mr. olson joins us now and welcome back, sir to "fox news sunday." >> thank you, chris. >> what means more to you personally? your victory in bush v. gore or this ruling which set forth a constitutional right to same-sex marriage? >> you can't equate the two. to see those people expressing that joy and that gratitude and those tears of happiness that they will be treated equally under the constitution with respect to the most important relationship in life, the opportunity to get married to the person they love, touches me deeply and it's very very important in my heart. >> there are two major criticisms of the ruling i think. maybe more. two i want to focus on. first, the court in effect invented a constitutional right made it up just like they did on the right to abortion in roe v. wade. here's governor and republican presidential candidate bobby jindal. >> it's clear to me the supreme court is no longer acting as a judicial body. you have a supreme court out of control that's making up laws

>> mr. olson, thank you, you asked me this question before, let me say that the answer is basically yes. i know our d.o.e. staff has worked with both sides on this. and i think we're quite comfortable with it. thank you. >> thank you for that clarification. as you know, my home state of texas has half our southern border over 1200 miles with our neighbor to the south, mexico. and you know how important that relationship with mexico is for our trade. your qer points out that we trade tens of billions of dollars in energy each year with mexico. >> 65. >> i like that even better. in fact, some of texas only power line connections come from our neighbor to the south mexico. you may recall those rolling blackouts and brownouts with crises in the fall, i'm sorry early winter of 2011 and august that same year. my question is we know this -- that oil gas shale place don't stop at the southern border. the new administration in mexico is reforming the energy economy. i think those opportunities will expand

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>> mr. olson, thank you. you've asked me this question before i let me say that the answer is basically yes. i know our view is that has worked with both sides on this editing were quite comfortable with it. >> great. thank you for the clarification. as you know my home state of texas has had our southern border, over 1200 miles of our neighbor that south into mexico. her relationship with mexico your qer points out that we trade tens of billions of dollars in energy each year with mexico. >> sixty-five. >> sixty-five, i liked it even better. in fact, some of texas only powerline connections outside of -- [inaudible] come from our neighbor to the south, mexico. you might recall those willing blackouts and brownouts with crises in the fall or in the springs, the early winter of 2007 and august of that same year that my question is we know this oil plays we know that oil and gas, shale plays don't stop at the southern border. the new administration of mexico is reporting its energy economy. i think those opport

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mr. olson's comments on that. how is the eba going to assess drought impacts on air pollution and ozone? >> we know that the drought situation is incredibly severe and challenging and troubling in california and elsewhere. that can contribute to poor air quality because of increased dust. but we also have tools in the clean air act that can allow states to evaluate their air quality as it is being influenced by natural conditions, such as that and we're working closely with the states to make sure that our guidance and expectations are current with situations like drought and wildfires, which are also a challenge to make sure that states aren't responsible for natural conditions and that sort of thing that can create ozone situations. >> would you confirm my observation that the air quality is improving in the san joaquin valley? >> yes, i certainly would. >> do you have something you could say here about that? >> well, i don't have figures with me, congressman although i would be happy to get those to you, and th

>> mr. olson thank you.u've asked me this question before and let me say that the answer is basically yes. i know our d.o.e. staff has worked with both sides on this and i think we're quite comfortable with it. thank you. >> great. thank you for that clarification. as you know my home state of texas has half of our southern boardern. over 1200 miles with our neighbors with mexico and we know how important that relationship is with trade. and your q.e.r. points out we trades tens of billions of dollars of trade with mexico each year. >> 65. >> 65. i like that even better. and texas power lines out of erkot come from our neighbors from the south mexico. and those lines preventing rolling blackouts and brown outs in fall -- i'm sorry in the spring of early winter of 2011 and august of that same year. my question is, we know this -- we know that oil and gas -- those shale plates don't stop at the southern border. in mexico -- it is reforming its energy economy. i think those opportunities will expand in the futu

>> mr. olson, thank you, you asked me this question before, let me say that the answer is basically yes. i know our d.o.e. staff has worked with both sides on this. and i think we're quite comfortable with it. thank you. >> thank you for that clarification. as you know, my home state of texas has half our southern border over 1200 miles with our neighbor to the south, mexico. and you know how important that relationship with mexico is for our

>> mr. olson, thank you, you asked me this question before, let me say that the answer is basically yes. i know our d.o.e. staff has worked with both sides on this. and i think we're quite comfortable with it. thank you. >> thank you for that clarification. as you know, my home state of texas has half our southern border over 1200 miles with our neighbor to the south, mexico. and you know how important that relationship with mexico is for our trade. your qer points out that we trade tens of billions of dollars in energy each year with mexico. >> 65. >> i like that even better. in fact, some of texas only power line connections come from our neighbor to the south, mexico. you may recall those rolling blackouts and brownouts with crises in the fall, i'm sorry, early winter of 2011 and august that same year. my question is we know this -- that oil gas shale place don't stop at the southern border. the new administration in mexico is reforming the energy economy. i think those opportunities will expan

mr. olson, you are recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'm with you. witness, i apologize, we are behind, energy superstar and new votes come in at 2:00, so i have one question for you and it's about mexico. they are on the verge of revolution for energy. changes, changes changes. moved to dekz in 19 -- moved to texas in 1972. 1979, got my license. sent down to get in line for gasoline. it depended upon the long line get gas it was an even number long line, and now with all this new production america, our neighbors to the north canada, and mexico i see a vision of opec going away. my question is sir what's the one thing we and congress can do to make that reality, make this ahead of opec? >> thank you excellent question, and i will note usually we put the warm up before the rock stars. might help that for the next committees. all right. i'm back. that's a very important point. opec had a meeting, and there was a chill through the land and now, you know they can meet or not meet does not matter to us, if, in fact, we seize the opportunity of abundance,

