mr. lucas: dr. dunn very eloquently summed it up, veterans deserve every opportunity to transition back and to utilize those skills. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields,. the gentleman from illinois. mr. lipinski: mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of the time. i want to thank dr. dunn for introducing this bill, again, and we will work hard to see this through to the end. i thank mr. lamb for his -- for his comments. certainly something i've experienced is employers needing to find more workers and the men and women who are coming out of our armed services have those skills that are needed and we just need to give them a little more help to get them connected. this bill does that. so i want to urge my colleagues to support this bill and i will yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house uspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 425. those in favor say aye. thopeds. in

mr. lucas said in his state he has lots of windmills. i think you said you could see them from one horizon to the next. have you ever noticed on the hottest day of the year the windmills aren't turning and that's why it's the hottest day of the year? i mean, it's unbelievable that we can't rely on those. when it comes to national security -- and you mentioned this, dr. kopp, actually in your comments, we are going to need a backup that our country to depend on and it's going to be fossil fuel. i can tell you about requirements for energy. i'm working on nuclear energy capability. it needs to be at the table. it needs to be a major part of our portfolio. so we got to take these things into account. and i appreciate y'all being , re today and i'm out of time ms. fletcher. -- mrs. fletcher. mrs. fletcher: i'll now recognize mr. foster for five minutes. mr. foster: i want to thank chairman johnson. the climate change is looming large. best path forward has often by stifled by the politicization of this issue. at least in this committee. for

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. >> thank you, mr. lucas. if there are members who wish to provide additional statements, it will be added to the record at this point. at this time i'd like to introduce our witnesses. our first witness is dr. natalie ma, urban of engineering and faculty director for the atkins sin center for sustainable future at cornell university. due to the weather related travel delays, she's joining us through video link from new york. a research looks at naturalyork. her research looks at natural feedbacks at the climate system and she was the lead author on the ipcc special report global warming release last year. and the assessment from working group one on the physical science of climate change in 2013. she received her ph.d. in meteorology from the massachusetts institute of technology and she'll be our first witness. our second witness is dr. robert kopp, director of rutgers institute of effort, ocean and atmospheric sciences and professor in the department of earth sciences at rut gugers university. he served as

. >> now the chair record as is mr. lucas. i represent a district where it's important to the community. what are some of the things we are doing well and we can do better to increase preparedness associated with climate change quite a bit crispy nec for >> thanks for the question. i think we are doing fairly well you look at the climate assessment and it shows an effort on the part of the scientific community to start understanding what the medium and long-term effects of climate change are going to be for communities like your own and it's one of the things that should continue. one of the things they can think about doing generally is getting decision-makers information relative on the timescales of which they make the decisions, so you mentioned you are a farmer your self. you understand the way you think about the weather is a question for the next few days. it's not necessarily clear it's a helpful thing for what you are deciding to do this year and next year but is it something you want to have around for a long time, t

colleagueds to my from oklahoma mr. lucas, i wanted to add my thoughts to his regards to margin. this is an issue i watch carefully. takenk is important we action on this issue so i'm looking forward to working with you on that as well. issue most concerning to me this .orning is cecil we talked about this a number of times. there seems to be a growing concern for more not only bankers but consumers. asltors, the homebuilders they begin to understand the costs associated with this. i know you indicated it will not have much effect. my colleague said she's not concerned about how to affect banks. i'm very concerned how is going to affect banks. how effective banks will affect consumers. thanks to raise the cost is going to cause people to longer have the ability to have home loan. homebuilders testified for every $1000 it cost 100,000 across this country the opportunity to have a home loan. those will be the low to moderate income. this is very concerning to me. when you look at the banks having to pass that cost along, we have to eat it and ensure --er incomes they had four in so

now the chair recognizes mr. lucas. >> thank you. i appreciate that. i represent a rural district where weather trends are important. what are some of the things we are doing well and we can do better to increase preparedness for weather events and other effects associated with climate change? >> thanks for the question. i think we are doing fairly well . you look at the climate assessment and it shows a real effort on the part of the scientific community to start understanding what the medium and long-term effects of climate change are going to be for communities like your own and it's one of the things that activity should definitely continue. one of the things they can think about doing better and the science community can think about doing is getting decision-makers information relevant which they make the on the timescales over decisions. so you mentioned you represent a farming community. you understand the way you think about the weather is a question for the next few days. it's not necessarily clear it's -- a 30 year projection is a helpful thi

. >> the gentlemen from oklahoma is recognized for five minutes, mr. lucas. >> thank you, chairwoman chairman powell, thank you for being here today and i believe that my colleagues will do an outstanding job of covering the broader issues and with the number of inquiries so as has been my custom in recent years, i would like to focus in on some particular issues and if we could, once again, converse about the joys of derivatives, so to speak my questions will deal with those issues within the fed's role first, turning to an issue i've talked about number of times, do not expose counterparts to each other's risk itch pushed with my colleagues on the ag committees to exempt those interaffiliate transactions from marginal requirements the ctfc and european regulators agree with me and yet the fed hasn't changed its policy to be consistent with those regulations when it comes to bank swap dealers. i understand these issues predate your tenure, but mr. chairman, i would like to know if you administratively pursue a more risk-reflective approach for margin

caroline lucas. mr speaker, in the event of a no deal backs at the government has decided that imports of medical supplies are to be handled by the same company that forced hundreds of restaurants are close because it was incapable of delivering check into kfc. it is literally horrifying that the prime minister's stubbornness is putting people up as michael lives at risk through bargain bucket supply deals. what guarantee can she give to patients watching us now, looking at this pantomime and fast now, what guarantee can she give that they will be able to get their vital medicines when they need them in the event of that no—deal brexit? may i say to the honourable lady that the department for health and social care is taking necessary steps to ensure medicines are available. we have been clear it's not necessarily for patients to stockpile. medicines will be available. if the honourable lady is so concerned about the impact of no deal, then... it's no good shaking her head. there is a very simple a

. >> mr. speaker, every parent deserves to have confidence that the air they and their children breathe is safe. mr. schneider: that's why we have environmental standards and why we have an environmental protection agency. to modern, update, and enforce the rules. so when communities face a known public risk, new or recently reclassified, rerightly expect the e.p.a. to act quickly, competitively, and transparently. in the chicago area this has not been the case. we just learned facilities around chicago could be emitting an elevated levels of a carcinogen. the e.p.a. has been slow to respond and failed to keep communities informed. this month i partnered with senators durbin and duckworth and other colleagues in my delegation to introduce legislation that would require the e.p.a. to immediately revise and update its e.t.o. standards and keep the public fully informed. we're also commanding that e.p.a. evaluate ambient levels of e.t.l. in these communities immediately. something it should be do

we'll take a closer look at what this week means for mr. trump and for washington, with scott lucas, joining us at the bottom of the hour. >>> time to talk about the oscars. the big show is over. hope you got a chance to watch it and it was everything you would expect. there was the laughter, the tears, jokes and extreme fashion right there. and a few surprises, like diversity. how about that? there were notable representations of diversity, diverse filmmakers, actresses and actors. "green book" took home the best picture award. stephanie elam was on the red carpet and tells us about the big winners of the night. >> reporter: one of the big surprises is olivia colman winning for best actress for her role in "the favorite." everyone thought it would be lady gaga. listen to her speech. it was a really fun. >> my kids are at home and watching. well, if you're not, well done. i sort of hope you are. this is not going to happen again. >> and just for the record, why people thought glenn close was going to win and people were upset on twitter nea