mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i rise to oppose this amendment. i understand the desire for an efficient and effective federal government with an . propriately sized work force in fact, as the gentleman has specific programs or offices that he believes are currently overstaffed, i'd be happy to work with him to see if that is the case and to figure out the best way to address any problems we may find. but this amendment doesn't look at specific details and make targeted reductions. it rerequires the department of energy to furlough 5% of its employees on october 1. it doesn't allow the department time to review whether it might need more people to carry out its national security responsibilities, for instance, or fewer people to carry out other programs who work as ramping down or being reduced by this bill. that's not good government, that's putting almost 800 people across the country out of work for no good reason. the underlying bill on the other hand includes reasonable and targeted reductions to funding levels for the department'sed a misk a

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, first let me say that i appreciate the gentleman's kind words. and i am sympathetic to my colleague's interest in funding the construction account including the flood and storm damage reduction projects such as the herbert hoover dike. unfortunately, moving because we no longer do earmarks as we used to do, moving $50 million into an account doesn't guarantee that that project would necessarily be done by the army corps of engineers, it just increases the total amount in that account. in fact, the underlying bill increases the construction fund 80% 856 million, or almost above the budget request of the administration. for flood and storm damage reduction activities the bill more than doubles the budget request. this includes a total of $392 million for which the herbert hoover dike could compete for additional funding. since it's a dsac-1 safety project it will compete well for the funds if it's able to use additional funding in 2017. however we must balance all the needs an

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i insist on my point of order. mr. chairman, the amendment proposed to amend portions of the bill not yet read. the amendment may not be considered en bloc under clause 2-f of rule 21 because the amendment proposes to increase the level of outlays in the bill. and i ask for a ruling from the chair. the chair: does any other member seek to comment? mr. polis: i do. the chair: the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: it's simply the deficit savings account. so when the money isn't spent, that's where it goes. the deficit savings account is not an outlay. it simply is not being spent in the first place. the chair: does any other member wish to address the oint of order? the chair is prepared to rule. to be considered en bloc pursuant to clause 2-f of rule 21, an amendment must not propose to increase the levels of budget authority or outlays in the bill. because the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado proposes a net increase in the level of outlays in the bill, as argued by the chairman of the subcommittee on

mr. simpson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 5055, and that i may include tab lure material on the same. -- tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 743 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on e state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5055. the chair appoints the gentlelady from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, to preside over he committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5055 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2017, and or other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from idah

mr. simpson: sure. mrs. lummis: this year the land, water conservation fund expired in its authorization on september 30. in october we began re-authorizing the land and water conservation fund. and reforming it to get it back to its original intent. and before we could complete the process, the appropriators increased funding and re-authorized it for three years. we can't get the reforms we need when appropriators continue to appropriate. the burden should be on the authorizers. i yield back. mr. simpson: yes, i agree with the gentlelady, the burden should be on the authorizers and they should do their job and re-authorize the programs. i still haven't seen the re-authorization for the land and water conservation fund. that was last year. i still haven't seen it. i haven't seen the re-authorizations for any of the programs. the whole state department -- i've yielded. the whole state department is unauthorized. what's the re-authorization? -- where's the re-authorization? what do you want us to do? we will e

mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: point of order is eserved. mr. green: am i recognized, mr. chairman? the chair: the gentleman from texas and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, as a preamble to my amendment, please allow me to thank the chairman, mr. simpson, for his courtesies. i'd also like to thank the ranking member, ms. kaptur, for her courtesies. mr. chairman, if you live in houston, texas, you monitor the weather. you monitor the weather, mr. chairman, because over the last year, houston, texas, has been declared a disaster area not once, but twice. if you live in houston, texas, you monitor the weather because we are to year spend billions in recovery damages. if you live in houston, texas, you monitor the weather because, in the last year we flooding. 7 lives to houston has a problem. but there is a soluti

mr. simpson from idaho. mr. simpson: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i support this amendment and i don't think it was drastic as characterized by the ranking member. the fact is you can still have oversight. you can still -- you can still do what's necessary to make sure that contractors of various sites -- at various sites are doing their job. it doesn't mean you just have to pay them no matter what, but this reality is this administration, as we all know, is using their pen and their phone to execute executive orders and they are punishing the state of north carolina because they don't like something that north carolina did. . it is in a court. the froth should not have the ability to come in and prejudge the outcome of that determination by the court by withholding funds from the state of north carolina simply because it doesn't like what north carolina did. so this is a good amendment. i compliment the gentleman for bringing it forward. we've got numerous provisions in this bill to stop the administration and their efforts to impose policies wit

