pallone for yielding. i rise in support of the synthetic drug control act which will reclassify 22 dangerous sin sympathetic substances as class one substances subject to the control and enforcemented associated with class one substances. the community i represent, like every community represented in this chamber has been visited by the tragedy of fatal drug overdose. we know the statistics nationally. opioid deaths are in the 30,000th neighborhood. that is a tragedy around the country. the substances that we reclassify today include the fentanyl substances that are associated with the gruesome overdoses often mixed with heroin. fentanyl is the drug responsible for the overdose death of musician prince. the sin sympathetic drugs that are being scheduled today through this p bill are personishous because they are marketed in corner retail establishments and in ways designed to aappeal to young people, in colored packages with names of k-2 and spice clearly targeting our young constituents. we are engaged in

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for holding today's hearing, evaluating the department of energy's work on energy security here in the united states. and i'd like to welcome secretary moniz back and thank him for his efforts to provide us with a more secure energy future. this is an important topic, but the realities of energy security are changes as our energy mix changes. we can no longer simply look at oil supply when we think about energy security. our country must take a broader approach that encompasses cleaner energy technologies, including renewable energy technologies which are becoming more affordable. and beyond the realities of our energy mix, we must recognize the impacts climate change is having on our energy security here in the united states and abroad. our nation is not alone in this. the g7 energy initiative states that reducing emissions from fossil fuels is necessary to tackle climate change and can enhance our energy security. simply put, an energy future that reduces our carbon emissi

for more on the investigation, we turn to chris pallone. ongoing investigation. as a matter of fact, fbi agents are at an apartment not far from where that backpack containing the bombs waw found in elizabeth, new jersey. we are told that is somehow related to those bombs. obviously, as police try to figure out who left those there, the big question is how did this all happen? people and police are on edge. today, an increased security presence is visible across troopers and national guard soldiers descending on manhattan. a visible show of force after a bomb exploded saturday. it left 29 injured and countless others rattled. >> my ears were ringing and i noticed screaming, running, glass everywhere. >> the bomb exploded in the chelsea neighborhood. many of the injured were hit with shrapnel. the blast turned the heavy >> you see the amount of damage, we really were very lucky that there were no fatalities at the time. >> it might have been part of a coordinated attack. just four blocks away, police discovered a prrsh cooker with wires and a cell phone attached.

i want to thank chairman upton and ranking member pallone and dr. burgess and ranking member schakowsky for their leadership in moving this forward and i certainly thank my co-sponsor, mr. kennedy of massachusetts. and i thank the entire energy and commerce committee staff and the subcommittee staff on both sides of the aisle for their hard work on this legislation. this will protect the consumer public in a way that is really what we are trying to do in the 21st century because so much of what we do is based upon the internet. based upon apps. and it's important that this congress make sure that we are up to date in this regard. please, let's pass this bill to the benefit of online consumers and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves, the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from illinois is recognized. ms. schakowsky: it is now my pleasure to yield to the co-sponsor of this consumer friendly legislation, mr. kennedy of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is

live in hoboken, i'm chris pallone. >> this is not the first time a train has crashed into that station, right? >> reporter: actually a very similar type of incident five years ago on mother's day in 2011, a train actually crashed into what they call the bumper attend of the tracks, about 30 people were injured in that incident. nobody killed. the nts rub ruling that the engineer didn't apply the brakes hard enough to slow the train down. this one came at a much higher rate of speed so that the train actually jumped the tracks. >> thanks for that, chris. >>> we have more live reports coming this hour. plus the tpc technology that was not being used before this crash. >>> why avoiding the flu shot could be al harder this year. >>> they will fight because they were doing something. well, something is going wrong at this bank. and you are the head of it. >> they are not done yet. members of congress, with more tough words for the leader of wells fargo, but will it help customers at the center of this banking scandal? >>> plus a horrific crime shocks a philadelphia neighborhood. next at 5:0

pallone. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: i thank the gentleman from michigan and for yielding and i'm happy to support this amendment. the people of flint have begun over two years without clean drinking water in their homes. they're still being harmed. it's a disgrace we are fight being providing them about essential federal aid. i want to commend my colleague, mr. kildee, and democratic leaders in the house and senate who kept attention on the plight of this community and worked tirelessly for the opportunity to offer this amendment. i hope to see this amendment pass shortly but our work will not be done. we have to work to go to conference with the house and the senate wrda bills to ensure that the people of flint receive the funds they need. safe drinking water is essential to every person in this country, and provisions to ensure safe drinking water should not be a partisan issue. so i urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes on this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balanc

