mr. fattah: he said $150,000. mr. wolf: what kind of salary. mr. fattah: if we can't get a satisfactory answer to your questions, there are some rules about executive branch individuals and advisors to the president not being compelled to testify. but when you have line staff people running an agency, hultgren is available and we can have him come with his staff and answer these questions. mr. broun: i appreciate, madam chairman, the offer of both gentlemen to work with me. certainly we need to have -- it's our responsibility in congress to have oversight. i'm the chairman of the oversight committee on science, space and technology. and we've had tremendous problems not only with this department but many others in getting people to come and just tell us what's going on. to testify before our committee. we've been rebuffed and rebuffed time and time again, ignored time and time again by this administration. e only way i see to get at these people is -- mr. fattah: let me reclaim my time and say to you, let's work through it. we can work together. the

mr. fattah: i seek to strike the last word. i want to yield to the gentleman to speak on the question of hemp. the chair: the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania, as well the gentlelady oregon, the gentleman from kentucky. i'm very pleased to support both this amendment as well as a very similar one along with representatives massie, blumenauer, bonamici and barr. thanks them for their leadership. on a very commonsense issue that helps my home state of colorado. last year i was thrilled to be part of a successful effort to pass an amendment to the farm bill that allows colonels like colorado state university in -- colleges like colorado state university in my district to cultivate hemp for academic and agricultural research purposes. in no other instance can i think of urgent emails and texts that i've got from farmers where they are in dire straits and need my help in getting the seed they need to grow their crop, approved through our own st

mr. fattah: reclaiming my time. i'd also like to yield to the gentlelady from connecticut, an opportunity to close, i would yield my remaining time. ms. esty: thank you, mr. ranking member, and thank you for your leadership on this issue. i appreciate the kind words of my colleagues and their support for this amendment. and with that i ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. the chair: is there objection to withdrawing the amendment? without objection, the amendment's withdrawn. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 100, line 12, spending reduction account, section 540, the amount by which the applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the committee is zero dollars. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. hastings of washington. at the end of the bill, before the short title add the following

mr. fattah: would you yield for a question? mr. hudson: my amendment prohibits funding in the bill for unauthorized programs. it peril lells my sunset act of 2014, h.r. 3847, which would force congress to actually do oversight and evaluate each individual program. mr. speaker, this type of sweeping reform would dramatically overall the way washington butts and spend hard-earned taxpayer dollars and allow congress to take back control, scale back our bureaucracy, and provide accountability to the federal government. mr. speaker, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. fattah: i thought gentleman would yield for a second. my question was the large -- i would claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minute. mr. fattah: a large swath of our bill has not been authorized including nasa. we have to deal with transport back and forth to the international space station. even though it's not been re-authorized your amendment as written would seem to prohibit nasa from b

mr. fattah. mr. fattah: thank you. in closing, i participated with district attorney general for providing pro bono services. that's great. however, national legal services and many of these rural communities, unlike a big city like philadelphia, they don't have the benefit of big law firms where they can have probono partners and the like -- pro bono partners and the like. if they are going to have a lawyer for a soldier or a veteran who needs help on a foreclosure, it's going to be legal services. so to cut off their access to the courts is the wrong thing for us to do and i oppose the amendment. the chair: does the gentleman yield back? mr. fattah: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. scott: madam chair, if only legal services were limited to the things that the gentlelady and the gentleman discussed like helping our veterans with foreclosures and other things, but in my part of the country, in the rural areas that i come from, legal services corporation h

mr. fattah: i yield time to the gentleman from california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. farr: thank you very much. i rise in opposition to this. i have been around when this national ocean policy was before congress. heard in the committee. in fact the commission that created it was created by congress. and it was -- members were appointed by president george bush. those members included members of the oil and gas industry and they came up with recommendations that we need to do the conflicts of sea resolution. that's what the national ocean policy does, gets all the federal agencies together. bought they are together and can talk about what they each do that are in conflict, it supports consistent with the gulf of mexico alliance which is supported by governor perry and the gulf state governors. it supports activities at texas a&m. they signed a letter opposing any legislation would undermine the national ocean polcy. it affects the texas coastal programs based in houston. they have also signed a letter in oppos

