per minute prior to the blowout. so if you can envision this mountain as a giant geologic whack a mole. you plug one and you build up the pressure of water. these are tunnels and vertical columns. they fill up with water naturally. and when these people are exploring the opportunity to release that somehow, and contain it, there was an accident. and so that is estimated at 60 feet of water that created that 3 million gallon release. it happened to be orange that day because of the orange oxide. that's probably the least-health-critical element. the color did bring national attention to this issue. we've had black. we've had gray. we've had all kinds of colors. last year in the spring there was a release of more tha

i used to live in farmington, new mexico, was an ironworker there and lived on the navajo reservation, i guess to the nomination for a couple years. i know how the tribe is intensely invested, not only financially but spiritually in the land. and i was honored to be there guest for a couple of years. what troubles me here is that,, you know, we often see how the epa works. they have an almost maddening hypertechnical compliance regime for businesses. that is often the case. and yet in this case internally it seems the epa abandon all of that hypertechnical compliance and its own application of its actions. what are we going to do here to help the navajo recover? what will we do to get this straightened up and cleaned up? can we get a promise you that you are all in on this and that you will be as relentless and cleaning up this spill and this accident as you have been in some cases where you come down on some industries that we are all aware of that found themselves in a similar situation? we need that type of guarantee. we need you to be all in on this, be relentless in terms of fixi

this time it was black, all the way to farmington.pick your color, these are 24 different types of minerals that have impacted our river, our watershed, throwing all the way through durango, into new mexico, into arizona and ultimately into the colorado river. the gold king mine was draining anywhere from 200 to 500 gallons per minute prior to the blowout. so if you can envision this motain as a giant geologic whack a mole. you plug one and you build up the pressure of water. these are tunnels and vertical columns. they fill up with water naturally. and when these people are exploring the opportunity to release that somehow, and contain it, there was an accident. and so that is estimated at 60 feet of water that created that 3 million gallon release. it happened to be orange that day because of the orange oxide. that's probably the least-health-critical element. the color did bring national attention to this issue. we've had black. we've had gray. we've had all kinds of colors. last year in the spring there was a release of more than,

this time it was black, all the way to farmington. so pick your color, these are 24 different types of minerals that have impacted our river, our watershed, throwing all the way through durango, into new mexico, into arizona and ultimately into the colorado river. the gold king mine was draining anywhere from 200 to 500 gallons per minute prior to the blowout. so there was -- you know, if you can envision this mountain as, you know, a giant gee logic whack-a-mole. you plug one and you build up the pressure of water. these are tunnels and vertical columns. they fill up with water naturally. and when these people are exploring the opportunity to release that somehow, and contain it, there was an accident. and so that is estimated at 60 feet of water that created that 3 million gallon release. it happened to be orange that day because of the orange oxide. that's probably the least health critical element. the color did bring national attention to this issue. we've had black. we've had gray. we've had all kinds of colors. last year in the

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i used to live in farmington, new mexico.was an ironworker there and lived on the navajo reservation. i was a guest of the navajo nation for a couple years. i know how the tribe is intensely invested not only financially but spiritually in their land. and i was honored to be their guest for a couple of years. what troubles me here is that, you know, we often see how the epa works. they have an almost maddening hypertechnical compliance regime for businesses. that is often the case. and yet in this case internally it seems that the epa abandoned all of that hypertechnical compliance in its own application of its actions. what are we going to do? what are we going to do here to help the navajo recover here? what are we going to do to get this straightened out, and cleaned up? can we get a promise from you that you are all in on this and that you're going to be as releaptless in cleaning up this spill and this accident as you have been in some cases where you come down on some industries we're all aware of that find themselves i

speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from farmington, utah, member of the intelligence committee, appropriations committee and a member of the united states air force for years and years, a veteran of this great nation, the gentleman, congressman chris stewart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah is recognized for three minutes. mr. stewart: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you for that great introduction. this agreement is deeply, deeply flawed. and when you talk to our friends across the aisle in moments of honesty, they will admit that it is deeply flawed. this is the most important national security question of our generation. we have got to get this right. we have got to get this right, and we simply haven't done that yet. and if i could elaborate on my background that leads me to this conclusion -- as the chairman said, i sit on house intelligence committee. was 14 years an air force pilot. i worked for the implementation of various nuclear treaties, and i understand that for any treaty to work there has to be a modicum of trust. ther