pallone, is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this after the named late senator frank r. lautenberg of new jersey, a friend of mine. the toxic substances control act, or tsca, has not been updated since it was updated 40 years ago. for decades we have known that the law is broken so this legislation is long past due. and i hope it will soon become law. had the law worked effectively from the beginning we would not have b.p.a. in baby bottles or toxic flame retardants in our children's pajamas and in our living room couches. and exposure to asbestos decades ago. and let me stress the last point. in 1989, after more than 10 years of study and analysis, e.p.a. banned asbestos under tsca but the court overturned it because of serious limitations on e.p.a.'s authority. that court decision came down 25 years ago. imagine the lives that could have been saved and the injuries that could have been

pallone: mr. schoenke, since you say you can answer these questions but maybe you can't today but with the chairman's permission i would like you to follow up and try to answer them on behalf of draftkings, if you would. all right. draftkings prohibits its own employees and employees of other daily fantasy sports operators from playing on its sites and fanduel prohibits its own employees from playing on their site and other fantasy sites. how does draftkings ensure that other sports operators are not playing? do competitors share their list to draftkings, to your knowledge? mr. schoenke: it's also a component of the laws that we are advocating for across the country and one of the key components that daily fantasy sports companies cannot play on other people's platform. there's obviously a big legal incentive to get it right as well. mr. pallone: how does fanduel ensure their employees do not play on another d.f.s. site? do they share their list? mr. schoenke: as far as what the specific companies

pallone: mr. schoenke, since you say you can answer these questions but maybe you can't today but with the chairman's permission i would like you to follow up and try to answer them on behalf of draftkings, if you would. all right. draftkings prohibits its own employees and employees of other daily fantasy sports operators from playing on its sites and fanduel prohibits its own employees from playing on their site and other fantasy sites. how does draftkings ensure that other sports operators are not playing? do competitors share their list to draftkings, to your knowledge? mr. schoenke: it's also a component of the laws that we are advocating for across the country and one of the key components that daily fantasy sports companies cannot play on other people's platform. there's obviously a big legal incentive to get it right as well. mr. pallone: how does fanduel ensure their employees do not play on another d.f.s. site? do they share their list? mr. schoenke: as far as what the specific companies

pallone: mr. schoenke, since you say you can answer these questions but maybe you can't today but with the chairman's permission i would like you to follow up and try to answer them on behalf of draft kings, if you would. all right. draft kings prohibits its own employees and employees of other daily fantasy sports operators from playing on its sites and fan duel prohibits its own employees from playing on their site and other fantasy sites. how does draft kings ensure that other sports operators are not playing? do competitors share their list to draft kings, to your knowledge? mr. schoenke: it's also a component of the laws that we are advocating for across the country and one of the key components that daily fantasy sports companies cannot play on other people's platform. there's obviously a big legal incentive to get it right as well. mr. pallone: how does fan duel ensure their employees do not play on another d.f.s. site? do they share their list? mr. schoenke: as far as what the specific com

pallone: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition but i support the amendment. i'd urge my colleagues to support the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: and i would ask that my colleagues support the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentlelady from indiana is recognized. mrs. brooks: i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. brooks. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it's now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in part a of house report 114-551. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. grayson: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in part a o

pallone: point of order that . quorum is not present the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition snr mr. walden: i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3998 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to direct the federal communications commission to commence proceedings related to the resiliencey of telecommunications networks during times of emergency and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which toevise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials on the record on the bill and i would like to include ofters between the committee ene

pallone points out. we'll figure out how to protect the interests of national security and defense but make sure the spectrum can be made safely available. this was something that we worked on for a very long time. so right before, at the 11th hour to have the department of defense say no, we want to change, we need to examine it more closely. and i thank mr. pallone for the time. the chair: the jear yields. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i would yield back. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey yields. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i yield myself the balance of the time simply to say that a version of this amendment was filed last week and working with the energy and commerce committee has been revised. the purpose of this amendment and what i think it clearly does is simply restate what everybody thought was the case, to resolve a disagreement among lawyers. that is the reason i call it a technical amendment. and i hope that the house will adopt it. i yield bac

