Carolina. The first telephone interview for the occupied wall street protestor gaoled for hitting a Police Officers. Shes free, is she sorry. And the Big Bang Theory on the eve of july 4th, we bring you the Science Behind fireworks. We begin with the migrant crisis. Texas governor rick perry says all undocumented children should be sent back to their home count rigs, speaking at a hearing today. He asked for the state to be reimbursed 500 million, which is what it cost texas to try to secure the border and keep Illegal Immigrants out. Allowing them to remain will only encourage the next group of individuals to undertake this dangerous and lifethreatening journey. More than 50,000 children, mostly from Central America crossed into the United States since october. Political leaders call the influx a humanitarian crisis. The children have been crowded in border shelters and sent across the country. Those with family or friends in the United States can stay with them temporarily. We have m
Home from those extended duration shifts. Its been recognized in the Transportation Industry since 1907 when in the United States Congress Passed legislation saying anyone working for more than 12 hours would be considered that its illegal and the Supreme Court has ruled that theyre considered impaired by fatigue if theyre operating a train for more than that time, and yet we dont have any limits, even though we now have limits for commercial drivers, train operators, bus drivers, pilots, mariners and so on, there are no limits on work hours in socalled nonsafety sensitive industries, and yet in those industries, as we heard today, in those industries people are driving home many times for doing super commuting. We know from our own research that theres 168 increase Motor Vehicle crashes after working extended duration shifts. We have no limits in the United States for those work hours, and i think an important countermeasure would be to consider limitations such as the european workin
Carmel Research Center as well. And the full 25 letters of report the Science Committee received for this legislation. I have no other requests for time but before i reserve, i want to thank the three original cosponsors we have on the floor tonight. And i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. This is a good bill that will improve services. The results of the changes contained in this legislation, it will be more timely and accurate forecasts that will protect lives and property. Ms. Bonamici researchers have found that annual variations can produce billions of dollars in reduced gross domestic products. With stakes that large we owe it to our nation. H. R. 1561 takes steps to support noaa and how we harness research. I want to thank the many leaders in the Research Community and the private weather sector who provided advice to the committee as we worked on this bill. I extend my appreciation to the under secretary for oceans and atmosphere for her cooper