mr. lucas: thank you, mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lucas: i rise today in the t of h.r. 7 -- 5078, waters of the united states overreach protection act. the environmental protection agency is once again seeking to overstep its authority and we are here to remind them of the balance of powers. this year e.p.a. proposed a rule to redefine the waters of the united states under the clean water act. this rule expands federal control of land and water resources across the nation. this rule will trigger an onslaught of permitting and regulatory requirements to protect not our great natural resources but rather our back beyond a reasonable doubt ponds and agricultural ditches. these requirements would exsend to every landowner, farmers, and rancher. what this means for farmers and ranchers is their normal business activities for the production of food would be subject to even more permitting requirements or faced with penalties. traditional conservation guidelines which once were voluntarily will become mandatory or the farmer will be subject

issues and it should go the other subsequent opportunities perhaps lucas in the individual questions that he raises. >> thank you, mr speaker. the horrific disgusting abuse suffered by children my constituency should never have been allowed to happen. they still do not have the support they need and criminals are still on the street. child sex exploitation is not only my issue, it's a national issue. when will the prime minister a point and aggravated child abuse so no child will be let down by statutory agencies again? against? >> first of all can attend the honorable lady pictures right is because she does. this has affected not just -- is a grateful case in oxford where my constituency, very sober nature with similar failings in the systems but as i've announced the home secretary will be leading this committee of ministers to draw together government's response and the announcement of the person who will lead a broader child abuse inquiry will be made in the coming days. these are all vital. i think we have to ask ourselves a sense of questions about how the these individual services fail. yes, of course there's

issues and it should go the other subsequent opportunities perhaps lucas in the individual questions that he raises. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the horrific disgusting abuse suffered by children my constituency should never have been allowed to happen. they still do not have the support they need and criminals are still on the street. child sex exploitation is not only my issue, it's a national issue. when will the prime minister a point and aggravated child abuse so no child will be let down by statutory agencies again? against? >> first of all can attend the honorable lady pictures right is because she does. this has affected not just -- is a grateful case in oxford where my constituency, very sober nature with similar failings in the systems but as i've announced the home secretary will be leading this committee of ministers to draw together government's response and the announcement of the person who will lead a broader child abuse inquiry will be made in the coming days. these are all vital. i think we have to ask ourselves a sense of questions about how the these individual services fail. yes, of course there'

mr. roker. hey, al. >>> believe it or not, there's another tropical system threatening the folks down in cabo san lucas my gosh. >> that's right. this system has gotten itself together. this one is tropical storm polo, 330 miles southeast of cabo san lucas, 70-mile-per-hour winds, moving northwest at 8. right now the miodels keep it of the coast. but there's enough wiggle room we have to watch this. it could cause major problems there, even if it doesn't make a direct hit, the winds and rain could cause problems. a disturbed area of weather from florida all the way to new orleans. miami is going to be looking at showers and thunderstorms with temperatures in the 80s. this system is going to develop off the florida coast. going to try to get some tropical systems going there. some tropical characteristics. it should stay offshore, get caught up by that front, pushed off. anywhere from one to three inches from florida into southeast carolina coastline, we'll be watching >>> 7:35, good friday morning to you. i want to show you this time lapse. we did have a little cloud cover to kick off the day in the so