mr. barton. mark: thank you very much. and in hong kong -- john dorsen in hong kong. caroline: it affects all airports in france and as many as 40% of all flights in the country. for more we're joined by kerley. how bad could this be you -- be >? >> initially this strike was supposed to happen march 20 sixth, just a couple of days after the german wings crash, but after the emotion they decided to postpone it until this week. if you're traveling today it is better to check with your airline they could be stranded across all airlines. it affects all airports across france. short hold flights may be even more affected. flights departing from the airport might affect easyjet canceling over 100 flights. ryanair canceling 250 flights and air france saying they will only guarantee about 30% of their short hold flights. if you are traveling to a further destination you might get lucky or. air france -- luckier. air france said they will transfer almost all of their long hold flights. this will also affect flights flying over fran

mr. barton -- mr. wherehuerta? mr. huerta: no, it was not. i think as you heard from these gentlemen, it was simply a discussion of what could be said in open. mr. meadows: what i find very concerning, mr. chairman, is all of you are willing to get together to discuss your testimony before coming here to be honest, and yet the american people expect just honesty, and what we have is a coordinated effort to be a stone wall. that is concerning. i yield back. chairman chaffetz: i think the gentleman. i need to add, when we asked you to come privately brief four committees of congress, more than half of you said no. i don't understand that. i really don't. you can sit here and public testimony and say we are doing every thing we can -- this is the way the system works. it is inexcusable to me that you would refuse to come to congress a week after the attack and give us a brief. three of you did, for if he didn't. -- four of you didn't. it sounds like you coordinated on how to message this. you spent more time doing that than you did briefing cong

mr. barton: i'm delighted to hear my colleagues on the other -- mr. neugebauer: i'm delighted to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are concerned about the millions of dollars. i wish they would be -- the cfpb would spend $216 million in luxury renovations of a building they do not own and to find out that taxpayers are also going to get to fund a two-story waterfall that falls into sunken gardens and with a glass staircase. four-story glass staircase. and how about the spending of $14 million on marketing and advertising? and how about the $61.3 million they spent on management consulting fees? it's -- it should be affront to small businesses around the country that an organization that can't control their spending is being asked not to spend $9 million additional so we can have small businesses to have a voice he had table. with that, mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. pittenger. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for an additional two minutes. mr. pittenger: thank you,

reporter: barton is seeking unspecified damages from her mother nuala telling abc news overnight, "mrs. bartonnest or improper conduct against mischa barton." for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> boy, hard to sift through the details on that one. >> yeah. hope they work it out. >> that shows you how fickle fame is. how people get hot and get cold so fast. tough business. >> keep an eye on that. >>> next up on our "heat index," ellen pao making headlines again. you may remember she recently lost her suit in silicon valley but in her new job running reddit she is actually banning salary negotiations for new employees saying they can hurt women applicants. abc's rebecca jarvis has the story. >> reporter: this morning, ellen pao, the woman at the center of silicon valley's biggest sex discrimination suit making headlines again. this time as the head of social media company reddit choosing to ban all salary negotiations for new employees telling "the wall street journal," "men negotiate harder than women do and sometimes women get penalized when they do negotiate. we aren

mr. barton: so i support the gentleman's amendment. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman and reserve my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: i claim time in opposition. i strongly oppose this damaging rider by my good friend congressman burgess of texas, because it would block the department of energy from implementing or enforcing commonsense energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. this rider was a bad idea four years and even more unsupportable now. every claim has been proven wrong. dr. burgess told us the energy efficiency standards would band incan december ent light bulbs, but that is false. you can go to the store today and see the

mr. barton: i'm delighted to hear my colleagues on the other -- mr. neugebauer: i'm delighted to hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are concerned about the millions of dollars. i wish they would be -- the cfpb would spend $216 million in luxury renovations of a building they do not own and to find out that taxpayers are also going to get to fund a two-story waterfall that falls into sunken gardens and with a glass staircase. four-story glass staircase. and how about the spending of $14 million on marketing and advertising? and how about the $61.3 million they spent on management consulting fees? it's -- it should be affront to small businesses around the country that an organization that can't control their spending is being asked not to spend $9 million additional so we can have small businesses to have a voice he had table. with that, mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. pittenger. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for an additional two minutes. mr. pittenger: thank you,

barton. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and again, can't praise you enough for the way that you are conducting this committee. i think this is really in the best tradition of the senate foreign relations committee in the way that people might understand it to be ma which oftentimes it is not. and i thank you, senator cardin, for your excellent work in helping to create a bridge that has brought us to this moment. i also want to thank senator menendez and senator kaine for their work in ensuring that there would be a protection of congressional prerogatives, especially in an area where the sanctions were actually a congressional idea. it originated here and to a very large extent that is why the iranians have come to the table. is altogether fitting and appropriate that we are at this moment and there is going to be an assertion of this congressional prerogatives to oversee such an important matter. so we congratulate all of you here by the way every member of the committee who participated in this process. there i