if the e.p.a. undermines the board's -- or permit it is from preventing advice to congress, the value these experts can provide is wasted. despite the requirements that e.p.a. advisory boards be fairly balanced in terms of point of view represented, the science committee has identified a number of problems that we fear undermine the panel's credibility and work produce and these include a number of advisory members have received money from the e.p.a. this could create an appearance of conflict of interest. some of the panelists have taken public and even political positions on issues they are advising the board about. for example, a lead reviewer of the e.p.a.'s hydraulic fracking study published an anti-fracking report called "regulate, baby regulate." now clearly this is not an objective point of view and should be publicly disclosed. public participation is limited during most board meetings. interested parties have almost no ability to comment on the scope of the work. and meeting records are of

the e.p.a. from finalizing rules unless all scientific and technical information is made publicly available. this is live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend mark gooden of munsey memorial united methodist church johnson city, tennessee. the chaplain: let us pray. dear god, i give you praise this morning for your goodness and mercy, for your steadfast love and wonderful grace, hoe sli your namism pray for these congress women and men who represent the people across this land. these servants sought public office to make a difference. help them compromise when conscience allow bus stand in conviction when they can do no less. i pay prey you grant them clarity of thought, wisdom, and understanding. some here are hurting and grieving. please comfort them and give them peace. i pray that you forgive us as a people when we react with hatred and not kindness, when we are quick to speak and slow to

the e.p.a. science advisory board reform act of 2015, brings greater accountability and oversight to the board of appointed advisors which the e.p.a. uses to review the scientific basis for its official actions. created in the late 1970's, the science advisory board was intended to be a check on the e.p.a. in order to ensure that the agency's math and statistics were all in order before it promulgated rules or regulations. in fact, the original authorization for the board made clear that the science advisory board was to report to both the environmental protection agency and to congress. on its findings. however over the course of the past several decades since its inception the science advisory board has become little more than a rubber stamp for the e.p.a. for whatever the e.p.a. administrator wishes to accomplish. and the board members being hand picked by the administrator this is likely being chosen primarily on the basis that they hold the same view of the environmental world as whoever the

the e.p.a.'s proposed rule could have serious consequences for rural america and the nation's economy. yesterday members of the house:on agriculture asserted the administration has acted on its own without input from states and the stakeholders threatening the like livelihood of farmers ranchers and rural america. it is my hope that the administration will repropose a rule and allow a new round of public comment. mr. speaker, there's too much on the line to continue down the current path. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california sook recognition? -- seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: today i have introduced the addressing the wealth gap resolution which calls on congress to recognize the wealth gap and racial wealth gap as the national economic crises and focus its efforts

that is why the e.p.a. should allow the site to be capped rather than rely on the companies to remove the waste. >> leaving the waste could save $80 million. the community has been vocal in wanting the waste gone for good. >> if you put it here you need to get it out. >> you don't thing the armoured cap is working. >> no. the e.p.a. is studying the site. the agency will contain it or move it >>> i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hi i'm lisa fletcher. female genital mutilation and cutting is illegal in the united states. that doesn't mean women here are safe. a travelling tradition is in place in africa and the middle east it's impacted half a million in the u.s. and more than 130 million women worldwide, it's a difficult topic, but an immigrant from gambia who

had the e.p.a. engaged in a meaningful dialogue with all these states the agency would not be rushing ahead to impose such an unfair and unworkable and likely illegal regulation. while the e.p.a. is busy selling this as a plan to save the world from global warming, we know that this rule will have miniscule impacts on the environment. in fact, last week during the budget hearing administrator mccarthy admitted that the agency has yet to do anything modeling that would measure the proposals' impacts on temperatures and sea level rise. there's a reason for that and the reason for that is that neara, a highly respected group, on economic modeling an analysis used the e.p.a.'s models and numbers and found that after spending $479 billion over a 15-year period we would see the double digit electricity prices increase in 4r states, reduce grid reliability resulting in voltage collapse and cascading outages. however, the clean power plant would reduce co2 concentrations by less than 0.5% global average temp

the e.p.a. is out of control. i agree. it's right to rein in the e.p.a. and to restore current protections and exemptions for rural america. a key area where the stabenow amendment falls short is excluding cities, suburbs and the job-creating businesses for working families that reside outside of rural america. my amendment which will be next addresses concerns raised by the u.s. conference of mayors, the national association of counties who want certainty certainty regarding the e.p.a.'s power grab. the senator from michigan does things to protect farmers and ranchers from the e.p.a. my amendment is supported by the american farm bureau. this support is because my amendment is specific and holds the e.p.a. and the corps to the promises that they have already made. thank you, mr. president. mr. enzi: is there opposition? ms. stabenow: if there is time remaining, mr. president, i would just simply say that i think my amendment is stronger and much more specific and in fact upholds two goals. suppo