mr. olson: may 31, 2013. two years ago, yesterday at 12:08 p.m., a call is made to houston 911. a large fire was burning off the southwest freeway. at 12:11, three minutes later, station 51 arrived. at 12:16 p.m., five minutes after that, station 68 arrived. at 12:23 a mayday was heard over the radio. the roof had collapsed. that call was the last alarm for four firefighters. matthew ronald 35 years old, stationed -- station 51. robert bebe 41 years old station 51 as well. robert garner, 29 years old, station c-8. and a young lady from my hometown andreas: sullivan, 24 years -- anne sullivan 24 years old, fire station 68. they are in god's hands and we will never forget them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: madam speaker, i rise today to recognize rabbi les gutterman, a man w

mr. olson's comments on the.at is the epa going to do or how is the epa going to assess drought impacts on air pollution and ozone? >> we know that the drought situation is incredibly severe and challenging and troubling in california and elsewhere. that can contribute to poor air quality because of increased dust. but we also have tools in the clean air act i can allow states to evaluate their air quality as it's being influenced by natural conditions such as of that. and we are working close with the states to make sure that our guidance and expectations our current with situations like drought and wildfires which are also a challenge to make sure that states are not responsible for natural conditions and that sort of thing that can create ozone situations. >> would you confirm my observation that the air quality is improving in the san joaquin valley? >> yes, i certainly would. >> do you have something to say here about that? >> i don't have figures with me congressman to although i would be happy to give this

mr. olson, you are recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'm with you. i apologize you got behind an energy superstar and now votes in the hearing, in this hearing room about 2:00. so i have one question for you mr. grumet. it's about mexico. they are on the verge of revolution for energy. changes, changes, changes. i moved to texas in 1972. i saw the stranglehold opec had on america firsthand. 1979 i just got my license. i was sent down to get in line for gasoline. gasoline depended upon -- a long line. get gas, depending on the last digit of your license plate. if it was an even date, go on an even day even number. long lines. gas prices doubled. they had a stranglehold on us. i see a vision of opec going way replaced by napec. my question is sir, what's the one thing we in congress can do to help make that reality, make napec ahead of opec? >> thank you for that question. i will note that usually you put the warm-up before the rock stars. all right. i'm back. i think you make a very important point. we used to look at our headlines that opec was havin

>> mr. olson, you've asked this question before and let me say the answer is basically yes. i know our d.o.e. staff worked with both sides on this and we're quite comfortable with it. thank you. >> thank you for the clarification. my home state of texas has half of our southern border, over 1200 miles with our neighbor to the south of mexico. we know how important that relationship is for our trade. your qer points out that we trade tens of billions of dollars in energy each year with mexico. >> 65. >> 65, i like that even better. >> in fact, some of texas only power line outside come from our i think it was reduce by half number of employees they reduce bid half the number of mail processing centers they have in this last years they have reduced by half and reduced by a third the number of post offices around the country and done a lot of right-sizing and part of what is before them now is ways to help them like with the retirement pension liability to make it fair but there is good opportunities here and we're going to have fun fixing this and i look forward to doing that.

. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. olson for five minutes. >> i thank the chair and i will be very brief. i sent long hours going over comments that epa received about this new ozone rule, and there was a common theme will i lose my job? questions game from big cities. members of the atlanta chamber or the greater houston partnership, and they came from family farms and ranches and members of the iowa farm bureau or nebraska home builders. a mom and pop store in pennsylvania wrote epa and this is a quote parents tell their children eat your peas, then you can have dessert and epa says eat your peas, then you can have more peas. end quote. the worse came from epa's work workhorses workhorses, the state agencies that make this rule work. they have no clue about the science used for the health impacts. they worry if they can build new roads. these voices come from all of america and i hope epa starts listening. and one of the colleagues on my side, i will yield, and if not, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back and at this

mr. olson you are recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, chairman. i apologize. we got behind. an energy superstar in votes coming in this hearing room at about 2:00. i have one question for you, mr. grumet, about mexico. as your testimony, mexico is on the verge of a revolution for energy, changes, changes, changes. i moved to texas in 1972. i saw the struggle opec had on america first hand. 1979, i just got my license. i was sent down to get in line for gasoline. gasoline, a long line to get gas, depending on the last digit of your license plate. if it was an even date, go on an even day, even number. long lines. gas prices doubled. they had a stranglehold on us. now, with all this new production in america north canada and mexico, i see a vision of opec going away, replaced by napec, north american oil production. how can we make napec head of opec? >> you might want to think about that. i'm back. i think you make a very important point. we used to look at our headlines and opec was having a meeting and there would be a chill through the land. now, they can meet or not meet.

mr. olson, you are recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'm with you. witness, i apologize, we are behind, energy superstar, and new votes come in at 2:00, so i have one question for you, and it's about mexico. they are on the verge of revolution for energy. changes, changes, changes. moved to texas in 1972. 1979, got my license. sent down to get in line for gasoline. it depended upon the long line get gas it was an even number, long line, and now with all this new production america, our neighbors to the north, canada and mexico, i see a vision of opec going away. my question is, sir, what's the one thing we and congress can do to make that reality, make this ahead of opec? >> thank you, excellent question, and i will note usually we put the warm up before the rock stars. might help that for the next committees. all right. i'm back. that's a very important point. opec had a meeting, and there was a chill through the land and now, you know, they can meet or not meet, does not matter to us, if, in fact, we seize the opportunity of abundance, and i think