administrator gina mccarthy: if he give me more money i would win. [laughter] secretary peter rogoff: many of you know that last year was a $302 billion bill so we can get away from all of these incremental extensions that number some 32 separate extensions that have been milking the program along for the last several years. last year we submitted a $302 billion bill that will freeze funding for 10 months. under president obama's leadership, we are doubling down. we are going to be submitting a six year 400 $80 billion bill that will bring overall funding that is closer to 60% and we say precisely what part of the tax code we would amend to pay for it, we would be helping the highway trust fund, and congress could say that they don't want to talk about it, we are to talking about others. but we need to act. we are doing it because we looked into the future and we can see what happens if we don't change our transportation policies and we don't change our funding trajectory. just a few weeks ago, we at the ot -- at bot released our traffic study, and i

and before you start my time i certainly want to welcome administrator gina mccarthy. thank you very much for being with us today. you've been before our committee many times and we certainly enjoy working with you. you are an able administrator. we have very significant differences of views on what you're doing up there -- or down there. but we'll all have an opportunity today to ask questions and thank you once again for taking time to be with us. we appreciate it. and that the time, i recognize myself for three minutes of opening questions. i mean for an opening statement. i would say first of all we all are very much aware that president obama has made it very clear that he considers climate change to be number one -- one of the major issues facing mankind today. i was reading an article just a few days ago how this administration has spent 14 times more on green energy per year than embassy security around the world. as a matter of fact, over the last five years, the administration has spent roughly $39 billion a year financing grants subsidizing tax credits guara

transportation secretary anthony foxx will be joined by epa chief gina mccarthy as they sit down for an interview with politico. that's due to start it a little less than 50 minutes at 11:45 a.m. eastern right here on c-span2. later on if the discussion on combating terrorism at the potomac institute for policy studies hosts. that's live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. some congressional news for you. house speaker john boehner traveling in jordan. you see him here meeting with singh abdulla from a statement issued -- king abdullah. king abdullah hosted a delegation for a luncheon. lawmakers also met with u.s. ambassador alice wells, jordan's foreign minister as well as senior embassy officials discussions focused on teenager trends in the region, the violence caused by iran's allies and proxies and the spreading of the terrorist threat. that is from a statement from speaker boehner's office. the delegation accompanying speaker to the middle east is made up of senior republican lawmakers. the nuclear talks with iran were a topic on this morning's "washington journal." to take us to 11:4

protection agency is being subpoenaed to give up the deleted text messages and phone records of gina mccarthy. congressman mark commit chairman of the health science industry after the epa stopped respond to go requests for federal records. it was revealed back in january 5,000 of mccarthy's messages may have been accidentally deleted from her government phone. >> a chinese army recruit learning the hard way how grenades work. >> you see what happened there? the recruit accidentally tossing the live explosive behind him. luckily his quick thinking instructor grabs him and pulls him into a trench seconds before it explodes. thankfully no one was hurt. >> it is 42 minutes after the top of the hour. brand new reason to pour a cup of coffee this morning. what you need to know. >> theydirector moved 140 miles and guess who foot the bill? is you the tax payer. it was a big one. >> this is the worst parking job ever. or is it? the congresswoman behind this and it is now a viral video. whether you need a warm up before the big race... or a healthy start before the big meeting there's a choice hotel t

there will be a panel discussion featuring anthony foxx and earnest money's and gina mccarthy. that will be live at 3:30 p.m.. remarks from ernie sanders from the national press club newsmaker lunch. he plans to talk about his priorities and the upcoming budget resolution. lb live at 1 p.m. eastern from the national press club. writing about this week in the senate senators left ahead of last week's snowstorm following a noncontroversial vote. they are to stay at line of business will be a bid by mitch mcconnell to turn to a bipartisan bill made by barb corker to give lawmakers assay and any potential nuclear deal with iran. they are facing certain to be -- the feet. the kentucky republican has changed course. they said the senate would move with anti-trafficking legislation, evidently more bipartisan endeavor. you can watch live coverage of the senate when members gavel in today at 2 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span2. tonight on "the communicators," founder and ceo of media complications corporation on the challenges facing media companies and the fallout from the