>> when you look at the numbers e.p.a. s a difference in between the number of loans they're making and the amount of the loans they're making. the amount of the loans is not sort of the same as the number. there's not as much actual money that's going in there. the whole purpose of the s.r.f. was to give the states the latitude to run it how they see fit. and i think most of the members of this committee will sort of agree with that. the conditions are different from state to statement but i would think there's some minimum requirements, if we're looking at the high noncompliance rates of utilities, the problems with affordability, the problems with small customer bases, that, you know, just some greater emphasis needs to be paid to providing more funding for these disadvantaged and small communities. some states, my home state of texas has a lot of money now that they're putting into water problems as a result of droughts. california has done the same thing. so each state runs it different. a lot of states put extra money

. >> reporter: in 2010 the e.p.a. amilton for building an irrigation ditch it claimed violated the clean water act. his lawyer says the agency was seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties. but when the case went to court the jury ruled in hamilton's favor because farming and ranching are exempt from the clean air act. >> we don't want air like china or water with so much benzene all the fish are dead, but i think the problem is if we would have interaction that creates solutions. what we're having is you can't do this, we don't know what you're going to do about it, but you can't do this, because we're going to fine you. >> this is about protecting our health and is about protecting our homes. >> reporter: in june, e.p.a. administrator gina mccarthy announced the clean power plant, the agency's newest proposal to cut carbon emissions. >> all told in 2030 when the states meet our final goals, our proposal will result in 30% less carbon emission in comparison to 2005 levels. >> reporter: people in wyoming ca

if the e.p.a. offsetting these costs from its own budget, the final greenhouse gas rule must be approved by congress. simply saying if you can't do this and offset it within your own budget, bring it to congress and let us approve it. that's how a lot of these regulations need to come anyway. this bill forbids the e.p.a. from denying costs to federal agencies by passing on costs to the federal agencies ratepayers. if capital costs are imposed by the greenhouse gas rule the e.p.a. must offset these costs or get congress's approval. the e.p.a. has a history of implementing costly and stringent standards or negligible and even questionable benefit. all three of these bills -- the clear act the ordeal act and agency pay-go act -- provide more certainty than presently exist to states and counties and businesses that have to deal with the e.p.a. and it will hold the agency accountable for its decision-making process. i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting these measures. now, mr. president on a s

that's why the e.p.a. should allow the site to be capped. rather that order the companies to remove the waste. >> we want the right thing to be done to maintain this and deals with the problem, takes care of the clean-up that needs to occur. that's what we are interested in. >> are you interested in doing it the cheapest way possible. >> not at all. >> leading the way could save the company $80 million. the community has been cross-examinal in vanting the -- vocal in wanting the waste here. >> look at it like this - if you put it here you need to put it out. >> reporter: you don't thing an armoured cap is working. >> no, it's like putting a bandate on a cut-off arm. >> reporter: the company argues removing it means reopening the cap and removing it. and could take close to a year. what about the risk of exposure? >> i think that the risk is short-term for removing the waste pit. there's a much greater risk of a natural event. the toxic chemicals again in the environments. >> reporter: if you live next to the site would you not want this out

the statute says the administration of e.p.a. regulate about utilities -- >> ifill: you're not been helpful reading that &o the audience right now. >> forgive me. the e.p.a. should regulate if it finds it appropriate and necessary. the word appropriate conveys you're looking at more than environmental risk. >> ifill: that's the point that's part of the argument in the court today. >> there was nothing else. >> ifill: how did the justices respond? >> one of the most interesting things that happened at the court today was that there were a set of power companies that were before the highest court in our land. these are power companies that provide power to over 60 million americans and what they said is that we find that e.p.a. standards are economically reasonable, on the record before the high court, and they said we're rolling up our sleeves and delivering cleaner healthier air at a fraction of the costs that were predicted and really demonstrating that we can in america have both clean air and a strong economy. >> ifill: and the

