winning documentaries at student cam.org. industry leaders testified about proposed energy efficiency rules for household appliances at a house energy and commerce sub-committee hearing. they talked about the possible effect of regulations on consumer prices and efficiency of large appliances, including dishwashers, re refrigerators and washing machines. this is two hours and 10 minutes. like to call the hearing to order this morning. and i m going to thank our panel of witnesses for being with us. i m going to introduce you right before we right before you give your opening statements and i ll introduce you individually at that time. i would like to recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. today s hearing is entitled home appliance energy firsefficiency standards. since 1987 we ve had energy efficience standards for certain appliances. it came about because back in 1975 there was a federal energy policy act that established that format. the reagan ad
1975, when they were considering these efficiency standards they were supposed to consider that the technology was really feasible and that there was an economic justification for it. but today that s beginning to be blurred and we know, certainly, at epa when they consider it, they certainly don t consider whether it s technologically feasible or economically justified. so if we wanted to have a more balanced approach what we re trying to do is hear from people who are involved in this on a daily basis because the american public when they go to the appliance store to buy an appliance, they don t understand all about this efficiency. they just know what the price is, and then some people are telling them well you are going to save money even though it s a lot more, because of the electricity that will go down. and other people make the other argument. so one of our objectives today is to just try to get a better understanding of what is the reality of this. and that s why we
terrorists came from the turkish borders, all the terrorists inside syria. end of quote. but the examples we just heard, zadan al loush, who was killed inside syria, covered extensively by government-owned media, he was described as a big terrorist leader by your own media. he was inside a syrian prison and he was let go in 2011 by the syrian government. did you not know about his past? and why was he in prison, then released, based on that? and of course, turkey that means they did not all come through the turkish thank you so much. thank you. try to make the question short to give more portion to everybody to answer. dr. shaaban i really don t know. you know, if you are insinuating that we could possibly know that somebody is going to turn such a terrorist and we let him out of prison. he was taken to court and then he was released just as any prisoner would be released after he spends the time that he had to spend in prison. but i meant all the terrorists who cam
so it s been a big week, and there s nowhere i d rather end it than right here with the lanned parenthood action fund. i m grateful for the entire planned parenthood family. you made this campaign your own , whether you knocked on doors in iowa or rallied in california, this victory belongs to all of you. and it belongs to the 1,000 young activists who came together in pittsburgh last month to get organized. cheers and applause] secretary clinton: it belongs to the staff, the donors and to the providers, providers like dr. dermish in texas who called out donald trump when he said women should be punished for having abortions and the open letter she wrote defending her patients rights to make their own health care decisions should be required reading for every politician in america. and i am deeply conscious of the reality that this victory belongs to generations of brave women and men who fought for the radical idea that women should determine our own lives and futures, and
Noll, Johanne Age 83, of Seattle Washington, died peacefully with her husband of 62 years by her side. She was born August 31, 1927 in Copenhagen, Denmark,