mr. connolly: or to a driver? garfield: correct. mr. connolly: it might also be driverless in that sense? mr. garfield yes. :mr. connolly: i represent northern virginia, national capital region as measured by a&m mobility scorecard now has the nation's worst congestion. as measured by these metrics -- 82 hours stuck in traffic every year on average. 35 gallons of gas wasted idling every year, and at least $1800 in lost time every year. how could these technologies assist a region like this with arguably the worst congestion? mr. lightsey: yes, thank you. so first of all of the backtrack a little bit to the chairman 's questions about, and let me say on behalf of the industry and gm, private industry is investing a substantial amount of money greater or equal to the mother money the government is investing in this technology. we very much view this as, -- complementary to the onboard sensor technology that are also being used for many of the safety systems. dsrc has thethe -- advantage today of being the only technology we know of that me

mr. connolly. we're glad that you're here and your suggestions for the committee's product would be as welcome and i thank you very much. i would next like to go to mr. marino on regulatory reform, commercial and antitrust law. the gentleman is now recognized. mr. marino. >> thank you, chairman sessions, and ranking member ms. slaughter, for giving me the opportunity to testify regarding hr-712. i will address that bill first and then when we get through with that, if you have no objections, i can go to the next bill. >> certainly. >> so you don't have to listen to me speak for 15 minutes straight. you get a break between that. this is the sunshine regulation for regulatory decrease and settlement act. hr-712 was introduced by mr. collins of georgia. the judiciary committee ordered hr hr-712 favorably. the rules committee print of hr-712 also includes two other pieces of regulatory reform legislation reported favorably by the judiciary committee. title two of the bill includes the, quote, alert act,

mr. connolly, mrs. davis, of people and mr. nadler. with them. we agree totally with them that these sanctions should be upheld. that the law is the law. that the 2010 iran sanctions accountability and divestment act is still the law. that's what this bill does. there's been claims that it was not done in a bipartisan fashion. and i find this somewhat with t we agree totally with them that these sanctions should puzzling because i personally alked, mr. speaker, to mr. engel about this bill. i went item for item through it. what its content was. i reached out to democratic leadership in august. i have been working this bill since july. so, yes, we can do a bipartisan fashion. i regret because i'm a freshman and only have fought on three continents and foreign affairs and national security background that i'm not on the foreign affairs committee, but that doesn't denote, mr. speaker, a lack of understanding of the way the world works and what the threat is in the united states of america when we have made a law that says if you're a terrorist or hu

mr. connolly: thank you, mr. chairman, and i thank my dear friend, the ranking member, distinguished ranking member of the oversight and government reform committee, mr. cummings. i must say, the previous speaker, representing the majority on the judiciary committee, reminded me of the meaning of a word. to complain about job growth when your party hands a new democratic president the deepest and worst recession since the great depression, when you leave the country with 10.2% unemployment, and that president and these democrats in this congress reverse all that, unemployment is less than half of that, 5%. we've had 64 consecutive months of positive, net positive, private sector job growth, the longest stretch in american history. and you want to say it could have been better? if we hadn't had so much regulation. what an extraordinary narrative. and a false one. and a dangerous one. this bill is the scrub act. the best thing we can do with this bill is to scrub it. from the floor of the house of representatives.

mr. connolly, mrs. davis, of people and mr. nadler. with them. we agree totally with them that these sanctions should be upheld. that the law is the law. that the 2010 iran sanctions accountability and divestment act is still the law. that's what this bill does. there's been claims that it was not done in a bipartisan fashion. and i find this somewhat with t we agree totally with them that these sanctions should puzzling because i personally alked, mr. speaker, to mr. engel about this bill. i went item for item through it. what its content was. i reached out to democratic leadership in august. i have been working this bill since july. so, yes, we can do a bipartisan fashion. i regret because i'm a freshman and only have fought on three continents and foreign affairs and national security background that i'm not on the foreign affairs committee, but that doesn't denote, mr. speaker, a lack of understanding of the way the world works and what the threat is in the united states of america when we have made a law that says if you're a terrorist or hu