mr. fattah: i seek a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fattah: i seek a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentleman from oklahoma will e postponed. the gentleman from florida -- for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam chairwoman, i move to strike the last word for purposes of entering into a colloquy with the chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i rise today for the purpose of entering into a colloquy with chairman wolf, somebody i have great respect for and compliment him on a bill he has prepared along with the ranking member. i prepared an amendment at the desk this evening that would reduce $8 million from the census bureau and instead move that money to the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's operations research and facilities account for the office of marine and aviation operations, essentially noaa marine research. i appreciate the chairman's comments about continuing to slic

mr. fattah: move to strike the words. i also agree with the amendment but i want to yield for a minute to the gentleman from the great state of new jersey. the chair: the jay may not yield blocks of time. -- the gentleman may not yield blocks of time. mr. fattah: let me say i'll ave lou him to move the strike -- allow him to move to strike the word. i support the chairman and accept this amendment. but his warning about census and the need for us not to assume we can walk out with a bill with zero for census and live up to our responsibilities, our constitutional responsibilities, is not an appropriate notion for this congress. i do support this one. i'm going to be opposing many others. thank you. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> madam speaker, i as co-sponsor of this amendment along -- the chair: does the gentleman move to strike the last word? mr. pascrell: move to strike the last word. i want to say to frank wolf, you're a good man. i

mr. fattah for working with me on this issue. finally i'd like to thank mr. wolf for the years he's devoted to public service over the course of his very distinguished career. thank you, madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. wolf: i strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wolf: i accept the amendment, i think it's a good amendment. i congratulate the gentlelady from arizona and urge a yes vote. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. fattah: strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fattah: i rise in support this of this amendment with the chairman. i do note this review is taking place at a number of university bus none of these investigations have concluded and we don't know the exact facts but we do know that young people on college campuses and in other circumstances are victimized and it's important that this program receive addition

mr. fattah: thank you. i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from the great state of california, congressman sam farr. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. farr: thank you very much for yielding and i rise in general debate to talk about noaa but i first also want to echo everything that's been said about our great colleague, frank wolf. frank is one of the few members of congress who has visited my district, actually went onto my property in big sur, ended up coming back and saying, now i understand why you're so passionate about the oceans. it's an interesting committee that you've chaired, most of you, ranking and chair of the committee, because it's a committee that has all the department of commerce, has all the department of justice and has the science programs, nasa, n.s.f. and the science and technology policy, office of science and technology. essentially the science of america is in your hands and this bill has a lot of it in there, particularly i'd like to talk

mr. fattah: if the gentleman will yield? i also would like to join in in whatever we can do from our side to help in this matter so they can come to a positive resolution. mr. hunter: i thank the gentlemen. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. chairman, i move to strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. crowley: after consultation with both the offices of the chair and the ranking member, i now rise for the purpose of entering into it a colloquy with chairman wolf and with ranking member fatah. four years ago when the house -- ranking member fattah. four years ago i offered an amendment at that time with my colleagues, congresswoman gabrielle giffords and congressman jerry mcnerney, to correct a long-standing inequity at the national science foundation. unlike their counterparts of the historically black colleges and universities and tribal colleges and universities, hispanic-serving institut

mr. fattah has taken this initiative. i'm sure the next member will sort of have their own issues as well. >> you spoke of $600 million, you're looking for them to accomplish with their mission can you take a minute to talk to me about that? >> it's important having an asset at the forefront of technology innovation. pushing the envelope, we have privatized travel to the administration and congress's cooperation in the leadership of frank wolf. we now have multiple companies who will be flying back to the space station. for hours on the floor of the mission control. when the mars rover landed -- to put a human being on mars is what the goal is. it's going to take a lot of know how we're building the biggest rocket ship ever. it's an investment we need to continue to make and lead. by finding our way to space, we find technologies that enhance america's ability to lead globally. and we have -- we've kind of put on the side some of this for too many years. i would say all the way back to the previous efforts where we have n

