e.p.a. they are one in the same. both your scandals and your policy decisions abuse your position of public trust and make a mockery of your responsibilities as head of e.p.a. you show the same disregard for our ethical standards and fiscal controls as you show for the air we breathe and the water we drink. using your office to enrich yourself and your friends at the expense of the american taxpayer and the public health is a disgrace. the fiscal year 2019 budget proposal is yet another giant blinking sign that you don't take your responsibility to this country seriously. the budget proposes to slash e.p.a.'s research programs in half. got in the ability of the agency to identify throtes public health and the environment as well as solutions to those threats. the request also cuts nearly 50% of funds sent directly to the states. for example, the budget proposes to eliminate state funding for raydon poisoning prevention, childhood lead poisoning prevention, hazardous waste disposal, and even drinking water monitoring.

but they are an important contractor for the e.p.a. and other agencies. >> supervisor kim: how often do members of federal contractors get sentenced to jail time? >> well, supervisor, i've worked for e.p.a. for 33 years, and off the top of my head, i cannot recollect this type of situation. >> supervisor kim: do you think this is extraordinary? >> i do think it's an extraordinary situation? >> supervisor kim: given the extraordinary nature of the situation, wouldn't it make common sense for the navy and the e.p.a. to suspend all of their contract work with this company? [applause] >> supervisor kim: these are public taxpayer dollars. they lied to us. they went to jail. in your 33 years as a government administrator, you cannot recollect any time that you have seen an employee of a federal contractor go to jail for lying to the government. isn't that cause to end every single contract with this organization? even if that company also does good work? >> supervisor, there are separate processes for every federal agency in terms of prosecut

the scan van is an e.p.a. run van that was used by the united states environmental protection agency. it was used in prior to the transfer of parcel a, it was used to scan not only the roads on parcel a but all of the rest of the shipyard to provide an extra assurance that the parcel was safe as the regulatory agencies and the navy and our own health department concurred at the time that all the information and all the data, and we still believe and have issued statements to that effect that the parcel is safe for the residents, workers, tenants at the shipyard and the neighbors in the area. >> supervisor cohen: how old is the technology used within the scan van? >> can you -- >> supervisor cohen: how old is the technology in the scan van? i heard it was from the 80's. >> you would have to ask the e.p.a. the actual scans were done in 2002, provider to the transfer. >> supervisor cohen: so i think in all your years with the agency, i think you spend 25 years in the hunters point shipyard? >> correct. >> so pleas

following the removal of building 322, an e.p.a. worker conducted independent hand scans of the area using two types of scanners to confirm that the former building site was clean. in addition, around building 816, the california department of health services independently collected and analyzed five soil samples. e.p.a. conducted multiple site visits. all these actions occurred before we approved the transfer of parcel a. even after parcel a was transferred, we continued to respond to specific concerns about exposure to residents, especially since 2014. at this -- those points, my technical team reviewed the site history, analyzed the available data, conducted site visits and interviews, and conferred with our state regulatory partners. we then distributed updated fact sheets for the public in 2016 and 2017, after we received additional specific concerns. now again we have received new allegations of potential concerns in parcel a. we have asked to speak to the individuals who have made these allegations through their attorney. when

. >> on the e.p.a., andrew wheeler is confirmed as second in command at the e.p.a. does the president think he'd be able to continue the deregulatory agenda that pruitt has been in charge of working to remove mr. pruitt and given the cascade of ethical problems, how close is -- what's the status of the rejew you -- review yo guys have been doing and is the president closer to removing mr. putin if office? ms. sanders: i don't have any personnel announcements on that front. we have confidence in the number two or the president wouldn't have asked him to serve at such a senior level position at the e.p.a. i don't have anything further on that front. reporter: i want to catch back up about china after the delegation came back. the president had some sort of breaking on that interaction now can you tell us his reaction to the talks that happened, if the u.s. plans to talk to china again before the may 22 public comment deadline and what sort of next steps are. ms. sanders: the president has a briefing this morning with the members who traveled this epresident has a grea

