tonko: yes, mr. speaker, i have a copy of the comments from representative frank pallone, ranker to the energy and commerce committee, and i ask unanimous consent that his statement be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave. topping tonk thank you. with that -- mr. tonko: thank you. with that i yield five minutes of time to representative dan kildee who has carried the concern and the emotion of this situation as the representative in the house of flint, michigan . his energetic efforts, his determination, his obvious passion for getting this done, getting some relief, relief essential for flint done is tremendously moving. and so i yield five minutes to my colleague from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, is recognized for five minutes. mr. kilmer: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, tonko, for your comments and your support and leadership on this issue, and please extend my thanks to ranking memb

tonko, lead mr. tonko: you know, lead pipes. the $863 million in the drinking water s.r.f. of which i spoke is a lot of money. but when you put it into context of maybe $10 million -- 10 million lead service lines in the country, when you think of infrastructure that is beyond 100 years old, when i did tours, i've been doing tours in my district of the water system, and i have found systems as old as 145 years. that's when rutherford b. hayes was in the white house. and i saw pipes that were eight inch in diameter, reduced to four-inch flow because of calsfication. i saw pipes removed because of corrosion by the acidity of soils that has taken its toll. you think of new technology, invention, innovation, gauges that are -- can be utilized, liners that can be put in certain pipes for extending the useful life, things that we can be doing that provide for preventative maintenance and speak the -- to public health. and public safety. you know, it's a bit of wonderment, isn't it, that we will trade our cell phones every other year or perhaps every year because they've got a new

tonko: yes, mr. speaker, i have a copy of the comments from representative frank pallone, ranker to the energy and commerce committee, and i ask unanimous consent that his statement be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave. topping tonk thank you. with that -- mr. tonko: thank you. with that i yield five minutes of time to representative dan kildee who has carried the concern and the emotion of this situation as the representative in the house of flint, michigan . his energetic efforts, his determination, his obvious passion for getting this done, getting some relief, relief essential for flint done is tremendously moving. and so i yield five minutes to my colleague from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, is recognized for five minutes. mr. kilmer: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, tonko, for your comments and your support and leadership on this issue, and please extend my thanks to ranking memb

tonko: yes, mr. speaker, i have a copy of the comments from representative frank pallone, ranker to the energy and commerce committee, and i ask unanimous consent that his statement be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request is covered by general leave. topping tonk thank you. with that -- mr. tonko: thank you. with that i yield five minutes of time to representative dan kildee who has carried the concern and the emotion of this situation as the representative in the house of flint, michigan . his energetic efforts, his determination, his obvious passion for getting this done, getting some relief, relief essential for flint done is tremendously moving. and so i yield five minutes to my colleague from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, is recognized for five minutes. mr. kilmer: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, tonko, for your comments and your support and leadership on this issue, and please extend my thanks to ranking memb

tonko, thank you. i think we're going to wrap here. but i wasn't in flint, mp, when representative kildee -- in flint, michigan, when representative kildee spoke to that young child, i think he was probably 4 or 5, who had been drinking this lead contaminated water and was aware that he'd been drinking the water. when that young kid turned to mr. kildee and said, i'm afraid i won't be smart enough, now, i my question to you, to myself, to my colleagues here in the house of representatives and across the way in the be smart will we nough to protect our children? i think we must be smart enough to do that. mr. tonko: when it comes to smart, too, incorporating this work with the agencies, the appropriate agencies, e.p.a., d.e.c. in my home state of new rk, there's a situation very close to my district that is going through a similar contaminated water situation, critical to their quality of life and their public health. we need to advance that partnership, that soundness of checks and balances that will make certain that every bit of the

tonko: dr.'toole, in your testimony, you speak of the need to take advantage of recent developments in bioscience to rapidly tests and manufacture accines against infectious diseases. that speak to the role technology plays in this process and is this program indicative of the public-private partnerships that we should be ursuing? the centers for innovation and technology. honorable o'toole: they can play a critical role. new diagnose no, sir particulars have a difficult time getting paid for. that discourges company from making them. magine the test and we could very clearly say you are infected, what is the outcome of your pregnancy or you are not infected. same thing for ebola and we could tell someone is infected. the technologies for a whole host of new diagnose gnostics are out there. the path out there is very troubled from a regulatory point of through. and the return on investment is not nearly as great and also from the payment mechanisms. the center has a tremendous role to play. mr.

