mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i understand that amendment number 10 is changed and currently now rewritten and is amendment number 53. the chair: does the gentlelady wish to offer the unprinted amendment? mrs. walorski: no. yes, we do. i'm sorry. the answer is yes. the chair: the clerk will report that amendment. the clerk: amendment by mrs. walorski of indiana. insert increased by $500,000. page 26, line 24, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $500,000. the chair: the gentlelady from indiana is recognized for five minutes on this amendment. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment would provide a $500 increase for the army corps of engineers' continued priority program and would pay for the increase of a small $500,000 cut of the departmental administration account. for small communities struggling to pay for $25,000 projects, this minor amendment can be a major help around the country. the cap program allows for funding of small local projects without the lengthy study and authorizati

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. simpson: mr. chairman, though i share my colleague's support for energy efficiency , grams, the bill funds eere the energy efficiency portfolio, at $26 million above last year's level, with targeted increases for weatherization assistance and advanced manufacturing. what we did in this bill actually was refocus some of the administration's request, increases in the renewable energy arena, to where we actually use energy. the coal, oil and natural gas provides 82% of the electricity in this country. of the energy used in this nation's homes and businesses. 82%. and reducing the fossil energy research, they're studying things like how heat can be more efficiently converted into electricity, in an effort with the nuclear and solar energy programs. how water can be more efficiently used in power plants and how coal can be used to produce electrical power. the amendment would also

mr. simpson: i claim time in opposition. i appreciate the gentlelady's references from the bible in her debate. always interesting. mr. chairman, i rise to oppose the america. the amendment would reduce funding $31 million in favor deficit reduction. coal, oil and natural gas provide for 82% of the energy used by this nation's homes and businesses and will continue to provide for the majority of our energy needs for the foreseeable future. that's 82%. the bill rejects the administration's proposed reductions to fossil energy, particularly with drastic cuts to the coal program, which is reduced by 29% under the budget request. and instead, funds these programs at $593 million, $31 million above last year. the office of fossil energy will research how heat can be converted into electricity in a cost-cutting efforts, how water can be used in water plants and how coal can be used to produce electricity, electric power, through fuel cells. this amendment would reduce funding for a program that ensures that we use our nation's foss

mr. simpson: i reserve a point of order. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 641, the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: thank you, madam chair. i would hope my colleague from idaho finishing the excellent explanation i have of this would withdraw his point of order. this is about an extraordinary opportunity that the united states has. we have been blessed with a very significant supply of natural gas. we have the technology to obtain that gas and we also are now looking at the possibility or the reality of exporting that natural gas in the liquified natural gas form, a facility is already licensed and is in process of being nearing construction on the texas coast. this amendment would actually replicate what was passed by the house of representatives in 2006, became law with president george w. bush's signature that basically said that if we are going to import natural gas, it must be imported on an an american

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. speaker. the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 4923, directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 3923 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on questions provely -- previously postponed. votes will be taken in the following order. ordering the previous question on house resolution 661, adopting house resolution 661 if ordered. both electronic votes will be onducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 661

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: i appreciate the gentleman's intent and i will be happy to work forward with him but i must insist upon my point of order. it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriations bill and the rule states in perpt part an amendment to a germ appropriation bill shall not be in order of changing existing law. the amendment inserts additional legislative language and is not merl perfecting. ask for a ruling. the chair: the chair will rule. gentleman from idaho makes a point of order that the amendment proposes to change existing law in violation of rule 2, and legislative language is permitted to remain in a general appropriations bill or year main amendment and not adding further legislation is in order. but an amendment affecting further legislation is not in order. the chair finds that the section of the bill contains legislative language prescribing notification. the

mr. simpson: thank you, madam chairman. it is my distinct honor to present the fiscal year 2015 energy and water bill for consideration before the full house. i'd like to recognize the efforts of our chairman, mr. rogers, and ranking member lowey to bringing this bill to the floor. their efforts to bring the appropriations process back to regular order ensure that our federal discretionary spending receives the full scrutiny of this body and our committee process. i'd also like to thank ranking member kaptur for all of her work, her contributions to make this legislation stronger. the bill before you totals $34.01 billion for activities for the department of energy, army corps of engineers, bureau of reclamation and other agencies under our jurisdiction. this is a $50 million reduction from last year's funding levels. the bill prioritizes investments in this nation's infrastructure and national defense. as we do each year, we worked hard to incorporate priorities and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. for instance,

