mr. boyle. the navy air station in montgomery county, and mr. fitzpatrick. the navy has been working very closely with the e.p.a. and public authorities to take wells off line to address contamination and provide public drinking water. one of the things that they have not done is levels of screening to determine whether there has been any impact associated with the presence of what we call a pfoa's, something the e.p.a. has determined levels at which it may create a potential risk. make no mistake about it, the federal government is responsible for this. that will not be an issue which will be contested. so the question is whether there's precedent for the ability to work on something like this allowing the navy and the question is, yes, this has happened. private entities in new york and west virginia have worked through state authorities to enable or be testing of thousands of local residents in situations like this to determine whether or not there could have been any local impact due to tha

mr. boyle. mr. boyle votes no. mr. welch. ms. lujan grisham. ms. lujan grisham votes no. have allchaffetz: members voted? the clerk will report the tally. >> on this photo, there are 23 yea's and 15 nay's. chairman chaffetz: the resolution as amended is ordered favorably reported. without objection, motion reconsider is laid on the table. we had already called the vote -- understood. without objection, motion to reconsider is laid on the table. members will have two days to submit views on the resolution considered today. ask unanimous consent that staff be allowed to make necessary changes to the resolution ordered, reported today, subject to approval of the minority. if there's no further business, without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on the next "washington journal," david cicilline talks about the orlando shooting. journal,"n live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eas

mr. boyle. mr. boyle votes no. mr. welch. ms. lujan grisham. ms. lujan grisham votes no.hairman chaffetz: have all members voted? the clerk will report the tally. >> on this photo, there are 23 yea's and 15 nay's. chairman chaffetz: in the opinion of the chair, the aye's have it, and the resolution as amended is ordered favorably reported. without objection, motion reconsider is laid on the table. we had already called the vote . understood. without objection, motion to reconsider is laid on the table. without objection to pursuant to clause 2l, members will have two days to submit views on the resolution considered today. ask unanimous consent that staff be allowed to make necessary technical and conforming changes to the resolution ordered, reported today, subject to approval of the minority. hearing no objections, so ordered. if there's no further business, without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content an

. >> mr. boyle? >> yes. >> mr.well ch? >> how is mr. gosar is not recorded. >> have all members voted? clerk will report the tally. >> on this vote there are 15 yays and 21 noes. the question is on the adoption of house resolution 737 as amended to the house of representatives. >> mr. chairman? i have a parliamentary inquiry. >> what is your inquiry? >> mr. chairman, the question really has to do with what this resolution does and does not do. on may 18th you said that the resolution requires the forfe forfeitture of the pension or to quote your words requires the forfeiture of his pension. and for today's mark up of your resolution, you said requires forfeiture of his government pension and any other federal benefits for which he is eligible. that's what the website says. >> what is the parliamentary inqui inquiry? >> is it not true that it represents the sense of the house that e he should forfeit his pension and that this is a resolution. it does not have the force and effect to require the forfeiture of a pension or any other benefi

now recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boyle, for five minutes. >> yes, thank you, mr. chairman. i was struck by the fact -- i don't know when it was, i think it was recent. that pew research did a poll of favorability ratings of different various government agencies, and the post office came out the highest at 84%. which i can't remember where congress was, but i think postal service was slightly higher than where congress ended up, significantly lower than that. it's made all the more remarkable by the fact you had a decade where there were 200,000 fewer emblployees than there we just a decade ago. my question, though, is regarding the rather unique requirement the postal service lives under where essentially you have to prepay 75 years of obligations within a ten-year window. can you talk about the effect that that has had on the balance sheet? and do you know of any other government agency or for that matter private sector company that hasve u to lier such a unique requirement. i'll leave that to anyone who wants to grab in. if you would like to go ahead. >> i'll be