mr. weber: thank you, mr. chairman. madam ambassador, you mentioned earlier the body bags, the boys going back to russia, that it had to be tough on them. do you know what the body bag is, the number of soldiers they're losing? ambassador nuland: it's not possible, congressman, to have a final count because of what russia has done to mask these numbers. as you know, they have criminalized discussion of it inside russia. they have threatened mothers and wives and family members. mr. weber: so you don't know. ambassador nuland: the ukrainians assert at least 400 500 people. mr. weber: they check into it too deeply they lose benefits? ambassador nuland: absolutely. mr. weber: so what's the body count for ukrainians? ambassador nuland: as i said in my statement, close to 6,000 lives have been lost in this conflict or over 6,000, i believe. mr. weber: how long do you think we have before ukraine becomes another crimea? that's annexed into russia? ambassador nuland: well, as i said, congressman, the

the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. weber is recognized for four minutes. mr. weber: i thank the gentleman. i rise today to speak in strong support of h.r. 1029, the e.p.a. science advisory board reform act of 2015. the science advisory board was established by congress to review the science behind e.p.a.'s decisions and advise congress on scientific and technical matters. unfortunately, the s.a.b. is no longer functioning as designed. without the impartiality and expertise needed to be an effective arbiter of the e.p.a.'s use of science in its regulations. for example, the membership of the s.a.b. has excluded individuals from state or local governments. if these are the folks often closest to the impact regulation vs. on job creators across america. as the e.p.a. continues its regulatory assault on america's economy, it is critically important that congress act to improve the quality of e.p.a.'s use of science in its decisions. this legislation will do just that. it will improve the quality of the s.a.b.'s membership, increase public participation in its scien

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas mr. weber for five minutes. mr. weber: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today i rise to speak on the recent introduction of my bill, h.r. 1332, the deny amnesty credit act of 2015 in order to put our country and our americans first. as a response to the president's unauthorized and illegal actions granting amnesty, my bill would prevent those who are granted deferred action under deferred action for childhood rivals or docka -- daca and the parents of american flaul residents from qualifying for the earned income tax credit and child tax credit. as it stands the president's illegal executive amnesty would allow illegal aliens to obtain social security numbers and the ability to receive as much as $35,000 of hardworking taxpayer moneys on their tax returns from the united states treasury. the money that's from our hardworking taxpayers. don't they deserve to be put first? according to the congressional budget office, this would cost american taxpayers $10.2 billion because of an illegal executive program never authorized by congress.

chairman, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, who is the chairman of the energy subcommittee of the science committee. er: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1030, the secret science reform act of 2015. last december, the e.p.a. proposed a new regulation that is widely predicted to be the costliest regulation in u.s. history. i repeat the costliest u.s. regulation in history. it would actually cost our economy $140 billion per year, according to the national association of manufacturers. manufacturers. you know those who manufacture or make things. i like to say the things that make america great are the things that america makes. like wise in these hard economic times, more americans will make it in america when more things are made in america. therefore, regulation that is hamper manufacturing should really be scrutinized. and regulations that have such a big impact on our economy should not be based on secret science in order to sell it to the american people. unfortunately, the e.p.a.

mr. randy weber of texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman.am ambassador, you mentioned earlier the body bags, the boys going back to russia, that it had to be tough on them. do you know what the body bag is, the number of soldiers they're losing? victoria: it's not possible congressman, to have a final count because of what russia has done to mask these numbers. as you know, they have criminalized discussion of it inside russia. they have threatened mothers and wives and family members. >> so you don't know. victoria: the ukrainians assert at least 400, 500 people. >> they check into it too deeply they lose benefits? victoria: absolutely. >> so what's the body count for ukrainians? victoria: as i said in my statement, close to 6,000 lives have been lost in this conflict or over 6,000, i believe. >> how long do you think we have before ukraine becomes another crimea? that's annexed into russia? victoria: well, as i said, congressman, the entire thrust of our policy is stop where it is and roll it back. that's why we've been imposing these incr