mr. pallone, for yielding this time. mr. speaker, i applaud the obama administration for its veto threat of this abhorrent legislation that we are now considering. this just say no bill which would effectively give governors the power to sabotage e.p.a.'s proposed clean power plan by allowing them to opt out of the federal requirements of the plan based on arbitrary and ambiguous determinations. mr. speaker when implemented, the clean power plan will allow the e.p.a. to cut common pollution from one of the nation's oldest dirtiest and most inefficient power plants. and we know mr. speaker, that these same power plants account for the largest share of greenhouse gases from stationary sources in the country. and they are responsible for about 1/3 of the total u.s. greenhouse gas emissions. currently, mr. speaker there are no federal limits on the amount of carbon pollution that these same power plants are allowed to emit. the clean power plan would decrease carbon emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by the year 2030. however mr.

mr. pallone, thank you, mr. chairman. mr. pitts: the chair thanks the gentleman and, as usual all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. that concludes our time for opening statement. i have a unanimous consent request i'd like to submit the following documents for the record. statements from representative peter king, new york second district, from the international association of firefighters, from the sergeants benevolent association, from the national association of police organizations and an article from the new york city's patrolmen benevolent association. without objection, so ordered. we have two panels today. on our first panel we have dr. john howard. director of national institute for occupational safety and health. thank you very much for coming today, dr. howard. your written statement will be made part of the record. you'll be recognized for five minutes to make your opening statement at this time. you're recognized. dr. howard: thank you, mr. chairman and distinguished members of the comm

mr. pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. secretary, climate change as you know is real and we're already feeling its effects across the country, the damaging impacts range from heatwaves and droughts to increased wildfires and everyone is affected. i'm concerned about impacts of extreme weather events and sea level rise under already problems that we have with our energy infrastructure. so my question is, the qer outlines a number of findings in this area. how is your energy transmission and storage and distribution vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? >> thank you mr. pallone -- chairman pallone. first of all, as the data in the qer show we have been seeing increasing impacts probably impacting the economy on in the last decade and with the rising sea level, the effects of storms, major tropical storms for example, are amplified. so we feel it is very important now to address the hardening of these infrastructures, not only coastal but coastal is one major issue. that's why we recommend a joint set of initiatives. o

mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 805 the domain openness through continued oversight matters or dotcom act. i'm pleased to support this bill and i want to commend my colleagues for the bipartisan process in the energy and commerce committee that brought us here. the internet is a great american success story that has benefited billions of users around the globe. over the last two decades the united states government has taken steps to get out of the way and empower a bottom-up approach to internet governance. thanks to the success of this multistakeholder model, the internet has opened up new markets and economic opportunities and become an unprecedented platform for democratic free expression. mr. speaker, under both republican and democratic administrations, the u.s. government has supported the idea that the internet should be governed through a decentralized process. free from governmental control. since the late 1990's, the u.s. government has moved toward private sector

mr. pallone. five minutes. mr. pallone: dr. i wanted to try to have you explain the importance of the records center and all of the centers that are part of this world trade program in terms of research. there is an extensive research component. i want to emphasize if you can how you are developing diagnosis and treatment of disorders -- how thatúñ?ñ?ñ research and uniqueness of the senate makes that possible. can you describe how they rutgers centers involved improving the ability to diagnose and treat health conditions, and the benefits of that research. dr. udasin: answering the rutgers only and nyu researchfçñ?ñ. between our laboratory toxicology -- one of our sleep experts presented this at the recent american graphic society meeting. certain markers were developed that certain people can be predicted possibly to have sleep apnea. this is really important. these are inflammatory markers. these people, they say we are exposed to all kinds of toxins that can cause inflammation. we've been able to find people sooner, get them

mr. pallone: i think you're right. i'm a little bit like mr.himkus in that i don't pay much attention to it but i think maybe that's because we're older. i think younger people pay a lot of attention and maybe we should pay more attention, frankly system of thanks a lot. pll pitts: the chair thankings the gentleman and -- mr. pitts: the chair thanks the gentleman and recognizes the gentleman for questions. >> on dunkin' doughnuts, i know you're located in new york city. when new york city started this in 2007 you've been working on menu labeling for seven of eight years? ms. raskopf: we have been working on it hard and fast for the last year, but we have perhaps had more insights than others who don't locate in localities. mr. guthrie: was it difficult to comply with the laws? ms. raskopf: i remember sitting around a table like this saying we can't do it but we did. mr. guthrie: how long? mr. raskopf: we had a deadline we had to meet and we met it. mr. guthrie: were the new york standards similar to the federal standards rks or different? ms. r

