whitfield votes no. mr. shim kiss votes no. mr. pits votes no. mrs. bono mac votes no. mr. walden votes no. mr. terry votes no. mr. rogers votes no. mr. mi rick votes no. mr. sullivan votes no. mr. murphy votes no. mr. burgess votes no. mrs. blackburn votes no. mr. bill brick e bray votes no. mr. bass votes no. mr. gingry votes no. mr. skalis votes no. mr. lada votes no. mr. mcmorris rogers votes no. mr. harper votes no. mr. lance. mr. lance votes no. mr. cassidy votes no. mr. guthrie votes no. mr. ool r ol von votes no. mr. mckinley votes no. mr. gardener votes no. mr. mom peo votes no. mr. kin singer votes no. mr. griffith votes no. mr. waxman votes aye. mr. dingle votes aye. mr. marky votes aye. mr. towns votes aye. mr. paloan votes aye. mr. rush votes aye. mrs. aschew votes aye. mr. engle votes aye. mr. green votes aye. ms. duget votes aye. mrs. caps votes aye. mr. doyle votes aye. ms. aye. mr. votes aye. ms. baldwin. mr. ross. mr. ross votes no. mr. mathisson votes no. mr. butterfield votes aye. mr. barrow votes no. mrs. christianson votesaye. ms. castor votes chairman

whitfield for yielding your time for the record. this is really, i believe, a red herring issue used as an excuse to kill the bypass line. that's the way the environmentalists have presented it, nlrdc. two reasons i think this is a red herring issue. number one, already stated but true. in fact, we discussed it at the hearing about how long that heavy crude with benjamin has been transported through pipelines. it's been decades. so the a stated that, was asked then if you've done a study. you've done a study on something going on for 20, 30, 40 years, maybe even longer. if you wanted one, that's fine. let's go ahead with one. they already know the safety and soundness of heavy crude through pipeline using benjamin. so number two, this is interesting we keep talking about this leap frogging, like we're jumping over the environmental study. in fact, i can't jump that high. two feet of environmental impact for this route that they signed off on, had their input in, because of their experience with heavy crude and bitumen made some reco

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whitfield: i recognize myself for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. whitfield p: we are here today because it's time to decide. president obama and his administration made a decision not to decide. even though his own secretary of state, in their final economic environmental impact statement made the decision that if you looked at two options, one build the pipeline, or two not build the pipeline the preferable route was to build the pipeline. one million more barrels of oil a day coming to america ultimately. we're facing ever-increasing gasoline prices. there's only 60 miles at issue at all in this pipeline out of 1,700. five major labor unions support this pipeline. there's not one dime of federal dollars in this pipeline, unlike the millions and billions that this administration have given to wind power and solar power and battery companies, many of which are in bankruptcy just like solindr of a which received $538 million from the taxpayers of america. s that private company willing to p

fredricka whitfield will be on later. >>> while diplomats talk, the killing goes on today in syria. warning, you may find some of the next images disturbing. opposition leaders say at least six people died in homs today. the u.n. is trying again to condemn what it calls the syrian government's massacre of its own citizens. the people in homes say today is the seventh day in a row the syrian army has shelled their city. one expert says there's little hope of international intervention. >> you have to look very closely at what a military intervention would look like. i don't think it's very likely from the u.s., much less the neighboring countries because it's unlikely that we'd target the right forces and be effective with strikes but if an alternative is arming opposition groups there, that doesn't seem to lead to anything but a militarized protracted stalemate. >> the opposition claims hundreds have died in the last week alone. >>> iran's president says a major announcement on its way is coming out later this week, and it's about the nuclear program in iran. mahmoud ahmadinejad mad