mr. simpson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks, include extraneous material on the further consideration of h.r. 4923 and that i may include tab lar material on the same -- tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 641 and rule 18, the their declares the committee in the whole house on the state of the union for the furtherers canners can of h.r. -- consideration of h.r. 4293. -- 2923. will mr. hultgren kindly take the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the white house of the state of the union which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on wednesday, july 9, 2014, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 14 prin

mr. simpson: claim time in opposition to the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: the administration's budget request nearly $1 billion below last year's for the army corps of engineers. that's what the administration proposed to us. we restored that, in fact, increased last year's army corps of engineers budget by $25 million. at the same time cutting $50 million out of the overall billism wish he would talk to the administration about their budget request. this is a balanced bill, made more balanced by the two days of amendments we have debated, some accepted, some not accepted, from all our colleagues on both sides of the aisle. we have already taken $45 million out of the account. i know it's an easy account to target to take money out of. but at some point in time you have to stop. if we've already taken $45 million out of the account, an important characteristic of any member of this body is to know when to talk and when that shut up. it's after 9:00. i encourage my colleagues to vote against

mr. dennis kelly and liz jackson-simpson. so two minutes each, please, and then we will take public comment right after that because we're at 7:30 and then go into our regular agenda. thank you. >> thank you very much. i have asked you to pull -- to look at 19 of the 81 consent to degree items which you have, and starting with k 1, k 12, k 3, k 5, k 8, k 9, for instance, you're doing a lot of things here that are describing people that are not in the bargaining units doing what is our work. now, sometimes people are very careful to say that and they say that they're teaching teachers how to do this and that's a careful way of saying it. k 3 for instance, however, says they're going to work with children doing hands on work. that means that it's our work. that's teaching and para professional work and should not be farmed out to other people. you look at k 8 and k 9, there you're calling for early ed, you're paying some money for three full day sessions of professional development. unfortunately early ed only has two professio

mr. camp. and we also had simpson-bowles, let's not forget. so there were plans. were any of them adopted? have an energy plan? no. here's the deal. we talked about the fire extinguisher. shs the no-plan option. but any parents out there raising kids realize that no decision is a decision. no plan is a conscious effort. that is a plan having no plan. and what happens when you have no plan? let's think about it. it becomes reactive. the solution always becomes money. and it's about optics and the media. when there is no plan and something happens, even if you're well aware, simpson-bowles wasn't put together because everything was hunky doory with taxes. there's a need when it comes to energy, all of the above, really? all of the above? hey, isn't coal all of the above? wasn't that a big positive in front of the election? but is it really? no. see, when you don't have a plan basically and you ignore it, you ignore, you ignore, the media loves p this. why? because when there's a fire, nothing is better for the media than a fire. and think about the optics. okay? if you're the executive, the

okay. >> simpsons, 12 straight days. >> that's a lot of simpsons. >> politico's mr. >> good morning, mr. willie geist. >> calling out the washington post for what he thought was its use of anonymous sourcing in a recent article. let's listen to what he says. >> well, i would like to first point out that you're asking about a story that's based on entirely anonymous sources. that should be reflected in the record. >> we have anonymous sources from you all today. we have a call today. it's just -- how can you criticize that when that's what you basically give us every day except for the briefing? >> except for the fact that i've been standing here for an hour, answering all of your questions, which is an important practice, right? this is what we're committed to. the president is traveling tomorrow. i'm going to do a briefing tomorrow. we're committed to this process. that's why we do this briefing on the record. >> you're committed to anonymous sources. >> this is a story that basically said in "the washington post," that the white house had been warned about the comi

mr. has really taken some of the most outrageous actions that had occurred in europe really simpson 1930'ertainly, a gross violation of the act adopted in 1975. every single tenet of the health safety act, all 10, were putin with vladimir the interference in ukraine. what prompted the europeans yesterday to finally agree on this package of sanctions is the clear evidence that the russian leadership is continuing to be with these military separatists in the ukraine. it is something that needs to stop. if it does not, i think we have now shown there will be serious consequences for mr. putin and his fellow countrymen. secretary kerry is meeting with the ukraine foreign minister this morning at about 10:15. what do you make of how he has handled himself in both ukraine and also what is happening in israel and gaza? i am very disappointed in the secretary of state. i have a lot of company in that respect. he represents administration policy, no question about it erie it -- it. i do not think anybody would have advocated the united states becoming militarily involved with helping the ukrainian