chief justice, senator and mrs. gott, members of the cabinet and fellow citizens. i take the helm of the ship of state, as a florida native, as a veteran of our nation's military, conscious of my own deficient knees, mindful of the great trust that has been placed in me and thankful to so many of you who have prayed for me. being charged with leading a state with so much promise, all i can promise is that the sweat off my brow, a full heart, my best judgment, and the courage of my convictions. i will not be mindless on this endeavor. my compass will be set on the principles reflected in the constitutional oath to which i have just taken. principles to which people in this country have given their lives. namely, that our rights are endowed by god, not by government. that we, the people, loan power to government under the constitution in order to protect our rights. the government's role is not to run our lives for us but to provide what lincoln called an open field and fair chance for one's industry enterprise and intelligence. these principles and were not because

mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to submit for the record several articles and illiterate that describe the current state of affairs ep during the this gott down while 95% epa employees are not receiving paychecks can epa also is not fully carrying out its final -- core mission. >> without objection. >> thank you. i want to talk about pfo way, pfl us and chemicals that have caused, in fact, we don't have a federal drinking water standard for those chemicals. has caused number of states sort of like flying in the face of the toxic legislation that would pass a couple of years ago.go a number of states basically have taken matters into her own hands. they set their own standards including california, connecticut, maine, massachusetts, minnesota, new hampshire, new jersey, north carolina and vermont. my question is this, mr. wheeler. your management plan was supposed to come out i think last fall that it's been delayed. i'm asking you to commit to members of this committee that epa will set the drinking water standard for these chemicals within two years andto can you make that commitment today? >> i can't, well, first of all our pfas plan w