chris pallone, nbc bay area new york. >>> let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, tracking herminew is it looking? >> it has wind and rain associated with it, it is a post-tropical psyche lone, not exhibiting all of the characteristics of a tropical storm but winds are up to 70 miles per hour. you can see the rain bands moving close to the eastern seaboard. what we expect to happen is over the next two days it lingers near the atlantic seaboard, really anywhere from long island right up to the cape here of boston. the biggest impact likely in boston with one to 3 inches of rain of course major coastal erosion. if you are heading any from boston down to new york city you certainly could be facing some traveling delays. back here across the west, we now have hurricane newton, a newly formed storm. winds at 85 miles per hour, south of kauba san lucas, not good for vacationers. if you have a plan to travel there for tomorrow morning, it will get a quick move on it. expect it to push south of tucson by wednesday. overall rainfall totals for this really will range from two to 5 inches fo

pallone. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pallone: i thank the gentleman from michigan and for yielding and i'm happy to support this amendment. the people of flint have begun over two years without clean drinking water in their homes. they're still being harmed. it's a disgrace we are fight being providing them about essential federal aid. i want to commend my colleague, mr. kildee, and democratic leaders in the house and senate who kept attention on the plight of this community and worked tirelessly for the opportunity to offer this amendment. i hope to see this amendment pass shortly but our work will not be done. we have to work to go to conference with the house and the senate wrda bills to ensure that the people of flint receive the funds they need. safe drinking water is essential to every person in this country, and provisions to ensure safe drinking water should not be a partisan issue. so i urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes on this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balanc

chris pallone, nbc news. >>> the big question as we await new poll numbers after the debate, how did voters react? for many watching the political theater last night was a lot to take in. >> reporter: there was so much thrown back and forth between the candidates, so much tumult, so much anger. there was so much disagreement over the minor details. people walk away from that saying, oh, boy, this is a hard thing to deal with. i think a lot of people are going to be unhappy with the tenor of that debate. >> gerston says the campaigns will go over the details and prepare for the next debate. >>> people watched at the pris ideogolf course and in democrats in lawfurel village. here is what people had to say. >> when trump said hillary has had 30 years to think about her policies and she hasn't gotten them right -- >> she was more measured. her temperament was better. she had better answers to the questions. >> clinton is doing very well in california. some polls showing her with double-digit leads over donald trump. the gop has not won a presidential contest in the golden state since 198

pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i strongly support this bipartisan legislation, h.r. 670, the special needs trust fairness act. this legislation, which i have championed for multiple congresses with my republican colleague, representative glenn thompson, would allow individuals with disabilities to set up special needs trusts for themselves without a court petition. i thank representative thompson for his continued leadership on this issue. a special needs trust is a special kind of trust that's designed to provide support for certain expenses for disabled individuals to supplement medicaid benefits. currently these types of trusts generally must be established by parents, grandparents, legal guardians or a court on behalf of the disabled individual. people can only set up a special needs trust for themselves after petitioning a court and oftentimes this process can take several months ants can incur significant legal fees during the process. this is not right. individuals with disabilities can and should have the a

pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr.hairman, for holding today's hearing, evaluating the work on energy security here in the united states. and i'd like to welcome secretary moniz back and thank him for his efforts to provide us with a more secure energy future. this is an important topic, but our energy mix changes. we can no longer simply look at oil supply when we think about energy security. our country must take a broader approach that encompasses cleaner energy technologies, including renewable energy technologies which are becoming more affordable. beyond the relates of our energy mix we must recognize the impacts climate change is having on energy security here in the united states and abroad. our nation is not alone in this. the g7 energy initiative states that reducing emissions from fossil fuels is necessary to tackle climate change and can enhance our energy security. simply put, an energy future that redurss our carbon emissions and reliance on fossil fuels is a more secure energy future. simply recognizing

this coming year, we've had a small group pallone and penetrate to get the second option to west virginia and they are asking for 49.8% increase in for what we understand they are likely going to get it. my question to you is what is the incentive for the regulators in west virginia or any other state to hold down premium increases if we are going to be sent to do anything so many of them? >> so common thank you. i was in one hand the great hand the greatness of west virginia is the amateur gratis trapped and 17% to 7.5%. on the other hand as you point out, are concerned with the cost of health care in rural america has always been the case this is not an aca phenomenon. the lack of competition in some parts of the country are areas we need to address. some of the protections speak to the issue you raise. her example, if an insurance company were to charge too much, they are obligated to give back in rebate. >> i don't know how that all breaks down. they are continuing to make these hikes and i don't think there's an incentive for regulators to hold that job especially if it grants an inc