mr. simpson: claim time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: mr. chairman, i oppose this amendment because i'm concerned that the amendment would limit the activities that may be necessary to maintain our nuclear weapons stockpile. that's basically it. we need to be modernizing the legacy facilities of the national nuclear security administration, and these are old facilities. if we are going to have a credible nuclear deterrent. and that's what this is all about. is keeping our nuclear deterrent. and making sure that we have facilities to produce those things that are necessary. it's as simple as that. i urge my members to vote no on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. garamendi: reclaiming my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman has two minutes remaining. mr. garamendi: well, two minutes is probably insufficient to persuade my colleagues on the majority side that my argument is worthy of support. but nonetheless, i'll take a

mr. simpson at gunpoint while mr.ed 911 and rescued carly. >> the men who found carly trent are being called heroes. the girl was taken to a hospital as a precaution to be examined. >>> a teenager is arrested for a so-called knockout game, and the first public disciplinary action in the detention of american sailors by iran. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "wall street journal" reports the firing of the officer who was responsible for the squadron iran captured in january. the navy is reassigning commander eric rash. ten sailors were held briefly after wandering into iranian waters. it happened during the tense nuclear talks iran. >>> the "times picayune" of new orleans reports a crude oil spill in the gulf of mexico. about 88,000 gallons leaked yesterday from a shell oil drilling site about 150 miles off the louisiana coast. the leak was stopped, and contractors are cleaning up the spill. >>> "the hartford current" reports a teenager accused of punching an elderly man was playing a kno

mr. simpson is a wanted murder suspect, two counts of murder. >> when o.j. rrested for killing his wife, nicole, and her friend ron goldman, pretty much everyone thought he would be convicted. not attorney robert shapiro. shapiro was so famous, he's portrayed by john travolta in the fx series "the people versus o.j. simpson." shapiro now says that a lot of what you think you know about the trial is wrong. first, shapiro says he outmaneuvered marcia clark by making her believe he wasn't ready. >> judge asked, mr. shapiro, what's your position? your honor, we're ready for trial. looks at marcia clark and says, call your first witness, and you could see the blood come out of her face. and from that day on i knew there would be no conviction. >> these are not efficient murders. these are murders that are really slaughters. >> second, shapiro believed the prosecution did not understand the evidence. did the dream team win that case or did the prosecution lose it? >> i think it's a combination of both. the prosecution wedded themselves to one knife, one killer theo

mr. simpson: i thank the chairman. mr. speaker, h.r. 5055 is a good bill and invests priorities we can all support infrastructure projects, for our districts and energy independence through an all-of-the-above approach. first and foremost, this legislation is a defense bill. $19.44 billion or 51% is dedicated toward our national security. carrying out our nation's nuclear deterrence mission is in part the responsibility of the department of energy while d.o.d. provides the liberty vehicles and operators, d.o.e. provides nuclear warheads themselves. congress provides funding for this critical defense mission through the energy, water appropriation bill. as we drafted this bill we carefully considered 2,700 member requests this. legislation addresses 95% of those requests in one form other another. this included four requests from democratic members to fund nonproliferation programs at the budget request level of $1.8 billion, which this bill does. i agree that nonproliferation is a critical part of our overall nuclear defen

mr. simpson if by chance you see this or you're listening, let me help or let us help. reach out.t learned that el chapo has now been moved to a secret federal penitentiary in juarez just across the border from el paso. d.e.a. officials say they are baffled by his transfer because this is to a lower-security facility. it's an area that's firmly controlled by the drug cartel that he heads up, by the way. mexican authorities say that they are confident that they can keep the drug kingpin from making a third prison break. really? this all happening as he awaits contradi extradition to the united states. wow. >>> and the fist salute is, spaing some major outrage online. some are calling it racist. take a look at this from "the army times." the picture shows 16 black female cadets and a black panther style salute. now the students are dressed head to toe in their uniforms. these gals go to west point, by the way. critics are slamming this saying it violates military policies. the u.s. army forbids participating in political activity while in uniform. west point has now launched an inve

mr. simpson, to preside over the ommittee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 4909 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the department of defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, and the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, ach will control 30 minutes. the house will be in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i'm honored to bring to the house today h.r. 4909, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2017. the house armed services committee reported it favorab

mr. simpson: i move the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 5055 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chairman of the committee of the whole house on the state of he union has had under consideration hor 5055 and has come to no resolution thereon -- house resolution 5055 and has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the question of adopting a motion to commit on s. 2012 may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the committee will come to order. members, take your onversation