that is the marketing slogan. >> the e.p.a. says it, i don't know about the dnr. studies show that iowa has a water problem. we do. we'll suck it up. get it fixed. >> oh my god. >> we showed the iowa citizens for country improvement what the pork association told us. he was surprised that they admitted there was a water problem. it's a way to avoid oversight, government oversight, a way to say we'll take care of it. that doesn't work. we need strong rules and reg u hagss, tough -- regulation, tough fines and penalty, we need to shut down polluters. what he is saying is a way to avoid all of that. >> people the partridges are farming in an area that used to be dotted with families making a living. >> a lot of general public things food meat bacon is coming from the family farm because they put the picture of farm a red barn with a green roof on the bacon backages or whatever -- packages i don't think people have a real grasp of where their meet is from. they may have a different idea of what is really there, and what is there is lying. it's public relations for sur

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it claims many inexpensive wines contain up to five times more arsenic than the e.p.a.'s limit for drinking water. they include such popular brands as cupcake, fransia and sutter home. the wine institute that represents 1,000 california wineries says it believes the allegations are false and all wines sold in the u.s. are safe. greco has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for being too slow to address complaints of difficulty opening car seat buckles buckles. they are required to spend $7 million on child safety seat awareness. the company recalled more than six million child safety seats in 2014 because of a defective latch that could trap children. the slow warmup is on the way. doug is back with the last look at the weekend forecast. then tonight at 4:00, women brutally attacked two days in a row just blocks apart. what police are doing about it. and be sure to stick around. coming up at 5:00, a glimpse at where the president and the doug: the rain and snow will continue to move out during the afternoon hours. drizzle late today and 42. sunshine, breezy, near 60 tomorrow

this is the best strategy short of refusing the e.p.a. for keeping faith with our armed services and it's the best option we currently have for leaving the next president in a better position to face global challenges. so i want to thank chairman enzi for all of his good work in putting this balanced budget together. it certainly wasn't easy. it's a good balanced budget that everyone should want to support. it's especially true when you compare it to the other alternatives here. well the only alternative actually since our friends still don't seem to be in the habit of producing a budget of their own. the alternative on offer was the budget we voted on tuesday from president obama. someone called it the let's dream budget. but that dream ended up being so unserious and embarrassing that not more than a single democrat could muster the courage to vote for it. in a way it's hard to blame our friends. it would be pretty embarrassing to support a budget that contained almost $2 trillion more in taxes and hardly any serious ideas to save the pr

that is the e.p.a. i'd let the states educate our children and kick the federal government out of our every waking moment in our lives and i would tell them quit blowing our money. [applause] god help us. >> benjamin netanyahu's speech to a joint session of congress coming up. followed by president obama svs reaction. -- president obama's reaction. benjamin netanyahu spoke to congress tuesday about his hesitations over the negotiations about iran's nuclear program. >> the prime minister of israel. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] speaker boehner: members of congress, i have the distinct honor of introducing to you his excellency, the prime mr. of israel, -- the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause] prime minister netanyahu: speaker of the house, john boehner, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, house minority leader nancy pelosi, and house majority leader mccarthy. i also want to acknowledge senator and democratic leader harry reid. harry reid, it is good to see you back

now, last year the e.p.a. proposed a rule to define the waters of the united states basically to clarify two different supreme court rulings. one in 2001. after that ruling in 2001, the former administration, the bush administration began working on a rule to clarify this question of the waters and regulating the waters of the united states. then there was an even more complicating confusing decision -- i never thought you could actually have five different decisions out of a nine-member supreme court but that's what happened -- and we ended up with even more confusion in 2006. so both the administrations -- the bush administration and the obama administration -- understood as does everyone, that we have to fix this. we have to clarify this. -- for farmers and ranchers and for citizens and communities ands and i started in county government and understand from local government -- for local government how important that is as well. the proposed rule has been debated for over 200 days, including 400 public meltin

but the president's e.p.a. is expected to release new ozone standards anyway designed intentionally to shutter coal plants. the president and his radical environmentalist allies fail to recognize that many states still rely on coal to provide energy at affordable household prices. over 90% of west virginia households rely on coal for affordable reliable energy. recent estimates say implementation of the president's new rule would cost over 10,000 jobs in west virginia. the second proposal i secured in the house budget to stop the president's war on coal was to prevent funding for a new stream buffer rule from the department of the interior. the administration has already spent over $7 million writing this rule, which is designed to allow the administration to claim regulatory jurisdiction within 100 feet of anything they deem to be a stream. . that dubious proposition would allow federal regulators to shut down surface mining operations in almost every region of west virginia with the stroke of a pen. that's not