mr. connolly. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. connolly: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the distinguished ranking member, my friend from maryland, mr. cummings. in opposing the sunshine for regulatory decrees and settlements act, we take -- ition to the excuse of would require agencies to provide monthly status updates on their plans to finalize rules when they're already require t.d. report twice a year. further this legislation would prohibit agency rules from taking effect until the office of information and regulatory affairs has posted certain information online for at least six months. so an agency might post its own information about the cost of a ifposed rule for a year, but they don't post -- but they don't pothse it for at least six months the agency would be prohibited from moving forward. mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and i have an amendment that would be considered shortly to strike the six month online posting requirement. striking that provision would keep important agency rules protecting public health and safety from being needlessly dela

mr. connolly, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: i thank my dear friend, the distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee. today i rise in support of north korea sanctions enforcement act of 2015. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership in bringing this legislation before us. i especially appreciate the inclusion of two of my amendments, one that provides for the reunification of korean families separated by the 38th parallel and another to ensure that u.s. policy toward north korea is informed by the recommendations made by the commission on human rights in north korea conducted by the united nations. amidst the tense geopolitical standoffs and irresponsible actions by the north korean regime, we must always remember the human cost to this enduring conflict. and i believe this bill, through these amendments and important exceptions to sanctions for humanitarian relief organizations does just that. this is timely, if not overdue, legislation. north korea is a reckless, paran

mr. connolly of virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i find myself in an interesting position in this hearing. because having worked for the legislative branch for 10 years in the senate, now being a member of the legislative branch as a member of the house, i certainly have always felt that it is a key responsibility of the executive branch to be responsive to information requests. on the other hand, our constitution i think builds in a dialectic in which, you know, we want information. the executive branch does not want us to have it. it is a natural order of things. and there is a built in tension, and there are mechanisms for us to address that dialogue. on, at the endy of the day, on common sense. determination,on as well as statutory enablers. legitimate requirements for information must be enforced on a bipartisan basis. expeditions, blatantly partisan efforts to seek information to embarrass, humiliate, to undermine will not get bipartisan support. and they do not deserve it. and understandably, they can cause even more friction

mr. connolly troubles me. that becausecated of those in the wide breadth of the requests that is caused due to not fulfill what initially started out as a very simple request. so what you are indicating today is that you got no guidance from this committee on any priorities? >> that is not what i stated. i did say we had no guidance. it is very wide. >> so you have gotten guidance. ms. fucile: and i would say in one instance when we got guidance we were able to respond very successfully. asked us for information about personal e-mails and we responded to that. that kind of give-and-take -- me go, i have five minutes. it was a going to bring this up. this is the entire response that we got from omb with regard to two letters and a subpoena. the problem i have with it, all of this is either the proposed role of what could be found this isand in 10 months all that we have gotten from you. i went through and most of this is duplicates. is this the best you can do? >> a lot of the communication between senior offic

mr. connolly of virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it. if you have not preserved it, i find myself in an interesting position in this hearing. because having worked for the legislative branch for 10 years in the senate, now being a member of the legislative branch as a member of the house, i certainly have always felt that it is a key responsibility of the executive branch to be responsive to information requests. on the other hand, our constitution i think builds in a dialectic in which, you know, we want information. the executive branch does not want us to have it. it is a natural order of things. and there is a built in tension, and there are mechanisms for us to address that dialogue. but it does rely on, at the end of the day, on common sense. on good faith, on determination, as well as statutory enablers. legitimate requirements for information must be enforced on a bipartisan basis. fishing expeditions, blatantly partisan efforts to seek information to embarrass, humiliate, to undermine will not get bipartisan support. nd they do