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm listening to will mr. shimkus describe mixing the sodas at the fountain and i have to tell you, i hate that. i'm a purist. if they -- some of those machines now you press coke and it gives you five different cokes i'm always afraid i'll get the cherry coke and mix it with the regular because i don't like to do that. anyway, i guess i'm going to be asking questions about pizza here. i want to start with dr. wootan. i'm interested in how h.r. 2017 treats serving sizes and how it differs from f.d.a.'s final menu labeling rule. the f.d.a. final rule allows pizza slices to provide calorie counts per pizza or per standard slice with a listing of the number of slices per pizza. h.r. 2017 seems to allow something similar. it would allow establishments to list the number of serves and ings and number of calories per serving or to list the number of calories for the standard menu item such as for a multiserving item that's typically divided before presenting it to the consumer. do you think the f.d.a. final rule on

mr. pallone, thank you, mr. chairman. mr. pitts: the chair thanks the gentleman and, as usual all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. that concludes our time for opening statement. i have a unanimous consent request i'd like to submit the following documents for the record. statements from representative peter king, new york second district from the international association of firefighters from the sergeants benevolent association, from the national association of police organizations and an article from the new york city's patrolmen benevolent association. without objection, so ordered. we have two panels today. on our first panel we have dr. john howard. director of national institute for occupational safety and health. thank you very much for coming today, dr. howard. your written statement will be made part of the record. you'll be recognized for five minutes to make your opening statement at this time. you're recognized. dr. howard: thank you, mr. chairman and distinguished members of the commit

mr. pallone: thank you. increasing access to nutrition information can play an important role in fighting our nation's battle against obesity and diet-related disease. obesity in this country is far too common affecting 78 million adults and 13 million children and it is a serious and costly health problem such as heart disease, stroke and type ii diabetes, some of the leading causes of preventable death. while there are many factors, we know that are overconsumption of calories is one of the primary causes and i have provided information to consumers. thanks to the labeling and education act of which i was a co-sponsor, this information has been available on packaged food items. it's not always been available to american families when eating out. this is a critical gap when you consider american families are eating out twice as often and spend half of their food dollars on food made outside of their home. the congress passed labeling requirements in 2010. under the law, restaurants and retail food establish

mr. pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, climate change vision of israel and we are already feeling its effects across the country, the damage impacts range of heat waves, increased wildfires. at the region and the country every part of the globe is affected or i'm concerned about impacts of extreme weather events and sea level rise and already, you know, problems we have with her energy infrastructure. my question is the qer outlines a number of findings in this area. how was your energy transmission, storage and distribution or ts&d infrastructure vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? >> thank you mr. pallone. chairman pallone. first of all the data into qer show we have been seeing increasing impacts probably impacting the economy in order of $25 billion a year on average over the last decade. and with rising sea level the effects of storms, major tropical storms for example, are amplified. so we feel it is very important now to address the hardening of these infrastructure, not only coastal the but coas

mr. pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, climate change, as you know, is real and we're already feeling its effects across the country, the damaging impacts range from heatwaves and droughts to increased wildfires and everyone is affected. i'm concerned about impacts of extreme weather events and sea level rise under already problems that we have with our energy infrastructure. so my question is, the qer outlines a number of findings in this area. but i might say that it's hard to see how a major global disruption would avoid impacting our imports. because again, we still import 7 billion barrels a day. only because with a major disruption, even if that -- let's say country -- is not directly importing to us right now, there would probably be a redistribution of the market that would impact our imports. nevertheless, hypothetically, if that were the case, i think there would still be an issue of putting sproule out would have the effect of backing out imports that would equilibrate in the market. >> my time is up.