. >>> the e.p.a. in silicon valley with a big battle over the i land east of 101 in redwood city. environmentalists want to preserve and protect the area. our media partners report that the epa could limit the development if it fines the area falls under the protection of the clean water act. a decision is expected by early next year. >>> in chinatown, there will be a huge transformation to help alleviate the sewer system of the city with crews installing planters to divert the storm water from drapes along the street and re-pave including new benches planned for the alley. >> $1 billion emergency plan to help california deal with our drought. >> only a third of the money goes to measures directly related to the drought and the rest to flood control low emission farm equipment and food for those who lost their jobs because of drought much the governor said the most important thing is everyone needs to conserve. >>> some in california have taken it upon themselves to do away with their lush green lawns

my reporters said you used to go to the e.p.a. and talk to a scientist about an issue. today will they not only not allow the interview without a spokesman present they don't allow the interview at all. i think the crowd was good in the campaigns about staying on message disciplined controlling information and have brought that to the government. >> sreenivasan: the administration put out a notion saying they've extended and strengthened whistle blowers. >> you can have all the rules you want. we talk to a lot of whistleblowers and there have been prominent once. they don't believe a word of it. they believe they will be retaliated against. edward snowden looked at what happened to other people in the intelligence community who tried to come forward quietly and had careers quashed and said no, i'm not doing that i'm contact ago journalist. he said and i believe him that he did not believe the protections would extend to him, that he would either get buried or punished. >> sreenivasan: what's the ripple effect when you have a public profile to have the whistle blowers? >>

and working closely with all of our federal partners including the e.p.a., food safety, and inspection service, many others to ensure that ace is equipped to meet their requirements because we have to be a good steward. we have to be a good partner with them. that single window is completed to serve your needs and to simplify international business. well, an area that i am really excited about is the e-bond area. our c.f.o., jay williamson, is here, and the people involved in this e-bond transformation, it's pretty exciting. so e-bond processing is one of the most important modernization efforts in ace. e-bond is a tremendous benefit to both c.b.p. and the filer, customs brokers, self-filing importers, etcetera. when filers electronically transmit a bond to c.b.p., they get a positive response within 10 to 15 seconds s before it was four to five days. so you can begin to understand the magnitude of this change and its effect on the supply chain. industry has recognized this benefit and in the first month of e-bonds more than 11,000 bonds were created in ace. today more than 90% of the

working with the department of transportation working with the e.p.a. we said, hey, i think what we should do is organize ourselves in a similar way. the city government needs to be talking to the community college district, needs to talk to the housing authority, to the transit agency, to our electric utility, water utility. and it is absolutely surprising how often that actually doesn't happen. even at the local level. when we did that what we found was that first of all there are a lot of resources out there if they are coordinated in a better way, they could make a bigger impact. that's money and resources you already have. secondly, it really allows you as a community to create long-term vision for lifting up parts of the urban core that are most in need. in our case, in san antonio, we focused on the east side of the city. one of the poorest areas of san antonio. and looked at improving the schools, looked at improving the roads. making the neighborhood safer. ensuring we had better bus routes to that part of the city. not only does that help us ev

this is the best strategy short of refusing the e.p.a. for keeping faith with our armed services and it's the best option we currently have for leaving the next president in a better position to face global challenges. so i want to thank chairman enzi for all of his good work in putting this balanced budget together. it certainly wasn't easy. it's a good balanced budget that everyone should want to support. it's especially true when you compare it to the other alternatives here. well the only alternative actually since our friends still don't seem to be in the habit of producing a budget of their own. the alternative on offer was the budget we voted on tuesday from president obama. someone called it the let's dream budget. but that dream ended up being so unserious and embarrassing that not more than a single democrat could muster the courage to vote for it. in a way it's hard to blame our friends. it would be pretty embarrassing to support a budget that contained almost $2 trillion more in taxes and hardly any serious ideas to save the pr

have a depression in the eastern part of my state as a direct result of this administration and the e.p.a., and i know it's affected the great state of montana as well, and so among the many insightful observations of the senator from montana, i particularly appreciate his thoughts about energy. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk with the committee-reported amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the committee-reported substitute amendment to s. 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking signed by 17 senators --. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk for the bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: c

