three gop senators written to epa chief gina mccarthy demanding the rule be gone. >> i don't think thehey do have the power they use it. i don't want the power extended to the epa specifically. when we see the abuse by the epa. >> unless this receives adverse comment by august 1st. we asked how many adverse comments were required a and he told us any. they have said they have already received such comments. at this point the fate of the rule is very much in the air>> the time now is brew on this. they are outraged about the kleinic in boulder. they are calling for it to be shut down. for $50 students can enroll in the three-hour course to learn aunl things football. there is no credit digiven. it has been taught by the college's head football coach. critics say it is a slap in the face playing into stereotypes women don't know the game. >> is it for women, foul or fair? send us an e-mail. >>> coming up it is a call that this 911 dispatcher never thought she would have to take. >> 1-year-old infant just swallowed something and started to choke on it. >> the call to save her own son. det

i want to thank epa administrator gina mccarthy for being with us today and i look forward to her testimonyed to mention we have a vote at 11:00. we have two options. we can work as hard as we can and then when it hits 11:15 end or we can take a pause and come back. either way is good with me. so we'll see administrator where we are at that time. senator vitter? >> thank you, chairman boxer, for convening today's hearing. and i look forward to hearing from administrator mccarthy on epa's proposed existing source rule. it's really a truly run -- unprecedented, outside-the-fence set of regulations that will have major negative impacts on our nation's electricity system. and i hope we talk about this very directly. epa's proposal does a number of things but fundamentally it hijacks that electricity system all in the name of flexibility. in reality, are epa usurps the role of state governments and public utility commissions. as well as ferc. d.o.e. and other federal agencies that do have the authority over an expertises in -- authority over and experts in the electricity generation issues. unfo

senate environment and public works committee held an oversight meeting this week to hear from gina mccarthy on the agency's esproposed carbon dioxide regulations. back in june they proposed the kleen power plant which requires fossil fuel burning plants to identify the best and cheapest way 0 reduce pollution. carbon dioxide accounted for about 82% of all 2012 u.s. greenhouse gas emissions. >> good morning, everybody. this oversight hearing will examine the critically important steps that the obama administration is taking to address climate change by reducing carbon pollution. today we'll focus on the president's new proposal to reduce dangerous carbon pollution from the biggest source, power plants. just this last week when i welcomed the miners, it is my pleasure to welcome the moms clean air force. we're glad to see you here with the kids in to windchill. power plants account for nearly 40% of all pollution released in the air. currently there are no limits. the president's plan in my view is a win-win for the american people because by addressing climate change through carbon pollution

. >> next, a senate hearing with epa administrator gina mccarthy on regulation for power plants. after that, a discussion on the terror group known as isis. then a forum on policy in the middle east. >> in government, you are dealing with the daily tyranny of the inbox, focused on the crisis of the day. part of my responsibilities as under secretary of defense was representing the secretary of defense on the so-called to produce committee, which is sort of the senior-level group that working to the issues, developing options for the principals in the president. a lot crisis management focus. a think tank,n your real utility is not trying to second-guess the policymaker on the issues of the day, but help them look over the horizon to see what issues they will confront a year from now, five years from now, 10 years from now and how to think more strategically about america's role in the world. >> former undersecretary of defense and cofounder of the center for national american urnoy,ty, michele flo sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> 40 years ago, the wa

three gop senators have written to epa chief gina mccarthy demanding the rule be withdrawn. >> i think the irs should not, they do have that power and they use it, i do not want that power extended to the epa, specifically when we see the abuse by the epa in this administration. >> reporter: this rule goes on the books september 2nd unless epa says it receives adverse comments by august 1st, in which case it said it would withdraw the rule. we asked how many adverse comments were required, and epa told us, quote, any. officials there also confirmed they have received such comments today. so the fate of this rule, doug, appears at this point very much up in the air. >> thank you, james. >>> stocks were down today. the dow lost 70 1/2, the s&p 500 off 8, nasdaq fell 23. >>> the white house says it is talking with the german government about its decision to kick out the cia station chief in that country. the move comes amid allegations that two men have been spying for the u.s. relations with germany, are already very tricky. after revelations that the national security agency had been mo

administrator, gina mccarthy is in missouri today to discuss the e.p.a.'s proposed rule which would significantly expand the authority of the united states under the clean water act. in a conference call with reporters yesterday, administrator mccarthy called some of the questions about the rule silly and ludicrous and said that her trip to missouri is part of a broader campaign to reassure the agricultural community and set the record straight. i hope she's spending at least as much time in my state listening as she is talking. and if she does that, i think she'll find out that some of these concerns are not only very real, but they have lots of impact and not just for the farm community across the country, but for lots of people who are affected in lots of different ways by what happens if you expand the authority of the federal government, as this rule would, to deal with water almost everywhere and almost all water. you know, not only did she say that these questions were silly and ludicrous, but when the missouri farm bureau expressed the concern that