but the e.p.a. insisted the trip was proper and that pruitt did not fully know about smotkin's ties to the moroccan gerent. pose of the trip has bee publicly questioned by some lawmakers, and so was its cost, which reportedly topped $100,000. juliet eilperin of the "washington post" helped break this most recent story about scott pruitt. welcome. >> hello. >> brangham: what else to you tell us about the trip to morocco and the questions about it? >> dollar lot of interesting aspects of this trip, but irt would sith the fact that first of all many people, as yo notestioned why the administrator was going there. it is true he did spend part of his time working on bilateral trade agreement between morocco and the.s. however, according to the y porting at the we've done, he was vcused on the issue of natural gas exports from the united states to morocco, that's what he focused on in the runup to the trip and also while he was there and,ain, much of this trip was arranged by richard smotkin. as much as a

this rule gives unelected bureaucrats at the e.p.a. the power to broadly interpret what is a navigable waterway. this rule can be interpreted in a way that a puddle could be subject to federal regulation. i'm proud to represent nearly 12,000 farms in northeast indiana and each and every one of these prayings could be subject to this overreaching rule. at a time of falling commodity prices the last thing farmers need is a a decree that seeks to regulate every aspect of their operation. i applaud efforts by the trump administration to delay this damaging rule, but it is time to permanently repeal this. i urge my colleagues its elimination as congress considers the farm bill this week. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, keith nolan's dream was to be a military officer. he excelled at the first two levels of army rotc and was prepa

and people who have worked for the e.p.a. for decades that that is very irregular. e someone outside of the agency, particularly a lobbyist, arranging an administrator's travel. >> so i have molly hooper and katherine with me here onset. they're listening to you walk through your story. i know they want to jump into the conversation. before that, based on your reporting, one of the questions we've asked, and i've asked my sources inside the administration has been pruitt is sticking around, right? the president wants him to stick around. i've been told the president kind of feels like they're in the bunker together, but not everybody inside the west wing feels that way. right? >> that's true. we've reported there is a rift in the west wing. the president, as you say, really has an affinity for scott pruitt and doesn't to be seen perhaps as giving in to the left, and their criticisms of him. among those who we reported have a lot of concerns about pruitt and have asked the president to fire him are john kelly, the chief of staff. and i think it's a matter of time to s

the e.p.a. is required to consult with the expert federal ldlife agency to prove chemicals. this threatens wildlife environment. our farm bill is about supporting work to farmers strengthening farmers and rolling public health protections has no place in this bill. inthe cuts of $-plus billion benefits to kick one million households and affects 25,000 children is tort turous. someone said when i was a kid, my money was taken by the school. now congress is taking the money for school lunch program. cuts in conservation funding are devastating to our environment nd the cutting of funding of energy efficiency are going to be a great consequence of this bill. so i just was compelled to the floor and join my colleagues to look for sustainable energy to speak against this bill which is going to hurt the progress over the last decades which speaks to farming in america and the quality of life of children in america. i yield back to the gentleman from colorado. mr. perlmutter: i can say to those who are listening, mr. tonko speaks up about the environment and about concerns about ch

forceablely removed from hunters point with the instructions i could call the nrc, i could call the e.p.a., i could call whoever, but while i was at it -- at the blink in my office, you get the blink off my project. here it is -- what's today? may the 15 -- okay, 14, 2018. i did my due diligence, going through the channels to get reporting requirements done to the regulators to accommodate the investigators, and to try to get a remedy to the wrongs that were taking place. with all due respect -- with all due respect to the representatives for the navy, for the nrc, for the e.p.a., osha, the state of california -- i've never been invited in to discuss what happened? >> supervisor kim: could you talk about your personal involvement. >> personal involvement with regards to -- >> supervisor kim: as explained by your attorney. >> on parcel a. >> when i first arrived on hunters point -- >> parcel a and building 322. >> for parcel a, when i first arrived at hunters point, working for new world, i was tasked with another health physics or rad safety technician to service building 322. it used to

