Now, good morning. I call this hearing to order. We have quite a full house today. I welcome the audience. This is a formal Senate Hearing in order to allow the committee to conduct its business. Im going to maintain decorum. That means, if theres any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience, that person causing the disruption will be escorted from the room by the capitol police. First, id like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for your testimony today. With respect to todays hearings, were going to abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting, we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30, when administrator pruitt has to leave the building. Now of course, members will also have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hearing is t
This is an approach that came reluctantly but now agrees [indiscernible] some of them languishing for more than four years. This is too long and they want something done about it. Remind your government responsibility, on numerous occasions, end when mr. Dutton said just last week in regard to we are putting those options on the table. Is it still your intention to close the prison on first of october . What will you do with the many hundreds of our fellow human beings who have suffered so greatly at your hands and the hands of the labour party . Where will they sleep and will they have access to medical care after 31 october . The minister for employment, senator cash. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you for the question. Is the government going to close the Processing Center questio . The answer is yes. It will close by the 31st of october 2017. Alternative accommodations have been established. Refugees who have expressed an interest in u. S. Resettlement may also volunteer to transf
Remind your government responsibility, on numerous occasions, end when mr. Dutton said just last week in regard to we are putting those options on the table. Is it still your intention to close the prison on first of october . What will you do with the many hundreds of our fellow human beings who have suffered so greatly at your hands and the hands of the labour party . Where will they sleep and will they have access to medical care after 31 october . The minister for employment, senator cash. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you for the question. Is the government going to close the Processing Center questio . The answer is yes. It will close by the 31st of october 2017. Alternative accommodations have been established. Refugees who have expressed an interest in u. S. Resettlement may also volunteer to transfer. Not refugee residents are expected to return home voluntarily and will be assisted to do so. Nonrefugee is not returning voluntarily will be involuntarily removed by the govern
About, and that is what they refuse to talk about. Large developers are major contributors to conservative party funds, so could the Prime Minister tell the house what role they have played in shaping conservative Party Planning policy . As a member of unite, the honorable lady speaks with Great Authority on this subject. Let me explain again when people donate to the conservative party they are not buying votes for the leader, they are not buying policies and they are not buying votes at the party conference. The reason the leader of the opposition has his job is that trade unions bought votes in the labour party and put him where he is. That does not happen in any other Political Party, and if labour members have got any sense at all, they will realise it is profoundly wrong. I am sure the Prime Minister will agree that there is no better way to build a stronger economy and a Fairer Society than through apprenticeships. In solihull, the number of apprenticeships has nearly doubled al
Queensland Labor MP Brittany Lauga, took to social media on Tuesday to announce her electorate office in Yeppoon, in Central Queensland has been shut down.