while the e.p.a. is willing to talk to radical environmental groups in the settlement process, they did not consult with the impacted states or communities. a vote for this amendment is a vote to say we should fix the problem and ensure that our state and local governments are given a stay in settlement agreements that will have impacts within their borders. a vote against this amendment is a vote against transparency and a vote to give radical environmental groups more say in the process than the states or local governments where the impacts actually occur. mr. president, i would urge my colleagues to support this amendment. thank you. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i've come to the floor to speak about our budget and how the choices we will make over the next few days reflect our values and priorities. as someone who has had to as a countywide elected official write and balance budgets i've long viewed them not just as a collection of numbers bu

one dealing with the e.p.a. science advisory board. the other would ban e.p.a. rules that are not based on, quote, transparent and reproducible science. we expect votes on those measures this afternoon. more live coverage here on c-span starting at noon eastern. as we wait for the house to reconvene, we'll go live now to the house financial services committee. you're hearing from treasury secretary jack lew this morning. we'll show you as much as we can until the house gavels back in at noon eastern. mr. scott: the need is tremendously great, as you know and continues to be. we now have only, according to the legislation, about 21 months before the end of 2016 when the balance of the money not used comes back to you. do you have a report on how these states are progressing? from our indication, certainly in a hard-hit state like georgia, none of the money should be coming back. much of it goes to help struggling homeowners to be able to pay for their mortgage up to 24 months. it's desperately needed and desperately needed for our veterans who many are facing mor

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today are enhancing america's energy security protecting personal property rights from agencies like the e.p.a., carbon tax helping veterans get better access to v.a. medical facilities and simplifying student loan repayment options and saving medicare. thank you again to members for offering amendments that help make our government more efficient, effective and accountable to hardworking taxpayers. it's what the american people want and deserve. i look forward to a strong and vigorous debate about our policies today and mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you mr. president. i ask unanimous consent the pending amendments be set aside and i be allowed to call up my amendment number 347 and that the amendment be made pending. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso, for himself and others, proposes amendment numbered 347 -- mr. barrasso: i ask reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: with

working with the department of transportation working with the e.p.a. said, hey, i think what we should do is organize ourselves in a similar way. the city government needs to be talking to the community college district, needs to talk to the housing authority, to the transit agency, to our electric utility, water utility. and it is absolutely surprising how often that actually doesn't happen. even at the local level. when we did that what we found was that first of all there are a lot of resources out there if they are coordinated in a better way, they could make a bigger impact. that's money and resources you already have. secondly, it really allows you as a community to create long-term vision for lifting up parts of the urban core that are most in need. in our case, in san antonio, we focused on the east side of the city. one of the poorest areas of san antonio. and looked at improving the schools, looked at improving the roads. making the neighborhood safer. ensuring we had better bus routes to that part of the city. not only does that help us even

so on the regulatory side, this includes measures like the e.p.a. oposing rules for new sources on methane which is something that we anticipate will come forward here in the next several months. on the voluntary side, this includes work through for example, usda who's working with the agricultural industry to actually get a viable long-term agreement to reduce emissions from the ag sector. within the efficiency context, part of what the president did in the climate action plan was set very bold overall goals for reducing energy waste increasing energy efficiency. the department of energy has a cadens of rule makings to increase standards in buildings, appliances and otherwise. i think you can expect that cadens to continue over the next two years. but this is also a place where we're looking to partner with the private sector because the truth is by providing the right incentives, this is a place where there's huge opportunity. i was with the president in a sort of who's who of the fortune 100 yesterday when the president made his federal government

attractive target for their assault on government the attack is not limited to internal revenue or the e.p.a. this budget will have crippling effects on the american way of life all across the country. this budgetary approach produces fewer people to deal with the exploding number of retired people seeking help from the social security administration. it shortchanges the maintenance of our national parks. it underfunds medical research that can make a huge difference for american families. there are things that could be done. i introduced legislation this week, the rein in act, which would cut $100 billion of unnecessary spending on nuclear weapons over the next 10 years. these savings could be used to shore up the department of defense without resorting to the budget gimmicks that they are using. that is the bitter reality of their budget approach. it's not their theatrics or the creative terminology. republicans are avoiding the hard questions and reasonable solutions. it's simply an assault on providing americans with the services they want, need and deserve. the more people understand th

live picture of the house floor now as work is about to get under way on a bill prohibiting the e.p.a. from finalizing rules unless all scientific and technical information is made publicly available. this is live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span.