. >> first let me thank gina mccarthy and for being willing to take on the responsibility of the environmental protection at si at this critical moment in the history of our country. it's not an easy task. and you were willing to step forward knowing full well the challenges that you would confront. and i want to thank you for being willing to do this. the chairman already mentioned that there are children at the hearing. i think that's wonderful because it's their future that we are talking about, it's the environment that they will be living in that's very much impacted by what we do here and by what the administration is doing. the impact of climate change in maryland is well un. people at stake recognize the risk involve as a result of climate change. 70% of the population of maryland lives in coastal areas and they're at risk. property owners are at risk of losing their appropriates and they know the financial impact that is involved. the people of maryland, the atomic shorelines that we have, that's our way of life that is at risk. the economics of our state are at risk from the poultry

especially when the president and his administration with gina mccarthy, the epa director, touted there going to go all around the country and have these listening tours, but yet they don't bother to come to west virginia and talk to the people directly of who he's going impact, their livelihoods and howe they make a live sglg sounds like you don't want him to campaign for you then? >> well, i will work with anyone who will put west virginia forward. in west virginia when you take a look at how i've done in this state when it comes to the president and me. the last two elections, i've been on the ballot in 2008 and 2012 and won with more than 60% of the ballot, when the president was on the ballot. he will have explaining to do if he ever came to west virginia. that's what we've asked. we asked for the epa director to come and listen to our concerns of west virginia. before you put on unrealistic regulations on us, invest in west virginia in the advanced technologies where we can put emissions and save jobs at the same time. >> all right. natalie ten navntr nant, democratic nominee fr

now we know that gina mccarthy does not run the economy or run the world because if she did she wouldn't have to sit her for two and a half hours, right? i just want to make a few points and give the mic over to senator whitehouse, if he would like it. i'm sorry my republican colleagues are not here. i understand when i was not here there was some argument from the senator from wyoming about how well think liberals have coerced you into moving forward in this direction, and i find that is really remarkable that my republican colleagues would dare to raise the issue of campaign finance and the amount of money folks are putting into the political process. so let me just recite a few facts for the record. according to the center for responsive politics, in 2013, the oil, gas and coal industries invested at least $170 million in lobbying the federal government. according to the center for responsive politics, in the 2012 election cycle, the same industry spent more than $93 million in recorded campaign contributions, an enormous number, which is itself dwarfed by the amount of money invested

that gina mccartha and me, as long as i'm here, but certainly my immediate supervisor or boss, gina mccarthy, want nothing more than to build credibility and confidence in the congress. so from a personal perspective, we would hope that we would be able to get out of the situation we've been in for 40 years with everything keeping going to the supreme court and try to get it that to stop. and at some point, you know, which i don't see -- if we do nothing, it will continue to keep going up there and they'll continue to keep -- >> but if you also do this, in many ways, the term significant nexus is a new term of art. and now we have to define it. >> right. >> is a significant nexus different in oregon compared to the desert southwest? is it different in -- >> yes. >> -- building that box? and where you're hearing a lot of stress in our voices is for places like maricopa county, arizona, one of the third, fourth most populous counties in the country, we recycle every drop of our water, every drop of it. we think we do some of this really, really well. is it going to be litigation being driven o

first, let me think administrator gina mccarthy for being here and taking on the responsibilities of the environmental protection agency. it's not an easy task, and you were willing to step forward knowing full well the challenges you would confront. i want to thank you for being willing to do this. the chairman already mentioned that there are children at the hearing. i think that's wonderful. because it's their future that we're talking about. it's the environment they will be living in that's very much impacted by what we do here and what the administration is doing. the impact of climate change in maryland is well understood. the people in my state recognize the risks that are involved as a result of climate change. 70% of the population of maryland lives in coastal areas. and they're at risk. property owners are at risk of losing their properties, and they know the financial impact that is involved. the people in maryland, the iconic shorelines that we have, that's our way of life, that is at risk. the economics of my state are at risk from the poultry industry that depends upon

administrator gina mccarthy as well as usda that administers the program for the fire departments that we work together to find a commonsense solution. apparently, the alternative is that if these trucks are not available to be transferred to kansas and elsewhere to local fire departments, then the trucks are destroyed, smashed and somehow disposed of in a landfill. again, i would suggest that the conservation, the environmental opportunity to see the life of these vehicles extended as compared to be destroyed, smashed and disposed of would work in the favor of the environment as well as in the opportunity to provide safety and security for hundreds of thousands of kansans, hundreds of thousands of americans who depend upon rural fire departments, hometown fire departments to meet the needs of their safety and security. it just seems to me that we're asking for something simple. we just need a little common sense and cooperation among three, an agency and two departments, and i would ask my colleagues that you help me find the solution to this problem by getting those agencies, the dep