mr. fattah's help in it that sufficiently and responsibly funds federal programs that provide for safety and economic well being this legislation ensures that our laws are enforced, that our businesses have the tools needed to succeed, and that uncertainty doesn't hinder progress. this bill already provides targeted increases for counterterrorism and cybersecurity, fights the scourge of drug abuse and bolsters american scientific innovation and manufacturing. this is almost -- also a landmark bill for reducing violence against women. it strengthens services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking by funding above the current level and above the president's request for these programs. in addition, it increases funding for victim assistance programs that will address human trafficking. after amendments, the bill includes $41 million for the community response teams to address the sexual assault kit backlog program. above $6 million, 17% the president's request. he bill also includes $125 million for core d.n.a. programs including the debbie smith program. this is $25

mr. fattah. we have worked very closely together on all of these issues, and i want to thank him for the great close working relationship and also the entire staff on both sides of the aisle for their work, and with that i yeel back. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, i'm delighted that you're here and welcome. >> i'm honored to be here before the resumes committee, both you mr. chairman and the ranking member, but i'm even more honored to sit beside chairman wolf, for these many years as she's she we he's shepherded this bill through the process. we've never had a bill that wasn't bipartisan. he's just provided extraordinary leadership, from human trafficking, which he has championed a major effort throughout the country on. and a number of other items where he mentioned the indictments today in terms of hacking. i think it's safe to say that none of this would have happened without his assistance over many years, around this issue, when others were not paying any attention to it, frank wolf

mr. abdel-fattah el-sissi and posing for a photo with his competitor and this is what we see online as wellnd i want to direct you to al jazeera online and show you what we are doing. they have the egyptian elections explained and goes into detail how the elections will work, how it factors and what will happen when the results are and will happen wednesday the 28th we think. they are doing this and i'm doing this here as well because of course as steven mentioned we cannot report from egypt and this is the last thing we want to report about and this is the hash tag and we will pop it up on the screen and what has been involved in that to support the colleagues in jail and this is al jazeera forum which began in doha and the discussion forum and holding a moment of solidarity with the four jailed colleagues you can see up there. this is a special mention and have a look at this man, this is brian and he is an anchor, presenter at c. in cnn, a competitor and has joined the free campaign and if a competitor can do it you can as well, and you can use the hash tag and alert me at kamal-age is o

mr. fattah of pennsylvania for today. and mr. lewis of georgia for may 29 and 30. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. the house will come to order. please remove your conversation rom the house floor. he house will come to order. the house will come to order. please remove your conversations rom the floor. the house will come to order. please remove your conversations rom the house floor. the chair will now entertain requests for one minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman seeks unanimous consent. >> yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. he gentleman will suspend. he house will come to order. the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we are in the midst of a dental health crisis in this country. in 2010, 181 million americans didn't see a dentist. more than 50% of americans over the age of 30 suffer from some form of peridontal d

mr. fattah. we worked very, very closely together on all of these issues and want to thank him for the great close working relationship and also the entire staff on both sides of the aisle for the good work. without i yield back. >> thank you very much. i'm delighted that you are here as well. spent i'm honored to be able to the pure the for the rules committee, both you, mr. chairman, and the ranking member, but i'm even more honored to sit beside chairman wolf and had sat beside him for these many years as his shepherd this bill through this process. we have never appeared without a bill that was a bipartisan, and that is the case here. he has just provided extraordinary leadership. there are items in this bill on human trafficking, which he has championed a major effort throughout the country on, and a number of other items where he mentioned the indictment today in terms of hacking. i think it's safe to say that none of this would've happened without his insistence over many years around this