. >> and ms. clark it's nice to see you thank you for coming today on behalf of michael. >> it is a pleasure to come to our incompletes meetings i really learn a lot i know it's not always easy but your diligent and i appreciate our backgrounds and expertise thank you. >> thank you very much. >> now the report of the general manager would you like any public comment on that item. >> thank you any public comment now the report with the general manager. >> so as the couple's to give an update on the drought i want to point out that vince cornea and i had an opportunity to celebrate the sort of recycle project at sharp park that was something we've been working on foreclose to 20 years on but we finally shlths a deal with folks to have water at the park it was a joint effort at the pacifica and rec and park and ourselves it is was a great event that actually turned on the recycle water as we were hitting golf balls yo talk about how high i hit it but it was a successful event. >> actually, the partnership

ms. clarke. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman. the bill before us today is a wolf in sheep's clothing. it's a dangerous attack on the power of knowledge. supposedly this bill prevents the environmental protection agency from using secret science to issue regulations. supposedly, by requiring the e.p.a. to only consider publicly available data when drafting regulations, this bill will make the e.p.a. more transparent. mr. chairman, nothing could be further from the truth. science has shown over and over that air pollution causes health sprobs -- problems such as asthma. this is not a disputable fact. scientists have spent years comparing data on air pollution with data on health problems. the results are clear. they've been replicated. they've been peer reviewed. and the e.p.a. has issued regulations accordingly. but the data in these studies cannot be made public without risking the violation of the privacy of americans who voluntarily participated in them by releasing their personal health information. rather than argue