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 but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond past 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since the Clean Air Act was enacted into law more than 40 years ago, weve seen tremendous progress in cleaning up our air and protecting thousands of communities around the country. Unfortunately, Many Americans are still living in communities where poor air quality puts them and their loved ones health at risk. Thats why im proud to support the e. P. A. Standard ground level for air pollution. Wh we work outdoors or simply want our children to play outside, the ozone pollution standards bring us one step closer to cleaner, healthier communities for everyone to enjoy. This proposal would lower the current st
Cato strongly opposes and attentive to prevent his success by gaining time with which he spun up the debate until its too late to conclude upon anything. Hey, the filibusters only been around 2064 years since circa 59 b. C. Dont believe the left when they falsely claim the filibuster was created the state of the by aaron burr. The late robert byrd was the otherwise to another speaker, norm orenstein, from 2005 said some things about republicans attempt use Nuclear Options and judgments i agree with. Let me emphasize that this is a radical step it has taken. This will require breaking the, steamrolling the parliamentarian. And i must tell you ive been very disappointed in the reporting of this issue which tends to use a kind of cost and shorten over matters making it appear as if this is something that anytime can be done by a majority. They just havent elected to before. Thats not the case. Its very clear in senate rules if you challenge a ruling constitutional, that challenge is debat
That they agreed upon in a bipartisan way. And it can be done without everything that we do that has a risk. It can be done with nothing more than manageable risks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Senator, thank you for your extraordinary patience. Youve been here early the whole morning and just in order of seniority we find you and we thank you. Thank you. Let me congratulate you on your new role. This is great you in the chair and i look forward to our Work Together in the years to come. I want to associate myself with some of the comments of the senator before she had to depart. Because they say all politics is local and when you think about it this is obviously a large country and i think its fair to a as with other Energy Issues at the policies that we are discussing today dont necessarily affect all of our states and even manner. Like the senator, wisconsin is one of the leading manufacturers in the United States and i think right now it can boast the role of number one manufact
Your questions. Thank you, general. Admiral, as you noted in your written testimony, chinas declaration in november of a defense declaration zone in the East China Sea encompassing the particular area immediately raise tensions. While the declaration of that zone has not affected u. S. Military operations in the area, there is a concern that china is attempting to change the status quo in the east china and south these kindsy taking of incremental steps to assert territorial claims. You thisart by asking question. Is chinas declaration of that changing then zone status quo between china and japan with regard to their respective claims to the senka kus . Admiral, what is your assessment of chinas pursuit of antiaccess and area denial capabilities . What are the implications of such capabilities on the ability of other nations, including the United States, to move freely in International Waters in the western pacific . Time have known for some that the pla have been pursuing technologies
Comfortable, those are things we are doing, but we could do more of, and the second one, i think is the point thats important. The european story is we eliminated debt clauses, were done. Its not the case. Theres much more work that needs to be done, and i talked to my colleagues at the state department, encouraged them to put that at the top of the agenda. Get that market unblocked, more connections between there, you dont strand gas. You get connections. You can move more gas around that continent faster than it takes to build a new terminal. You can use the ones that theyve got. This 1 the next one here, and we have to bring it to a close. I have one or two comments and questions, and ill turn it over for final remarks, but i want to thank you, all, for your patience, excellent testimony, and everything will be submitted to the record. I want to bring it back locally to the u. S. , particularly louisiana and the energy coast. Designing an energy policy, which this committee is focus