pallone pallone i yield now two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. matsui: thank you, mr. speaker. the opioid and heroin crisis has hit home for everyone. impacting our co-workers, neighbors and our friends in every corner of this country. in sacramento, my district, the deadly consequences of fentanyl are devastating our families. the faces behind the tragedy are people like 28-year-old jerome butler, a young father whose life was cut short because of a tainted pill. the human toll of this crisis demands our leadership. this week we took a step forward by passing a number of bipartisan bills to address the opioid epidemic, many of which we worked on in the energy and commerce committee, but we can and we must do more. we need new funding to confront this tragedy. my democratic colleagues are -- and i are ready to fund the president's $1.1 billion request for this crisis. we need a real investment to meet the challenges our communities are facing every day. as we

pallone pallone i yield now two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. matsui: thank you, mr. speaker. the opioid and heroin crisis has hit home for everyone. impacting our co-workers, neighbors and our friends in every corner of this country. in sacramento, my district, the deadly consequences of fentanyl are devastating our families. the faces behind the tragedy are people like 28-year-old jerome butler, a young father whose life was cut short because of a tainted pill. the human toll of this crisis demands our leadership. this week we took a step forward by passing a number of bipartisan bills to address the opioid epidemic, many of which we worked on in the energy and commerce committee, but we can and we must do more. we need new funding to confront this tragedy. my democratic colleagues are -- and i are ready to fund the president's $1.1 billion request for this crisis. we need a real investment to meet the challenges our communities are facing every day. as

pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to yield now to the gentleman from massachusetts who is the democratic sponsor of this and has worked a lot on the epidemic problem. as much time as he may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank mr. pallone for yielding, for his leadership on this issue throughout his time on energy and commerce an particularly over the last several months since i've been on the committee, trying to galvanize support if all of our colleagues to recognize the impact this is having every single day. mr. chairman, i want to thank you for including h.r. 4641 in this package of bipartisan opioid related bills. none of our districts have been spared the heartbreaking headlines about lives lost to opioid crisis. we've heard from each of our constituents who have attended funerals for friends, neighbors, classmates, colleagues and family members. the bills we are considering this week are a promising step forward as we find ways to respo

pallone. we know that opioid use and abuse has become an epidemic and now let's make sure that we know the real numbers we're dealing with so we can allocate the necessary resources. i urge support of the examining opioid treatment infrastructure act and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: we have no further speakers and i yield back the balance of my time. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i encourage my colleagues to vote for 4982 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4982 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed

maloney: i echo my thanks for chairman upton and ranking member pallone and mr. lance from new jersey. i rise in support of my legislation, h.r. 4976, the opioids review modernization act. this is a growing epidemic especially in the communities i represent in the lower hudson valley of new york. after more than 55 town halls with my neighbors across the hudson valley in the last 3 1/2 years, there is no subject i have heard more in visits throughout communities. i hear heartbreaking stories of addiction and of loss. and we have had far too many funerals. i talked to cynthia and she said her son is struggling and can't find a meeting locally. a woman from samantha said she is worried about the lack of options. patricia in warwick, has said the facilities there lack the basic necessities for treating addictslike her son. we have shortage of beds. in duchess county, new york, alone we have seen 160% increase in the number of drug overdoses since 2009. this epidemic is being felt nationwide. it doesn't care about the color of your skin or size of your paycheck. deat

chris pallone, nbc news, new york. >>> a major historic restoration about to take place at the tomb ofsus in jerusalem. many christians believe this was the scene where jesus was crucifies and entombed. works about to begin, the first in almost two centuries focus on repairing, and ultimately preserving the structure. supervised by a university in greece. pilgrims will still be able to continue visiting the site while the work is underway and it is expected to last about a year. >>> and emotional reunion. a teenager meets those who helped save his life. his heart stopped during a basketball game in march. an emt was in the stands, external defibrillator or aed at the school. medics across the street continued to work on him on his way to the hospital. johnson has since made a full recovery. >> thank you. i'm indebted to y'all. y'all saved my life. >> reporter: doctors say the 17-year-old has an enlarged heart and needs to quit competitive sports. the team says he plans to study radiology. >>> virginia's largest industry, but farmers in northern virginia feel development has taken over