administrator gina mccarthy announced the clean power plant, the agency's newest proposal to cut carbonions. >> all told in 2030 when the states meet our final goals, our proposal will result in 30% less carbon emission in comparison to 2005 levels. >> reporter: people in wyoming care deeply about issues that affect land and energy resources. the plan is threatening because it aims to slash carbon emissions by 30% in part by moving electricity generation away from coal. this hard black rock is wyoming's lifeblood. mineral extraction accounts for nearly 75% of the state's revenue, about a third coming from coal. funding things like schools, road construction and a huge state savings account. wyoming has a long history of coal mining, and these days the state provides nearly 40% of the nation's supply. but the top executive at this mine does acknowledge concerns about emissions from burning coal. colin marshall is the c.e.o. of cloud peak energy, one of the largest coal companies in the country. >> i believe the science is clearly not settled but there are theories out there and if they'r

[applause] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy the administrator of the environmental protection agency. i'd like to invite peter rogoff the undersecretary of transportation. thank you. i'm going to ask each of these panelists to give us a brief comment. then we are going to go into a series of questions around topics that are important to us in cities as well as within the realm of responsibility. mr. secretary? >> thank you and greetings to my colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things you know very well, like the importance of cities and the importance of cities in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of the structure in this country. let me say a word about our quadrennial energy review, the first installment that we expect to have come out in a few weeks. this is a study that has been going on for over one year. across the administration. looking specifically at the issues of energy infrastructure. transmission, storage, and dist

and later epa administrator gina mccarthy testifies on her agency's 2016 budget request. next treasury secretary jack lew and john koskinen testify on the 2016 budget request for the treasury department. they also discuss cybersecurity, tax fraud, taxpayer services, and small businesses. this runs just under two hours. >> the subcommittee on financial services and general government will come to order. good afternoon. the subcommittee as i said, will come to order. today marks the first hearing of the financial services and general government subcommittee for the 114th congress. this is also my first hearing as subcommittee chairman. and i'm pleased to serve alongside the new ranking member my good friend, senator coons. i would also like to acknowledge senator langford and senator durbin. although our subcommittee is small, the number of agencies we fund is large. and their impact on our economy is significant. i'm confident that our members are up to the task before us. as we begin this important hearing to review the budget requests of the department of treasury and th

i want you to listen to this exchange between jeff sessions in congress and epa administrator gina mccarthycknowledge that the -- over the last 18 years, that the increase in temperature has been very little, and that it is well below, matter of fact, 90% below most of the environmental models that showed how fast temperature would increase? >> i do not know what the models are actually predicting that you are referring to. stuart: there were several occasions in the exchange where the administrator of the epa would not answer questions about whether there is more hurricanes or more droughts she would not answer. what's your take on this? >> well, you know, obviously, i don't think it matters to mrs. mccarthy. she has a political aim she has her marching orders and they are the orders regardless of what the underlying science is. stuart: do you think that we should be taking the measures, which we are taking against carbon emissions? should we be doing this? >> obviously, i don't think so. for a variety of reasons, no matter what you believe about climate, none of them will have any impact

also included transportation discussion with anthony foxx and we will hear from epa administrator gina mccarthyn that panel. it all starts live at 3:30. also today, we will get remarks from bernie sanders the luncheon speaker at the national press club, he is expected to talk about his priorities and floor debate for the budget resolution. the house is not in session this week. members are away for a weeklong break in their home districts. the senate is in and will gavel in at 2 p.m. eastern. here is what is on the agenda for them this week. niels: good morning to you. john: i want to talk about the iran deal that is going on and the bill that was expected to be on the floor this week in the senate and then got pulled. what has happened with the floor schedule was we had what is going on there? niels: what has happened with the floor schedule was we had anticipated that on tuesday, the up a measure sponsored by the foreign relations chairman bob corker of tennessee that would require the administration to send any sort of agreement that may be reached with the iranians over their nuclear progra