whitfield. mr. whitfield votes no. mr. shim kiss. mr. shim kiss votes no. mr. pits. mr. pits votes no. mr. bono mac. mrs. bono mac votes no. mr. walden. mr. walden votes no. mr. terry. mr. terry votes no. mr. rogers. mr. rogers votes no. mrs. mi rick. mrs. mi rick votes no. mr. sullivan. mr. sullivan votes no. mr. murphy. mr. burgess. mr. burgess votes no. mrs. blackburn. mr. bill gray. mr. bill gray votes no. mr. bass. mr. bass votes no. mr. gingry. mr. ska lis. mr. ska lis votes no. mr. lata votes no. mrs. mcmorris rogers. mrs. mcmorris rogers votes no. mr. harper. mr. harper votes no. mr. lance. mr. lance votes no. mr. cassidy. mr. cassidy votes no. mr. guthrie. mr. guthrie votes no. mr. oleson. mr. oleson votes no. mr. mckinley. mr. mckinley votes no. mr. gardener. mr. gardener votes no. mr. pock peo votes no. mr. kin singer. mr. kin singer votes no. mr. griffith. mr. griffith votes no. mr. waxman. mr. waxman votes aye. mr. dingle. mr. dingle votes no. mr. marky. mr. marky votes aye. mr. towns. mr. towns votes aye. mr. paloan? >> mr. paloan votes aye. mr. rush votes

whitfield, for yielding your time for the record. this is really, i believe, a red herring issue used assen an ex to try to kill this pipeline. that's the way they've presented it. let me state two reasons why i think this is a red herring issue. number one, it's already been stated but it's very true. in fact, we discussed that at the hearing about how long that heavy crude, the bitaman, has been transported through pi pipelines. it's been decades. the agency recognized that, stated that, asked then if you've done a study. what, you've not done a study that's been going on for 20, 30, 40, 50 years? if you want one, let's go ahead with one, but they also know the safety and soundness of heavy crude through pipeline using bitumen. number two -- this is interesting that we keep talking about this leapfrogging like we're jumping over the environmental study. in fact, i can't jump that high. the two feet of environmental impact for this route that pinza signed off on that they had their input in, because of their experience with heavy cr

. >>> hello, i'm fredricka whitfield live at the cnn headquarters in atlanta.lleague don lemon joins us live from outside the new hope baptist church in newark, site of today's services for whitney houston in about 60 seconds or so from now. first, a final good-bye to a music legend at the place where it all began for her. a spirited tribute that was all things at once, mournful, joyous, moving, a celebration of the life of whitney houston. ♪ what god gives is never a coincidence ♪ >> stevie wonder, one of her famous friends saluting her during the funeral service at houston's hometown church in newark, new jersey. alicia keys, r. kelly, c.c. wines. tyler perry and kevin costner told of personal stories in memory of the superstar. aretha franklin was scheduled to be there, but had to cancel because she wasn't feeling well. the service included a letter from houston's daughter bobbi kristina and her mother cissy houston. it read in part, ♪ god said it's time. your work is done. thanks for being such a wonderful daughter." as for houston's ex-husband bobby brown,

join fredricka whitfield every sunday afternoon for a special hour dedicated to the presidential contenders in the 2011 election. tonight our expanded coverage starts at 6:00 prime minister with a special edition of "the situation room" and join wolf blitzer, anderson cooper and john king for all of the results. >>> right now the u.n. security council is meeting about the deadly violence exploding in syria. the details are horrific from what we've heard. women and children affected as well. while that is happening a wave of protests going on there as well. in syria, anti-government activists say the military is randomly bombing residential neighborhoods in homs. activists say as many as 260 people have been killed in one day. cnn has not independently confirmed the results. here's what one activist told our anderson cooper last night. >> they're bombing this area for like three hours. they've been bombing with mortar shells and tank shells. civilians went down to welcome the syrian army. they bombarded it randomly with mortar bombs and tank shells. in the first half hour we've got 40 people

today, chairman whitfield, and the two sub committees will conduct a hearing on the epa's 2013 budget. epa has over 17,000 employees, they have a budget of over eight billion dollars. you would think that with that much manpower and that many dollars they would be able to answer some of the questions that this congress has been asking of them for the last year. you have to comply with the presidents's order that requires that regulations promote economic growth, innovation, competitiveness and job creation that requires other agencies to employ, and i want to highlight, the least burdensome tools, taking into benefits and costs both quantity and quality. repeatedly the epa under your direction has said that they got have to comply with this executive order or have done so in most prefunctory way. letters have been issued to request for monetary losses and gain from each and every regulation that you have i am pos posed. in terms of the science and research funding and support activities such as quality assure answer supervisory budget and things of this sort, your agency has been fund