mr. connolly, mrs. davis, of people and mr. nadler. with them. we agree totally with them that these sanctions should be upheld. that the law is the law. that the 2010 iran sanctions accountability and divestment act is still the law. that's what this bill does. there's been claims that it was not done in a bipartisan fashion. and i find this somewhat with t we agree totally with them that these sanctions should puzzling because i personally alked, mr. speaker, to mr. engel about this bill. i went item for item through it. what its content was. i reached out to democratic leadership in august. i have been working this bill since july. so, yes, we can do a bipartisan fashion. i regret because i'm a freshman and only have fought on three continents and foreign affairs and national security background that i'm not on the foreign affairs committee, but that doesn't denote, mr. speaker, a lack of understanding of the way the world works and what the threat is in the united states of america when we have made a law that says if you're a terrorist or hu

mr. connolly. >> welcome to the panel. maybe, can you tell us the difference between autonomous and assisted vehicles? >> and common nomenclature, the idea is that an economist vehicle doesn't necessarily will -- autonomous vehicle doesn't necessarily rely on communication. it is truly not connect to another car or communication -- or to a driver, correct. assisted by communication or by another -- driverless also be in that sense? >> yes. >> i represent northern virginia, national capital &mgion as measured by a mobility scorecard now has the nation's worst congestion. as measured by these metrics -- 82 hours stuck in traffic every 35 gallons of gas wasted idling every year, and at least me every year.ti talk of these technologies assist a region like this with arguably the worst congestion? >> yes, so first of all of the backtrack a little bit to the chairman questions about, and let me say on behalf of the industry and gm, private industry is investing a substantial amount of money greater or equal to the mother money t

mr. connolly. >> thank you and welcome to our panel. i begin by taking issue with the ranking members narrative with respect to iran and comparing it to north korea. my narrative would be that this administration took up from the neglect of the previous administration with respect to iran, and whether you like it or not, the nuclear agreement is working. they are complying. if you want to remove an exponential threat to israel, that's the way we did it. in my view, it has the best probability of working of any solution offered on the table. maybe one doesn't like that. maybe one would have preferred a different alternative, but this is the one that the united states government pursued and i'm glad they did. i think in the long run it wi be the best alternative for peace in the region and for taking the nuclear option, with respect to iran, off the table. now one now one of the pieces of leverage that we had in addition to sanctions was choking off iran's ability to sell the one product it really has and that is oil. when it comes to nor

mr. connolly. >> welcome to the panel. maybe, can you tell us the difference between autonomous and assisted vehicles? >> and common nomenclature, the idea is that an economist vehicle doesn't necessarily will -- autonomous vehicle doesn't necessarily rely on communication. it is truly not connect to another car or communication -- or to a driver, correct. assisted by communication or by another -- driverless also be in that sense? >> yes. >> i represent northern virginia, national capital &mgion as measured by a mobility scorecard now has the nation's worst congestion. as measured by these metrics -- 82 hours stuck in traffic every 35 gallons of gas wasted idling every year, and at least me every year.ti talk of these technologies assist a region like this with arguably the worst congestion? >> yes, so first of all of the backtrack a little bit to the chairman questions about, and let me say on behalf of the industry and gm, private industry is investing a substantial amount of money greater or equal to the mother money t

mr. connolly troubles me.because you have indicated that because of the wide breadth of the request, that has caused you to not be able to fulfill what initially started out as a very simple request. so what you're indicating today is that you got no guidance from this committee on any priorities, is that your testimony? >> no, that's not what i -- i stated i didn't say we didn't have any guidance. >> you said it was so wide. >> it was very wide. >> so you got guidance. >> and i would say in one instance when we got guidance, we were able to respond very successfully. you asked us for information about the administrator's personal e-mail. we responded with that information. that kind of give and take is very helpful. >> i've got five minutes. i wasn't going to bring it up. but this is the entire response we've gotten from omb with regards to two letters and a subpoena. the problem that i have with it is, all of this is either the proposed rule or what could be found online. and in ten months, this is all that