i think gina mccarthy does get that. she is sensitive to the states. mr. myers, i wanted to ask you. last year, former epa administrator, christie todd whitman, testified before our clean air subcommittee that it was settled law that the clean air act can be used to control carbon pollution. our epa's proposed carbon standard supported by the three supreme court decisions in massachusetts in 2007, 2011, and the utility air regulatory group versus epa, june 23, 2014. mr. myers: yes, they are. the massachusetts versus epa case, as you may recall, but denies that epa has the authority under the clean air act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. the connecticut versus american electric power case was a case new york was involved in where we sought to get at the same emissions that the epa clean power plan is going to get at. the supreme court in that case told us federal common law did not apply because section 1, 11 speaks directly to the power plant emissions. with respect to the last decision, the decision you mentioned, the supreme court again reaffirmed

this morning at 11:45 transportation secretary anthony foxx and epa administrator gina mccarthy willit down with politico's mike allen for discussions on transportation and environmental policy. wrap that live on c-span2. in february, the american conservative union hosted their annual conservative political action conference or cpac at maryland's national harbor, just south of washington, d.c. up next our speeches from dr. ben carson, and senator mike lee. ♪ life is a highway i want to ride it all night long ♪ ♪ whoo ♪ ♪ you're going my way i want to ride it all night long ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. i am absolutely delighted to be here once again, and it seems like each time i'm here we're getting closer to critical time periods in our country. you know, i started to talk about all of the failures of the current administration, but i figured that was too depressing and you know, it's so depressing. i think that's why they always try to rename everything and redefine everything and it's probably why they're ready for hillary, too. it's interesting to

epa administrator gina mccarthy and this 30 minute. mike: really appreciate it. you are fully mobile. gina: yes, no crutches. mike: one of the biggest hopes for president obama's second term is climate, it is potentially one of the history book items. what is your biggest, most optimistic hope for what will happen in the next year and a half? gina: we're going to deliver on his climate action plan. my hope and my expectation really my full expectation is that he has outlined an 00:46:27 ambitious but compelling argument on why we need to take action now. his leadership has been amazing. i have a clear path forward. we're going to move ahead to develop those plans and those rules that are going to underpin his success in in taking strong action and generating international action as well. mike: you have one of the real hot seats in the administration. clean power plan. tell us about the people who love it and people who hate it. gina: the people who, i think most people recognize clearly the majority of people in the u.s. recognize that we have to take action on cl

your epa gina mccarthy. your epa is taking comments on knew standards for ozone. in houston we have been fighting this issue for decades and have made huge strides including up our air first slide, please. i will give you hard copies. this 1st slide is your estimate of trends that we will violate proposals. any shade of blue is bad. blue counties have a hard time getting permits for new factories or exploration even highway construction the department of public transportation creating an infrastructure mess. the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. i would like to talk on the ozone issue with questions that require yes or no answers. next slide, please. this slide is from page 209 of your impact analysis. i have something for you right here. >> i am having a little hard time reading it. i can't say i recognize it specifically on that exact page. >> 209. yes or no does this slide show that half the technology impact to meet the standard does not yet exist in the eastern part of america? yes or no? >> i don't understand the question. >> based on 2014. in fact

gina mccarthy and transportation official followed mccarthy with a panel discussion on each of their budgets and priority. also interior secretary sally jewell spoke about the need for children to learn and play in the great outdoors. good afternoon again and welcome everyone. [applause] >> we welcome you to this afternoon's general session. thank you to jimmy for entertaining the crowd, and to the city of nashville for bringing him to washington. thank you so much. let's give him a round of applause. [applause] this morning we were honored to be part of a historic event for the national league of cities and its members. i believe this afternoon session will be memorable in its own right, and very informative as well. we will hear from several representatives from the administration as well as a thought-provoking panel discussion on infrastructure and climate change. it is now my pleasure to introduce our first speaker this afternoon. secdef homeland security jeh johnson -- secretary of homeland saturday jeh johnson. [applause] i know from experience you will really enjoy him and we