mr. pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, climate change, as you know, is real and we're already feeling its effects across the country, the damaging impacts range from heatwaves and droughts to increased wildfires and everyone is affected. i'm concerned about impacts of extreme weather events and sea level rise under already problems that we have with our energy infrastructure. so my question is, the qer outlines a number of findings in this area. how is your energy transmission and storage and distribution vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? >> thank you, mr. pallone -- chairman pallone. first of all, as the data in the qer show, we have been seeing increasing impacts probably impacting the economy on in the last decade and with the rising sea level, the effects of storms, major tropical storms, for example, are amplified. so we feel it is very important now to address the hardening of these infrastructures, not only coastal but coastal is one major issue. that's why we recommend a joint set of initiativ

mr. pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. february 20th at this year, nhtsa sent a letter to takata and farming of the failure to cooperate with the investigation of the airbag defect as well as takata's knowledge would result in fines of $14000 per day for each day takata failed to cooperate. by the time the fines were suspended last month takata has been fined $1.2 million. so how much of the $1.2 million to takata on past the company paid? >> recently with the consent order we made sure the investigation continues as well as potential for future penalties. at this point, nothing has been collected because we are looking up and open investigation with future penalties to be collected. >> when you expect the penalties will be paid to the agency? >> that could be a any time. we are focused right now on the safety element. as it unfolds there maybe need for further penalties now be part of the package. >> -ish about further penalties but you obviously think there's a possibility of additional civil penalties against takata. >>

mr. pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to follow up on a few statements made earlier about section 3104. this provision makes an end run around the national environment nal nal nal energy. the tiny portion that physically crosses the national boundaries. miss cassady, does limiting it to a small sliver of a cross border project make any sense to you? what are some of the drawbacks of looking at the cross border section of a pipeline or transmission line? >> thank you for the question. no, it doesn't make much sense to me. if you look at the more controversial pipeline in other projects shall the controversy has never been around the impacts at the border. the best constructed, highest technology pipeline, an accident can happen. they span hundreds of miles and pass through sensitive ecosystems. an environmental review is to make sure policy makers have all of the facts about the potential impacts of the project over the entire course of the project, not just small at the border. in order to understand the potentia

mr. pallone and ms. eshoo to try to find some common ground so that we get the democrats to support the bill. does -- the bill. >> does it seem like a good chance for democrat buy-in? >> guest: i think there's a reasonable chance. i'm not going to try to predict the political calculations within the democratic caucus. i think common sense would tell you, though, that what fred and greg are trying to do does mange common sense -- make common sense, and so at some point in time we would expect system of the democrats to support it. >> host: congressman barton, i want to ask you about the privacy caucus and particularly about what happened at the office of personnel management, the hack into the federal government. there's been some calls for katherine arch let that the head of opm's -- for her resignation. do you support that? >> guest: at this point in time, i don't see a reason for her to resign. i had a member of my personal congressional staff got their information stolen. he received a letter to that

mr. pallone needs to take over. i've spoken, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: i'm going to follow suit. it's a great bill. we should pass it. ipab is a bad agency. should never have been created in the first place. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman is recognized. mr. pitts: mr. speaker i rise today in support of h.r. 1190, the protecting seniors' access to medicare act of 2015. mr. speaker, the bill before us today repeals the independent payment advisory board, ipab, one of the most ominous provisions in the sweeping overhaul of health care known as the affordable care act. the stated purpose of ipab is to reduce medicare's per capita growth rate. the board is to be made up of 15 unelected unaccountable bureaucrats -- by the way can't have a maj

mr. pallone for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman.ome of my colleagues are quick to argue that epa's proposed ozone standard will hurt the economy but history tells us cleaning up pollution can benefit the economy since its enactment in 1970 the clean air act provides a perfect example of how we can make steady process and cleaning up the air while running the economy some mist mccabe do we have achieved -- choose between cleaner and economic growth collects what does history tell us about her ability to cut illusion while building the economy? >> it shows is that the two things go hand-in-hand. we have reduced air pollution dramatically. the economy has grown and we have shown that this country and businesses have been updated have come up with pollution control technologies that employ american workers and make as leaders in the world on selling this kind of technology. >> when we talk about air pollution regulation by republicans colleagues often focus on cost but they are talking about the costs of exposure to unsafe air. you talk

