Want to put too much credence in letters. I thought i would sneak that in. Is there, the chairman was suggesting in his time that you could have waived the role to bring the public in at an earlier date at a drafting of the rule. Your answer to that was a little bit to read a cold, yes i have that power, but it is not a power practice. Following up on the question why in looking at that did you not avail yourself . Wheeler there are many reasons why. You put out a draft, what do you do two days later when paragraph 345 gets changed . Do you put it out again and say, look at this . Had you deal with the back and forth between offices. How do you deal with ongoing research. Is it right to have this kind of an activity that can be very much affecting of capital markets, people misinterpreting this or that. Markets crashing or inflating whatever the case may be. It is for that reason, that foia and specific says that these kind of editorial negotiations are specifically works in progress.
Speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. 7 the chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones mr. Speaker, thank you very much. Today the House Budget Committee will reveal the budget for fiscal year 2016. That budget will contain more money for afghanistan, which is why i am speaking on the floor today. Afghanistan is an absolutely waste of taxpayers money. It is a true graveyard of empires. Just two years ago i was speaking on the floor abou
10 . Rep. Palmer i believe it has a two page attachment with it think its quite specific and says what bright line rules should be an things such as that, that wireless should be mr. Palmer i believe it is three sentences. Chair wheeler i disagree that they put in here the entire statement of the president. He was saying this is what i think we ought to stand for. Mr. Palmer are you telling us that jeffrey came over to meet with you and just read the president s statement . I will yield back. Chair wheeler maybe i am confused. I do not think that was the question. Mr. Palmer let me be more specific. Your calendar shows february 2014, you had two phone calls. One with the White House Office of science and technology. Is that correct . Chair wheeler if the calendar says that. I do not recall, but if the calendar says that. Mr. Palmer you do not recall talking to mr. Podesta. Do you have any recollection of a phone call . Chair wheeler if the calendar says oh, i will stipulate to it. Mr.
I hereby appoint the honorable Cresent Hardy to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from the list submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Amidst the troubling picture coming out of the israeli elections, there was some good news from the middle east for a change. The Israeli Government announced that it would double the amount of water it sells to gaza from five million to 10 million cubic fe
A lot of talk about jobs and this relationship this very bipartisan hearing we had. But i think there is a reason for that and that is that we cant get past the first hurdle how are we going to pay for it. It costs money. Rail, buses, ports, bridges, highways not free. So we are so hung up on trying to do the impossible fund all of those without money that we cant get to what the money will do. We are approaching the absolute deadline, may 31. The construction season is already here. Its 65 degrees in d. C. Today. I wonder if people even in Congress Know that very first bill, eisenhower bill in 1956 had a 13year authorization, because the republicans in the 1950s were attuned to how long it takes to do exactly the kinds of things, mr. Garamendi that your chart points to. And you need an authorization more than a few months or even a few years. 13year authorization. No wonder that those postworld war ii years were the very best years for the American Economy. The states simply cannot ma