discussion with secretary anthony foxx, and energy secretary, and the epa administrator genia -- gina mccarthy. the future of president obama's's health care law arrests once again with the supreme court to her justices heard oral argument last week in a challenge to other tax subsidies can be given to people who buy health -- insurance and all exchanges. the challenge rests on six words in the over 1000 page law, situating health subsidies are available through an exchange established by the state. only 16 states run their own exchange as per the federal government runs exchanges for the remaining 34 states that opted out of setting up their own. the court is expected to roll on this case before the end of the term in june. >> we'll hear argument this morning in case 14114, king v. burwell. mr. carvin. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, this is a straightforward case of statutory construction where the plain language of the statute dictates the result. >> mr. carvin, will you please back up, because before we get to a question of statutory construction, as you know, each plain

and before you start my time i certainly want to welcome administrator gina mccarthy. for being with us today. you've been before our committee many times and we certainly enjoyed working with you. you are an able administrator. we have very significant differences and views on what you're doing up there. or down there. but we all have an opportunity today to ask questions, and thank you once again for taking time to be with us. we appreciate it. and at this time i recognize myself for three minutes of opening questions. i mean, for an opening statement. i would say, first of all, we all are very much aware that president obama has made it very clear that he considers climate change to be one of the major issues facing mankind today. i was reading an article a few days ago how this administration has spent 14 times more on green energy per year than embassy security around the world. as a matter of fact over the last five years, the administration has spent roughly $39 billion a year financing grants subsidizing tax credits, guaranteeing loans bailing out solar energy

moniz, the secretary of the department of energy. [ applause ] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy, the administrator of the environmental protection agency. [applause] and finally i would like to invite to the stage peter rogoff who is the undersecretary of transportation. peter, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> i'm going to ask each of these panelists to just give us a brief comment and then we're going to go into a series of questions that are topics that are so important to us as cities as well as in their realms of responsibility. mr. secretary to you first. >> actually. >> it doesn't matter. >> mr. secretary. why don't you start? >> thank you, mayor becker and also greetings to my administration colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things that you know very well like the importance of cities and the importance of cities also in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of infrastructure in this country. let me say a word about th

i have to tell you epa administrator gina mccarthy just apologized for her agency's failure to reachout to farmers at a national farmers union conference in kansas, and just this week i believe she said, and i quote, i really really really wish we have talked to you. okay? well, they are not talking to constituents. they are not talking to the people. we submitted many many letters of opposition. farmers mobilized shopping mall owners organized anyone who has a surface lot organized and wrote letters, and they are not listening. i really wished they had talked to them as well. so the president, and this is one last area i'm going to mention about overreach, but it is probably one of the hottest issues right now. and as you know the president has gone around congress when it comes to immigration. now, i understand his frustration with the current system. the current system is broken. i hear that from my constituents all the time with the biggest issue to begin with why can't we secure our borders? like it we secure our borders and why can't washington get this done to start with? we n

. >> well, yesterday, we had gina mccarthy here we had 111d before the supreme court right now and sher theory of why she thought she was right. we're not saying we're right or you're right we're simply asking what is your theory, where does the money come from in your view? >> that is something, as i said -- why don't i work to get back to you on where we feel comfortable with regard to where the litigation is. i'd like to come back on that. >> i must say i have been impressed with your facility to use numbers. you're really tuned in to the budget, responding to mr. pitts responding to mr. green about the community health centers. i was at a rotary club meeting recently and i was asked the question, they said congressman, can you tell us what dollar amount has been incurred by the federal government as a result rf state expansion of medicaid programs pursuant to the affordable care act. because we picked up a larger percentage of the normal cost. and i would ask you that question. i didn't know the answer. but could you tell me what is the total dollar amount incurred by the federal g

