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Mr. President, I rise in response to the comments by my esteemed colleague from Colorado about my amendment No. 753. And I would say this first. My amendment does not provide immunity to terrorists. What my amendment does is treat…
Mr. President, I filed amendment No. 753 to H.R. 2012, the appropriations minibus. My amendment would prohibit the use of funds for fiscal year 2012 for the prosecution of enemy combatants in our article III courts. This prohibition would…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 753 to Amendment No. 738
I think it's fair to say that everybody hates big change, and no one really likes a lot of regulation.
What would be in that brine that might make it harmful?
We are here today at this water and power subcommittee to examine the effects of shale gas development on the water resources of the eastern United States.
Now about 90 percent of it is being recycled.
Thank you. I was--I had written it down. That 5,000 wells are--have currently, voluntarily posted on the Website the chemicals that they were using.
That's different than what you're seeing, Mr. Beauduy, is that correct?
Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize for the delay in starting this afternoon.
There have been some press reports that the brine, when it gets reused, actually maybe the States are not regulating.
Casing and cementing are obviously key as we look at the potential for seepage into the water table.
So, should that be addressed through State regulation? Is it that we don't have adequate enforcement of current regulations?
For those people who aren't reporting and I certainly commend Apache for doing that, what's the impediment to that?
The more transparent all of us that are involved in some aspect of this industry, the more transparent we are, I think that the better off we are as a country.
I would be remiss if I didn't call attention to the story that appeared on the front page of 'The New York Times' today about the challenges with respect to mortgages.