. >> reporter: on the e.p.a., andrew wheeler now confirmed as the second in command at the e.p.a. s the president think he would be able to continue the deregulatory agenda that mr. pruitt has been in charge of were he to remove mr. pruitt? and given the sort of cascade of ethical problems, how close is -- what is the status of the review you have been saying you are doing and is the president closer to removing mr. pruitt from office? >> sarah: i don't have any personnel announcements on that front. certainly we have confidence in the number two. otherwise the president would haven't asked him to serve at a senior level position within the e.p.a. but i don't have anything further on that front. >> reporter: i want to catch back up on china after the delegation came back. presuming that the president has had some sort of briefing on the interaction now. can you tell us his reaction to the talks that happened if the u.s. plans to talk to china again before the may 22 public deadline and what the next steps are? >> sarah: the president had a briefing this morning with the members of

we try along with the e.p.a. and other water agencies to be ahead of what is out there in the environment. and if there is something we didn't know about, we are looking for more things to make sure we are continuing to serve that product. and there is a lot of different things. we have extensive data reports that we do a data report annually and we have a large report done by consulting firm and putting together as we started to look at the contaminants that we might see in the groundwater. and reviewed everything and just where we came up with the targets and chemicals of interest manganese, hexavalent chromium and nitrate. >> thank you. go to public. [calling of speakers] and anyone that follows that, be ready. and the overflow room, we will be readily in about 10 minutes. >> good morning. i am here on behalf of spur to once again support the sfpuc's groundwater blending pron ining. thank you, steven, for the updates. this is an important part of diversifying our city's water supplies which improves reliability

of course, the e.p.a. insists that his trip to morocco was a legitimate effort to nail down details of a bilateral trade agreement. and thanks to scott pruitt denying global warming, we'll soon be trading climates with morocco. ( laughter ) speaking of shady business, a museum in southern france has discovered more than half its collection is fake. yeah, yeah, they're pretty upset about that. more upset than i thought. ( laughter ) it's the biggest scandal to hit the french art world since we learned that mimes can talk. ( laughter ) they've. been. lying. to. us. ( laughter ) located in a small town in southern france, this museum is centered around the early 20th century painter etienne terrus. never heard of him? then boy do i have some paintings to sell you. ( laughter ) because when a local art historian reviewed the collection, he found that 82 of the 140 pieces in the collection were counterfeits. 82! less than half of the paintings are real? you're a museum like how gatorade is juice. ( laughter ) a

it's the fact that, if you do really,is will be really bad and all the things you want to do -- the e.p.a., d.o.j -- all the things you want to do on trade. even meeting wit ukim jongn and everything whnoitrt thrown f the w if heired rod rosenstein and tried to stop thf mother probe because every tn ulo but when i think of where we are a year from now, it's critical what mark said, the idea that for a longe the president has been laying the groundwork ho say that robert mueller, is a republican, he is some hyperpartisa hack that is after him because people are mad that president trump is president and people want to get rid of him. and that idea has been something they've been working on for aim long i think rudy giuliani coming out and saying the mueller camp saying they might issue ai report think that's laying the groundwork that the report deal.a big robert: what about the origins of the probe. we've seen reporting from "the times" this week about the crossfire hurricane code name, the source we have been reporting on at the "st." are there legitimate questions about how the investiga

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each year the subcommittee holds a hearing to examine the e.p.a.'s budget request. in some years the budget is the focus of the committee. in others, agencies actions draw the majority of the question. i would suggest that the size of the audience this morning is an indicator of substantial interest in this year's hearing. so i look forward to the dialogue. administrator pruitt, when you were before the committee last year, you said that you would work to return the e.p.a. to its core mission of ensuring clean water, clean air and clean land, something that we all encourage and support. you also stated a desire to treat state as equal partners rather than adversaries and to have a corporate administrative approach in your actions. as you have worked through this past year, i have seen many steps that demonstrate that commitment to -- to those goals with regard to wotus suggest issue for a state like mine where approximately 2/3 of the state of alaska are considered wetlands. so for us this has very real implications. your commitment to work with me on -- on issues li

