lankford: mr.an, i'd like to yield since minutes to the gentlelady from north carolina, who is the author of h.r. 899, and has worked on this concept for years to try to repair the inconsistencies in the original law. the chair: the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized for six minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman from oklahoma for yielding and for shepherding this bill through the committee. i'm especially grateful to mr. lankford for his tireless efforts on behalf of this legislation. not only i but the people of this country owe him a great debt of gratitude. i also want to commend him for employing such a wonderful staff. they have been a real pleasure to work with and have been devoted to getting this legislation passed. and i want to recognize the efforts of chairman issa and his staff at the oversight and government reform committee, including his eloquent comments today. they have provided my office with five-star service. and finally, i want to recogniz

lankford: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. lankford: mr. speaker, this allows us to gather that information. it's a good thing to have the information. over the past several years there has been a push to provide greater transparency in the federal government. the difficulty of bits of information scattered in different parts in different reports has forced the need for this. to say, let's put all that data together. not only the number of staff and the number of programs and duplication reports and all things, let's gather that in a one readable report so that every american doesn't have to know where to chase down to get the bits of information. they can actually go to one spot and be able to look at it, whether it's a watchdog group, any member of congress or any citizen in america ca

lankford: mr. chairman, i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lankford: independent regulatory agencies impose significant costs to our economy and that imposes those federal mandates on state and local governments and the private sector. the securities and exchange commission, national labor relations board, federal communications commission, just a few example of agencies that impose regulations without consideration of the actual cost or impact on that on the public. now, this bill does not prevent agencies from creating regulations. it gives the impression that this will be a wild west and all these agencies will be limited. it only asks them to consider the costs in the -- and the impact of those regulations and to have some conversation with people and how it can be done less burdensome or less expensive. according to 2011 administrative law review article, analysis conducted by independent regulatory agencies is generally minimum, re

congressman lankford, what do house republicans plan to do about that? >> that's the interesting part. in some ways he's going back to his base saying i'm going to stick those republicans in the eye. i'm just going to go around them. most of the proposals he's laying out he already has statutory authority to do. he's just trying to charge up his base and go after it. and some things should get pushed back on. traditionally there is' been a member of your own party in the senate that's risen up and challenged his own president when they exceeded constitutional authority. think about robert byrd challenging democratic presidents saying, mr. president, you can't do that. we have to honor the constitution. we just find that in this day and age people challenging their own president. if he pushes beyond constitutional authority, he should be held to account that, not only hearings but also supreme court, as we see in the supreme court case just last week where the supreme court -- the president says to the senate, i'm going to define what your schedule is. i'

lankford. mr. lankford: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? mr. lankford: mr. speaker, i rise to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. lankford: mr. speaker, comments for sand in the workplace, sand can cause serious health issues. no one will dispute that. but this new rule is interesting inth design. in the comment request, osha specifically singles out one industry, oil and gas, as the key reason for the rule change. they write, a recent study silicon among workers conducting hydraulic fracturing operations as their prime reason for the rule change. after the rule has been in prays since 1971, that -- place since 1971. fracking has

one sent oklahoma representative james lankford listing the congressman targeted for retribution andlso a spreadsheet of the congressman's political donors. here is an excerpt from an e-mail sent to john boehner. john, i have never voted against you nor have i ever done whatever you asked of me. isn't it time we stop lying to the american people in regard to the debt limit? buzz feed reports the e-mails have gone unreturned. >>> rush limbaugh is complaining about the media's coverage of michael sam, the player who could be the nfl's first openly gay player. limbaugh seems to see this as a larger gay agenda that he says is threatening to the population. listen to what he had to say today. >> heterosexuality maybe 85% are under assault by the 2% to 5% that are homosexuals. why is there a political agenda attached to and driven by homosexuality and there is no corresponding heterosexual agenda? >> well, rush's idea that straight people are under assault is absurd. some have weighed in in drafting sam. here is what steve colbert had to say. >> teams will have to think twice. >> can the p

this bill introduced by representative james lankford, the republican from oklahoma actually seems like it has potential. lankford introduced the health care compact bill which takes health care decision-making power away from the federal government and instead puts it into the hands of state lawmakers but only if they choose to join. if states opt to join the compact and take health care dollars to spend as they see fit. they cohave a free market system or single-payer system. won't interfere with long running programs in any state like federal services. states are closer to the residents than federal government. they can better implement major overhauls like health care reform. there will be less room for fraud if the operation is smaller on the state level than in a national system. so far eight different states actually signed on to the compact including texas and south carolina. and in 12 more states the legislatures are considering the bill but the compact bilas conge any state can implement its changes. since open he will rolement period ticked off on october 1st 3.3 million amer

james lankford made it clear why conservatives are willing to give boehner wiggle room, saying, quote, hopefully, we can win the senate and we can have a completely different conversation. well, now the bill heads to the senate where texas senator ted cruz demands a 60-vote threshold, forcing all vulnerable democrats to raise it. but they're optimistic they can move quickly considering the winter storm bearing down and flights that these guys want to make. cruz's republican colleagues are already planning his strategy. >> do you think that ted cruz is right to filibuster? are you with him or not? >> i don't think it's right, because at the end of the day we're going to pass a clean debt ceiling increase, with ted's or without ted's support. >> one more big story out of this. does this mean the budget wars are over, or are we in at least a cease-fire, and who won? well, for someone that was criticized fairly -- and fairly so for being a bad negotiator in 2011 and 2012, the president stuck to his guns. he stood firm and forced the scenario, making it more difficult for the republicans t

lankford was talking about, his daughter or his child having asthma, i have asthma. and so i know the importance of this. so, yes, we do want a clean environment. many rural districts like mine often have unique needs. whether it's the farmer farming to put food on his table, or to keep his family fed, or to feed a nation, they need to keep the lights on, they need to keep the storefronts on, or brunging jobs back to our district you -- bringing jobs back to our district through projects like the dredging of the st. john's waterway which is a crucial infrastructure project in our district that would create thousands of jobs. and yet we have to deal with e.p.a. regulations. congress must ensure efficient and effective policies are being implemented that both boost the economy and uphold environmentally friendly industry standards. however, the e.p.a. has overstepped its authority time and time again by imposing unwarranted, costly federal regulations on states and on individuals. last year the e.p.a. issued 1,624 rules and notices. this year alone the e.p.a. has issue

'm especially grateful for representative james lankford a republican co-sponsor of this bill, who has worked tirelessly to promote its passage we have wouldn't be here without his efforts. a common refrain in this is business is that nobody wants to see how the susadge is made, meaning that the process of drafting and passing legislation is so ugly it would repulse people. in this case, i disagree. i'm extremely proud of this bill and extremely proud of the process by which it has been advanced in the house. it has been a pleasure to work with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on this measure and i appreciate their support and counsel. the unfunded mandates reform and a sparency act of 1995 was model for bipartisanship. and my hope is that my bill leaves a similar legacy. i urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this rule and the underlying bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman from north