mr. green. mr. green votes aye. mrs. caps. mrs. caps votes aye. mr. doyle votes aye. shekowkk sirks ri votes aye. mr. insly votes aye. ms. baldwin. mr. ross. mr. ross votes no. mr. mathisson votes no. mr. butterfield. mr. butterfield votes aye. mr. barrow votes no. ms. matsui votes aye. mrs. christianson votes aye. ms. castor votes aye. chairman upton. votes no. >> other members wishing? mr. barton. >> mr. barton votes no. mrs. blackburn votes no. mr. gartner? mr. marky. >> no. mr. marky votes aye. >> mr. paloan. >> votes aye. >> other members wishing to cast a vote? seeing none, the clerk will report the tally. mr. waxman? >> mr. waxman votes aye. mr. chairman, there were 19 ayes and 34 nays. >> 19 ayes, 3434 n nays. >> correct. >> not agreed to. >> i would like the record to indicate the brocaw vote had i been here i would have voted no. i had a constituent, but had i been here, i would have voted no, please. >> fine. >> the vote tallied stays the same, but we will note that for the record. the dingle amendment is not agreed to. the next is the eschew amendment. the

green green mr. chairman, when it -- mr. green: mr. chairman, when it comes to health care and those who need it and can't afford it, i constantly remind myself that but for the grace of god there go i. if you don't believe in god, but for the grace of chance and circumstance, but for the goodness of luck there go i. the question we have to ask ourselves is what kind of country are we going to be? are we going to be a country wherein health care becomes wealthcare? that only the wealthy can afford what is available, the technologies available, the pharmaceuticals are available? but only the wealthy can afford. that which is available in the richest country in the world. are we going to be a country wherein pregnancy is a pre-existing condition and if you are pregnant and don't have insurance, you cannot get it. is that the kind of country we are going to be? or are we going to be a country where senior citizens who are in need of pharmaceuticals cannot get them because they cannot afford them. but if you are wealthy, you can. but for t

i'd like to recognize mr. green for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary beers, thank you for being here. as i said in my opening statement, it seemed like a problem for the last six years is the inability to hire qualified individuals and lack of morale. i think some of that comes from having year-to-year authorization. mr. beers said in his statement, and i apologize, none of us have a copy of your statement, mr. wulf. what has been done since the memo was released or since mid-december or since it was released on the 23rd? there has been some action that's been done that we haven't heard about except for this morning. mr. beers, you know mr. wulf's statement about some of the things that had been done in the last month or so? >> yes, i do, sir. i want to -- >> we had removed the impediments in the program so that could go forward, and we had begun looking at the training requirements in order to take the people who were hired who may not have adequate training for that position that they are in. but lastly, the other thing that we need to focu

>> well, mr. green, we understand the importance of the market, it is marketplace and it is important to the marketplace that there be valid credits and that those who are buying them as we say in our rules ensure that they're buying -- ensure they're buying valid credits. there is fraud that's potential in the system and although we enforce to look for opportunities to crack down on fraud, part of the system in this marketplace also requires that buyers beware and that they ensure that what they're buying that they make some effort to ensure they're not being subject to fraudulent -- >> well, obviously i think that the epa has them listed on the automated transaction system punishing the good faith purchasers maybe a little over the top instead of going after them. could epa have done a better job in presenting the fraud and protecting those companies wy we required to buy the credits in order to comply with the law? >> i think epa did its job in responding to a complaint. we went to the so-called prod

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>> mr. green, we understand the importance of the market. it's a marketplace. it's important to the marketplace that there be valid credits. those who are buying them, as we say in our rules, ensure that they're buying valid credits. there is fraud that is foenl in the system and though we enforce to look for opportunities to crack down on fraud, part of the system in this marketplace also requires that buyers beware. they make some effort to make sure they're not subject to fraud. >> i think that the epa has them listed on the automatic transaction system. punishing the good faith purchasers may be over the top. could the epa have done a better job of protecting the companies retired to buy the credits? >> think epa did its job in responding to a complaint. we went to the so-called producer of this bio fuel. there was nothing there. in one case, there are two cases. in one, there was literally nothing there. in the other, they were selling for fuel they were not making. epa did its job. notified those who had purchased. it made clear -- in order for the market

on the refined products, as mr. green has pointed out, and mr. shimkus and others, it is a good thing, not a bad thing that we actually have a refinery and petrochemical industry that's competitive enough that we can actually export some of our products. they're creating and maintaining jobs in the united states. 74% of all the crude that comes into this country is used in this country. that's the latest statistic. but more and more we are shipping some of our refined products overseas because we have the competitive industry to do so. we're primarily shipping them to the european market. our refineries are more competitive. we have invested over $300 billion in the last 15 or 20 years and we're able to refine low sulfur diesel as mr. green pointed out. some of the distill lat fuels and we can be competitive in the european market. that's a good thing, not a bad thing. the gentle lady from the virgin islands was talking to me recently, a big refinery in her region is shutting down. i think it's a 500,000 barrel per day refinery. i believe it's a

