Would advance in the century and a half that followed, or how complex it would become. Within these walls, Congress Still passes our laws, but today this is only the beginning. Determining how the laws are made workable is not the job of congress. This task falls to a powerful but littleknown group of bureaucrats known as regulators. To some, they are more powerful than many of the lawmakers themselves. What they do affects nearly every part of our daily lives and has become one of the hotly debated aspects of government. Our story begins in 1980, the last year of the carter administration. In a residential section of the nations capital, David Hawkins begins his daily commute. Hawkins is a federal regulator for the Environmental Protection agency. His job, like the everchanging face of the city, is the result of the relentless growth of our government. A century ago, it was relatively simple. Under the great capitol dome, laws were passed and the nation followed. But today, our laws a
Fizzle out, it will send moisture in our way and that means a boost in Storm Chances. As you get ready to head out the door, no impact for the morning commute, so maybe walking kids to the bus stop it will be all dry but it will be a little bit warm and humid as they walk out to the bus stop. You may even want to pack a water bottle because it will still be a hot and humid day today as we make it up to 104. By the time they get out of school there is a slight chance of a stray sure but the chances for storms will go a stray storm but the chances for storms will go up more tonight. And that flash flood alert will go into effect here this evening. I will show you how high those rain chances will go tonight into tomorrow and again the biggest hazards we will see around our state. There iris, no complaints so far for the morning drive. Lets look at the big picture slowing and thats really in the west valley right now, so the desert drivetime is 18 minutes for my 10 eastbound 75th avenue to
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We should be voting no on the amendment offered by the majority leader. With that i yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Corker i think i understand the frustration expressed by the Ranking Member. I think what has happened, the Ranking Member knows that i worked with him to ensure that when we had this debate we stayed away from those issues that that divided us. He knows that i took multiple tough votes, as did others, to keep things in balance. And there are members of this body that feel like this amendment that youre talking about is one that they would have liked to have expressed themselves on, and since were in a place where it appears that 42 senators are going to keep us from actually being able to go forward with the vote on whether we agree or disagree with this, you and i are in the same place on this, but since that has occurred out of frustration and knowing that there are other members who wanted to express themselves in the way this ne
Im just trying to get to the. Of urgency. In terms of your position, your job, you are the one setting this up. When we are looking through your documents saying there is a potential for a blowout that is why we were there wouldnt it have been prudent to make sure how much water was behind the wall . That is one of the issues, whether we took all the steps that were prudent. Can you understand the frustration, the position frustration, the position you put yourself in as being enforcers, experts in the field, and you are saying this is aa mystery and we are having to look back and see what went wrong . This is my district. I have talked to engineers, minors of work in that area. They would not have proceeded the way that the epa did. Let me save you some time you have zero mining engineers. Our committee has more mining engineers than the epa. Mr. Hardy. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to know how many hydrological engineers you have on your team . I do not know that answer geolo