. >> woodruff: the states named in the lawsuit argue that the e.p.a.'s effort to loosen emissions rules violates the clean air act. two top aides to embattl e.p.a. chief scott pruitt stepped down today, amid federal ethics investigations. albert kelly, a former banker who ran the e.p.as superfund program, and security chief squale "nino" perotta submitted their resignations. pruitt gave no reason for their departures. but both men's names had been mentioned in ongoing probes into pruitt's ethics and travel. and stocks were mixed on wall se treet today. dow jones industrial average lost 64 points to cse at 24,099. t4 he nasdaq rosein, and the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: more of my interview with former fct.b.i. di james comey. what's next for the caravan of iigmmrants that has reached the u.s., mexico border. end rethinking what it means to be a college st and much more. >> woodru: special counsel robert mueller has a list of almost 50 questions for president trump, as part of the investigation into possible ties tfo russia and obst

the e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt, a lot of attention in the wake of revelations about his spending and actions since taking over at the e.p.a. the editorial board of "the washington post" with their lead editorial today. send the swamp monster packing. it adds the litany of ethical failing by the e.p.a. chief. pruitt crammed a lifetime of -- and if you want to read that, that's the editorial board of "the washington post." timmy, riverside, california, an independent go. ahead. caller: yes. first of all, my opinion, we shouldn't even be giving this prostitute any time on tv here. and another thing, president trump is doing an excellent job. trump, if he can hear me, keep doing what you're doing and keep your eyes on god and don't listen to these people out here. just stay focused and alongs we in whine what god wants, this country is going to be just right. host: that's timmy this morning. one other story i want to make you aware of, just a couple of minutes left in this segment of the "wash

five years the e.p.a. gas is spending the place they have been firing tear gas as sent the beginning of the protests. we also heard a lot of live ammunition sense the beginning of the protests if we get me out that i mean it is we're starting to get affected by that's here gus palestinians came here today to come great are the victims killed and injured in the past app past seven weeks where at least one hundred five palestinians have been killed in the quake much of which aren't and at least eight thousand palestinian protesters have been injured by live in munition tear gas canisters rubber bullets and other weapons and there's already forces have been using the israeli army commented on the recent clashes via twitter saying that us troops had responded to rioters throwing rocks with riot disposal means on fired live rounds quote so actively by this weeks i gaza violence was fueled on choose to have by the anniversary of nakba a day that symbolizes the displacement of the palestinian people we spoke to a

he checked this picture through the e.p.a. and. beyond china's beyond three and he she for a he fun found out that this picture spread by china's state media was fake and he posted another picture to prove that and that. that triggers a way for of of discussion on china as a social media and. this credit chinese state media so that the. spokesman of china's defense minister has to appear for the press and say i'm sorry it's just a fake this case shows that we should not only talk about the negative. influences upon this very widespread ing journalism done by almost everyone we should also see the hope that they could be a risk reprise intended but how hopeful can you be when you see that the chinese regime is now cracking down on social media as well absolutely tightening its grip by social media i simply don't believe that they can because we think their government there are so many conflicting interests every ministry ministry wish to bring their information their truths they you. actually conflicts with the other ministry every

example pruitt at the environmental protection agency has utter contempt for the very purposes of the e.p.a. which are designed to protect safe healthy water food air they've sold it to big oil and other lobbyist so it's a it's a dangerous moment how do you think jeanne the hospital ga mean for i watched some of it you know i have to say larry what do we stand for as a country i mean first let me be pragmatic after making the moral pitch that we're staining america's legacy but you know dianne feinstein was head of the head of the senate intelligence committee and they did a major investigation they released about five hundred twenty seven page report in two thousand and. fourteen but there are six thousand pages are still under wraps and it shows what it you know what's leaked is that torture doesn't provide actionable useful evidence and i think what we're seeing is an elevation of torture as a tool in the early became john mccain he was totally against war didn't use them and he was tortured he was tortured and i think it's just what do we stand for with three hundred offended which he d

it first off scott pruitt's already going to go to battle with california and he's in charge of the e.p.a. he's going to tell california this is not the tail wagging the dog you're one state of fifty and you shouldn't be calling the rules for every other state now here in california we understand that you have clean air regulations have been in place since one thousand nine hundred two but they don't allow for you to call the shots for the automakers but right now automakers are making different variants of different cars for different areas of the country we just don't see that and it's not blatantly obvious but one thing that you're going to find very interesting is i think the automakers are sort of like a watermelon on the outside they're saying we're all about being green we're all about being green but then on the inside they're really about making money it's about you know about the read and making as much as they can so i think that this is going to be an interesting factor that although they're saying on the outside it's all about being green and they want to have high fuel econo