. >> philip landrigan: it's not a safe level, it's a level that the u.s. e.p.a.luted indoor conditions. >> cooper: would you want that in your home? >> landrigan: no. >> cooper: dr. philip landrigan of new york's mt. sinai hospital specializes in environmental pediatrics and exposure to toxic chemicals. he's talking about the results of another kind of test drury and larson conducted measuring the concentration of formaldehyde emissions coming off the laminates into the air of a typical home. >> landrigan: i would say long- term exposure at that level would be risky because it would increase the risk for chronic respiratory irritation, change in a person's lung function, increased risk of asthma. it's not going to produce symptoms in everyone, but children will be the people most likely to show symptoms at that sort of level. >> cooper: children are featured prominently in lumber liquidators ads, and the company likes to promote the donations of flooring they make to habitat for humanity, ronald mcdonald house charities, schools, and community centers. >> trust t

. >> the e purchase a is investigate -- e.p.a. is investigating. coming up a documentary banned from indian tv. government officials say the film about the rape and murder of a young woman is an instalment to the victim. >> and the volcanic eruption forcing thousands out of their home town. >>>worldwide condemn nation for what a convicted rapist in india is saying about his crime. in a documentary one of the men that raped and murdered a woman on a deli bus said the victim would still be alive if she had not fought back. roxana saberi has the story. >> reporter: 16th december 2012 around 8:30pm a 23-year-old medical student was on her way home from a movie with a male friend. they boarded a bus where five men and a 17-year-old boy took turns raping the student. they threw her on to the street. she died 13 days later. the gang rape set off protests across india. and now even more outrage. in a new documentary the bus driver speaks from prison blaming the victim saying a decent girl will not roam around at night:. >> two defense lawyers find fault. >>

to discuss items such as how to treat the waterways of the united states, free from overreach of the e.p.a., or how our communities and localities are under siege from washington when it comes to ideas about taxing carbon or coal. and senators may wish to discuss how our national security is best served by the spending levels contemplated in the budget. but we'll also hear about something that really interests me as it marries the numbers of our budget resolution carries with the work our committees in congress can do once the budget is passed. i think one of the frustrations on the other side is this is a fairly general budget just it just sets the spending limits for the committees and then builds in some reserve funds for some flexibility and it doesn't go into the specifics of exactly how the committees ought to operate, and the reason for that is the committees are the people that have at least an intense interest in that field or maybe even a lot of expertise and when we try to preclude what they're doing by what we do in the budget, it won't work. so we'll also hear about something

can't even consider whether we have the technology to achieve the new low standards. e.p.a. half the work to meet this new rule will come from technology that doesn't yet exist. this rule will mean lost jobs and lost opportunities. this week bob latta and i introduced h.r. 1388 the clean air and strong economies act. our bill requires e.p.a. to protect health and consider whether the rule can be met. mr. speaker i urge my colleagues to help us balance clean air with the strong economy by supporting h.r. 1388. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. 105 years ago in a small town in germany, her 105 years on earth has been a testament to the greatness of the united states. mr. kilmer: she has seen so much. living in holland during world war ii, she saw the capability of our military and -- capability and bravery of our military. she ca

. >> the director of e.p.a. was before the environment and public works committee last week and i inquired of her what evidence she had that we had more storms. in fact, it is real clear that we have had fewer hurricanes substantially fewer in the last decade contrary to global warming predictions. we've also had less tornadoes. it's also ipcc, the international panel on climate change acknowledges that soil moisture worldwide has not been reduced in fact it's slightly greater. so i don't know what the future leads us but we are fortunate that we haven't had more hurricanes, also no more tornadoes. and apparently fewer droughts. i've asked questions to provide any evidence she had to support her suggestions and statements that we've had more of all of these and i look forward to her answers. >> senator johnson. >> thank you. i think as a if he willo you probably are every bit as frustrated as i am on just obtaining information on programs. i am hoping this amendment will follow on the same bipartisan spirit of tr

