mr. mccarthy: great question. i deal with it in the book. the aftermath is, as soon as they raise it, the navy takes over come they inspect the ship, they decide that it seems like a good ship. what if we cut a deck, fix the ballast system, put another seacock and do all the things walter steele was talking about. the navy does it and it operates fine. they used to to train soldiers and they were preparing to send it to world war ii. world war ii ended before it made it out there. but, importantly, they made the changes to the ballast system and they made the ship safe. it sailed without incident again. this is a great detail that, as a writer, you love. i look over the naval inspection report at the national archives in washington, d.c. it is a naval inspector report and they are concerned that this is the ship that killed 800. are the sailors ok with this? very dry engineer speak. he says that there was concern that shifting of water from tank tank was a problem, but the navy asked the problem. still, the sailors who sailed the eastland, n

mr. mccarthy: i thank my friend for his weekly question. i think you may have asked this question more times than we repeal odd ba macare but -- obamacare but my answer remains the same. mr. hoyer: i don't think i could stand on the floor long enough to do that. i keep asking that question, i keep getting the wrong answer. i will be faithful to asking that question. i say that with humor but the gentleman knows, i believe this is an extraordinarily serious issue. the gentleman knows i agree with the speaker of the house of representatives, mr. boehner that we are losing jobs right now as a result of our failure to extend the authorization of the export-import bank past june 30. the gentleman knows i believe that 165000 jobs are at risk. the indian director of their export-import bank is quoted as saying in the paper just the other day, that he believes they're going to pick up jobs and orders because of the failure of the export-import bank to be re-authorized. i think this is not something that is not real. it's a loss of jobs and a loss of

mrs. mccarthy for being here. mr. chairman, i would also like to submit a letter that 22 health care professionals have signed that would argue against epa stance on the health benefits of these decreased ozone layers. if you would admit that i would appreciate. >> without objection so ordered. >> mrs. mccarthy i am a physician and a scientist. and i would appreciate any raw data you could give me because i can interpret them and i can certainly make my own decisions as to the raw data that some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle said we weren't probably, i guess, able to interpret. but i assure you i can. so if you would get that to me i'd appreciate it. >> actually, we've provided the data that the chair requested. and it's available to you already. >> i'll look at that. now, the other thing, mrs. johnson, the ranking member in her opening statement, referenced the integrity of the epa. and i just want to make a comment on that. as you are probably aware that last week there was an article that came ou

mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. speaker, on monday, no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business, last votes of the week are expected to no -- expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in addition the house will consider h.r. 1734, the improving coal combustion residual regulation act, sponsored by representative david mckinley. this bill is essential to protect and create jobs. if we do not act, the e.p.a. will replace the existing successful state-based regulatory program with harmful new regulations that will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and result in billions of dollars

mccarthy: this was an appropriate way to meet our policies and obligations. >> thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you mr. chairman . thank you for continuing to stay with us on this. i just wanted to follow up on some questions about the ditches that we were talking about. ms. mccarthy: it has become my favorite. >> i think your goal was clarity but i think there is a lot of confusion out there. i guess the question i have is do you anticipate that a farmer, business or local government would not face legal action for not applying for a federal permit because they believed their ditches were exempt. so in other words, if someone believes sincerely that their ditch is exempt, will they not face legal action or would at some point the e.p.a. rule differently? ms. mccarthy: people are expected to know that if there is a question, they should ask. but e.p.a. and the army corps are not in the business of going around and as you're implying and chasing people for this. it really is a matter of trying to provide clarity. the farmers and ranchers i know care about drinking water as much as i do. they are not in

mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 2:00 p.m. on monday next and that the order of the house -- of january 6, 2015, regarding morning hour debate not apply on that day. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, evidence has been made public that the largest abortion provider in america has been actively engaged in the illegal and horrific practice of trafficking of fetal body parts. planned parenthood performs over 300,000 abortions annually. this organization's financial gains from the destruction of innocent unborn children has now been shown to profit from fetal organs. those who defend planned parenthood and these evil practices a

mr. mccarthy: i thank my friend for yielding. i thank him for his work and help in passing the highway bill this week. the gentleman knows nobody in this house wants to pass a short-term highway bill. we want certainty. we want to make sure the money goes the furthest and most efficient and effective way. the reason why we are going to a short-term december 18 because it is our plan and our intention together to be able to find the resources to have a highway bill that can be five years. and it is our intention to be able to have that. we have a plan, i believe, working towards and the first step was moving the highway to december 18th bill, and all we have next is to pass the senate. they pass our highway bill, we'll be in the right place prepared to have it done before december, five year that we can all work together in a bipartisan manner and have done. i yield back. mr. hoyer: io hope we do that. in the short-term, however, we have done another item which we have not re-authorized, that's the ex-port import bank. senator mcc