mr. karins, thank you. >>> still ahead, the simpsons make cartoon history. we'll show you how next on "way too early."l is making new friends. amazing is getting this close. real is an animal rescue. amazing is over twenty-seven thousand of em. there is only one place where real and amazing live. seaworld. real. amazing hey kevin. hey, fancy seeing you here. uh, i live right over there actually. you've been to my place. no, i wasn't...oh look, you dropped something. it's your resume with a 20 dollar bill taped to it. that's weird. you want to work for ge too. hahaha, what? well we're always looking for developers who are up for big world changing challenges like making planes, trains and hospitals run better. why don't you check your new watch and tell me what time i should be there. oh, i don't hire people. i'm a developer. i'm gonna need monday off. again, not my call. >>> now let's get a check on the morning's other headlines. we head to the control room with louis bergdorf. good morning. >> actress vanessa hudgens has agreed to pay $100,000 in re restitution for vandalizing the arizona red rocks.

and now you're saying "larry, you just put that "simpsons" clip in front of her falling! there's no connection between mrd ted cruz." oh, really? oh, really? okay, well, then explain this! >> excellent! ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> larry: why is it mr. burns actually seems more human than ted cruz? have no idea. moving on. there's some upsetting news out of asia. that's right, they're selling chocolate-covered french fries at japanese mcdonald's. whaaaat? why you gotta keep that from us asia? ( laughter ) we're the ones who gave you mcdonald's. you improve it and don't share it with the brother? actually, that wasn't the story i wanted to talk about. in 2012, a u.s. missionary named kenneth bae was jailed in north korea. now, don't confuse kenneth bae with prison bae. whole different bae. whole different bae. small target, i agree. now, he was arrested after a computer hard drive loaded with prayers made him a suspect of kim jong-un's brutal regime and he ended up being north korea's longest held american prisoner since the korean war. >> bae spent nearly two years under 24-hour watch by 30 north korean

mr. cruz. >> it gave you o.j. simpson and gave you many, many things. you can't knock "the national enquirer." it's brought many things to light not all pleasant, the fact it was cover story on "the national enquirer" picked up by many other people and magazines and periodicals and newspapers and all i did was refer to it. >> no apology? >> i'm just referring to an aarticle that appeared. it has nothing to do with me and the father was very active in the campaign and said nasty things about me in the morning and it was reported and it wasn't nice what he said about me and i just referred him to articles that were in various periodicals. >> let's talk about other steps you might take to unify the party including your choice for vice president. will your vpal be a republican. >> yes, that's true. >> will it be an elected official. >> most likely and probably a person with political experience because i mean while i've been in the world of politics all my life, the business, i will handle so well will bring our jobs back and bring our economy back but i do

groening created these characters and this family, but the universe that the simpsons exist in -- the town, the nuclear power plant, mr. burns, all of these different characters... sam simon was the driving force behind that. >> but in 1993, after four trailblazing seasons, sam decides he wants a life outside of television. before quitting, he negotiates a deal giving him continuous credit as an executive producer and a share of the show's annual profit, to the tune of $30 million a year. sam, now twice divorced with no children, turns his energy to what becomes his calling in life -- saving animals, especially dogs. in 2002, at the cost of several million dollars, he creates this lavish, sprawling dog shelter in malibu. one of the neglected pooches that end up at sam's shelter is a 6-month old cane corso, also known as an italian mastiff, a breed some people refer to as "a pit bull on steroids." the big canine is quickly deemed too aggressive to stay at the shelter. so sam takes him home and names him columbo, after the rumpled, trench-coat-wearing detective played by peter falk. >> he adored columbo, clearly. i thin

mr. speaker. i'd like to thank congressman new house and the rules committee, as well as chairman simpson and the energy and water appropriations subcommittee for their leadership and frag made on this year's energy and water appropriations bill. h.r. 5055, the energy and water development related agencies appropriations act, is a step forward in updating our nation's water borne infrastructure and energy needs. the first district of georgia is home to a unique set of resources with two large ports, various wetlands and islands, and the state's entire coastline. whether it's the savannah harbor expansion project, the growth of the port of brunswick, or the unique characteristics involved with wetlands permitting, the energy and water appropriations bill has a significant impact on the citizens of the first congressional district of georgia. the port of savannah is the second busiest east coast port and is rapidly expanding, growing at a substantial rate year after year. the port of brunswick is the third busiest roll on, roll off cargo port in the country. these ports are the economic engines of