mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks by the gentleman from virginia that i be recognized for five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from virginia. mr. warner: the quorum has been dispensed with? the presiding officer: it has. mr. warner: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. warner: mr. president i come to the floor today to speak about the changing nature of our economy. i've come to talk about a part of our economy that i don't think most folks in this chamber understand. it goes by many names. it's called the sharing economy the on-demand economy the gig economy, the 1099 economy. there's a lot of discussion actually in some circles about exactly what to call this changing nature of our e

mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president i rise for a special request here that i just returned with four other members from a military trip overseas just a matter of minutes ago and to find out the two amendments that i had -- i was trying to get pending and i'd really settle for just within of those two. i was not here when all of these u.c.'s were made and the arranges were put together between the parties. so i would just ask the leader on the other side -- or the handler on the other side, senator jack reed, if he would consider a waiver of your commitment to allow me to bring one of these up for -- to get in the queue? i yield to you. mr. reed: the senator from oklahoma, we have been trying to move forward on a basis of equal amendments. at this juncture, i am not prepared to make another amendment pending. there is a possibility that we spoke about briefly of including these amendments in the managers' package or, since its germane,

mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call in progress be -- the presiding officer: objection is heard. quorum call: mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president i'm fully aware that we're not going to be able to get passed a unanimous consent request. but i wanted to make sure the chair knew and others know that we do have an theament i an amendment. it is an amendment that already has about 60 cosponsors -- he'll have the number in a minute. no 20 cosponsors. there was a provision in the bill in the senate. that has to do with commissaries. it is viewed upon as privatizing commissaries. it is not really that. all it is is an attempt to evaluate the idea of the commissaries being privatized by using fiv

mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: i know we have a lineup of speakers. we have the speaker from hawaii who is going to be here shortly is. but i would like to make a couple comments. first of all the can fact that we're getting to this bill is really great because if you look at the last few years we have not had a chance to do this late in the year. and the last two years it was december before we actually got around to it. and it could have been a real crisis because i think moves us know in here that if we'd gone to december 31, all kinds of things would have stopped, the funding for a lot of our re-enlistment bonuses and other things. and i applaud the chairman for using his influence to get this on the floor so we can go ahead and get it passed. it's something that we need to make sure that the people who are out there risking their lives on daily basis know that we're having this as a top priority. i want to make one comment about sequestration. you know, peo

mr. inhofe: let me just observe here with all he said and what his goals are, the senator from south dakota sure chose the right committee. the committee that i chair the environment and public works committee. that's what we talk about. that's what we do. i had the honor of being in south dakota before the election as i walked around in south dakota, looked around and i thought i could just as well be in oklahoma. up there i talked to the farm bureau people you up there they said it's -- it's a farm state, oklahoma is a farm state. we understand that. the problems they have, they say the e.p.a. overregulations are the greatest problem. single one out endangered species, another one, the waters of the united states, the waters of the united states currently we're doing legislation and it's legislation that's going to get that burden off of the people from south dakota and oklahoma and right now, right now we're considering the most expensive of all the regulations that's the ozone regulations. it would constitute the greatest single increase in spendures or taxes of anything in the history

mr. fattah: so thank you i reclaim my time. i in spirit i support this. i don't know what the un senator inhofe: tended mr. conyers: quenses are and i know there it a matter except, you know i think take your kid out furk and i don't think profit is the only motivator in the world and i don't know why it would be owe arbitrary a cut line. i would like to work with the chairman on this and and i would be able to accept it. mr. scott: i would enjoy my ranking member. if there is something we didn't. but the gentleman has a good amendment and i recommend we september it. mr. scott: as a dad honestly, thank you for doing this and certainly if there are unintend he had conquenses. but as a a father i would would like to say thank i . mr. fattah: we aren't doing red snapper but we are doing the red snapper. the chair: the gentleman from georgia yields back. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the piven of the chair. the amendment is agreed to. >> i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the subcommittee is on the committee do now rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have i

mr. trisko: thank you very much, chair capito. chair inhofe and distinguished members.i'm eugene trisko. energy economist and attorney in are private practice. i'm here today to discuss the findings of study of impacts of energy costs on american families. i've conducted these household energy cost studies periodically since 2000 for the american coalition for clean coal electricity and its predecessor organizations. the study i will summarize today, energy cost impacts on american families, estimates consumer energy costs for households in the year 2016. the principal findings of the study are, one, some 48% of american families have pre-tax annual incomes of $50,000 or less with an average after tax income among these households of $22,732, or a take home income of less than $1,900 per month. two, the 48% of households earning less than $50,000 to vote an estimated average of 17% of their after tax incomes to residential and transportation energy. energy costs for the 29% of households earning less than $30,000 before taxes represent 23% of their after tax family inco

mr. trisko. thank you for coming. >> thank you very much, chair capito. chair inhofe and distinguished members. i'm eugene trisko. energy economist and attorney in are private practice. i'm here today to discuss the findings of study of impacts of energy costs on american families. i've conducted these household energy cost studies periodically since 2000 for the american coalition for clean coal electricity and its predecessor organizations. the study i will summarize today, energy cost impacts on american families, estimates consumer energy costs for households in the year 2016. the principal findings of the study are, one, some 48% of american families have pre-tax annual incomes of $50,000 or less with an average after tax income among these households of $22,732, or a take home income of less than $1,900 per month. two, the 48% of households earning less than $50,000 to vote an estimated average of 17% of their after tax incomes to residential and transportation energy. energy costs for the 29% of households earning less than $30,000 before taxes represent 23% of their after tax family incomes before account

inhofe himself. thank you. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president very quickly the senator from north carolina worked very hard to get legislative language in the bill which has a study of the sufficiency of the airlift requirements for the unit stationed at fort bragg, north carolina. this would take several aircraft at little rock, move them to north carolina. it would not effectively help the mobility of our forces, it would micromanage the use of military aircraft and as such i ask there be a nay vote and with that i ask the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? hearing none, the tillis amendment number 1506, 50 in favor, 42 opposed the amendment is agreed to. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: are you sure, you betcha. the presiding officer: there will be order in the chamber. mr. mccain: the ranking member and i have a small package of am