. >> thank you, mr. nunes. the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't know where to start. are the permits issued -- let me understand this but i came in late. there's been 14 permits approved come is that right? >> 4 small civil aircraft operate come you speak we have to certificated aircraft operating commercially in alaska and the are a tremendous number of come over 700 public aircraft operators, in other words government operate that we've approved. >> are they based on the size, category one might be that you could fly up to something that's 200 pounds, 500 pounds, or is there a way to limit the? >> the faa in general takes a risk based approach to all our approvals. the reason there are different levels of approval is vegetable levels of risk. >> so what is is a small way to? >> under 55 pounds was legislated in our 2012 reauthorization was defined as small and that legislation. >> are the approved operators above 55 pounds? >> yes, sir. on the public aircraft operations side they go up to the global hawk aircraft that both nasa and dod f

the clerk: mr. nunes of california, chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment purr student section 4-a of house resolution 5, 114th congress, and the order of the house today of the following member to the select committee on the events surrounding the 2012 terrorist attack in benghazi. the clerk: mr. gowdy of south carolina, chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces that the speaker has delivered to the clerk letter dated january 6 listing members in the order in which each shall act as speaker pro tempore under clause 8-b-3 of rule 1. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker house of representatives, the honorable the clerk, house of representatives, madam clerk, i hereby designate representative kevin mccarthy of california to exercise any authority regarding assembly, reassembly, convening or reconvening of the house pursuant to house concurrent resolution 1, clause 12 of rule 1, and any concurrent resolutions of the concurrent co

. >> mr. nunes is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. holtz-eakin i've been working for several years on a proposal to get us out of the sand rocks we have been in for the last 100 years of the barak said tax code and a system that allows us to really let investment flow where it needs to flow in the capital come off the sidelines, not only in banks in the united states, but also offshore and let that money go to where it is best used in the economy, where entrepreneurs and investors want to invest. you are familiar it is based at the bradford x tax what i did is converted into taking not tax and looking at it on all business activity and create a cash flow tax working under chairman camp and now chairman ryan with joint tax to try to get this to a revenue neutral score because it is a theory now, but i am trying to bat it and get it out there in the public so that all republicans democrats, american people had a chance to look at what it would look like under a completely different tax structure. i know you are familiar with it. would l

the clerk: mr. nunes of california, chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment purr student section 4-a of house resolution 5, 114th congress, and the order of the house today of the following member to the select committee on the events surrounding the 2012 terrorist attack in benghazi. the clerk: mr. gowdy of south carolina, chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces that the speaker has delivered to the clerk letter dated january 6 listing members in the order in which each shall act as speaker pro tempore under clause 8-b-3 of rule 1. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker house of representatives, the honorable the clerk, house of representatives, madam clerk, i hereby designate representative kevin mccarthy of california to exercise any authority regarding assembly, reassembly, convening or reconvening of the house pursuant to house concurrent resolution 1, clause 12 of rule 1, and any concurrent resolutions of the concurrent co