mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment is straightforward and fixes one of the most egregious provisions in the bill, the consideration of technological feasibility in the naaqs setting process. the bill's approach would make feasible a factor in the scientific decision about how much pollution is safe for a child to breathe without experiencing an asthma attack. rely on e.p.a. to technological feasibility is a dangerouses pretent that ignores the history of the clean air act and frankly isn't necessary. since 1970rk the clean air act has had several key features to help make it one of the most successful environmental laws in the country. the scientifically based standards help us keep our eye on the prize. it allows e.p.a. to set the clean air goals and states to decide how best to achieve them. the clean air act uses regulatory standards, like the national ambient air quality standards, to drive technological innovations. the law recognizes it's usually less costly to dump pollution than clean it up so busi

mr. pallone, amendment number 5 by mr. polis, amendment number 6 by the district of columbia. the chair will reduce two minutes for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on on amendment number 1 by the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 114-607 offered by mr. whitfield of kentucky. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is order. members will record their votes by electronic device. . this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, 236, the yeas, and the nays are 170. he

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to address some of the points the gentleman from georgia made. first of all the program now, 85% of the program goes towards wireless service, mobile phones. so when the gentleman says that we're eliminating wireless and that doesn't matter, we'll go back to landlines, that's not the case. that's what the gentlewoman from california just explained. i'm concerned that what i'm really hearing from the gentleman from georgia is this notion that somehow if there's more than two lines at a given address that that's fraud. and i just want to eliminate that notion. because i think that criticism the point. there is an exception in the lifeline program that can permit more than one line per household. and this exception is a critical feature that allows people without a long-term home address to take advantage of the program. these are the very people lifeline was designed to help. the system allows those living in a homeless shelter, without to have access to a phone. it even allows v

mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. ms. noll, from listening to some of the people sitting next to you on the panel and some of my colleagues on the other side, you'd think that the standards process has suddenly become far more contentious that it -- than it used to be. i talk about the fact that the standard setting process has always yielded some controversy from one industry to another. and that's not to say that complaints or controversies weren't always important or even valid. but i just see some contention as an inevitable part in a meaningful standard setting process, no matter how well it functions. while not every standard can be negotiated, my sense is that there has been more consensus than ever before and that every industry trade represented here today has been involved in and likely benefited from that consensus. my question is, do you agree with me that there actually seems to have been more con sent us in the standard setting process over the past eight years, and of the rules finalized in the last eight y

mr. pallone: i have never been more proud of my colleagues tonight. i have been here 28 years and never see this concern before because of what the republicans refuse to do. i couldn't say this if we were in session, to take my words down. i'm mad as hell at those republicans. they are cowards. they're cowards. they don't want to be on record. they don't want to be on record showing where they really stand on the bills we want to bring up here. that's what's going on here today. and i want to tell you, the energy and commerce committee last week and i was asked by the chairman of the committee to have us not vote on a bill that would lifted the ban. there is another stupid thing that says that the c.b.c. cannot do -- cannot compile any data on guns and the impact of guns. and we were doing the mental health bill and asked by the republicans not to have a vote to lift that ban because if we did, then that was going to make it so we couldn't have the markup and successful markup on the mental health bill. we actually did have a vote. what do you think t

mr. pallone, the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. gabbard, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs.ntleman from maryland, ms. edwards, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo. vivekananda the senate at the direction -- vice president biden: the senate very direction of the body appoints the members on the part of the senate to escort his excellency, narendra modi, into the house chamber. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from utah mr. hatch. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from wyoming, mr. barassy. the senator from mississippi, mr. wicker. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from ohio, mr. portman. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin, the senator from washington, miss murry. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow, the senator from minnesota, miss klobuchar. the senator from maryland, mr. ardin. the speaker: the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. >> mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> mr. speaker, the president'

mr. pallone, for five minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. the energy efficiency standards program has been incredibly successful over the years in reducing energy consumption and lowering consumers' energy bills. the program has also been beneficial to manufacturers making energy saving products more ubiquitous and leveling the playing field nationally. in fact, efficiency standards for consume aero-- consumer appliances and other products likely institute the single most effective federal effort to reduce energy consumption in the united states. according to the energy department, americans saved $63 billion on their utility bills last year buzz of the standards. this is also resulting in avoiding $2.-- of aviding .6 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which would equal that from 4,500 million vehicles. the benefits of the important program, consumers save money and our environment is spared billions of tons of pollution every year. all this began with enactment of the energy policy and conservation act which was signed into law by re

mr. pallone: my colleagues, i've been here 28 years but i'm shocked by the fact the republican leadership are ignoring their constituents, ignoring the fact, encourages us once again, whether it's the we in by john lewis or what do when we're home. we have to demand that this house take up commonsense gun safety measures. i just wanted to, if i could, read a statement. i had so many of my constituents that wrote to me, emailed me or contacted me in the last 24 hours. this is patrick from new jersey d he says, this is patrick and he says, i'm proud of the democratic sit-in for a vote on gun control and would encourage you to continue to support us fully for as long as it takes to get the house to put the issue up for a vote. and i promise you, patrick, that is what we will do until we see these commonsense gun safety measures come to the floor so we have an opportunity to vote on it. now, last night when i spoke, i talked about the fact that the republicans are also ignoring the fact, we see this so many times, it happened in our committee, in the energy and commerce committee last week wh

mr. pallone, for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. the appliance and equipment efficiency standards program at the department of energy has been successful in reducing energy consumption and lower consumers energy bills. the program also has been beneficial to manufacturers making energy saving products more ubiquitous and leaving -- leveling i should say the playing field nationally. in fact, efficiency standards for consumer appliances and other products likely constitute the single most effective evident to reduce energy consumption in the united statesle according to the energy department, americans saved $63 billion on their utility bills last year because of these standards. and this is also resulted in avoiding 2.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions which would equal the annual level of emissions from 543 million vehicles. these figures are staggering and highlight the benefits this program. consumers save money and our environment is spared billions of tons of pollution every year. all of this began with enactment of the