217. A h. R. 182. A bill to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National seashore Advisory Commission. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Huffman, and the gentleman from california, mr. Mcclintock, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Huffman. Mr. Huffman thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Huffman madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Huffman thank you. H. R. 182, introduced by representative bill keating of massachusetts, would reauthorize the Cape Cod National seashore Advisory Commission, which expired under current law in september of 2018. This bill would reauthorize and exten
To extend this offshore drilling so that states have a say and states have spoken in South Carolina. And other states as well. With that, i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from arizona. Ouisiana. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, lets break this apart a little bit. So my friend from South Carolina has proposed this amendment because he wants to protect the environment. Because he wants to protect the environment. Lets look at what happens when you do this. My friend sat in the House Resources Committee where we had experts, not people standing here behind the microphone, but real experts who came to the congress, who testified before us and who said, we have looked at this issue when you stop producing energy domestically, we looked at it, and what happens is you import it. Mr. Graves you import it from foreign countries. So, one, youre not stopping the production of energy. Youre just doing it in another country and youre paying the
Apple to gavel coverage starting at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. We begin with your thoughts on the boy scouts of america announcing that girls will be a to join the troops starting next year. Do you support the idea . 2027488000, do you oppose it . If you have been a boy scout or have experience with the organization, 2027488002. Orto twitter as well facebook. Com cspan. So startes are open dialing in. Well begin with the front page of the Washington Times. Their headline reads rivals decry scouts decision as war on boys. Be a sort policy shift law girls to join. Bradford richardson reports the boy scouts of america board of directors announced a plan to open cub scouts to girls next year and to establish programs by 2019 that will allow girls to become eagle scouts. Drew sort policy shift immediate criticism from a rival scouting group. Was that leader cited the centuryold organizations desire to develop the next generation of female leaders and to allow females to participate in Outdoo
The heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. Welcome, everybody. Today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. The issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nations capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. The federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. The committee is going to be watching to make sure the talk turns into actions. The fta is playing an Important Role at metros temporary oversight entity. The fta is here to share what they will to promote safety and liability. Wmata has to be held accountable to the federal, state and local taxpayers that are funding them. I look forward to a frank discussion. I am yield to Congress Woman comstock.
So this is a certificate, a special congressional recognition from me to you. If we could get more people in other agencies, t. S. A. , the e. P. A. , on and on, to take the action you had, wed have much better government. Thank you for stepping up to the plate and doing your job responsibly. Finally if this doesnt work in january when i come back, i will have a very nice ill give you a little bit more time, sir. I will have a privatization bill to turn this over to private management if this doesnt work but i think were in fairly good hands. Im rooting for you. Staff, would you make sure that the gentleman gets this certificate . This is unprecedented in 24 years in congress. Mrs. Comstock i now recognize mr. Sires for five minutes. Mr. Sires i got to washington im from new jersey. We are one big transportation hub. I got to washington 10 years ago and i was all excited because everybody had this reputation for the metro system. I went on and got my card so i could use the metro syste