mr. posey: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. mr. babip: i'd like to recognize the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyer. mr. beyer: on one hand we had three unfortunate losses, on the other hand, it seems the commercial space industry is getting ready to go exponentially. adding great value to our economy and our civilization. new satellites, internet, space tours of mars even. can you help us put these in the proper perspective, especially compared to train and airline and automobile accidents 30,000 deaths last year by the way, nasa tragedies and all the transportation accidents in history, are we looking at the relatively two or three that have come up in the right perspective compared to the last 150 years? >> that's an interesting question. again, i think the positive thing is that in both -- in all three of these cases there's been no loss of life. that says our basic processes and procedures are in place. we protected the public, we protected the launch site, we did the right things. i think the important thing is to not get so

. >> i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida, mr. posey. >> mr. gerstenmeyer, we know that planning for the iss began 20 years before it was actualized, to let 2024. does nasa have plans for a station in lower for bed beyond 2020 for or this nasa intends to leave it entirely to commercial companies? >> we are looking to see if we can leave low earth orbit to commercial companies. what we are doing is allowing them to do investigations on station to see that they can get market return and it makes sense to do that we believe the agency's role has been to push further out into space, going to the region around the moon. we call the proving ground region, we will move our endeavors into that further region that helps the agency get prepared to take bigger missions ultimately towards mars. at this point we envision lower earth orbit to be more of a private sector activity and we will use the remaining lifetime of station to let the private sector understand the benefits of microgravity research to terrestrial investigations and see if it helps some fr

. >> now i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida mr. posey. >> thank you mr. chairman. we know that planning for the iss began 20 years before it was actualized and now were less than ten years out from the administration's proposed extension in 2024. does nasa have plans for some station in lower earth orbit before then? perhaps private partnerships? does nasa intend to leave any station entirely to other companies? >> we are looking to see if we can leave that to commercial companies. we are allowing them to do investigations on station to see if they can get a market return and it make sense to do that. we believe the agency's role is to push further out in space and go into the region around the moon. we will move our research and our endeavors into that region. it helps the agency get prepared to take bigger missions toward mars. at this point we are envisioning a lower orbit that would be private sector activity. we'll use the remaining station to let the private sector understand their research and investigation to see if it helps them from a fundamental research

the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. posey, for five minutes. mr. posey: thank you mr. speaker. i rise today on matters of research and scientific integrity. to begin with, i am absolutely resolutey pro-vaccine. advancements in medical immunization have saved countless lives and greatly benefited public health. that being said, it's troubling to me that in a recent designate hearing on childhood vaccinations it was never mentioned that our government has paid out over $3 billion through a vaccine injury compensation program for children who have been injured by vaccinations. regardless of the subject matter, parents making decisions about their children's health deserve to have the best information available to them. they should be able to count on federal agencies to tell them the truth. for these reasons, i bring the following matter to the house floor. in august 2014, dr. william thompson a senior scientists at the centers for disease control and prevention, worked with a whistleblower attorney to provide my office with documents related to a 2004

. >> thank you, now i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida, mr. posey. >> thank you we know that planning for the iss beand now we are less than two years out from the administration's proposed expension to 2023 does nas have and private parer in ships and and the does nasa send to plooefl. >> at this point, we are looking to see if we can leave the orbit to commercial companies. we are allowing them to do investigations to see if they can get a market return. and it makes sense to do that. and we believe the agency's roll is to push furth and we will move our and to make bigger moexs. at this point, we are enjoin and we will use the remaining lifetime of station to let the private sector understand the ben it ins of verge see if it helps them a fundamental respornlg sound point. >> that is great to hear. >> most capitals are opt niced to get crew and cargo back and forth. who role they will play once the international spags station reaches the end of its live. >> again the commercial crew program. the companies have an interest beyond the nasa need. th

the gentleman, mr. posey is recognized for his questions. >> thank you mr. chairman. administrator mccarthy, a 2004 department of environmental protection report claims from the florida department of environmental protection, due to the relatively large geographic area covered by forest and other vegetation in the gulf area of florida, biogenic boc compounds emissions make up to 20 -- i'm sorry, up to 80 to 90% of the total vocs submitted on a it up cal summer day. >> thanks. >> another florida department of environmental protection report states epa also should consider whether natural background concentrations would preclude compliants with certain geographic areas and for example, epa estimates that 70% to 80% of the seasonal meanain o zone layers attribute to contribution. how can they comply with 65% to 07% if nature gives them 70% to 80% to start? >> congressman, let me show you that states are not held responsible for reducing emissions that are not in their control. the clean air act is very clear about that so there was a great discussion, frankly -- >> all r

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now i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida, mr. posey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. gerstenmaier, we know that planning for the iss began 20 years before it was actualized and now we're less than 10 years out from the admission nation's proposed extension to 2024. does nasa have plans for some sort of station and low birth orbit beyond 2024? perhaps some sort of public-private partnership perhaps with the current international parts for advice as replacement. or does nasa intend to leave any station entirely to commercial companies? >> i think at this point we are looking to see if we can leave low-earth orbit to commercial companies to what we're doing is we're a life into their investigations on station to see that they can get a market return at it make sense to do that. inwardly the agency's role is into push for the into space to go into the region around the room. we call them improving graphic will move our research and our endeavors into the for the region that helps the agency to prepare to take bigger missions ultimately towards mars. at this point we'r

mr. chairman. i rise to offer the murphy-castor-jolly-posey -clausen-graham-ros-lehtinen-buc hanan-hastings-wilson amendment to block the use of seismic air gun testing off of florida's coast. as you can see from the list of co-sponsors, offshore drilling is not a partisan issue in our state. but an economic issue. florida is a unique place that depends on healthy beaches, clean waters, and a safeguarded environment. the seismic testing the administration has proposed puts all of these things at risk. first, seismic air gun testing can be harm to feel undersea mammals like endangered whale species and dolphins, disrupting their ability to communicate and navigate and it can have negative effects on sea turtles such as the loringhead turt that will have key nesting grounds along the beaches i'm so proud to represent this testing practice can also disrupt fish' migratory patterns that can have significant impacts on fishermen in florida. second seismic air gun testing is the first step in the wrong direction to opening our pristine shores to offshore drilling and the threat of devastating oil spills