Vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are one. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. Senate will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i withdraw amendment number 1419. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. The senator for alaska. Ms. Murkowski i modify the amendment amendment number 1407 with the chaplains at the desk. This modification includes, among other things, acceptance of amendment number 1419 offered by the senator from kentucky, mr. Mcconnell, for the senator from iowa, ms. Ernst. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is so modified. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the deck for the substitute amendment number 1407, as modified. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned
S2662, the growing American Innovation now act or the g. A. I. N. Act this would bring long overdue ledges lative reform to the Clean Air Act review program. It protects air quality when industrial boilers, factories and power plants are modified or newly built. The g. A. I. N. Brings clarity to factory and power plant owners as well as to state permitting officials about when permits are needed. The new Source Review Program was originally designed to support pollution control projects and upgrades. Its actually had the opposite effect. In its current form the program is complex. Its costly. Its time consuming. The program directly slows Economic Growth. It slows job creation. It slows Technical Innovation as well as the ability to modernize our american industry and infrastructure. The Portland Cement Association Submitted a letter outlining the extreme burden that new source review places on its members. The association explained that, quote, a Member Company sought a permit to comb
Epa administrator, scott pruitt, testifying on his priorities at the epa, and youre watching live coverage here on cspan3. These issues we want to do all we can to eliminate those things so we dont have those kind of sites across the country, absolutely. Well, and youre your rush to eliminate regulations, thats exactly what youre doing, is creating opportunity for new superfund sites to be created. I wouldnt interpret it that way, congressman. The gentlemans time has expired. The chair will recognize the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Hudson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Administrator, for making the extra effort to come back and take all of our questions. And thank you for your strong leadership at the agency. I appreciate also that your efforts to make the epa focus on air and water and soil contamination. My state of North Carolina has been shaken by a discovery of a chemical called generation x. I know my state reports that gen x is no longer gettin
The week. Lets check in on the markets. The nasdaq closed at a record high yesterday. Only a tiny bit. Correct, but still. Lagged the dow for once. The resilience of this market is remarkable. S p futures down almost 5. Nasdaq futures down 17. The stock of the morning and weight on the market is apple. Shares slipping after iphone sales declined in the most recent quarter, falling short of wall street expectations. The Company Giving weaker Current Quarter revenue guidance. Lots more on results in just a moment. Did you see china growth as well that slipped. Asian equities, japan, south korea and hong kong closed for public holidays. Golden week holiday, right . Extended golden week. There we go. Either way, what is open, you can see down is australia. The ftse Straits Times in indonesia is up three quarters of a percent. A look at european trade which is negative today. Weve been up quite nicely over the last ten days. We also had eurozone march Producer Price inflation down about 0.
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