pallone.his is my reaction to them saying grade school boys are not capable of playing the game the way it is designed. they are making our argument and that is these boys should be converted to flag football until they reach a physical maturity of 14-15. to play the game the way into structured. we advocate no basic changes in the game. we say there will not be further rule changes that will make the game less dangerous. the game is the game. we don't advocate major changes . but we say strongly boys in grade school are not nearly prepared to play it the way it is designed. adults play it and therefore boys and girls ought to be playing flag football until boys make a transition, if they chose, to play contact in ninth grade. >> just so i understand, you don't think any other changes would better protect the kids other than if they continue with the present -- >> it will not be football if we strip away the kick return, the punt return, the three point stance. we are opposed to all of those p

representative frank pallone said the league tried to strong-arm the nih into taking the study away fromsearcher who the nfl feared was biased. now, the nfl back add way from a $30 million donation to the nih after the institutes went ahead with the grant to that researcher. the league denies the congressman's findings. >>> tom brady is seeking another appeal to his four-game deflategate suspension. brady's attorneys are seeking to have that overturned by the full second u.s. court of appeals. those appeals are rarely brady has added ted olsen to his legal team. >>> we get highlights from our friends at espn now. >> good morning, america. he's stan. i'm neil. we're back together and we're excited to be bringing this to you. >> cavaliers and raptors played in game four of the eastern conference finals in toronto. cavaliers trying to go up. toronto trying to even it. arthur darosa had 32 points. only one better was his te teammate, kyle lowry blowing past j.r. smith getting 35 for him, 67 combined for derozan and lowry, their best combined performance ever as teammates. smith not able to g

representative frank pallone says the league tried to strong-arm the national institutes of health intong that study away from a researcher who the nfl feared was biased. now, the nfl backed away from a $30 million donation to the nih after the institutes went ahead with the grant to that researcher. the league denies the congressman's findings. >>> and tom brady is seeking another appeal to his four-game deflategate suspension. brady's attorneys are seeking to have that suspension overturned by the full second u.s. court of appeals. those appeals are rarely granted. brady has now added former u.s. solicitor general ted olson to his legal team. >>> now let's get back on the field with some of last night's playoff highlights. >> we get those from our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. he's stan. i'm neil. we're back together, and we're excited to be bringing this to you. >>> the cavaliers and raptors played in game four of the eastern conference finals in toronto. cavaliers trying to go up 3-1. toronto trying to even the series at two games apiece. demar derozan really good in th

pallone, five minutes please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today's hearing is an opportunity to learn more about the present state of the pet medication industry and the choices available to pet owners. and as has been stated by my colleagues, many pet owners consider their pet to be a member of their family. since everybody is talking about their pets, i'll have to add that our dog valeta is certainly a member of the family. although, i have to say she likes my wife a lot better than me. i know. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. [ laughter ] so in any case, access to safe, effective and affordable health care for pets is important. in 2015 u.s. families spent more than $60 billion on their pets and a significant portion of those dollars were in the growing pet medication market. the pet medication industry is in a period of transition, both over-the-counter and prescription pet medications have become more widely available, including through online pharmacy and big box stores. although retail options have expanded within the industry, many

outset i would like to thank the ranking member of the full committee representative for loan -- pallone for his letter last fall requesting a hearing. the panel of witnesses here today will discuss the issues facing daily fantasy sports, the industry as well as consumer protection features that are available in the marketplace. there have been headlines. there have been advertisements over the last year we have all seen the introduction of these contests to fans through some of these contests can be played for money while others are for substantial amounts of money but just as the proliferation of the internet and mobile devices have even consumers access to personalize entertainment on the go like netflix, friends and candy crush have supported these sports contest. between 199094 in 2003 the number of fantasy sports players increase from around 2 million players to 50 million players. in 2015 auma 60 million people play fantasy sports. as fun and easy as the games are advertised to be the issues involved are actually complicated, more complicated than they might first appear. this hea

frank pallone of new jersey released that report today that accuses the $30 million deal to study concussions. stern is a leading expert who has been vocal about linking football with brain injuries. the league says it is reviewing the report, but rejects the suggestion it tried to improp improperly influence that study. >>> it's going to be another week of slow-moving trains if you ride the orange, blue, or silver lines. the transit agency was hoping to have a section of rail repaired last week, but metro says it is harder than they thought. that means they have to keep speed restrictions in place for all trains passing through mcpherson square. coming up at 6:00, adam tuss will explain what's causing the delay. >>> trash talk in fairfax county. don't be surprised if you find a sticker stuck to your trash bin soon. it is a reminder for drivers to the sticker says keep kids alive, drive 25. volunteers kick off the program with american disposal services. >> we know that most people don't intend to speed when they're driving through their own residential streets, and we want to keep the commun

pallone.y reaction is, this is pop warner's way of saying that gradeschool boys are not capable physically of playing the game the way it is designed. they are making our argument. they are making the argument that these boys should be converted to flag football until they reached a physical maturity of 14 or 15, to play the game infrastructure. we advocate the basic changes in the game. ..