mr. chairman. administrator mccarthy thank you for being here. i want odd to ask you a bit about the waters thank you. the of the u.s. rule. do you believe that it expands the e.p.a.'s jurisdiction in this area? >> no, i do not, sir. >> you do not believe that. >> no. >> do you feel that you will need additional funding to meet any new responsibilities based upon this rule? >> hopefully it provides clarity to actually reduce the level of efforts on all parties including people who actually want to get work done and need a permit. its goal was to reduce clarity as well as continue to protect the waters that are necessary for drinking water. >> do you believe the rule was successful in providing clarity? >> it certainly that was its intent and i believe we did. >> i want to read you some quotes from someone who had 20 years of experience in the field. the gentleman who testified before actually want to our committee bob kerr. his comments were unfortunately the rule falls well short of providing the clarity and certainty that the regulated communit

mr. mccarthy: this raises an important question and the house would be best served by committee action. i'm moving to refer it to house administration. i yield back and move the previous question on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the previous question is ordered. ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. mr. speaker i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady asking for a vote on ordering the previous question. ms. pelosi: -- refer to committee. the speaker pro tempore: the question has not put that question. ms. pelosi: may i have a parliamentary inquiry? mr. speaker, parliamentary inquiry. i'll wait until the -- recorded vote. the speaker pro te [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> the vote on the motion was 23 to 1976 which means na

mr. chairman. administrator mccarthy, thank you for being here this morning. representative george brown was, you know, partly responsible for the establishment of the epa and the passage of the clean air act. my constituents and i have seen first hand how the epa can improve public health. in my own county, according to the state of the air 2015 a report from the american lung association still has stre struggles with ozone and particle pollution. we are situated you know, downwind from my other colleague from california. and we typically have middle class, lower income folks that can't afford homes along the coast. and i am glad to hear my colleagues also care about poor people and middle class people. i don't understand where they're not so concerned about the wealthy people along the cost whose property values stand to be put in jeopardy by global climate change. but i'm struck by the fact that the epa regulations save us money in the long run by improving public health and a -- you know i'm struck by the comment that this is what we can pay for. but i'm a

mr. chairman. thank you, administrator mccarthy. i appreciate you being here, appreciate your testimony. i especially appreciate the correct pronunciation of cobben. i did want to ask you another percentage question. what percentage do you think of low income people -- in fact, all people in the world would be affected by climate change if we do not do something to address it? >> i believe that everyone, 100% are already being affected and will be much more severely impacted if we don't take action now. >> and will that impact be felt first, do you believe, by low income people? >> it usually is and in this case it will as well. i think that's well known across the world and i think you're seeing it play out right away. we need to adapt to the change that's already happening. but people in low income areas do not have the kind of wherewithal to be able to adapt that many of us actually enjoy. and so it is up to us to meet our moral responsibility, not just to them but to our kids' future, and take action. >> we have had a lot of discussion here today about raw data and it's role. could y

mr. mccarthy. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentlelady for yielding, i thank my colleague on the other side, mr. costa, for his work on this and the bipartisan bill. i thank congressman valatao for bringing it to the floor. you see mr. speaker, i come from a place that's called for a very good reason america's salad bowl. we produce the vegetabled and fruits and nuts that feed the nation. the nation should know what the people in my district know. food grows where water flows. in out tissue no water equals higher food cost. that's what the signs read across the district if you drive down the highways. but you can see trouble in more than just the signs you read. you can see it in the parched farmland, in the reservoirs that are all but empty. and in the faces of those whose jobs have dried up with the water. now i'm talking about this as a californian a native from bakersfield. but this isn't a local problem. half of the produce we eat in america is grown in california. california is the eighth largest econ

mr. mccarthy: the president announced this morning an agreement with nuclear weapons with iran. history has always proven peace without freedom is meaningless. congress will have a role. we'll look at every detail. we'll look at the future. we'll look at the criteria. and we will have a say. there's another bill that will be on the floor this week, it brings a great interest to many throughout the country. it deals with the water issue through the west. i want to congratulate david valadao. one thing you have to look at, if you're from california, the challenge that we have. the challenge does not have to be as great as it is. the last two congresses, with republicans in control, we passed the bill that would give us greater reserves to be able to deal with the drought. unfortunately the senate never took it up. the president felt this issue was so great that he took air force one and he flew to california. he walked the arid land, the dry land, with the farmers and he said he would do something about it. but nothing has been done. now is their moment, that they can come to an a