mr. cummings-connolly. on roll call vote 12, i would have voted aye, democratic motion to recommit. on roll call vote to recommit, i would have voted no on passage f h.r. 712, on roll call 14, i would have voted aye, on the johnson amendment. on roll call vote 15, i would have voted aye on the cummings-connolly amendment. on roll call 16, i would have voted aye on the cicilline amendment. on roll call 17, i would have voted aye on the delbene amendment. and on roll call vote 18, jackson lee offered by cicilline amendment, i would have voted aye. and on roll call vote number 19 i would have voted aye, on h.r. 1155 scrub act of 2015. i ask unanimous consent that these expressions of how i would have vote bd placed appropriately in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's statement will appear in the record. s. jackson lee: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognize

mr. connolly troubles me.because you have indicated that because of the wide breadth of the request, that has caused you to not be able to fulfill what initially started out as a very simple request. so what you're indicating today is that you got no guidance from this committee on any priorities, is that your testimony? >> no, that's not what i -- i stated we didn't say we had any guidance. >> you said it was so wide. >> it was very wide. >> so you got guidance. >> and i would say in one instance when we got guidance, we were able to respond very successfully. you asked us for information about personal e-mail and we responded with that information. that kind of give and take is very helpful. >> i've got five minutes. i wasn't going to bring it up. but this is the entire response we've gotten from omb with regards to two letters and a subpoena. the problem that i have with it is, all of this is either the proposed rule or what could be found online. and in ten months, this is all that we've gotten from you. a

mr. cummings: my amendment co-sponsored by government operations subcommittee ranking member gerry connolly, would strike the six-month moratorium on rules imposed by the bill. title 2 of this bill prohibits an agency rule from taking effect until six months after agencies submit information the bill requires to the office of information and regulatory affairs and that office posts this information on the internet. under the bill, if the office of information and regulatory affairs fails to post any of the required information, a rule would be prohibited from taking effect. this is an arbitrary moratorium and the bill allows for only two exceptions. one exception is if the agency exempts a rule from the notice requirements of the administrative procedures act. the other exception is if the president issues an executive order requiring a rule to take effect. this bill covers all agency rule makings, including rules needed to protect our health, safety, and our environment. for example, this bill would cover rules like the one recently published by the department of justice that clarifies who

mr. chairman. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. my amendment, co-sponsored by government operations subcommittee ranking member, jerry connolly, would exempt independent agencies from the requirements of this bill. independent agencies serve an important role in protecting the american people from a range of threats, including the collapse of our financial markets and health and safety risks. agencies such as the consumer financial protection bureau, the securities and exchange commission, and the consumer product safety commission are designed to independently regulate the industries they cover. these agencies are not required to obtain approval for their rules from the office of information and regulatory affairs, as other executive branch agencies must do. the reason independent agencies are treated differently is to protect them from political interference in their rulemaking. the scrub act would jeopardize the independence of these agencies by subjecting their rules to oversight by the office of information and regulatory affairs. section 203 of the scrub act would require them to review and certify the cost estimate for every

mr. connolly raised the issue of cyber hacking seminars. [laughter] >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our panel of witnesses for thoughtful insight today. dr. cha i wanted to ask you do you believe that north korea would use their nuclear weapons for aggressive actions? >> i don't think it's the intent of any nuclear-weapon state including north carolina to use them purposely for aggressive purposes. having said that there are contingencies that a state can miscalculate and i can draw conclusions for you, they are compelled to. and that is -- that is what is so destabilizing about the current situation. >> i've not been south korea or japan. do they feel the same threat from north korea than say israel with iran? >> i certainly think that japan feels morbidly threatened. with regard to south korea, they've always been under the fear of artillerary threat. you can get a little jaded. >> i'm going somewhere with this. my sense is here in this country we have a country, the only one in this century testing nuclear detonate a nuclear a week ago but after the news comes out, i