mr. mckinley: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment that would reduce the threshold for a major rule from $100 million or more to $50 million. this would ensure greater accountability. let's keep this in perspective. i based this amendment on legislation that has already been adopted by the house in 1995 with bipartisan support, to -- which lowered the threshold to $50 million. it passed with a vote of 277-141 . with much of today's leadership who were here at the time supporting it. also in perspective, in fiscal year 2011 only 2.6% of all the rules that were classified as major and in 2010, in f.y. -- only 3% met that criteria. let's keep that in consideration. would you be satisfied with only 2% or 3% of your food being inspected? or 2% or 3% of the aircraft and the rules which we fly? according to the small business administration in 2008 it cost the economy $1.75 trillion in regulations. we just went through a gut-wrenching supercommittee that tried to reduce $1.5 trillion but yet, but yet we let

mr. mckinley speaks, our next speakers. those are all the cards i have. >> i am an independent curator in san francisco with mckinley art solutions. i am out of district 9. it needs to be emphatically stated that in order for the america's cup event to have a significant and positive cultural impact on the city of san francisco, it needs to be relevant to as many constituents as possible. the of that need a cultural ambassador and that ambassador is the arts. speaking to the role that the visual arts can play as a connector to the community, the opportunity exists for engagement with most if not all of the city's districts through the development of exhibits that hold traditional allies such as galleries, art centers, community centers and artists' studios as well as non- traditional venues. already discussions have begun between performance venues and visual arts to produce complementary exhibit. if you understand the added, a picture is worth 1000 words, and encourage artists to investigate the elements paramount to the am

mr. mckinley. he also has transportation issues. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before we had this hearing, i went back and looked at some of the things that were said, what were in the press back if the '70s before the alaska pipeline. there, the criticism was the effects on the tundra, possible pollution, harm to animals, geographic features and the lack of engineering. then they went ahead and they built it. 800 miles long, 48 inches in diameter, cross stream mountain chains, 30 rivers. it seemed to have worked. so today i'm just curious in the last 30-some years since that pipeline was put in, in the '70s, how much we've improved. and i've heard all the scare tactics from the friends on the other side, that this is a very corrosive, difficult product to handle. but i think engineers over the years have developed ways of handling that. we can have ceramic-lined pipes. we can do a lot of things. if we can pipe hydrocoloric acid, we sure as a dickens can pipe crude oil. so i'm just curious from the panel from a construction background some of the impro

mr. mckinley, for 1 1/2 minutes. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. mckinley: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of h.r. 1633, the farm dust bill. earlier this year the house passed h.r. 2273, the bipartisan coal ash legislation. unfortunately opponents of the farm dust bill believe that nuisance dust in this bill might include fly ash. therefore an amendment was offered and adopted to clarify that the definition of nuisance dust in the farm dust bill does not include coal ash or other compusston residuals. the amendment makes it perfectly clear that nuisance dust is not comprised of any residuals from coal combustion. unfortunately, opponents of the farm dust bill are still apparently unaware of the changes that have been made to the bill to address their concerns. don't oppose the farm dust bill because you don't like fly ash. let's relieve one more threat to our agricultural community with passage of this bill. we should be striving to create more jobs no

mr. mckinley, for five minutes. 7. mr. mckinley: thank you, madam chairman. today i want to announce that company c 150th aviation united of the west virginia national guard are on their way home to their families and should arrive this afternoon after serving our nation for the past 12 months in kosovo. truly there could not be a better christmas present. company c is based in the first district of west virginia in my hometown of wheeling and was deployed one year ago to kosovo on a peacekeeping mission. while overseas, the unit was responsible for all aerial operations within their area of responsibility. company c soldiers, all 2,899 flight hours, 951 missions. they ran multiple mechanical missions and refueling missions and dispensed 246,260 gallons of fuel. the west virginia national guard plays a key role in the defense of our country and interest around the world. america could not be prouder to have these men and women as our representatives. today i'm thrilled to say, welcome home, company c. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back my time. the speake

mr. mckinley. he also has transportation issues. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i went back to look at some of the things that were said back in the 1970's for the alaska pipeline. there the criticism was the effects on the tundra, population, geographic features, and the lack of engineering. then they went ahead and built it. 800 miles long, 48 inches in diameter, across three mountain chains, 30 rivers. it seems to have worked. today, i am curious in the last 30-something years since the pipeline was put in in the 1970's, how much we have improved. in purred the scare tactics from our friends on the other sock -- i have heard the scare tactics from our friends on the other side that this is a difficult product to handle, but i think engineers have developed ways of handling that. we can have ceramic-lined pipes. we can do a lot of things. if we can pipe hydrochloric acid, we sure as the dickens can pipe crude oil. i am just curious from a construction background, some of the improvements we have made -- i assume that 30 years later we did not have f80

mr. mckinley. he also has transportation issues. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. before we had this hearing i went back to look at some of the things that were said in the press back in the 70s for the alaska pipeline. affair the criticism was the effects on the tundra, possible pollution, harm to animals, geographic features and the lack of engineering. then they went ahead and they built it, 800 miles long, 48 inches in diameter across three mountain chains, 30 rivers. it seems to have worked, so today, i am just curious, in the last 30 some years since the pipeline is put in the 70s, how much we have improved, and i have heard all of the scare tactics from the friends on the other side, that this is a very corrosive, difficult product to handle. but i think engineers over the years have developed ways of handling that. we can have ceramic line pipes. we can do a lot of things. if we can type hcl, we sure as the dickens can pipe crude oil. so, i am just curious from the panel, from a construction background some of the improvements we have made. i assu

mckinley junior high school go to learn on their own time. >> we mostly come at 7:00 in the morning, and sometimes we stay after school. we've even spent our lunch periods in mr. buxton's class, trying to get in as much work as we can. >> no extra credit. all they get is a cup of hot chocolate. >> language-arts teacher tom buxton dreamed up the project -- a giant mural that stretches half the length of a football field. it started when a student approached mr. buxton with an unusual piece of art. >> a young lady handed me a refrigerator magnet that had an image of rosie the riveter on it. >> rosie the riveter is a popular image from world war ii, created by american artist norman rockwell. >> and when i thought about it, it resembled an image on the sistine chapel ceiling. i checked it out. sure enough, that's what it was. it was isaiah. isn't that cool? >> isaiah is one of the prophets on the famous ceiling in rome. renaissance artist michelangelo painted isaiah 300 years before rockwell used the figure as a model for rosie the riveter. >> when i showed that to the kids, they became so enthralled at the idea of looking at the ceiling and what was on it, that