this sunday february 5th i'm fredricka whitfield. angrangry, frustrated parents western new york takepand dema four months after more than a dozr dozp dozen teenagers and developed uncontrollable twitchitwitching and verbal ti. last night at a community meetipmeeting organized by districts, outraged residents didn't hold back. p >> i>> i'm done listenin. you guys need to do something. mp my chilmy child, my chi thep them, i run a busines town. it is not safe. why is it? yyou neep you need to prov sapsafe to put our childrens school. p asas a community we need together, pull our children out. there's other places we could tap take thtake them an tak education they need. yp you ayou are not doing . yp you ayou are not doing all. [ applause ] >> fight for the rights of our children. you're not. >> that was melissa and she joins us on the phone right now. melissa, what kind of response did you receive after directing your questions and your outrage to that panel? >> i really did not receive a response. i ended up walking out. >> what do

i'm fredricka whitfield. as the music industry prepares for tonight's grammy awards it mourns whitney houston. some of the biggest names in music will honor the pop star. houston died yesterday in the beverly hills hilton hours before she was to attend a pregrammy party. 48 years old and poised to make a comeback after battling drugs for years. houston's body is in the los angeles county morgue waiting an autopsy. the beverly hills police say they will release information on their investigation tomorrow. >>> we have a team of correspondents following this story. casey wian covering the police investigation and entertainment reporter kareen wynter covering the reaction from the music industry and the mood thus far at the grammys and deb feyerick in new jersey getting reaction in whitney's hometown of newark. we'll get to all of them. let's begin with casey wian in los angeles. what is the latest on this investigation? >> well, fredricka, as you can imagine beverly hills police are being careful about what they

i'm fredricka whitfield. i'll see you in the newsroom 30 minutes from now. >>> welcome to the next list. i'm dr. sanjay gupta in sonoma california. you're about to meet dale dougherty. he has a simple belief that all of us are makers. >> for many years, or many almost decades, we've kind of talked ourselves out of being makers, that we're smart shoppers or consumers and i really want to turn that around and say we are makers. we make our world. >> dale believes everyone should be passionate about making something. food, clothes, woodwork or even crazy stuff like electric muffins. we'll explain that in a second. he's created something called maker fairs around the world where tens of thousands meet to show off their creations and collaborate. what began as a simple idea has snowballed into a worldwide movement. >> i think that as an overall philosophy of making, it is something that just seems basic to whole who we are. it's not necessarily about technology. it's really about people. but i think technology cre

whitfield. the two feet of documents over here is the environmental study that was done on the entire route from canada down to the refineries. mr. pitts is holding part of that up. now, it's important to know that because all of the work health insurance -- work's been done, what wasn't clear at the beginning of the process is that the environmental community would come out and draw the line in the sand and say you need to kill this project. they even said, one of the gentlemen in the environmental community said this is the way to get your mojo back, to the president, your environmental mojo back. what's different is this has become the war of the environmentalist now. >> the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks recognition? >> gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm opposed to this amendment. i respectfully propose this amendment. i think the definition of sanity is doing the same thing over and over again and getting different results and we

i'm richelle carey in for fredricka whitfield. furry in the streets of northern afghanistan today. this anti-american demonstration started calmly and turned violent. one person was killed, several u.s. troops hurt and an explosion and small arms fire outside an american base. the man who killed two u.s. officers in afghanistan yesterday is still at large. afghan officials have named him, they say he works at the interior ministry. more people hurt, more people killed today across syria. >> this is the city of ham ma where nine died in street battles before security forces and anti-government fighters. violence has not let up despite today's nationwide vote on whether to change syria's constitution. much more on that in a minute. an update from michael holmes who is in beirut. >>> nelson mandela, founding father of democracy in south africa, is out of the hospital. he was discharged today after being treated for an abdominal ailment. a family member said it was hernia surgery. the 93-year-old was impressened 27 years for fighting impar tied. he was awarded the nobel peace prize. >>

