12/08/11 1:16 PM
An amendment, offered by Mr. Green, Al, numbered 8 printed in to require EPA to provide a report of the increase or decrease in the number of jobs as a result of enactment of the bill.
12/08/11 1:16 PM
Amendment offered by Mr. Green, Al.
12/08/11 1:16 PM
On agreeing to the Schock amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
12/08/11 1:05 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schock amendment.
12/08/11 1:05 PM
An amendment, offered by Mr. Schock, numbered 7 printed in to require the EPA to take agriculture jobs and the economic impact on the agriculture industry into account before they issue any new regulations relating to agriculture. If a proposed regulation was found to cause the loss of more than 100 agriculturally related jobs or a decrease in more than $1,000,000 in agriculturally related economic activity then EPA would have to give notice to the State's Congressional Delegation, Governor, and Legislature, and also hold a public hearing in the impacted State.
12/08/11 1:05 PM
On agreeing to the Flake amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
12/08/11 1:00 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
12/08/11 12:59 PM
An amendment, offered by Mr. Flake, numbered 6 printed in to add sense of Congress language regarding an approach to excluding so-called `exceptional events' (like massive dust storms that are not controllable or preventable) from determinations of whether an area is in compliance with the coarse particulate matter standard.
12/08/11 12:59 PM
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Waxman amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Whitfield demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
12/08/11 12:51 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment.