with that, i yield to the ranking member from texas, mr. green for five minutes for the purpose of offering his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for ordering the hearing today. undersecretary beers requested an internal memo on the status of cfats program and approved recommendations in 2011. his memo was delivered to mr. beers in november of 2011, and it leaked to the media in a detailed story on december 23rd, 2011. i must say when i read the internal memo i was surprised and dismayed by the level of dysfunction and the lack of progress within the cfats program. i almost as amayes mazed that discuss cfats program on the full invocation of the anti-terrorism act. the portion of the internal memo is related to challenges to implementing these priorities. i won't go into all the details, but it seems to me the root of the problem lies at the fact that dhs has hired people who are unqualified for their positions and was prohibited from hiring appropriate and qualified individuals and they had no training program to help those folks wh

mr. dingell, our clock is not work but our red light is working. so we have a red, yellow and green light. mr. upton and not here so i'll recognize mr. murphy of pennsylvania for a three-minute opening statement. >> i appreciate that. welcome. one of the things that i wanted to make a statement on was how pennsylvania is a doing with natural gas. we are excited about the opportunity, of course, we want to do it right. and do it in a way that respects the environment that it is done in a way that makes sure that we are preskting the air and the land and the water. along those lines, slightly less more than a year ago, last march, i asked the epa for

mr. green's comment of the card, no.i cannot make that the broader than the current authorization of the card that means you have to be a transportation worker. >> okay. this is a disturbing memo. we appreciate the fact it has come to our attention. and i certainly hope that you understand that most of us have not seen anything like this. it is an unusually poorly run agency. if at any time you believe you're not the right person to turn this troubled agency around them may be there ought to be a different managing structure. having made that point*, i hope the committee will carefully watch the progress of this action plan because the american tax payers will not stand for this kind of alleged or perceived to incompetence for this very important agency to our nation's security. >> will the gentleman yield? >> as a follow-up, but we really have to get a handle on the card issue. we would like you to provide us your legal opinion of why you cannot deal with the card. we think you can. the energy and commerce committee hav

with that, i lead to the ranking member from texas, mr. green for the purpose of offering his opening statement. >> think you for holding the hearing today. -- thank you for holding the hearing today. this a memo was delivered to mr. beers and november 2011 and beat to the media in detail in the story on november 23, 2011. when i read the internal memo i was surprised and dismayed by the level of function and lack of progress for the program appeared and i am also amazed during this time it was discussed during our work, the fall invitation of the chemical facility in anti-terrorism act. we were aware of the severity of the situation. the portion of the internal memo as related to challenges implementing the priorities. i will not go into all the details, but it seems to me the root of the problem is the fact that they have hired people who are unqualified for positions and was prohibited from hiring qualified individuals and had no training program to help the folks that were unqualified. this inappropriate hiring of all with lack of training h

. >> mr. green votes no. mr. duget votes no. mr. caps votes aye. mr. doyle. mr. doyle votes no. mr. shekowsky votes aye. mr. congal ez votes no. mr. insly votes no. ms. baldwin. mr. ross. mr. ross

. >> i would like to welcome mr. green who is the ranking member of the committee, for three minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thought without the lights, we were going go under senate rules so we can make this go all day. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing on the epa's 2013 budget request. one, it takes care of our jurisdiction with our committee, that all of us are concerned about in the oversight of epa, this year, the administration and congress will again be forced to make tough choices, the task of choosing which programs to fund, and i understand it's not an easy task. i reviewed the epa's request and i must say i'm concerned that many of the programs are not funded by cutting programs for the super fund program. our 29th district, we have two super fund sites, the waste pits and u.s. oil recovery. the waste pits was added to the national priority list. epa has begun the early stages of cleaning up the site. the u.s. oil recovery site was added to the list in 2011. w

mrs. green was 110. it's believed her death now brings an era of world history to a close. >>> and a very brave man today announced his intention to make history, to become the first person to break the sound barrier without having an aircraft around him. felix baumgartner plans to free fall from the edge of space 23 miles up wearing a special pressurized suit with oxygen and a parachute everyone hopes will open as he nears the earth's surface. we've seen him jump from some of the tallest bridges and buildings on earth, so lack of courage isn't a question here. no word yet on the exact date for this jump. >>> up next, as we continue, a woman with the need for speed making a real name for herself and making history all the way down the track. >>> finally tonight, a woman on the fast track in the sport of auto racing which has, let's face it, been dominated by many of the same faces over the years. but that's changing, which is why nicole lyons has been named one of this year's most notable people as chose