mrs. mccarthy, the house is in the process of passing an appropriations bill that cuts your agency's budget by more than $750 million. it includes an amendment by the chairman to cut your office and funded by the office of ledges by more than $750 million. and of affairs based on a continuing pattern of obstruction and delays of committee's request. i believe the chairman has signed or cosigned 11 document request letters in the first 26 weeks of this congress. basically a letter every other week. each of these letters have either a new request or an expansion of the previous request. i have three questions and i will ask at one time. what is your account all the letters from this committee and congress as a whole? how many documents have you provided to the committee to date, pages or document, however you keep track? can you describe the impact of the cuts and the policy writers in the house appropriation bill would have your agency? admin mccarthy: since january 1 of this year, we have received 10 letters and was subpoena from this committee which is generated responses in over 15,000 pa

mr. mccarthy, can you describe how the epa incorporates his changes into the rulemaking process? some of my colleagues claim the science epa uses for is ozone regulation is somehow secret. can you respond to those claims in your own words? what policies or processes does the epa have in place on the science that epa is considering? you could have a balance of my three minutes to do that. admin mccarthy: does science behind ozone is one of the most robust bodies of science that we have available to us. there are thousands of studies that have been done for decades that underpinned two ozone standards, sorry to read the agency has put out. and will underpin our next review. this is developed using our office a research and development and office of air and radiation or work together to present information that can they call an independent science assessment. they bring to a clean air -- i am sorry, a case act committee which is a faca. directed, by congress to us to do. they are independent and a peer-reviewed the science. a public process, public comments hearings, telephone calls

mr. mccarthy, have all made clear that a deal that had what apeers peerappears to be the outlines of this deal. >> as a member of the intelligence committee, will you have a hearing on this deal? >> multiple hearings. we've already had a number as in the ramp-up. and it's where -- it's what we're seeing. we've seen this administration continually refuse to acknowledge that the iranians continue to spread terror throughout the world and think they can deal with these folks. that somehow sitting down at a table and spending months is victory. they measured not outcomes, but hard work and simply wasn't enough. they didn't get what america needed in this deal. >> first call is from steve in indiana. go ahead, please. you're on with our guest, mike pompeyo. >> caller: good morning gentlemen. can you hear me? >> yeah. go ahead. >> caller: okay. yeah. the gentleman here made his opinion. he already admitted his opinion for the president and come out this morning and said, what's going on. he's a republican. he's got no answers. we made deals, talked about negotiations with the russians in the '8

mrs. mccarthy,. mrs. mccarthy, i would like to put something up on the screen. texas. it shows that twice a day traffic commuters for 2 million people in the city of houston twice a day under your regulations and the clean air act for traffic conformity we would not be able to expand or add new lanes since most of my district including harris county which we are looking at is not in attainment under the current standards much less under the new proposed rules. i would ask you do you think this is a good a good idea? one of the fastest growing cities and areas in the entire country and we cannot and lanes to these thoroughfares. >> i was looking to see myself in that picture. >> i may be in their. >> we work very hard when there are construction issues that arise from a new lanes that must be added to work through the traffic conformity issues. it is not a carte blanche band on new roadways. >> you are saying the city of houston the county of harris would be able >> just because you're in nonattainment does not mean you can move forward. we have to move forward t

mr. mccarthy: the president announced this morning an agreement with nuclear weapons with iran. history has always proven peace without greem is meaningless. congress will have a role. we'll look at every detail. we'll look at the future. we'll look at the criteria. and we'll have a say. there is another bill that will be on the floor this week brings a great interest to many throughout the country. it deals with the water issue through the west. i want to congratulate -- one thing you have to look out if you are from california the challenge that we have. the challenge does not have to be as great as it is. the last two congress with republicans in control. we passed a bill that would give us greater reserves to be able to deal with the drought. unfortunately, the senate never took it up. the president felt this issue was so great that he took air force one and flew to california. he walked the arid land, the dry land with the farmers and he said he would do something about it. but nothing has been done. now is their moment that they can come to an agreement dealing with an iss

mr. mccarthy: this raises an important question and the house would be best served by committee action. i'm moving to refer it to house administration. i yield back and move the previous question on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the previous question is ordered. ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. mr. speaker i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady asking for a vote on ordering the previous question. ms. pelosi: -- refer to committee. the speaker pro tempore: the question has not put that question. ms. pelosi: may i have a parliamentary inquiry? mr. speaker, parliamentary inquiry. i'll wait until the -- recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady ask for a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. those in favor of taking this vote by record vote will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will re