mr. pallone for five minutes. >> thank you. though it has taken months i am glad tekata admitted their airbags are defective and moved forward with the recalls. getting the dangerous cars off the road is crucial. airbags are supposed to save lives and not take lives. but the nag national recalls came a year after the exploding airbags. each automaker handles it differently. some have high absolute humidity areas and at the same time others conducted recalls in the same area and some expanded their recall to other states and some conducted national recalls of certain cars. one auto went against using front seats until the airbags are fixed and offering to disable them until fixed. drivers are unsure if their cars are part of the recall those who had their airbags replaced don't know if they need them replaced again, and most importantly people don't know if their cars are safe to drive. this is the second hearing the subcommittee has held on the tekata recall and the first hearing was six months ago and in that time we are left

mr. pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just wanted to follow up on a few statements made earlier about section 3104. this makes and end run around the policy act eliminating meaningful review of the environmental impacts, narrowing the review to the cross border segment of the energy project. the tiny portion that physically crosses the national boundaries, so ms. castsady does limiting nepa review to just a small cross-border segment make sense to you. and what are some of the drawbacks of looking at just the cross-border segment of the pipeline or transmission line? >> thank you for the question. no, it does not make sense to me simply because if you look at the controversial pipeline and other projects that we've examined over the last few years the controversy has never been around the impacts at the border. we all know even the best constructed highest technology pipeline accidents can happen. it spans through hundreds of miles and aquifers over private and public lands and an environmental review the purpose of an

mr. pallone five minutes for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. udasin, i wanted to have you explain if you will the importance of not only the rutgers center but all of the signers that are part of the world trade program in terms of research because there's an extensive research component. i want to emphasize if you can how you are developing diagnosis and treatment of disorders that people might not even be aware of and how that research and the uniqueness of the center makes that possible. could you just kind of describe how the rutgers center is involved in the research into world trade center related condition and how the research is improving our ability to diagnose and treat wtc related health conditions and the benefits of the research. >> answering the rutgers only in nyu research as we have a lot of sleep apnea experts in those two centers. i am proud to say between our laboratory toxicologists and sleep experts, we have developed certain markers we are seeing in certain patients. one of our sleep experts presented this at the thoracic

mr. pallone pallone, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on february 20th of this year nhtsa sent a letter to takata informing the company its failure to cooperate with the investigation of the airbag defect as well as takata's prior knowledge of the defect would result in fines of $14,000 per day for each data kata failed to cooperate. by the time the fines were suspended under the consent order last month takata had been fined about $is.2 million. doctor, how much of the $1.2 million that takata owes in fines has the company paid to ntsa? >> basically with the concert order they made sure the investigation continues as well as the potential for future penalties, so at this point nothing's been collected because we're looking at an open investigation with potentially future penalties to be collected. >> so when do you expect that the penalties will actually be paid to the agency? >> that could be at any time and part of that, i think will come as the investigation continues. we're focused right now on the safety element of it. as it unfold

mr. pallone. >> i'd ask unanimous consent to put in the record a letter addressed to you and mr. green. >> without objection so ordered. >> increasing access to nutrition information can play an important role in fighting our nation's battle against obesity and diet related disease. obesity is far too common affecting nearly 78 million adults and 13 million children. it's also a serious and costly public health problem with obesity related conditions such as heart disease, stroke type two diabetes and others being some of the leading causes of preventable death. while there are many factors that hey contribute we know overconsumption of calories is one of the primary causes and that's why i've supported efforts to provide access to nutrition information to consumers. thanks to new trigs labeling and education act of which i was a co-sponsor, this info has long been available on packaged food items that you find on the shelves of your grocery store. but it's not always been available to american families when's thing out away from home. this is a critical gap when you consider tha

mr. pallone's district and lived in his district once i retired. now i moved a few years ago and i live in another district. i have both sides of the aisle covered here. this is is not something that should have any political fighting. this should be an absolute bipartisan 435-0 type bill. this is a ground ball, no brainer as far as i'm concerned. and as the other -- and the last point i'd like to make because i'll try to keep this brief is i wouldn't be here, sitting here if it wasn't for the doctors and dr. udasin and her other colleagues' knowledge, skills, abilities research. they have become the absolute experts in what is ailing us and not just me but all the other people that are part of this program. you can't go to your regular doctor. they don't have the knowledge. they just don't. they're not bad doctors. there is nothing wrong with it. but what has happened to us because of the conditions that we were in is -- has become very specific. and i didn't have a normal cancer and there's a lot of other people that don't have normal cancer or n

