mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials on nth record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. whitfield: thank you, mr. speaker. i also want to, as we begin consideration of this legislation, to thank the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, for bringing this matter to the attention of our committee. the federal power act sets forth processes to sets rates for electricity, including opportunities for the public to protest a rate change filed with ferc. new rates take effect if ferc approves them or if ferc fails to issue an order approving our denying the filed rate within 60 days. the failure to approve or deny ray result from agency delay or in -- may result from agency delay or in a result from a dead lock

mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 3697. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 640 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on e state of the union for consideration of h.r. 3797. the chair appoints the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmoreland, 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 consideration of h.r. 3797 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to establish the bases by which the administrator of the environmental protection agency shall issue, implement, and enforce certain emission limitations and allocations for existing electric utility steam generating u

mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 635, i call up h.r. 4557 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 336, h.r. 4557, a bill to allow for judicial review of any final rule addressing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for brick and structural clay products, or for claire, ceramic manufacturing before requiring compliance with such rule. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 635, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on energy and commerce. gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative da

mr. whitfield: mr.peaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy and commerce be authorized to file a supplemental report on the bill h.r. 4596. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 9, 2016, at 9:29 a.m. that the senate passed senate 2426. that the senate concur in the house amendment to the bill senate 1580. that the senate concur in the house amendment to the bill, senate 1172. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 1755. that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 113. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, carn l. haas. -- karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the

mr. whitfield, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4434, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4434, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 417. the nays are two. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns tod

mr. clean. >>> all right, welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield.omewhat reluctantly that if he does not win the nomination, he will stand by the party and its eventual winner. >> i still at this moment continue to intend to support the republican nominee, but it's getting harder every day. >> let's talk about this. joining me once more, political science professor and politics editor for theroot.com, jason johnson, and cnn political commentator and washington correspondent for "the new yorker," ryan lizza. welcome back. so, ryan, what did you see in marco rubio there? >> well, i mean, his campaign is actually tweeting out that footage. so, this is not like it was, you know, a stray moment. they want everyone to know that marco rubio is obviously having serious reservations about supporting donald trump if he's the nominee. you know, if you look at sort of wing of the party that rubio is from, the people who he's come up with, the people who he's relied on advice from, especially on foreign policy, those people are the core of the never trump moveme

mrs. johnson. [dog bark] trust me, we're dealing with a higher intelligence here. ♪ the all-new audi q7 is here. ♪ >>> welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfieldio state university. so many candidates, republicans, democrats crisscrossing the state of ohio right now. we've been watching donald trump who has been speaking in west chester, which is outside of cincinnati, ohio. and what's different this go-around is unlike his previous rallies involving supporters, he's surrounded by secret service in an unprecedented level our jim oi skas sta is there. talk to us about what we're seeing, what appears to be seeing seven secret service people that have surrounded donald trump who was a big he will gated there with hundreds if not thousands of supporters. explain the dynamic there. >> reporter: fredricka, let me give you the lay of the land. he's doing a town haul-like event and taking questions from the audience. you can see in this circular staging area, there's a good eight or nine different secret service agents all around him and then other law enforcement officials going all the way to the door where he would exit at the end of this rally. ye