chris pallone, nbc news, new york. >>> and meeting the first responder who helped save his life.ff-duty emt was in the stands. he revived him with an automatic external defibrillator. and medics continued to work on him on his way to the hospital. he has since made a full recovery. >> thank you. i'm endebted to you all. y'all saved my life. >> well, doctors say the 17-year-old has an enlarged heart and needs to quit competitive sports. the teen says he plans to study radiology. >>> it is virginia's largest industry, but farmers in northern virginia say they feel development is taking over the land from which we eat. a look at the changing landscape from a decades-old tradition. >> reporter: it's a life that seems so removed from the rest of northern virginia. >> come on! >> reporter: on his family's silver ridge farm just north of fredericksburg, every morning mike silver feeds the cattle both by hand and on tractor. like the fifth generation of silvers to farm or raise cattle here. looking after his dad, jerry. >> nothing i more enjoy than talking about the farm, showing people

pallone of new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for four minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. and i want to thank mr. rush for managing the bill so successfully, i believe, or the opposition to the bill, i should say. mr. speaker, today we are considering the house amendment to s. 2012, the mistitled north american energy security act of 2016. this legislation once again shows us the vastly different paths taken by the two chambers of congress. on the one hand, this senate energy bill that the house intends to go to conference on, it passed by a vote of 85-15 because it's balanced and because it contains a number of nonenergy provisions that the public supports overwhelmingly such as permanent funding for the land and water conservation fund. on the other hand, the house energy bill was the result of a highly partisan process that the president threatened to veto. as we prepare to head to conference, we have a second chance to do things right and to produ

brooks of illinois, smith of texas, marino, collins of georgia, trot, bishop of michigan, mccarthy, pallone, sarbanes, green of texas, conyers. ms. jackson lee, judy chu of california, mr. cohen, ms. esty, u.s.c.ture and mr. courtney from the committee on education and the work force, for consideration of title 7 of the house amendment and modifications committed to the conference, messrs. barletta, carter of georgia and scott of virginia. from the committee on veterans affairs -- veterans' affairs, for consideration of title 3 of the house amendment and modifications committed to s i, rence, mr. bill rack mrs. walorski and mr. ruiz for consideration of section 705 of the senate bill and section 804 of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. meehan, dold and mcdermott. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to iranian their and -- to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material on h.r. 4909. the speak

pallone. >> thank you. earlier this year the ivy league received attention for removing contact practices during the regular season and strict rules about the spring and pre-season. mr. teeven, you put these in place at dartmouth many years ago. what your the initial response and why did you do this? >> we had too many guys going down. the mike webster story and concussion was surfacing and it instruct me we can do this in a better way. watching research on tackling, we started to do it, it wasn't well received. it is still not well received by an awful lot of people. i made a recommendation at the ivy level and all of the coaches that played against dartmouth know how we played and how effectively we tackle and the vote was unanimous and it was progressive in mindset to say this is the direction we should travel. >> how have the rate of head injuries changed since you implemented the no-contact policy? >> five years ago it was 15-20 during the course of the year. this past season we had two. two pre-existi

pallone. >> thank you. earlier this year the ivy league received attention for removing contact practices during the regular season and strict rules about the spring and pre-season. mr. teeven, you put these in place at dartmouth many years ago. what your the initial response and why did you do this? >> we had too many guys going down. the mike webster story and concussion was surfacing and it instruct me we can do this in a better way. watching research on tackling, we started to do it, it wasn't well received. it is still not well received by an awful lot of people. i made a recommendation at the ivy level and all of the coaches that played against dartmouth know how we played and how effectively we tackle and the vote was unanimous and it was progressive in mindset to say this is the direction we should travel. >> how have the rate of head injuries changed since you implemented the no-contact policy? >> five years ago it was 15-20 during the course of the year. this past season we had two. two pre-existi

