mr. olson: the small guys go away. your thoughts, can they survive and compete, work with these conflicting regulations from different departments? mr. mcguire: the industry can comply but the problem is, it takes a certain amount of time to do that. the e.p.a. decisions, proposals on refrigerators are is not being coordinated with d.o.e. on the efficiency standards. with a vast majority of greenhouse gas emission avoidance benefits come from the appliance standards, not reducing the -- changing the refrigerants. we have to deal with the fact that the safety standards in the u.s. do not allow the type of refrigerants we have to go to yet in the amounts necessary. that requires a safety risk assessment test the companies are doing. it takes amount of time, sequence and investment for this to happen. and it would be prudent for the two agencies to talk about this and reach a decision that makes sense for the environment and for the people that are making these products. mr. olson: do you believe the obama administration i

mr. olson: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. olson: mr. chairman, since 1980, ozone levels have decreased by 33%. and e.p.a. projects air quality, quote, will continue to improve over the next decade as additional reductions in ozone for power plants, motor vehicles and other sources are realized, end quote. nothing in this bill changes any existing air quality standards or prevents these improvements to air quality from being realized. this amendment, however, would allow the e.p.a. in consultation with the clean air science advisory committee to invalidate the entire bill. why we would give case this power is beyond me because they haven't done a good job with ozone. under the clean air act, case is required to provide advice to the agency about potential adverse effects. ction 109, dc 2 c 4 requires case act, quote to advise the administrator of any adverse public health, social, economic effects which may result from various

mr. olson: mr. chairman, for members seeking to vote for this amendment, i simply ask, read the bill. section 3-b states that if the e.p.a. administrator, in consultation with the e.p.a.'s independent science advisory committee, finds public hair quality that protect public health with an adequate margin of safety then, and only then, and this is a quote from the language, the administrator may consider as secondary consideration likely -- like technological feasibility in establishing the national ambient air quality standards for this pollutant. it says may. not must. not shall. but may. h.r. 4775 does not change the clean air act's requirement that standards be based on public health. this clarification for future administrations that congress considers technical feasibility to be a reasonable part of the discretion -- of the decision making process with policy choices that must be made among ranges of scientifically and valid operations. i urge a no vote for this amendment and yelled back. the c

and i would point out to you as mr. olsone fully is aware of that we have the bill of rights which the framers themselves developed because they knew that the constitution was not a perfect document. they even went further and came up with the idea of a constitutional convention. because they knew that in the future there would be other issues that arose that needed to be addressed just as important as those that they had outlined both in the constitution and the bill of rights. one is pertinent because glaring obvious reason is when they developed the right to bear arms, the arms they were talking about were muskets. they were for protection from wild animals and from the redcoats when these laws were promulgated. host: ok. caller: they had no idea that there would be a semi automatic weapon that could kill people in mass numbers. tim ine will go to minneapolis on the independent line. hi. caller: thanks for taking my call. as an independent i'm really in a dilemma with trump and hillary. they are going at it. it's a crazy c

mr. olson: thank you, my friend and neighbor to the east, mr. green, for holding this very special order about floods we've had in texas. it's been a rough year. in texas 22. memorial day, we had the 100 year flood. lost one life. drove into a flooded small creek, died in her vehicle. tax day, 2016. lots of street flooding. d my pickup truck out on the street. but two weeks ago, the 500 year flood. the brazos river, it cuts through the heart of my district. it first sit simonton, a small town in the northwest part of the county. every home except for 12 left, almost all the homes have been flooded. next, richmond and rosenberg. two days after simonton work they too had mandatory evacuations. homes north of the railroad track flooded. then came my hometown of sugar land. canceled our memorial day celebrations because our park was flooded. loods in other towns, across brazoria county they had places flooding as well. luckily, god willing, we have lost no lives these past couple of weeks but i saw the greatest in texans this past week. i put 500 mi

mr. olson: mr. speaker, there is great pain and agony in texas and all across america. a police officer, eddie espana, was killed in the line of duty. while on patrol. he was killed at 3:15 a.m. on sunday. he died 45 minutes later at a hospital. he was only 30 years old. he'd been with the police force for less than a year. his fellow officers said he was always eager to learn and with a huge smile. he was the first pearland policeman killed since 1973. as you can see, eddie leaves behind a wife and a young son. mr. speaker, i will use my remaining time to say a silent rayer to honor andy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. frankel: mr. speaker, once again the united states congress observed a moment of silence for the victims of a mass shooting. this time in orlando, florida. and once again many in this chamber remain silent on stopping more of the same. nearly 1/3 of the world's mass