coming up tomorrow morning, congressman paul tonko from new york talks to us live about the state ofwater supply system and water safety legislation. also michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice will talk with us live about his new book "the fight to vote." be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. >> american history tv on c-span 3 features programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights for this weekend include saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history. cornell university professor maria garcia on the united states refugee policy since world war ii. who qualifies as a refugee? and how that's changed over the years. at 10:00, on real america, our final program in our three-part series on senator jay william fullbright's hearings, investigating the united states policies in vietnam. secretary of state dean rusk testifies on behalf of the johnson administration's actions in vietnam. his opening statement is followed by committee members' questions. sunday morning at

tomorrow morning, congressman paul tonko will talk about water supply systems and water safety legislationichael waldman will be with us to talk live about his new book "the fight to vote." watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. >>> american history tv on c shf span3 features programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights for this weekend include saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history. cornell university professor maria christina garcia on the united states refugee policy since world war ii. who qualifies as a refugee and how that has changed over the years. at 10:00 on reel america, our final program in our three-part series on senator j. william fullbright's hearings. secretary of state dean rusk testifies on behalf of the actions in vietnam. his opening statement is followed by questions. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, the 1960 west virginia democratic primary debate between senators john f. kennedy of massachusetts and hubert humphrey of minnesota. this was only th

tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlewoman from texas for yielding. mr. speaker, i oppose this bill which represents an effort by politicians to overrule expert scientists in deciding which scientific grants n.s.f. should fund. in defense of their misguided effort, some of my colleagues like to pick a grant and poke fun at it or trivialize it or simply state that in their opinion it is not worth funding. one of the grants that has been singled out is entitled participant support for the zero emissions category of the clean snowmobile challenge. snowmobiles are ideal modes of transportation in extreme polar locations. this grant funded the challenge in which students form teams to engineer a lower emissions snowmobile. engineering competitions are both an important proving ground for new technologies and an incredible opportunity for students to engage in real-world engineering challenges. my colleagues frequently talk up the importance of stem competition. the science committee has held entire full committee hearings on that very topic. and now some of th

have also co-sponsored the bill, including danny pinskey, barry loudermilk, barbara comstock, paul tonko, jim bridenstine, brian babin, dana rohrabacher, steve knight, bill posey, frank lucas, randy neugebauer, the gentleman from virginia for your kind remarks. i also want to thank the dozens and dozens of researchers and stake holders who came in and provided feedback as we developed this legislation. mr. speaker, i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record the statement of chairman lamar smith, chairman of the science committee, on h.r. 4084. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, that statement will be included in the record. mr. weber: finally, i would like to place in the record a letter exchange between the science committee and energy and commerce committee on h.r. 4084. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, ordered. mr. weber: mr. speaker, i urge adoption of this commonsense, bipartisan legislation, i appreciate my colleague's help and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time having expired on this bill, the question is, will the

tonko for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to our witnesses. the -- dr. o'toole, in your testimony you speak of the need to talk advantage of recent developments in bioscience to rapidly develop tests and manufacture vaccines against emergent infectious diseases. can you speak to the role that the centers for innovation and advanced development and technology play in this process, and is this program indicative of the types of public/private partnerships we should be pursuing in this space? >> i'm sorry. >> centers for innovation and advanced development in technology. >> yes. they can play a very critical role. for example, new diagnostics have a very difficult time getting approval to be paid for. so that discourages innovative biotech companies from making them. imagine the difference it would make if we had a rapid diagnostic test right now for zika, and we could very clearly say you're infected, what is the outcome of your pregnancy, or you not infected -- you're not infected. same thing for ebola. imagine if we were able to tell within minuteses if

coming up tomorrow morning, congressman paul tonko of new york will be live with us to talk about the state of the nation's water supply system and the proposed bill on water safety legislation. also michael waledman will be with us to talk live about his new book, the fight to vote. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. >> earlier today, president obama announced his plan to close the guantanamo -- close the guantanamo bay detention facility in cuba and explained why he feels it's necessary. here's a portion of his remarks. president obama: in our fight againsts terrorists like al qaeda and isil, we are using every element of our national power. ur military, intelligence, diplomacy, homeland security, law enforcement, federal, state, and local, as well as the example of our ideals as a country that's committed to universal values. including rule of law and human rights. in this fight we learn and we work to constantly improve. when we find something that works, we keep on doing it. when it becomes clear th

an update on yesterday's show we talked with paul tonko about flint's water situation and water safety across the country. the senate has come to a deal on money for flint. a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal that would provide funding to help cities such as flint replace aging pipes that have contributed to public health crises in several states. the agreement includes 70 million in credit subsidies for water infrastructure projects, 100 million for subsidized loans and grants to help water supplies. the financing package will be rescinding $250 million in loan credits for a program that was intended to help auto companies develop fuel economy technology. immigrants pushed for $600 million emergency 8 -- report -- democrats push for $600 million emergency aid. austin in maryland, you are not supporting donald trump. who are you supporting in the race? caller: thanks for having me. this is going to be the first election i will be voting and so i am excited for that. getting really into c-span trying to educate myself. as far as -- i am still undecided between bernie and hilla

tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield five minutes [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> that hearing is next. then a state department envoy testifies about efforts to combat the militant group isis. >> we moved to new hampshire, that quintessential first nation in the primary which has a long rich history and now we are getting down to candidates and their message. the party caucuses in nevada. more than likely, you will see a number of candidates drop out of the race and the field will then narrow and then we move into early march, super tuesday. the delegate count will be critical. we will get a better sense of whose message is resonating and who is on the path to the nomination. yesterday's new hampshire primary results, to republican candidates are ending their presidential campaigns. said, while i suspend my candidacy today, i will continue to travel t