pallone. and so he expresses his concern the oversight board will overrule the democratic will of the people of puerto rico. now as mr. pelosi, excuse me, mr. pierluisi, has helpfully reminded this committee many times from this crisis has come about through decades of fiscal mismanagement. in some ways it's a debt crisis does reflect the will of the people of port or become because they have repeatedly voted for representatives and governors to give them liberal social policies and generous benefits, which is why we are here today talking about an oversight board. at the same time i am sympathetic to the governor's argument about self-governance. fortunately, the bill already contains the answer. it was written broadly so that its provisions could one day apply to any of the five u.s. territories but it creates special circumstances that apply only to puerto rico in this bill. two pair fries -- two pair fries, except for puerto rico in an oversight board is established only if the territory l

do have to give a shout out to leader pelosi, the democratic leader, to steny hoyer and to frank pallone and all of those on the house side that worked so hard, their counterparts in the republican party, and here senator inhoffe, senators from my committee on both sides of the aisle, we would not be here and to the staffs, to the public interest organizations, to the states. we have scored a significant step forward for the american people. i hope this bill will come before us today. if it does, i will vote yes. if it comes to us after recess, i will vote yes. but i really wanted to headache this statement because i think the history of this bill, you know, is clear to me. i think the history is being rewritten by some about this bill, and i wanted to make sure i put into the record all the problems we had at the beginning and all of the improvements we obtained at the end. thank you very much, mr. president, for your patience. i yield the floor, and i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the pres

pallone. my reaction is, this is pop warner's way of saying that gradeschool boys are not capable physically of playing the game the way it is designed. they are making our argument. they are making the argument that these boys should be converted to flag football until they reached a physical maturity of 14 or 15, to play the game infrastructure. we advocate the basic changes in the game. .. what better protect the kids if they can change it with the president? >> it won't be football if we continue to strip away the cake return, the three-point stance or any number of proposals out there. we think those are ways like tackling. it is an attempt to somehow sanitize the very difficult, very physical act of tackling. it can't be done. tackling is tackling. they define it exactly as it is done and should be done at the three levels of football where the game should be played. if they can't tackle the way the technique was designed, they shouldn't be playing contact football until such point they

. >> new jersey congressman frank pallone, who authored the report, tells us in a statement, in part, nfl's troublesome interactions with the nih is a long-standing pattern of attempts to influence scientific understanding of degenerative diseases and sports-related head trauma. this is as you probably know, just the beginning. >> craig, thank you. >>> let us get another check of the weather now from mr. roker. >> okay. i thought -- >> do you know another mr. roker? >> i thought there was a today's weather is sponsored by. okay. a little game here. cooler or warmer. let's show you. we're looking for a warm up. it's been cool here. for example, new york city, this month, it's been about 6 degrees below average. into the weekend, will it be cooler or warmer? >> cooler. >> cooler. >> warmer. >> let's find out. it's going to be warmer. look at that. temperatures getting into the mid-80s. let's go to washington, d.c. it's been 9 degrees below average. do you think it'll be cooler or warmer this weekend? >> warmer. >> let's find out. hold on, boom. come on. bam, it'll be warmer. finally, th

olson, mckinley, pompeo, griffith, johnson of ohio, flores, mullen, pallone, rush, mrs. capps. ms. matsui, castor of florida, messrs. sarbanes, welch, ben ray lujan of new mexico, tonko, and loebsack. from the committee on agriculture from consideration f sections 3017, 3305, 4501, 4502, 5002, part 2 of subtitle c of title 10, and section 10233 of the senate bill and sections 1116 and 5013 of division a, division b, and ections 1031, 1032, 1035-1037. subtitle k of title 1, section 2013, subtitles f, m, and q of title 2. and title 25 division c of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. conaway, thompson. pennsylvania, and peterson. from the committee on natural resources for consideration of sections 2301, 3001, part 2 of tle 2, 3017, 3104, 3109, 3201, 3301-3306. 3308-3312. 4407, 401, 4403, 4405, 4410, 4412-4414, title 5, section 6001, subtitle a of title 6, section 6202, title 8, title 9, subtitles a, b, and c of title 10, parts 1, 2, 3, 4 of subtitle d of title 10, and sections 10341 and 10345 of the senate bill and sections 1115, 1116 of division a