they want to see director gina mccarthy's e-mails made under an alias but the agency can only process >>> $31,200. that's how much the average wedding in america costs. up by $2,000 from last year. that price includes the venue the dress the reception, but does not include the honeymoon. better keep saving for that one. >> absolutely. >>> speaking of love a big weekend at the box office. the classic animated disney film "cinderella" is finally coming to life. liam neesan and ed harris came up in the action-packed film "run all night." which one will take the top spot? here with us is fox news contributor, kevin mccarthy. kevin, how many people are going to go to "cinderella" to see the movie itself and how many are going to go see that little seven-minute preview of "frozen." >> good morning, guys. thank you for are having me on. "frozen" fever will be playing right before "cinderella" starts. and the cast is back. kristen bell. i love every single second of it. "frozen" was so fantastic. just to see the characters continue on. it was great to see that. disney announced yesterday the

gina mccarthy, the administrator of the environmental protection agency, she gave a speech last week. she said -- quote -- ," we're not interested in the vast majority of ditches roadside ditches, irrigation ditches." she said "those were never covered." she also went on to say the age could have been, as she said "more crystal clear out of the gate about what they were and were not proposing." well mr. president my amendment would help make sure that this rule is crystal clear. it simply lists things that the environmental protection agency administrator and others in the obama administration have already said would not be -- would not be regulated under this proposed rule. that's it. my amendment would put limits on how the environmental protection agency or the army corps of engineers determine the extent of washington control. the limits would include not allowing the agencies to control water based on the movement of birds, mammals or insects. the amendment would prevent termations based on the movement of water through the ground or the movement of rain water or snow melt over t

gina mccarthy is sensitive to the states. last year christie todd whitman testified before our clean air subcommittee that it was settled the clean air act can be used to control carbon pollution. our epa's proposed carbon standards in massachusetts in 2007, 2011, and the utility air regulatory group in 2014. mr. myers: yes, they are. the massachusetts versus epa case recognized the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. the connecticut versus american electric power case was a case new york was involved in where we sought to get at the same emissions the epa clean power plan is going to get out. -- going to get at. the supreme court in that case told us federal common law did not apply because it speaks directly to the power plant emissions. with respect to the last decision, the decision you mentioned, the supreme court reaffirmed epa's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and found under the stationary permanent program if you're a limiting certain pollutants you have the best control technology for co2

moniz, the secretary of the department of energy. [ applause ] please join me also in welcoming gina mccarthy, the administrator of the environmental protection agency. [applause] and finally i would like to invite to the stage peter rogoff who is the undersecretary of transportation. peter, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> i'm going to ask each of these panelists to just give us a brief comment and then we're going to go into a series of questions that are topics that are so important to us as cities as well as in their realms of responsibility. mr. secretary to you first. >> actually. >> it doesn't matter. >> mr. secretary. why don't you start? >> thank you, mayor becker and also greetings to my administration colleagues here. i'm not going to get into things that you know very well like the importance of cities and the importance of cities also in the context of our climate challenge. but let me focus on a few items in these opening remarks. of course, all of you have tremendous responsibilities in terms of managing a lot of infrastructure in this country. let me say a word about th

to when the are issues of litigation like this, this is our standard disputed yesterday we had gina mccarthy here and we were talking about 11 d. which is before the supreme court right now and she gave us a third of what she thought she was right. we are not saying that we are right on your right a person by asking what is your theory where does the money come from in your view? >> that is something as i said why don't they work to get back to you on where we do come true with regard where the litigation is an outlet to come back on the. >> i must say i have been oppressed with your facility to use numbers. you are really tuned into the budget can responding to mr. pitts, responding to mr. green about community health centers. i was at a road reef club meeting recently and i was asked the question, they said congressman, can you tell us what dollar amount has been incurred by the federal government as a result of state expansion of medicaid programs person to the affordable care act? because we picked up a larger percentage of the normal cost. and i would ask you that question. i did know t