mr. pallone. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in opposition to h.r. 1335 the magnuson-stevens act re-authorization before us today. management of fisheries in the united states is extremely important especially in my home state of new jersey where the fishing industry's an important economic driver of the state's economy, generating billions of dollars a year in revenue and supporting tens of thousands of jobs. this bill passed out of the house natural resources committee without a single democratic vote and president obama has threatened to veto it. this doesn't need to be a partisan issue. we should be working together in a bipartisan fashion to make commonsense reforms to magnuson-stevens. there are important fishery management reforms in this bill that i strongly support, such as the flexibility language and modifications to the annual catch limit requirements. however, i'm troubled by the language in the bill that makes unnecessary changes to nepa, the endangered species act the nati

mr. pallone. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to follow up on three statements are there today. this makes amendment around the national environmental policy act with the environmental impact of proposed cross-border energy products in the section dramatically narrows the scope of environmental review to the cross-border segment of the energy products. the tiny portion that crosses national boundaries. ms. cassady just a small sliver of a cross-border project make it is thence to you in what are the drawbacks of the cross-border segment of the pipeline or transmission line? >> thank you for the question. it doesn't make much sense because if you look at the more controversial pipeline other projects over the last few years, the controversy has never been around the impact of the border. we are not even the best constructed, highest technology pipeline accident can have been. those pipelines been hundreds of miles or the pastor sensitive ecosystems over aquifers, private and public land and environmental review the purpose to make sure policymakers have all of the facts about the

mr. pallone: fixing our nations' crumbling infrastructure to boost the economy and increase transportation safety should not be a partisan issue. and yet republicans in congress continue to show neglect and indifference towards the nation's infrastructure and transportation and safety needs. the two-month extension of the high trust fund they offered in their unacceptable appropriation bills are the latest examples. it shows a dangerous disregard for safety measures on america's highways at a time when we know transportation safety should be a priority. it allows double tractor trailers to travel on high speeds on america's interstate system and suspends safety guidelines aimed at eliminating trucker fatigue and allowing them to work more than twice the average work week. the short-term highway trust fund does not solve the problem of deteriorating roads and bridges but puts a band-aid on it. it got stuck in a pothole. now is the time to fix the infrastructure in our communities and need to put people back to work. what we need is a robust, long-term commitment. i yield back. the speaker p

mr. pallone, for his five minute opening statement. >> thank you, chairman whitfield, for holding this hearing epa's proposed ozone standard i also want to welcome epa acting assistant administrator janet mccabe and thank her for testifying before the subcommittee taking. since 1970 the cornerstone of the clean air act has been a set of health-based air quality standards help ensure all americans can breathe healthy air. epa must at each air quality standard based on science and medical evidence alone. essentially a standard such a level of pollution that the states can breathe. destruction has been extraordinarily effective in clearing the air and protecting public health including the health of children and seniors. but the current 75 parts per billion ozone standard has fallen short. since 2008 the ozone standard has been weaker than the facts would allow progressives the independent clean air scientific advisory committee made crystal clear that in order to adequate protect public health, epa must strengthen the ozone standard to ensure an adequate margin of safety for all individuals. the

mr. pascrell: i thank chairman frelinghuysen and ranking member visclosky for providing $200 million for suicide prevpblgs outreach programs above the amount requested by the president. i'm offering this amendment with my colleagues pallone smith, lobiondo garrett, norcross and watson-coleman to continue support for the successful, confidential peer-to-peer vets for warriors program. a pentagon funded call center funded by rutgers university that provides troops struggling with depression and other psychological and emotional concerns to be supported by veterans. despite the troubling increase in active duty military suicides after 9/11, the defense department announced it would stop funding the vets for warriors program which has provided valuable assistance to reduce these incident. through vets for warriors, service members have been able to find confidential assistance from peers through shared lived experiences and quickly connect and listen in highly effective ways. since december, 2011, mr. speaker, the program has had over 130,000 contacts. the defense department's plan to integrate these services into the military one source without a public process, we know that many service members are reluctant to contact sup