On cspan. Bend is a timber town. You wouldnt know it to look at it today. The timber qualities are almost completely removed, but, yes, bend was a timber town to begin with. At the height of the timber industry, so if you were to drop into bend in, say, 1928, you would have smell the mills, you would have smelled sawdust. If you went through certain parts of town, youd get sawdust on your clothes. You would here periodic mill whistles from the two gigantic super mills that were on the banks of the river. It would have permeated everything. It would have been ten minutes off from the Downtown Core where all the shops were, but you would have seen the smoke from the smokestacks and the burners, you would have smelled it, you would have known right away that you were in the middle of timber town usa. This weekend booktv and American History tv look at the history and literary life of bend, oregon. Saturday at noon eastern on cspan2 and sunday at 2 on cspan3. Epa Administrator Gina Mccarth
Continue to have serious concerns with the president s action plan and use of executive authority to circumvent congress. Advocatedget proposal the continuation of this alarming process. There are many other things i could say. In terms of trying to Pay Attention to the request to keep it brief, i will and with this. I incurred you end with this. To help us move trendd in correcting that and help us to get increased resources into this critical part of our nations Water Infrastructure. Inc. You. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I want to thank you for holding this hearing. Mission to protect. Supervision than any other state. In the past we have not stepped up to hold people accountable for the messes we are making. We are spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money unnecessarily. Now it isright appropriate and important that the budget needs to make Climate Change one of the top objectives. We must address the threats caused by Climate Change be
Processes are and stuff like that to where it is like, i dont know whether i want to say thats a major charm school faux pas or whatever. But is there anything that prohibits the f. C. C. This is where you need to end up so they can go through the processes so they at least feel like theyve had the processes at the state level before you get there . And we actually have joint boards that work with the National Association regulatory utility commissioners in identifying issues that need to be addressed and how do you address them together and who does that. So thats something we can follow up with and ongoing discussion of how that works. Yes. So this issue that youre discussing was adopted in 2011 before we got to the f. C. C. Before i got here. Ive spoken out against it because in some areas it will increase the rates rural americans pay up to 46 . So i hope we reevaluate that policy. Let me be clear. I didnt realize that was the specific issue you wanted to talk about congressman. Pr
Small firms. Perhaps most importantly i want to know how it determines not meet the full requirements of the act. Theres no doubt Small Businesses want to problem tent our environment and should in many regards be an ally of the epa. Not only are they leading the way when it comes to Environment Technologies but they can also help the epa craft regulations that promote clean air and water without overburdening the industry. It is my hope that todays hearing will help bridge the gap between the epa and the Small Business community. Resulting in a cleaner environment and a stronger economy. With that i thank the current administrator perciasepe for his participation today and i yield back the balance of my time. Thank you. Thank you. In 2009 the honorable Bob Perciasepe was appointed by president obama and confirmed by the senate to serve as the Environmental Protection agencys deputy administrator. For four decades he worked on Environmental Issues within and outside of the government.
But, normally, we dont do three pams. So you may only have to face my weathering crossexamination this afternoon. But, again, welcome to all of these these are all quite important positions. So, to begin with introductions, michelle se surks son has served as ambassador since 2012. She served as chief admission in baghdad, iraq and u. S. Ambassador to the uae. She holds the rank of career minister and Foreign Service. Her early assignments include Services Principle Deputy Assistant secretary of state for south Asian Affairs and positions in pakistan, india, cameroon, banine, togo and haiti in the 32 years since 194 the. Shes the mother of two grown daughters. They have served a huge service of their professional career. Proudly rep sent the United States as they do their business and raise their families abroad or are ambassadors in a different way. A head of Business Development for investment management, he also serves as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial council. His