mr. pallmer. rep. palmer: thank you, mr. chairman. would simply add that this committee has been here on several occasions, dealing with actions of other agencies that were inappropriate. i would like to point out, and this was before my election to congress, that this committee brought up the issue that if the irs had done what it should have done protecting the rights of citizens, one of whom is a good friend of mine who testified for the u.s. senate, if they had done what they should have done, we would not be here discussing this right now. ideally back. -- high yield back. -- i yield back. rep. cartwright: i acknowledge and understand the frustration and exasperation that you have just expressed. my regret is that you have chosen to vent your frustration and exasperation on this particular man, mr. koskinen. my amendment is to correct the record and to make it clear that the inspector general, mr. russell george, after an extensive investigation, he is essentially the chief prosecutor, found no evidence that the irs employees wer

mr. ballmer. rep. palmer: thank you, mr. chairman. i would simply add that this committee has been here on several occasions, dealing with actions of other agencies that were inappropriate. i would like to point out, and this was before my election to congress, that this committee brought up the issue that if the irs had done what it should have done protecting the rights of citizens, one of whom is a good friend of mine who testified for the u.s. senate, if they had done what they should have done, we would not be here discussing this right now. ideally back. -- high yield back. -- i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield my time to mr. cartwright. cartwright: i acknowledge and understand the frustration and exasperation that you have just expressed. my regret is that you have chosen to vent your frustration and exasperation on this particular man, mr. koskinen. my amendment is to correct the record and to make it clear that the inspector general, mr. russell george, after an extensive investigation, he is essentially the ch

mr. palmer? >> yes. >> mr. cummings? >> no. >> ms. maloney? >> no. >> ms. norton? >> no. >> mr. clay? >> no. >> mr. lynch? >> no. >> mr. cooper? >> no. >> mr. connolly? >> no. >> mr. cartwright? >> no. >> ms. duckworth? >> no. >> ms. kelly? >> no. >> ms. lawrence? >> no. >> mr. lou? ms. watson cole man? >> no. >> ms. plasket? mr. boyle? >> no. >> mr. welch. >> no. >> have all members voted? the clerk will report the tally. >> on this vote there are 23 yays and 15 nays. >> the ayes have it and is ordered favorably reported. without objection, motion to reconsider is laid on the table. sorry, we had already called the vo vote. understood. without objection, the motion is laid on the table. without objection to pursuant to clause 2-l, members will have two days to submit views on the resolution considered today. the staff be allowed to make necessary changes to the resolution ordered reported today subject to the approval of the minority. hearing no objection, so ordered. if there's no further business, the committee stands adjourned. >>> this afternoon the state department's special env

mr. palmer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i associate myself with your remarks and would simply add that, you know, this committee has been here several occasions dealing with actions of other agencies that were inappropriate. and i'd just like to point out -- and this was before my election to congress -- that this committee brought up the lois lerner issue. and if the irs had done what it should have done in regard to protecting the rights of individual citizens, one of whom is a good friend of mine with the ratomka tea party, who testified in an emotional testimony before the u.s. senate -- if they had done what they should have done, we would not be here discussing this right now. i yield back. >> thank the gentleman. >> mr. chairman. >> recognize the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield my time to mr. cartwright. >> i thank the gentleman. mr. chairman, i acknowledge and understand the frustration and exasperation that you have just expressed. my regret is that you have chosen to vent your frustration

mr. palmer's comment was, this is my house. i'll do what i want. we can do that. >> really, they can't do what they want in their own house? >> all they are doing is protecting vested interest. >> he wants to kill competition. you're competition. has your bottom line been affected with airbnb\? >> absolutely. >> how much? >> i can't put a dollar on it. the idea you go to airbnb and see hundreds of listings each night, that's money that could come to a hotel or bed and breakfast, somebody paying the tax. we welcome competition. it's when they are operating illegally and not paying taxes. >> the town demads steve get a business license bore he rents. >> i would love to get a business license, happy to pay taxes but i can't because it's illegal. >> catch-22. he can't pay taxes because renting itself is illegal. >> you're operating in direct violation of city code. what kind of example are you setting for your kids? >> i love that my kids help in this whole process. they go down. they clean the basement. they are making the beds. they are learning how

mr. palmer, is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. jacobs, i read an article where it talked about panasonic's weather-forecasting model that's among the best and maybe even the very best in the world. and there were some questions raised about whether or not panasonic would share that model with other -- with noaa or other organizations. could you comment on that, please? >> yes. we do intend to share the information. what sort of form the information is shared in may depend on the licensing arrangement and redistribution rights obviously. sharing the gridded data would be a lot different than sharing visual plots of model output, which can convey the same information. but the gridded data can actually be used for product generation. and if they redistributed the gridded data it would negatively impact our business model. there are certain things that we can provide the weather service with to help improve their mission that wouldn't negatively impact our business model. and we would certainly do that. >> how would panasonic share in