mr. scalise, the gentlewoman from washington state, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, the gentleman from oregon mr. walden, the gentleman from indiana, mr. messer, the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, the gentleman from california, mr. nunez, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen, the gentlelady from texas, ms. granger the gentleman from california -- the gentlewoman from california, ms. pelosi, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, the jeement maryland ms. edwards the gentleman from new york, mr. engel the gentlewoman from california ms. eshoo the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, the gentlewoman from california, miss susan davis, the gentleman from california mr. schiff, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. bolden. vice president biden: friends of the senate at the

mr. scalise is on his way here, the whip of the house. so we will try to accommodate his questioning. >> mr. chairman, i'm going to have to leave. i have to catch a flight. and i don't know if that has an effect on -- if i leave can you keep the hearing open? >> we can seek counsel on that. but obviously we should try to accommodate the third ranking member of the -- >> i know. but we started at 11:00. so i mean, he could -- he's had some time to get here. i'm a patient person. but i don't want to miss my flight. >> what time's your flight? >> i have to go out to dulles. >> what -- >> it doesn't leave from the rayburn horseshoe, unfortunately. >> so while he comes in the door here, we are now going to let him get settled. but as he is getting settled, first of all, if i could ask all of the witnesses to -- there will be some follow-up questions. some of them you've all taken down down. because of the nature of our work, we'd like to have prompt responses to the questions. i know you've probably had questions from other committees as well.

mr. steve scalise. for such time as he may consume to discuss some of the things that have happened with the great citizens in louisiana. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from indiana for yielding. as we observed a moment of silence on the house floor just a little while ago, i rise today in honor of the 11 brave american servicemen involved in last week's tragic helicopter crash off the coast of florida. it's heartbreaking events like this, mr. speaker, which remind us that freedom is not free. fur of those heroes were members of the louisiana national guard, stationed within the first of the 244th asalt helicopter battalion out of hammond, louisiana which is located in my district. our hearts are heavy, mr. speaker, as our nation joins the battalion in mourning the loss of chief warrant officer george wayne griffin jr., chief warrant officer george david strother. staff sergeant lance bajeron and staff sergeant thomas floric. their names will forever be engraved in our

mr. scalise are majority whip and recognize them for five minutes perry. >> thank you mr. chairman i appreciate that. thank you for coming to testify about your budget to go through and look at some of the proposals being made by the department throughout the year. i want to talk to you about some of the proposals that not only are being proposed and some of the impacts we are seeing and how they might have devastating impacts on our local economy but also ask about some of the others in the past. as you make proposals you also attached to them what types of impacts that might have in certain ways. i want to take for example the air toxin rules. some federal agencies like ferc when they were looking at this said plant closures would be much higher than the epa estimates were going to be. same to me when epa got this information you scoffed at it but in retrospect now that we can look back and see the administration's data concedes that the rule will shudder 10 times more the amount of electricity generation then you all anticipated. how do you respond to something like tha

mr. scalise, our majority whip and recognize him for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that. and administrator mccarthy, great to see you back here. thanks for coming to testify about your budget and of course this is part of our oversight rule to go through and obviously look at some of the proposals that will be made by the department throughout the year. i want to talk to you about some of the proposals that not only are being proposed in some of the impacts that we're seeing and how they he might have some devastating impacts, but ask about the others in the past, because as you make proposals you also attach to them what types of impacts it might have in certain ways, and i want to take for example the mercury and air toxics rule. some other federal agencies like ferc, when they were looking at this, said that plant closures would be much higher than the epa estimates were going to be. it seemed to me when epa got this information, you scoffed at it. but in retrospect now that we can look back and see the administration's own data concedes the max rule

mr. scalise: our whip counts have never been off on the floor. we're going to have a whip on the floor today for the s.g.r. vote that we'll have on thursday. and we're continuing to work through questions that members have on the but the. our members have actually been coming together and the agreement that was reached last week between chairman price and chairman thornberry to represent the bond between our fiscal and defense hawks, so that we can bring a budget forward to the floor that actually satisfied the requests of both sides of our conference, to bring them together, is going to be a very important moment for our conference. again, budgets are always a visionary document but also a unified document. i think you're going to see a unified house republican conference on the floor wednesday when we pass that budget and send it over to the senate. mr. boehner: why would you wear socks that look like that? [laughter] i thought the circus was coming to town or something. questioner: they're actually here. mr. boehner: you better go catch up wit

mr. scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: i want to thank my colleague from georgia, the chairman of the budget committee, for his leadership and the hard work of his entire committee and when we talk about this budget that's on the floor i rise in strong support of this budget that restores fiscal sanity back to washington. if you talk about one of the greatest threats facing our nation right now, it's the fact that out of control spending and the lack of ability to set priorities and make tough decisions to get our economy moving again have held our economy back and it's also held back the opportunities for so many young people that deserve the same opportunity to achieve the american dream that we and every generation that's come before us have been able to achieve. and so, mr. chairman, what's so important about this budget is not just the fact that we get back to balance within 10 years. balancing the federal budget. we can do it, we actually lay it out in this budget. but it's all of the underlying policies. the

boehner and majority leader kevin mccarthy and majority whip steve steve scalise have all sent their regrets. >>catherine: tomorrow will be mrout president obama first trip to selma since taking office, but it's not his first big public moment there. he was there in 2007 as a newly declared presidential candidate, saying those who marched before him had made it possible for him to seek the highest office in the land. >>reporter: been have lower 60s for the bay area and land. tonight the temperatures will fall to the low 50's at bar around 11:00 p.m.. >>pam: the lights on the bay bridge are gone now the incredible lcd display is taking a yearlong break for maintenance. kron 4 is jackie sissel spoke to people came out bright and early to see the lights go out >>reporter: the 1.8 mi. western span of the bay bridge has been a canvas for the l e d like culture. hundreds of people's showed up in the pre-dawn ayer hours to catch a glimpse of the lights. >>: i can remember with the embarcadero look like prior to the earthquake in is an incredible incredible beauty. and is open to everybody >>reporter: inspired by the bridges 75th an

mr. speaker. >> can the republican-led congress overcome the early fumbles. we'll ask the house majority whip steve scalise. >>> plus with some democrats boycotting netanyahu's speech to congress, has the support to is real become a political football. our group weighs in? and the power player of the week. opera singer renee fleming puts me to the test. >> i would challenge you to increase that. >>> hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. the top contenders for the republican presidential nomination spoke to the conservative political action conference or cpac this week. afterwards they held a straw poll and here are the results. kentucky senator rand paul won for the third consecutive year with almost 26% of the vote. but the big story now is the straw poll's runner-up wisconsin governor scott walker. in the key state of iowa he leads all potential candidates by double-digits and he's moved into the lead in national polls. i went to cpac on friday to talk with walker about his rise, some controversies and his record as governor. >> governor, welcome back to "america's news he

mr. speaker. >> with the republican-led congress overcome its early fumbles. we'll ask the house majority whip, steve scalise. >>> plus, with some democrats boycotting prime minister netanyahu's speech to congress, has support for israel become a political football? our sunday group weighs is. >>> and our power player of the week, the people's diva, opera singer renee fleming puts me to the test. >> so i would teach you how to enhance that, how to increase the range. hello renee. >> hello renee. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with some breaking news. the top contenders for the republican presidential nomination spoke to the conservative political action conference or cpac this week. afterwards they held a straw poll and here are the results. kentucky senator ran paul won for the third-consecutive year with almost 26% of the vote. but the big story now is the straw poll's runner up wisconsin governor scott walker. in the key state of iowa he leads all potential candidates by double digit and he's also moved into the lead in national poll. i wen