host: for more information follow meghan mccarthy and author 1986 and so forth. mr. durbin: >> madame president. >> the democratic leader. >> madame president the business before the senate is the construction of highways and bridges and the operation of mass transit. how important is that our economy? i no in my home state is critically important, but it is important across the nation. our infrastructure, roads and bridges are critical for business to operate profitably and for people to have good paying jobs. we all no the tragedies that occur when bridges collapse or close command we know the thousands across this country need repair. when it comes to mass transit come on down to chicago in the morning and stand with me and watch the folks streaming out of the train stations and off the buses headed to work everyday. it is essential to the economy of chicago in illinois. the fact is on friday the authorization to build these highways and bridges and maintain mass transit and buses expires. it is the 33rd short-term extension of the highway trust fund the 33rd. the

mr. simpson: i want to thank leader mccarthy and chairman bishop for bringing h.r. 1138 to the floor today, which we refer to as ssnra plus. i want to thank ranking member grijalva chairman mcclick to be of the subcommittee and ranking member tsongas of the subcommittee. in 2005, we had the first congressional hearing on the boulder white clouds on what then was a bill called seedra. it was a complicated bill that tried to do a lot of things for a lot of different people. today we have a simplified 20-page bill that we call ssnar-plus which brings management certainty to the boulder white clouds. it makes the determination about which parts of the current wilderness study area will in fact become wilderness and which parts will be released for multiple use. there are -- there will be three new wilderness areas totaling 275,000 acres. 67,9 98, the boulder white cloud. in honor of the late senator jim mcclure, we have the james a. mcclure, jerry peak area. the bill also releases wilderness study areas back to multiple use, using -- back to multiple use totaling 153,000 acres. so this not onl

mr. president i observe the absence of a >> on the next washington journal, ray lahood talks about the highway transit fund. and megan mccarthy discusses the current legislative and legal challenges facing the health care law. you will also take your phone calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> cabinet officials returned to capitol hill tomorrow to testify on the aranda nuclear agreement. the house foreign affairs committee hears from jack lew. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> 15-year-old catherine for guerrilla was nine when she watched her parents being arrested in a televised anti-immigration rate. recently, she set on a panel of undocumented immigrants talking about sheriff arpio. carlos: this panel is called the people versus arpaio. we have an amazing panel. we will start out today with a small video. it is important to show the video because it showcases one of our own panelists and shelley a little bit into our world. you'll be able to see a little bit. a attention. there are some clips of the chain gangs, jails

mr. smith. thank you for your presence today. it totally changed my mind about this man to die richly assumed he did nothing to stand up to or try to defuse the abuses of senator mccarthy on the house of activities commission. but i learned through his quiet dignity and behind-the-scenes imaginations, he did a lot to combat and really, ultimately ensure senator mccarthy's demised. he will do it himself and his alcoholism and outrageousness, but moving on to president obama, when he first came into office i just thought he was the essence of cool, aloofness confidence. but i believed in my heart he was more like a successful marketing campaign than a substantive individual. but since he has been in office, i believe the times, the challenges, the international events, have really given him opportunities to develop the resume, if you will, that his prior, early life did not have ip or die give him high marks for being sane in a crazy world and also having to deal with a dysfunctional congress that is so acrimonious due to frankly the redistricting that allows extremists to stay safely in office. host: we will get a response, susan. thank you for your call. guest: the cal

mr. smith. thank you for your presence today. it totally changed my mind about this man to die richly assumed he did nothing to stand up to or try to defuse the abuses of senator mccarthyhouse of activities commission. but i learned through his quiet dignity and behind-the-scenes imaginations, he did a lot to combat and really, ultimately ensure senator mccarthy's demised. he will do it himself and his alcoholism and outrageousness, but moving on to president obama, when he first came into office i just thought he was the essence of cool, aloofness confidence. but i believed in my heart he was more like a successful marketing campaign than a substantive individual. but since he has been in office, i believe the times, the challenges, the international events, have really given him opportunities to develop the resume, if you will, that his prior, early life did not have ip or die give him high marks for being sane in a crazy world and also having to deal with a dysfunctional congress that is so acrimonious due to frankly the redistricting that allows extremists to stay safely in office. host: we will get a response, susan. thank you for your call. guest: the caller was

mr. speaker. i just want to finally say a very special thanks to majority leader kevin mccarthy for arranging for this bill to come to the floor and of course to the speaker, to ed royce, our distinguished chairman and ranking member for their strong support co-sponsorship of this resolution. it is bipartisan. i think we are sending a clear message to the world again that this srebrenica was a genocide. we must hold those to account who committed these atrocities. at least two of the major perpetrators hopefully will soon get justice. one at the end of this year and the other by 2017, the wheels of justice do turn slowly but they are jailed right now. but above all i think we need to pray for the victims we need to pray for the loved ones who continue to suffer unspeakable agony and i do hope the american people, all of us in the house and in this town will keep, especially as this remembrance comes around beginning on july 11, to keep these people who have suffered so much in our prayers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rul