ms. miss johnson, the german from california's recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me just state very emphatically that i do not know anyone on our side of the aisle that does not think the states and local communities have a right to make determinations as to what will be permitted to operate within their own borders. in fact, we pride ourselves and believing local controls , etc. let me -- however with that said i would like to ask mr. alstyne you mentioned hundreds of earthquakes. people talk about earthquakes those of us in california no what earthquakes are commend it is a frightening thing to here about hundreds of earthquakes. what was the dollar damage done by all of these earthquakes in oklahoma? >> i do not know, sir. >> you don't no? >> okay. you mentioned hundreds of earthquakes. that is frightening. i think that that -- my guess is -- does anyone else on the panel have any idea what the dollar damage was done, or is this just that is not quick? i mean, there is some movement there. do we know what the dollar damages? i would ask the panel to get bac

johnson votes no. mr. conaway. there conaway votes aye. miss spear. miss spear votes no. mr. lambourne votes aye. mr. castro votes no. mr. whitman. mr. whitman votes aye. ms. duckworth. >> no. >> ms. duckworth votes no. mr. hunter. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. peters votes no. dr. fleming. dr. fleming votes aye. mr. vici votes no. mr. kaufman. mr. kaufman votes ayes. ms. gabbard votes no. mr. gibson. mr. gibson votes no. mr. walz. mr. walz votes no. mr. hartsler votes aye. mr. o'rourke votes no. dr. heck. dr. heck votes aye. mr. norcross. mr. norcross votes no. mr. scott votes aye. mr. gallego votes no. mr. brooks. mr. brooks votes aye. mr. that ki votes no. mr. nugent. mr. new jentd votes aye. ms. graham votes no. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mr. ashford. mr. ashford votes no. mr. bridenstein. mr. bridenstein votes aye. mr. moulton votes no. dr. wen strop. >> dr. wenstrop votes aye. mr. agular. mr. agular votes no. miss wolorski votes aye. mr. burn. mr. burn votes aye. mr. graves. mr. graves votes aye. mr. zinci. mr. zinci votes aye. ms. stephenic. ms. stefanic votes aye. ms. mcsally votes aye. mr. knight. mr. knight votes aye. mr. mc

miss johnson is recognized for her opening statement. ms. johnson: thank you very much mr. chairman, i am from texas and i served with your father i believe. he was there when i got there and i believe he is still there. i got there in 1973. i am pleased that the oil and gas industry has done so well. however, i am also a nurse by training and i'm sensitive to the need to protect public health and the environment even as we develop new fossil fuel resources. this hearing is advertised as being about the science of fracking. but the majority of the witnesses consist of state economic regulation and development officials who are representatives of the firm set to run public relations for the fracking industry. that does not sound like a promising panel to honestly examine the scientific question. looking at the majority's hearing materials and testimony it is clear that this is a hearing designed to give a platform to the industry to malign those who question the safety in the industry. there is a focus on undermining local communities that are considering or perhaps have ado

lyndon johnson he was recording people on the phone including lady byrd who didn't know they were being taped. [laughter] ms. swain: this is a conversation where lady byrd is critiquing miss performance at a public event. let's listen. zphoo [indiscernible] ms. swain: therein lies the conversation of first ladies. what other adviser could be that candid to a president? what are you hearing there? ms. thompson: she had the background and so as an adviser because first ladies are an adviser whether in an official capacity or not, they bring that eye, she wants him to be as successful. ant ant the very attributes they bring to the table mrs. johnson like mrs. obama thinks in an organized way. they are very well structured in their mind. jackie kennedy says i don't have a schedule. and different ones bring different things and mrs. johnson, she had a degree in journalism, her love of writing and love of cadence and wisdom and the media experience brought that. and that is very political and to the policy, but it ends up having a political result. ms. swain: this is not a new fen no, ma'amon and go back in time and this was a time when women sustained their fear. can you tell