and people think, you know, gosh, we should cut the department of education, we should cut the e.p.a.hat's great if you cut every dime of nondefense discretionary spending out of the budget, every cent of it we would still have a deficit. . if you eliminated every part other than defense, so you see how severe the problem. is you see -- another thing people don't understand is, because of sequester defense and nondefense discretionary have been whittled down over the last several years and in fact nondefense discretionary spending is below 2008 levels right now. it's as low as it's been since president barack obama has been in office. because of the sequester spending. and defense spending has been cut to the bone. it is below levels that the pentagon is telling us is necessary to maintain our readiness in this troubled world. the point of all of that is, with these things -- there's always ways and there's always further room to cut, but with these things having been whittled as low as they have, it's very obvious that we will not be able to handle our budget problems. we will never

in addition to the e.p.a.'s harmful carbon regulations the administration has unleashed more than a dozen rules aimed at eliminating coal-fired plants in the united states. we cannot neglect the costs and effects of new major regulations under obamacare and dodd-frank that continue to subdue business investment and job growth. taken individually, each burdensome regulation increases costs to american families and slows economic growth. taken collectively, these regulations hang as a giant albatross around the necks of working people in american businesses both large and small. to reduce excessive regulations federal agencies need to review and remove outdated and ineffective rules and should more fully evaluate the costs and benefits of any new proposed rules. mr. president, i'd like to turn now to the long-term effects and fiscal health that is a challenge to all each and every one of us. i have spoken at some length about this recent recovery and our report's findings in addition to working to improve the rec

working with the department of transportation working with the e.p.a. we said, hey, i think what we should do is organize ourselves in a similar way. the city government needs to be talking to the community college district needs to talk to the housing authority, to the transit agency to our electric utility, water utility. and it is absolutely surprising how often that actually doesn't happen. even at the local level. when we did that what we found was that first of all there are a lot of resources out there if they are coordinated in a better way, they could make a bigger impact. that's money and resources you already have. secondly it really allows you as a community to create long-term vision for lifting up parts of the urban core that are most in need. in our case, in san antonio, we focused on the east side of the city. one of the poorest areas of san antonio. and looked at improving the schools, looked at improving the roads. making the neighborhood safer. ensuring we had better bus routes to that part of the city. not only does that help us event

while the proposed e.p.a. greenhouse gas standards are misguided, we should continue to make the use of fossil fuel cleaner and more efficient. we must continue to support important research at morgantown's national energy technology lab and other labs that allow us to make environmental progress even as we continue to use our natural resources. natural gas is a large and growing part of west virginia's economy. i'm a child of marshall county, which is the heart of the marcellous shale development in west virginia. i am delighted to see these communities come alive with opportunity. it is proof positive that an energy economy is a jobs economy. we need improved infrastructure in order to make full use of these gas reserves. we need new natural gas and oil pipelines that safely connect producing regions with manufacturers. we need new markets that can make use of these vital resources. we need a pro-exports policy that will benefit our country in multiple ways. the nation will see more jobs in investment more se

and reduce costs and speed the cargo process and working closely with all of our federal partners, the e.p.a. food safety and inspection service making sure that ace is required to be a good steward and it is completed to serve your needs and simplify international business. an area i'm excited is our c.f.o. is here and the people that we're involved in this transformation it's pretty exciting. the processing in a.c.e., one of the most important transformation. customs brokers self-filing importers. when filers, transmit a bond they get a positive response within 10 to 15 seconds. before it was four to five days. you can begin to understand the magnitude of this change and effect of the supply change. and more than 11,000 bonds were created. today more than 90% of the bond market is being submitted electronicically. it is good for us and good for business. our centers for excellence and expertise and we are transforming the way we operate under the authority of one center. instead of scattering, hundreds of ports of entry and the imimporters are benefiting everyone. they improve our ability

any person who votes for this deal today is voting to allow the president to make decisions like this on taxation, on e.p.a., on any other agency that this president decides he has the executive authority to take over the powers of the congress. today we all sat here and i think every republican stood up when netanyahu talked about leadership. when he talked about what it was important for a leader to do, he said we are being told the only alternative to this bad deal, speaking about the deal on iran is war. that is just not true. the alternative to this bad deal is just a better deal. every one ever our republicans stood up when he said that. but today we are being told by our leadership that the only alternative to this bad deal is a government shutdown. that is not true. the alternative to this bad deal today is a better deal. it is to force the senate to actually go to conference so both the house and senate can speak the will of the american people. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: mr. speaker, i yield on