. >> the chair now recognizes another gentleman from texas mr. green, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i thank you, mr. chairman, for being here today. we greatly appreciate your attendance. and you always share a great information with us. mr. chairman, fsoc, has that been a benefit? do you find it beneficial to meet with the other prudential regulators? you could just elaborate for a moment on this, please? >> yes. it has been beneficial. there are ten voting members. and we've been meeting on a reasonably frequent basis. as i mentioned earlier, virtually every principle is there at every meeting. so we really -- the leadership is really there to talk. it's had two other benefits. one is that we have extensive staff interaction. so there is staff interaction going on between meetings. that has been very useful. and in addition, there has always been a certain amount of interagency cooperation coordination, you know, and joint rules and so on. i think that has really picked up and improved and been helped by the fact that we're workin

gatt and mr. green had spoken with you about it with the study. i think the study is a good idea. i think we have to know what we're dealing with. i think it's important to wean ourselves off middle eastern oil and venezuelan oil, with countries that don't wish us well, but i do think the fracing is something that many people remain fearful of and we need to look at. i wish you well in your study and i hope we can have the results of that soon. finally i want to mention a topic that hasn't been mentioned. that is pcbs in schools. last february new york city embarked on a ten-year $700 million plan to replace all the old light in new york city schools overtime next decade. could you please explain epa's role in that mediation project and provide for me an update on its status? could you also provide an update on efforts to address window caulking in schools as well. >> certainly, sir. in 2011 epa inspected new york city schools for leaking. lighting ballasts were leaking and they were leaking pcbs. those inspections found numerous leaking ballasts with pcb concentrations, some exce

with that, i now yield to the ranking member from texas, mr. green, for five minutes with the purpose of offering his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for ordering the hearing today. he requested an internal memo on the status of the program and recommendations for improvement in the summer of 2011. this memo was delivered to mr. beers in november 2011 and it leaked to the media and detailed in a story on december 23rd, 2011. i must say when i read the memo irwas surprised and dismayed about it level of dysfunction and the lack of progress within the program. i'm also amazed that during this time the subcommittee discussed this program during our work and the full invitation of the chemical facility anti-standards act. the portion of the internal memo as related to challenges to implementing these priorities. i won't go into all the details. it seems to me the root of the problem lies with the fact that dhs hired people that are unqualified for their positions and prohibited from hiring appropriate and qualified individuals and they hav

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on the refined products as mr. green has pointed outroducts mr. green has pointed out in mr.us and others it is a good thing, not a bad thing that we have the refinery at competitive in the world market that we can export some of our refined products. their value added products treated in maintaining jobs in the united states. 74% of all the crude that comes into this country as used in this country. that is the latest eia statistics. or more and more, we are shifting some of our refined products overseas because we have the competitive industry to do so. we are primarily shipping them to the european market. our refineries are more competitive. we've invested over $300 billion in the last 15 or 20 years and we're able to refine diesel as mr. green pointed out, some out, some of the distal it feels than we actually can be competitive in the european market. that is a good thing, not a bad thing. the gentlelady from the virgin islands has been talking with a plant that of the refinery and her reach into shutting down. i think it's a 500,000 rail per day refinery. it's a little

but even pragmatically, when mr. green is trying to drive school improvement in houston, what he is doing is working with a teacher unit headed by houston fed rafgs teachers. he is working with a district over which he oversees control. is he working with a board and employee who's report to him. that is profoundly different from what the senate or house are attempting to do in writing legislation. all esea can do is empower the u.s. department of education to issue regulations attached to funding which then must be funneled through state education agencies which then must be picked up by school district superintendents. at the end of day, what we wind up with are rules, regulars, case law which create unanticipated compliance burdens. one very evocative illustrationing is robert bob, a detroit financial manager, one of the crazy ideas he tried to promote was the idea they ought to be moving title 1 dollars out of substitute teacher funds and field trips into early childhood litera literacy. the state education agency told

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mr. green: i do. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. green: mr. speaker if a free society cannot help the many that are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. mr. speaker, there is an effort afoot to move medicaid from a need-based program to a block grant program -- needs-based program to a block grant program. this is, of course, by some estimates, would save $180 billion. but the question is not really how much money will it save. the question is how many people will have their bodies healed by virtue of a reduction in the moneys that would go to medicaid? how many lives will be saved is the question we have to ask ourselves. in a country that is the richest in the world, the rich must pay their fair share of taxes so that all can benefit from the tax coffers and so that those who are poor, those who need health care can get a fair amount of health care. i remind you again, of what kennedy said. if a free society cannot help the many that are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has e

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