pallone and mr. cohen introduced. the issue is not the government forcing companies to use deferred prosecution agreements to potentially divert funds away from helping victims when it comes to corporate malfeasance. the more egregious issue is firms have avoided the prosecution to begin with. the little guy gets it in the neck. the banks and the corporations are never held accountable. you know yourselves, you opened up a can of worm here, my friend. and i mean that sincerely, my friend. the finance crisis inquiry commission -- mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentleman an additional two minutes. mr. pascrell: we're on a roll here. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pascrell: the financial -- thank you, mr. speaker. the financial crisis inquiry commission made recommendations to the department of justice to criminally prosecute top executives at several large financial institutions but we have yet to see a major wall street executive criminally charged. that's criminal. you want to kno

pallone, i want to start with you. andstened to your comments i have read earlier testimony. am i correct in making the statement that you do not believe this was either a ransom or an exchange for visitors, the $400 million? >> what i believe is the timing of the release of the prisoners was coordinated with the timing of the resolution of this disputed financial between the countries. i do not believe it was a coincidence. >> you do not believe it was a coincidence. i do not. i believe it is consistent with exactly what the george h.w. bush and ministration did in seeking the release of americans who were held hostage and other westerners held hostage in lebanon in the late 1980's and early 1990's. this is the sort of diplomacy that the u.s. has engaged in time and again with iran. it is not always pay off. it did not pay off as we hoped with release of hostages from lebanon. a it did in this case, clearly paid off. with the release of the four americans and a fifth held at the same time. >> at a cost of $400 billion? >> at a cost of resolving a debt we would have to resolv

pallone. ranking member of the full committee for his five minutes of questions. >> mr. secretary, i wanted to ask you some questions on lng, particularly related to language in the energy bill on lng exports that is concerning me. applications for lng export have been increasing in recent years. since revising the approval process for lng applications in 2014, d.o.e. has been able to quickly approve applications after ferc completes their review. is that correct? >> yes it is. >> typically how long does it take d.o.e. to turn these applications around? >> it's been between a day and a few weeks since 2014. >> the energy conference is considering two provisions that would require d.o.e. to approve an application for export within 30 days of ferc publishing the final eis. proponents argue this deadline is necessary to ensure timely consideration by d.o.e., but given the department's track record, i find this arbitrary deadline to be completely unnecessary. in fact it could be detrimental to the ultimate approval of an export application. in light of recent events related

pallone, i'm mystified by republican attempts to paint a rosy picture of the insurance market prior to the passage of the affordable care act. let's go back and remember what it was like, denying insurance to people with pre-existing conditions, forcing certain populations to pay outrageous rates, applying lifetime limits to care. before the aca this was standard operating procedure in the individual insurance marketplace, and it was incredibly harmful to our families, friends, and constituents, not to mention some popular things about keeping your child on health care on your policy until he or she is 26 years old. so we've come a long way. an estimated 20 million americans have gained health insurance through the aca. my state of new york, there are some problems but basically it's going very, very well and we can rest easy in knowing that a sudden illness won't wreak havoc on our finances. 12 million americans with pre-existing conditions like asthma or diabetes can no longer be turned away or charged more on account of their health status. more than 39 million seniors on medicare h

pallone: we have no more speakers. so, can i close? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pascrell: thank you, mr. speaker. look, some people say that we don't win anymore. i would like to remind those people that the united states won 105 total medals in rio. 38 of them were gold. to those who say america doesn't win anymore, we can cite many, many other examples, of course. our olympic athletes make us proud. ew jersey's own lori hernandez wooed us with her strength and agility in the gymnastics competition. rli lloyd and rower lauren shmeltlinger made new jersey proud, as did a track star. not to mention a former intern from my office, kaley watson, who competed for the u.s. virgin islands in the back stroke swimming competition. you can't make this stuff up. this is great. they're just a few of the incredible athletes who inspired us this summer in rio. and we should do all we can to honor these olympians with our gratitude and our admiration. this bill, and, again, i salute the sponsor, recognizes the tremendou

pallone, i'm mystified by republican attempts to paint a rosy picture of the insurance market prior to the passage of the affordable care act. let's go back and let's remember what it was like, denying insurance to people with preexisting conditions, forcing certain populations to the outrageous rates, applying lifetime limits to care. before the aca this is standard operating procedure in the individual interest marketplace. it was incredibly horrible to her family, friends and constituents. and begin not to mention some popular things about keeping your child on having insurance on your policy till he or she is 26. so we've come a long way, estimated 20 million american safety and health insurance through the ac. my state of new york, there are some problems but basically it's going very, very well. we can rest easy in knowing the sudden illness or re- catholic -- when i recounted on our finances. preconditiomore than 39 millionn medicare have received free preventive services without co-pays thanks to the affordable care act tax free preventive services benefit. unlike any major leg