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mr. mullin: i yield two minutes to my colleague from oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you madam chair. i rise today to give my very strong support to this amendment offered by my colleague from oklahoma. the federal government creates a regulation. that regulation says that if you're a church or if you're a civic group or if you're some kind of community organization you are limited in your -- in the size of your sign to eight square feet. two feet by four feet. mr. bridenstine: however 23 you're -- if you're a billboard company you can have 25 feet by 30 square feet. this is discrimination against civic groups and i would say the state of oklahoma has weighed in. they would like to regulate the signs in the state of oklahoma and i think that's ablutely -- absolutely not only appropriate but i think it is constitutional that the state have the right to regulate the signs in its own state. here's the sad part that i'd like to let people know and understand. if the state of oklahoma chooses not to enforce t

mr. mullins for bringing it up. while we're on the subject, i'd -- mr. mullin for bringing it up. while we're on the subject i'd like to point out the necessity of the child welfare act of this congress -- act, thank this congress passed, which i was a sponsor of -- that this congress passed, which i was a sponsor of. he's here. mr. speaker i will talk about the foster care homes, the need for volunteers, so we don't have 300 children in my state staying with state supervision instead of being adopted. we'll talk about that later. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: mr. speaker with great appreciation to my good friends from oklahoma and virginia and alaska i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 533. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspende

mr. mullin for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.secretary, thank you for being with us begin today. i know i believe this is the second unyielding in front of this panel. >> more than that. >> well, i mean, that issue. and if i'm not mistaken, at least it's the second time you and i had an opportunity to visit. the last time we spoke we talked about the lack of infrastructure with the power plants as far as the coal powered plants that are coming down. we have report from southwest power pool the would be 12,900 megawatts lost just in their area. just a while ago when you were being questioned i believe by mr. long you said that you didn't see any significant challenges to meet those needs but yet where is the power going to come from? if we're going to lose 12,000 just in my region, then where's the extra power going to be going to be made but where is it going to be produced? the gas lines are not there. we are seeing for years to take a permit to simply get a permit to install a gas line. unless there's power plants are being bui

mr. mullin, five minutes for your questions please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. kennedy, you have i've actually sat here and enjoyed watching you the ui very skillful on the way you approach your answers. i could probably take a lesson or two from the. but at the same time, we just don't seem to be getting the answers. i mean, you can tell the frustration this panel is getting. we've got a young lady that is taking over your shoulder bearing the scars of the mistake that was made, and you are still not giving answers. i mean, i'm a business owner. i understand when we failed to understand when we make a mistake. but now what? what the solution was we did a recall and would replace them with other things that were still faulty? is no excuse for that zero. maybe this panel is just looking to hear you say we screwed up, but i know that will cause legal issues for you all but it is a screw up. taking blame is just that, hey, we messed up. we heard just a while ago who is going to be responsible for this? i don't know. what do you mean we don't know? who made the prod