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mrs. dingell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 3017, the brownfields enhancement economic redevelopment and re-authorization act of 2017. the bill before us today is a good bipartisan compromise bill that will re-authorize $250 million in funding for the brownfields program under the environmental protection agency for each fiscal year through 2021. e.p.a. brownfields programs has a long history of empowering communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent contaminated sites from endangering public health and the environment. brownfield grants continue to serve as the foundation of e.p.a.'s brownfield program. these grants support revitalization efforts by funding environmental assessments, cleanup, and job training activities nationwide. additionally, this bill makes a number of overall improvements to the law that will strengthen brownfields remediation into the future. in 2013 the down river community conference in my district received a brownfield fundin

mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to this legislation because it prevents -- presents us with a choice that we should not have to make. i take a back see the to nobody in this institution in terms of fighting for children and families. but we live in the united states of america. the greatest nation in the world. and i reject the notion we have to rob peter to pay paul. or in this instance, jeopardize the future of medicare and steal $6 billion from critical prevention programs to pay for children's health care. they are all equal priorities. and we shouldn't have to sacrifice the health of one population to pay for another. it's that simple. the changes that the bill makes to medicare may sound innocuous. and i have great respect for the chairman. but the reality is they will threaten the future of medicare. means-testing social security is a good sound bite. but it's a very slippery slope. i'm not worried about whether whether wealthy families can be able to afford for increased medicare

mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong positi to this legislati because it prevents -- presents us with a choicthat we sh not have toake. i take a back see the to nobody this institution in terms of fighting for children and milies. we ive inhe unitestates of america. the greatest nation in th rld. and i reject the notion we have to rob peter to pay paul. or in this instance, jeopardize the future ofedicare and steal $6 billion from critial prevention programso pay for children's health care. they are all equal priorities. and we shouldn't have to sacrifice the health of one polation to y for another. it's that simple. the changes that the bill makes to medire may sound innocuous. and i have great respect forhe cha but the reali is they will means-tesng social security i. a gd sound bite. but it's a very slpery spe. i'm notorried about whether ether wealthy families can able to afford for increase medicare premiums. but i'm worried that these changes will result iwealthy peoe abandoning the program in larg

mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong positi to this legislati because it prevents -- presents us with a choicthat we sh not have toake. i take a back see the to nobody this institution in terms of fighting for children and milies. we ive inhe unitestates of america. the greatest nation in th rld. and i reject the notion we have to rob peter to pay paul. or in this instance, jeopardize the future ofedicare and steal $6 billion from critial prevention programso pay for children's health care. they are all equal priorities. and we shouldn't have to sacrifice the health of one polation to y for another. it's that simple. the changes that the bill makes to medire may sound innocuous. and i have great respect forhe cha but the reali is they will means-tesng social security i. a gd sound bite. but it's a very slpery spe. i'm notorried about whether ether wealthy families can able to afford for increase medicare premiums. but i'm worried that these changes will result iwealthy peoe abandoning the program in larg

mr. doyle, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. commissioner o'reilly, in the spirit of chairman dingell, i have a number of questions that i want to ask you with just requiring yes or no answers. and i would appreciate you doing that as rapidly as possible. >> yes. >> commissioner -- [ laughter ] >> thank you. you got it. you used to work on this committee. and you helped draft legislation that prevented one entity from owning broadcast stations that reach more than 39% of the national population, correct? that's a yes or no. >> yes. >> in response to a question for the record from me, did you state that you believe only congress can change the cap via the passage of legislation? >> yes. >> thank you. at that time that you worked on this legislation, did you understand that a uhf station signal, the ones above channel 13, could not travel as far as vhf signals? >> yes. >> were you aware at that time that the fcc did not count the entire reach of uhf stations against the 39% national ownership cap? >> yes. >> and in a twist of fate, since the dtv in 2009, digital uhf stations can now rea