the letter that think gina mccarthy sent yesterday, or maybe it's -- yeah, yesterday, to chairman whitfield. in that letter, on the first page, you write in the last paragraph on that first page, that is why epa conducted extensive refinery modeling to understand the cost impacts of a variety of fuel requirements. as a result, the only one we're considering for tier three would lower the amount of sulfur in gasoline. so my question is, does that mean that you will not look at the read vapor pressure or the octane components of a final rule? is that what i read between the lines? >> yeah, think that's pretty much, yes, sir, i agree with that interpretation. >> good, now -- we are all concerned about job losses across the country. and i know there was a study that came out that showed a number of refineries that are closing. from california to new mexico, new jersey, pennsylvania, and the virgin islands. the total, 5,500 jobs. they're closing for a variety of reasons. and -- one of the reasons is the regulatory burden that many of these have. and i know that with the refineries that are closi

. >>> baltimore county executive will visit whitfield elementary at 1:30 and reading to students frome dr. seuss classic the war actions. it's part of national education association read across america program. >>> 6:53. let's get a check on the weather with lynette. >> all right. we are finally starting to feel the colder air move into the picture now. 26 degrees in to york. 29 hagerstown and freezing degree mark down to frederick and 39 degrees in baltimore. so we are out of the 40s but we have the wind this morning at a northwest at about 5 to 15 miles an hour so we are really feeling a little bit chillier now so we are feeling more like at the freezing mark into baltimore right around 33 degrees. 35 in easton and 34 in dc so you know you need to dress for these temperatures this morning. we have high pressure building in this area for the morning and afternoon and giving us plenty of sunshine. that color drier air filtering in. and future trend is going to be bringing a little bit of change to the forecast as we go into tomorrow. so starting things out pretty good tomorrow. nice a

good morning, chairman whitfield, ranking member rush and others on the committee on energy and power. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. the u.s. department of state receives the application for keystone xl pipeline project in september 2008. we undertook a thorough rigorous and transparent process to determine werther issuance of a president's permit for this pipeline was in the national interests -- >> would you please pull the mike closer to you. thanks? >> how's that? better? >> yes. >> i think you know that first part already. in december, congress passed a temporary payroll tax cut continuation act of 2011 requiring a determination by the president within 60 days of whether the keystone xl pipeline project would serve the national interest. on january 18th, 2012, the department of state recommended to the president that the application for presidential permit be denied due to insufficient time to conduct the necessary analysis. the president accepted our recommendation and determined that the keystone xl pipeline project as presented and analyzed at that t

sullivan, for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman whitfield. during his tate of the union address, president obama turned his back on the keystone pipeline. he actually rejected the advice of his own jobs council who recommended an all-in approach to energy policy that included expediting energy projects like pipelines. like many americans, i was surprised at the primary reason the president stated for his denial saying congress forced this decision with an arbitrary deadline. if excuses were barrels of oil, this administration would have filled our strategic petroleum reserves several times over. the truth of the matter is the administration had three years to reach a decision on keystone xl but failed to do so. if more than 1,100 days is not enough time, then exactly how much time do you need to secure our energy future, mr. president? this begs the question of just who is in control of our nation's energy agenda? time and time again we hear about president obama's commitment to american-made energy that creates jobs and reduces our dependenc

fredricka whitfield i apologize for the 43 seconds i've stolen from you. >> that's okay. >> that's okay. i'm willing to share. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips who's on assignment. we begin with whitney houston. as her family prepares for saturday's funeral, new details suggest troubling behavior in houston's final days. don lemon is in los angeles. what are you hearing about those final moments? >> reporter: some really sad information that i got yesterday from a source who is briefed on whitney houston's activity and behavior just days before her death. i'm told that on wednesday and thursday she was seen in the beverly hilton in the pool area and the hotel lobby bar area, that she was consuming considerable, considerable quantities of alcohol. fredricka, apparently this is before 10 a.m. sometimes as early as 9:30 in the morning. the sources say a guest overheard her accusing bartenders of watering down her drinks and of putting too much ice in her drinks. they became concerned. they expressed concern at her errati

