mr. carney. the chair: the gentlelady has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman is recognized. mr. carney: i rise in support of this amendment and i ask unanimous consent that this letter from the delaware department of natural resources be submitted for the record. the chair: without objection, so ordered. mr. carney: while i oppose the underlying bill, i will only speak to this amendment and address what i think is a nonpartisan issue and frankly appeals to states' rights which my republican friends typically support. delaware is a nonattainment with federal clean air standards, mainly due to emissions that come from outside our state borders. in order to comply with federal law and protect public health, delaware has the ability to implement pollution-control strategies beyond e.p.a.'s requirements. last year delaware was given clean air act authority for the outer continental shelf. meaning that the state rather than e.p.a. regulates emissions there. delegated authority is working. the one o.c.s. permit requested of delaware was granted within weeks, not months. it goes through

to join other ambassadors to go there so mr carney forgive me for interrupting so you are disappointed with the statements from catherine ashton the ashton the e.u. high representative on foreign and security policy but you're saying that iran is being proactive and arms wide open for allowing the i.a.e.a. in your country to inspect your nuclear facilities would it come to catherine ashton she told us here at r.t. that iran has three thousand four hundred kilos of low enriched uranium which doesn't really have much purpose if you're not going to use it in a military program what is it for. go to italy v.j. day i think they should read again the reports of director general by and noted the fact that we have given d.a.q. design information question are about all a specification of matter the facilities and the p one type city villages that these are designed in fact to produce loyalty to any home which could be use in power plant sectors bushehr they cannot in fact produce material for within let's say been great for the nuclear weapons therefore technically we do respect this kind of a

mr. carney: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carney: this week the republican and democratic caucus met with president obama to discuss the need to raise the debt ceiling. the president said we need to raise the debt ceiling soon and i agree. the -- defaulting on our debt is not an option for a great nation like ours. no one wants to send the economy into another tail spin. now is the time to restore fiscal discipline. that's what the markets and creditors expect. congress should attach a balance of broad-based budget plan to the debt ceiling increase. the plan should include smart cuts that would total at least $4 trillion over the next 10 years. the budget agreement should also protect important investments in a strong economic future. we can't delay any longer. we can't pass these tough decisions on to our children and grandchildren. the people that sent us here to get it done and it's time for both sides to do just that. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from

mr. carney from delaware, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. i just joined the hearing. i just walked in. so i missed all of the lead up to this. but i was present here this morning when we had the panel of regulators and the discussion most of the discussion this morning was on the accumulative effect of dodd-frank regulations and so on, capital, liquidity requirements and sheila bair in particular said that she thought the capital requirements were on the low end. and the governor from the fed, mr. tarullo, i spoke with afterwards, he suggested that he agree with. we had some back and forth on that. this question may not be germane to the discussion that proceeded my arriving. we have some expertise on the panel and i'd like your view on that question if i could. please. >> the answer to this question is not simple in part because of the exchange that just occurred. if your capital requirements -- if you are looking at risk-weighted capital requirements, and you get into the inter of that and risk weighting is being used to pretend that you d

. >> reporter: instead, white house spokesman jay carney said mr. obama was going ahead with plans to travel to philadelphia for a fundraiser. >> what the senator invited the president to do was to hear senate republicans restate their maximalist position. we know what that position is. he also invited the president to hear what would not pass. that's not a conversation worth having. >> reporter: in the meantime, reports circulated at the capitol that other options were under discussion, including a 7- month increase in the debt limit. as the clock kept running, toward august 2nd, when the government faces the prospect of defaulting on the national debt. >> brown: and that brings us to our newsmaker interview with white house chief of staff william daley. i spoke to him this afternoon at the white house. mr. daley, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> brown: was the president drawing a line in the sand yesterday saying tax increases must be part of any-- of any deficit reduction plan or no deal? >> well, the president is saying in order to solve the

mrs. capps: this amendment i'm offering with representatives carney and castor addresses several concern we was thabt bill, the harmful impact on state programs that are working to issue permits while working to protect air quality, last month the energy and power subcommittee heard testimony from officials of the states of delaware and california. both expressed serious concerns about the impact of this bill on local air quality. the delaware department of natural resources has this to say about the legislation, and i quote, the constraints placed ons' rights and authorities will -- placed on states' rights and authorities will adversely affect us -- our ability to protect from the harmful effects of pollution. it also could, and this is a quote, have far-reaching and unintended consequences on public health. california and its local air districts in some cases require emission control that go beyond federal law. that's to address our unique pollution problem. for example, emissions from commercial harbor craft and ocean-going vessels represent the largest source of smog-forming air pollut

david carney who i mentioned i've known him for years he operates out of new hampshire but he's the top adviser to the texas governor rick perry. mr ran rick perry's campaign for governor last time. and the conspiracy theory is these guys got mad at newt and they figured, you know, what he's not going to win, we're going to leave and formed a campaign in waiting. and what the governor says, and i talked to david carney today and others today, they said the governor has said the texas legislature finishes its session in two weeks or so, he will look again at the question, but he's inclined not to run. do you believe it? >> i don't know what to believe. honestly, i really don't know what to believe. again, you put one and one together sometimes, and you get two. and the question that awful us asked is okay, it's not as if you're going to be able to draw a direct line between these people leaving and okay, they're going to jump en masse to another campaign. so it wouldn't be the cause of their leaving, but it could be the effect of their leaving could be that they end up working for perry if he runs. >> if you're governor perry, rich