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but there is a weight given to cost? i m sorry? there is a weight, there is a consideration gifsh to costs? whenever we do regulations there s an evaluation of costs and of benefits. okay. i guess that that s i m about out of time anyway. morgan stole some of my notes and asked some of my questions. so anyway, with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. at this time the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. flores. thank you, mr. chairman. ms. mccabe, thank you for joining us today. how does the market price risk? if you know something and you know what the cost is of something, it has a price. you know that price. but if you don t know something, then the price is higher because you have risk, right? um yes, okay. in 2010 the epa, when they proposed going to 60 parts per billion, said that that would cost $90 billion. cost the economy $90 billion. in 2014, you reduced it to $40 billion. what happened over that four-year period to make the cost ....
so i certainly hope they would be but i have no confidence as i sit here right now that they will. senator nelson: when, mr. secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did that s a mess. and maybe it is the only solution is the solution of a political exit for assad so that we can go after these extremist elements. by the way, i had to leave the committee to do an interview on cnn, and the whole focus that they wanted to jump on was your statement earlier in the hearing that we had only trained up 60. but i pointed out to them what you said was the vetting is very difficult and in fact we are vetting some several thousands additional and the vet is a lot more tore tuesdayous because you certainly don t want to have a guy trained up and then you ends up aiming his gun back at us. in iraq, do you think that this new prime minister has the capability of getting out of his shiite mold and does he have the capability of ....
out in an exclusive live interview. and going up. a man uses more than 100 balloons and a lawn chair to soar into the sky. so high he says he was looking down on passenger planes. why his stunt is capturing the attention of the public and police today, tuesday, july 7th, 2015 2015. and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. savannah having holiday time this weekend. we re joined by hauta. that guy with the helium balloons, that was a $10 lawn chair. what was he thinking? i know he s trying to promote his cleaning products, but hello. more on that story in a little while. we want to start on a tuesday morning with breaking news out of washington state. a deadly ice cave collapses at a national park. it s really popular with hikers. jacob, is at one of the hospitals where the injured are being treated. what can you tell us? good morning, the three most critically injured patients are treated here, all crushed by ice. that area now closed indefini ....
subjugation of others on the basis of race. unfortunately, that same confederate flag flew on the grounds of the state capitol amidst the funeral of a state senator and dedicated pastor who taught that we are all god ose children as the historic emanuel a.m.e. church. we have come a long way in america but we still have a long way to go in our march toward a more perfect union. racial hatred continues to adversely impact our society and people of good will must unite to eradicate it. limiting the use of federal funds for purchase or display of the confederate flag is an important step in that direction. earlier today lawmakers in south carolina from both sides of the aisle came together to support removing the confederate battle flag from their state capitol grounds. this evening, the united states house of representatives has the opportunity to further limit the public display of this divisive symbol that is so closely associated with defense of the institution of slav ....
and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the president, quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. those were the words of leon panetta president obama s former secretary of defense and c.i.a. director in 2011. at the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the united states leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. according to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. so the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. the timing just before the 2012 presidential lea ....