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for fredricka whitfield. two american officers have been shot dead inside a highly secured government building in afghanistan. the gunmen got away. the taliban saying the americans were killed in retaliation for the burning of korans in a nato base earlier this week. protestors have been packing the streets for five days now furious over the koran burning. >>> former south african president nelson mandela spending the night in the hospital. he had a hernia operation today. he is resting comfortably. nelson mandela is 93 years old now and could leave the hospital in a couple of days. a huge explosion rips through a neighborhood at the syrian city of homs. people there have been trapped by shelling and sniper fire three weeks now. syrian officials agree to a cease-fire to let wounded people and women and children get out. at least 75 people have been reported killed today. a voluntary recall is under way for about 40,000 goodyear tires. the wrangler solid armor tires made in 2009. the company is offering free r

above ♪ ♪ he allowed you to touch our hearts ♪ ♪ and you did from the very start ♪ >> i'm fredricka whitfielde cnn world headquarters in atlanta. coming up, candy crowley is in "the situation room" with your political fix and more. but first good-bye to a tremendous talent, the world watch as friends and family honored music legend whitney houston. >> we're here today, hearts broken but yet with god's strength we celebrate the life of whitney houston. today. [ applause ] . >> opening the service, joe carter pastor of the new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey, the church that houston grew up. the four horse that fold were mournful, reverent and ultimately joyous. >> there was a grace that carried. a grace that carried her from heaven down through mr. houston, a grace that brought her up from speaking. from what i understand she wasn't supposed to speak let alone sing. there was a grace that carried her through. the same grease led her all the way to the top of the charts. sold all of these albums and just done some amazing things, won all these awards. she sang for presidents and there

former cardinal lineman bob whitfield has a son name ad cody going to stanford.ormer raider lineman todd pete. andres pete announced his decision today live on ab abc . >> i was impressed by the coaching staff, coach shaw and coach bloomgren and i felt comfortable on campus and it is a great opportunity to reach my fullest potential. >> what about cal? they have had issues at quarterback for years. those problems may be solved with the signing of san ramon valley high star zac klein. as you watch the video of klein, my daughter goes to monta vista.o this guy zac klein killed utah state. he is committed to the bares as a junior and already enrolled in classes in berkeley. cal, would have had a top five national class but lost the top recruiter and a bunch of recruits who followed him. a strong but not a spectacular class. linebacker hardy nickerson, jr. fellow linebacker michael barton. bryce tregs gives the bears a top 20 class. >>> under the super bowl, most people know that tom brady grew up in the bay area. another patriots player you will see in the super bow

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. >>> cnn "newsroom" continues with fredricka whitfield. >> hello, suzanne. it's 1:00 on the east coast and 10:00 on the west coast. let's get straight to the news. first, a deadly accident involving two marine helicopters. a marine spokesman says that seven marines were killed when the chopper collided over a remote area over yuma arizona. they were operating out of the marine corps station in yuma. the aircraft involved a super cobra and a huey, both part of the third marine aircraft wing. miguel marquez is joining us. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: it sounds like an accident. they were training late at night. it may have been a live fire exercise. it sounds like there was fairly intense training. these are two that provide close air support for marines on the ground. they were training for afghanistan, as you said. and they trained very, very hard at night and it's possible that it was just an accident. the marines are saying that they collided in the air. obviously something went very wrong during that training, whether it was darkness, dust or d

