ms. mccarthy: yes. >> you have a background in public health. ms. mccarthy: yes. >> i would like you to consider the public health impact when it comes to people losing their jobs, having lower incomes depression. suicide, people who are unable to pay for their medications because they are out of work. these are the realities of these kinds of in my view some of the draconian regulations that may have certain unintended effects but also have some that are unintended. i see my time is expired. thank you, mr. chairman . >> thank you. unfortunately there is going to be more procedural motions on the floor and since all members have asked questions. i know you're going hate to hear this. we're going to go ahead and adjourn. thank you so much for being here. ms. mccarthy: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> conservative pollster and author of the selfie vote, the mill length ya'll generation and how politicians are vying for this crucial voting bloc. >> when you take a look at where people's eyeballs are going these days, political advertising became ve

ms. mccarthy, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> a couple of questions. do you know what state has been the number one exporting state in the five to 15 years running in the country? >> no, sir. >> texas. do you know who has been the number one job-producing state, in many years producing more jobs than the other states combined. >> can i guess? texas. >> what do we have for her, johnny? do you know who has the second largest environmental agency in the world. >> texas? >> you got it. tcq. >> serving on the texas legislature, i served on the environmental regulations committee. do you know of how good texas' economy is compared to the other what i call lesser 49 states? >> i do not know. >> it's way up there and finally, do you know what state has its own electric grid? >> texas does. >> you are almost batting a thousand. you're doing a good job. >> don't trick me and ask me a trick question. >> you don't want that. texas does really well and mr. chairman i have five articles here about the proposed rule i would like to submit to the record. >> without ob

ms. miss mccarthy, i beg to beg to differ with you.hows we will immediately be out of containment. in fact, even yellowstone national park will be out of attainment immediately because of the new ozone regulations you are proposing. >> i am happy take a look. >> i hope you will. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman yield back. to. to clarify, states and localities can lose transportation funds for new roads and bridges if an area is in nonattainment. that directly affects my good friend from taxes as well as my own district in oklahoma. i now recognize the gentleman from alabama clicks thank you. mr. chairman,. mr. chairman, administrator. from the epa projections, the vast majority need to close standards by 2025. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> is it also correct that the epa just earlier this year started releasing guidelines for implementing the 2008 role? >> that is true. >> and why are we talking about a new standard which the epa based upon a path hearing admitted the technology does not exist to meet th

ms. johnson. our witness today is the honorable jeana mccarthy administer of the environmental protection agency. prior to her appointment as administrator she was the assistant administrator for e.p.a.'s office of air and laidation. previously she served as the commissioner of the connecticut department of environmental protection. during her career which spans over 30 years she has worked at both the state and local levels on environmental issues and helped coordinate policies on energy transportation and the environment. administer mccarthy received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of massachusetts and a master's of science in environmental health engineering and planning. administrative mccarthy, we welcome you and if you would begin. admin mccarthy: thank you, chairman smith for inviting me here to testify on it the environmental regulatory efforts. the mission of epa is protection of public health and the environment and regulatory efforts in furtherance of those goals. we are guided in science and of the law which serve as the backbone of each of the agencies' actions. i will