This hearing is just under three hours. [background noises] with the committee will come to order. You declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements but before my Opening Statement id like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record might not recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing science and technology the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the very first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact this was the first time any epa administrators testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot here to discuss. So thank you for coming. While ir appreciate you joining us today have to say her testimony was sent to the committee unacceptably late. Work are witnesses to share the written testimony no less than 48 hours ahead of our hearing. This is not an arbitrary deadline for our members t
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Today. We will be discussing this later on in the show. David lets head over to emma chandra with the first word news. Were moren there deaths overnight in antigovernment protests. Iranian state television reports that at least nine people were killed nationwide. A dozen had already died in demonstrations that began last week over the governments handling of the economy. The president has defended the right of people to protest. The u. S. Has confirmed that mike pence is delayed trip to the middle east is on for this month. Arab leaders denounced the u. S. For recognizing jerusalem as israels capital. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im emma chandra. This is bloomberg. Alix middle east still front and center. We thought we might have put that a little bit aside. Not so much. That for an exclusive discussion on the global risks shaping 2018 including those from the middle east we want to join Bloomberg Radio. Our collea