Political Quotes

“My amendment makes a technical and conforming change to the bill. Let me explain. The final rule amends part 257 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA put out a prepublication version on the final rule on December 19, 2014, meaning that it was public, but had not yet been published in the Federal Register. H.R. 1734 directly incorporates the requirements in the EPA's final rule, and so there are numerous citations in the bill to the Code of Federal Regulations because, as of the date of our full committee markup, the final rule had not yet been published in the Federal Register and thus did not have a final citation in the Code of Federal Regulations. It was necessary to include in the bill a reference to the date of prepublication of the final rule and include a paragraph regarding references to the Code of Federal Regulations. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2015; and as of that date, citations to the final rule were appropriately cited as citations to 40 CFR 257. My amendment simply removes the paragraph from the bill that was added as a placeholder until a final rule was published in the Federal Register. I urge all Members to support this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1700 The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Pallone The CHAIR.…”