it first off scott pruitt's already going to go to battle with california and he's in charge of the e.p.a. he's going to tell california this is not the tail wagging the dog your one state of fifty and you shouldn't be calling the rules for every other state now here in california we understand that you have clean irregular they've been in place since one thousand nine hundred two but they don't allow for you to call the shots for the automakers but right now automakers are making different variants of different cars for different areas of the country we just don't see that and it's not blatantly obvious but one thing that you're going to find very interesting is i think the automakers are sort of like a watermelon on the outside they're saying we're all about being green we're all about being green but then on the inside they're really about making money it's about you know about the read and making as much as they can so i think that this is going to be an interesting factor that although they're saying on the outside it's all about being green and they want to have high fuel economy st

most of the time the e.p.a. changes the standards and they lower and lower them. and the comments that nitrates and chromium are safe is a comment made at our level of ignorance. nothing else. why do we claim it's healthy? i doubt it. and we consume our drinking water around once you consume a billion gallons every summer, there is a billion gallons less if you ever need it. new technologies is doing not a lot. in phoenix, arizona, there is a company that's generated zero mass to generate the drinking watter from the entire family from the air in the desert. i heard nothing about technology. groundwater is not new technology and there are huge events. >> good morning. i serve on the san francisco public utilities commission and citizens advisory committee and chair the water subcommittee and an original member and i worked on prop e in 2002 and helped write the legislation with the advisory committee. and public engagement and public notification is really important to me. and it is something that i have been trying to push the p.u.c. on for about the last 20 year

the legislation overrides environmental laws, allowing the e.p.a. to move the goal post in terms of radiation limits to ensure that nothing will ever interfere with the agenda of the nuclear industry. it sets up a consent-based process for the establishment of an interim storage facility, but imposes a permanent facility at yucca mountain. it increases the amount of nuclear waste to be dumped in nevada by 37%. 110 metric tons more than were not considered in any of the environmental or safety studies being used to justify the project. it also removes the prohibition currently in law that prohibits nevada from being the de facto interim storage facility until a permanent one can be licensed. it also was changed after passing out of committee to address the high scoring costs -- is it already three minutes? the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. mr. tonko: mr. speaker, we grant the gentlelady another minute. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. titus: to address the high scoring cost, making to less likely we get host benefits. also, co

there have been questions about management at the v.a., at the e.p.a. other cabinet departments. >> the president has tackled all those issues head on and president has always put the american people first and foremost. let's look at deregulation and record unemployment and jobs coming back to this country. what he is doing with the trade deals. the president has put his foot on the gas from day one and we are seeing the results of that with a stronger economy, with people feeling better and they will go into the ballot box in november and say republicans are the party that have fought for me, the average working american person. and they will return us to the majority and let this president continue the good work he is doing. >> jon: so if democrats do come at you as chairwoman of the rnc and come at you with a drain the swamp slogan you are ready to take that on? >> great, let's drain the swamp and make sure nancy pelosi isn't speaker of the house. she have is the swamp. nancy pelosi with her money, with all that she does to control her caucus is the a

we try along with the e.p.a. and other water agencies to be ahead of what is out there in the environment. and if there is something we didn't know about, we are looking for more things to make sure we are continuing to serve that product. and there is a lot of different things. we have extensive data reports that we do a data report annually and we have a large report done by consulting firm and putting together as we started to look at the contaminants that we might see in the groundwater. and reviewed everything and just where we came up with the targets and chemicals of interest manganese, hexavalent chromium and nitrate. >> thank you. go to public. [calling of speakers]

the e.p.a. t through hours of people as far as i know pretty much unanimously except for a couple exceptions calling on the federal government to do the right thing and maintain the obama administration's commitment to clean air and healthy planet. commissioner bermayho and i were in the network of the largest or vanguard city around the world committed to climate action. the women for climate initiative has three main pillars. developing leaders, which ask a mentoring program for young women, research element which is helping cities evaluate climate action through the gender lens. we are going to work on this with the university of california, and c40 to look at our climate action plan and ask how are women impacted in san francisco differently? let me give auexample. in mexico city they came up with 78 ways they needed to change in order to look at women's impact. for example transit. they found one of the biggest barriers for women on public transit in mexico city was safety. they created wome