whitfield: i recognize myself for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. whitfield p: we are here today because it's time to decide. president oba and his administration made a decision not to decide. even though his own secretary of state, in their final economic environmental impact statement made the decision that if you looked at two options, one build the pipeline, or two not build the pipeline the preferable route was to build t pipeline. one million more barrels of oil a day coming to america ultimately. we're facing ever-increasing gasoline prices. there's only 60 miles at issue at all in this pipeline out of 1,700. five major labor unions support this pipeline. there's not one dime of federal dollars in this pipeline, unlike the millions and billions that this administration have given to wind power and solar power and battery companies, many of which are in bankruptcy just like solindr of a which received $538 million from the taayerof america. s that private company willing to put in $7

i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we start this hour with a deadly outbreak of tornadoes in the central plains. that's a tornado dropping out of the night sky in reno county, kansas. reports of several tornadoes hitting parts of that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas reports a twister destroyed about half the town. severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county missouri. tornadoes also caused damage in nearby branson, a popular tourist spot. >>> the cleanup is beginning today for people in those hard-hit areas. rob marciano is here to give us details about what happened and what's ahead potentially. >> widespread storm with damage -- tornadoes touching down as far north as nebraska. that's the first time on record that we've seen a tornado in nebraska during the month of february even though this is a leap year. we are looking at right now, let's take a look at some of the shots. if we have the air ri als, throw those up. harveyville, that's one of the hardest hit spots. reports of

lots of fun. >>> hello again, i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips on assignment. performing at whitney houston's funeral. aretha franklin, stevie wonder, alicia keys, all performing at the church. the list of mourners paying respects includes denzel washington, mel gibson, jamie foxx and janet jackson, just to name a few. also getting a look at new photographs never seen before whitney as a young woman, at least a lot of folks have never seen them before. we also know now that her former co-star, kevin costner, who i guess folks have not heard from this week, well, he will be among those speaking at the services. and the former husband, the ex-husband of whitney houston, bobby brown, he also has officially been invited. susan candiotti is in newark this morning. susan, authorities are making some real changes there around the block. so, this is a last chance many people will have, as you say to place flowers or mementos at the church. >> reporter: that's right, fred, good morning. you can see the biggest changes is how much farther back we are from whitney houston

i'm fredricka whitfield with a check of our top stories. a massive crowd packing the city in syria. funerals taking place for people killed in the last few days. witnesses say syrian troops shelled residential areas killing hundreds of civilians. >>> a freak winter storm hits london's heathrow airport. fewer flights flying in and out causing problems and travel delays across europe. in australia the problem is flooding. thousands have been told to evacuate in towns across queensland and new south

. >> this is fredricka whitfield, cnn. we continue to watch the developments there with the failure of a u.n. resolution vote there as it pertains to intervening on the violence in syria. we're now going to judge our coverage with cnn international and combine our viewership in the domestic audience as well as abroad. >> that's true, and it may back fire dramatically on the russians in the sense that be careful what you wish for. by not having a united resolution that dictated what states could or couldn't do, now you're back to the u.s. and the eu and the arab league as the leaders here. that could 9 some in the arab league a stiffer kind of reaction, withdrawal of ambassadors and others as we just heard from tunisia. it could mean the supplying now of arms. it could be the decision of eu and others to maybe create a humanitarian corridor for those who would like to leave because it's maybe worse than civil war right now. it may be a kind of anarchy as you heard from one of your reporters. so the free-for-all now is not i

. >>> cnn newsroom continues for richelle carey who's in for fredricka whitfield. >> have a fantastic weekend. thank you so much. >>> we begin with a developing story from afghanistan. at least two u.s. soldiers shot and killed inside the interior ministry in kabul. the taliban are claiming responsibility. they say this is retaliation for the burning of korans at a u.s. air base. anti-american protests over this incident have been intense, they have been deadly. four afghan civilians were killed today. now all military advisers for the international security forces are being pulled out now. we have the very latest on what we know. nic, what do we know? >> reporter: well, the most interesting thing is the gunman who is believed to be northwestern is still at large. these two american officers found in what we understand from an afghan senior policeman was a secure part of this government ministry. obviously deep concerns as to how the security breach happened and of course the taliban claiming responsibility. they do this reasonably often. sometimes they're right, sometimes they're jus