and the vast majority epa wins. and when the times we don't, we listen to that court decision and we take appropriate action. that does not mean we have violated the law or the constitution. that is exactly -- >> i think you need to reread these cases. because that's exactly what the supreme court said. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator sullivan. senator markey? >> thank you, mr. chairman very much. and thank you administrator mccarthy for being here today. so we have a big mess on our hands. we're dealing here with a law that was passed in 1872. ulysses s. grant was the president of the united states. and it hasn't been amended sense then. and he did a great job, by the way on winning the civil war. just a great job. i just want to compliment him on that. this law may have been appropriate for 1872. we were trying to get people to go out west. colorado isn't even a state yet for four more years. we got to get people out there. we're trying to get people to populate these states. 1872, the law passes

first off, what is the budget for the epa currently? >> i don't have the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. >> sure, we'll take that. >> so it's roughly $100 million a year and 340 full-time people that work in my organization. >> the overall budget for the epa and i'm just relying on memory which is dangerous, but i think it is close to $15 billion. so the epa has resources available, it has funding available? >> i do want to correct that. i think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 people. roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia university had a budget for this research project my understanding is around $50,000, $60,000, $70,000, is that correct? >> we are extraordinarily grateful for the work that west virginia university and the icct did and i won't blame our budget for the fact that we missed that cheating. i do think we do a good job of setting priorities at epa. once we learned of the excess emission, we focused on it, we didn't ignore it. and then we've also immediately changed how we're doing our testing regime to be mo

and that's the epa. i understand that it makes a lot of people nervous to invite the epa in on a big basis. i get a lot of the senators may not want that type of fix. but right now, animas basis annusmis basin offending mines is really the only clear path forward. i know there is a lot of fear around that. but i go to mow an, utah. super fun site. it is is booming. there are thousands and thousands of tourists in that. as salesperson, colorado. i don't think they are hurting from this. they are a superfund site. i think it can be done in a sensitive, directed manner just at those mines. if there is another funding source that can happen, great. if i were the federal government and somebody came to me with this laundry list, i would say that looks great. we have an excellent program with that. it's called the epa and super fund. so in conclusion, durango and surrounding communities depend on the animas river for water, drinking, industry, recreation. the ongoing pollution and the likely periodic releases

epa participated in some of them. we became much more actively involved in 2015 when california produced their test resultses on the proposed fix of these vehicles. that data showed there still remained very high and unexplained excess emissions. >> who did you have these conversations with vw going back communicating while they're working and they're talking to you about these results? >> i was not part of those conversations. it was my team and the california counterparts. my understanding is those conversations included both officials from vw of america as well as from officials from germany. >> do you know their names for the record? >> i do not. >> are those things you can get for us >> yes. that would be important. >> now technical question. here is this switch that when in one position for an emissions test made a change in how this is operation also the emissions will be lower. the other position, the emissions were quite high. is it possible to just keep that switch in the position of low emissions and they c

first off, what is the budget the epa currently? the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. that.ll take a it's roughly $100 million year and 340 full time people in my organization >> budget for the epa, i'm think it isemory, i close to $15 billion. resources available. it has funding available. >> i do want to correct that. think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia thisrsity had a budget for 50, 60h project around or $70,000. >> i'm not going to blame our the fact that we missed this cheating. i do think we do a very good job of setting priorities at epa. once we've learned of this emissions, we focused on it. it.idn't ignore we've also immediately changed how we're doing our testing unpredictable.re >> well, with all due respect. at the situation. i think the american people yout to ask that we fire virginiawestern university to do our work. costre much more effective. let me ask you this. i sat on another subcommittee. theave jurisdiction over national highway transporta

epa, c.a.r.b., the u.s. department of justice, state attorneys general,less and other authorities are fulfilling their duties to investigate this matter and we are determined to make things right. this includes acceptingright. this includes accepting the consequences of our acts, providing a remedy and restoring trust of our customers, dealership, employees, regulators and the american public. we will rebuild the reputation of a company that more than two million people worldwide, including dealers and suppliers rely upon for their livelihoods. our goal is to develop remedy for customers. while much work is still to be done, i'd like to talk about how we get from where we are now to that goal. vax thorough investigations have already begun but any information development at this stage is preliminary. we ask for your understanding as we complete this work. second, it's important for the public to know that as the epa said, the vehicles don't prevent a safety hazard and remain safe and legal to drive. third, t

from the outset i've said that the epa should be held to the same standards as the epa would hold a private company for the spill which means investigations must be conducted and people must be held accountable and tough questions must be asked. when those questions get asked, there must be answers. among the tough questions that must be asked a few i have are whether the epa knew it was likely that water was impounded behind the gold king mine portal and a blowout was possible. whether the health and safety plan was adequate. why did it take several days for the epa to revise the amount of contaminated water. the agency initially said the ham was i believe 1 million gallons and several days later said the search consistented of 3 million gallons. what dahow long has the agency been tracking the drainage and publicly measuring it. mr. chairman, before concluding i request the statement of mr. michael king be included as part of my testimony for today's hearing. >> without objection. >> the councilman will be testifying this afternoon in front of the senate indian affairs committee on the go

we are in an arranged marriage with the epa. we have been working with the epa for over 25 years. they're here. they've been here. it is this accident that they caused that brought this to the forelight that really made us the poster child from super fund or to not. where we are concerned as a community is is that it's your immediate neighbors. our definition of neighbors has changed. it's durango to farmington, to every county in town in state that touches that water. and we acknowledge that. we respect that. and we preach being brought to the table here today. what my personal experience is while silverton hasn't been invited to the meeting. i received hate e-mails. we have had tourists turn down water. there is an impression and a stigma. and, again, we agree that that is our concern for long term. to say your cash register didn't change today does not mean it is not going to change tomorrow, next year, four years, five years. what is that going to look like? i'm thinking long term. for us to figure out and calculate what's happening today is going to be time in the future for

the epa and c.a.r.b. both described a series of presentations or discussions with vw in the wake of the research in may of 2014. who from vw was interacting with epa and c.a.r.b.? were those individuals part of vw america or vw ag? >> that's something i would have to check. and maybe this is also in the records provided to you next week. >> okay, great. what did vw america understand about the cause of the higher-on-road emissions between may 2014 and the voluntary recall in december 2014? in other words, what did you and your team at vw america know what was going on? what had vw germany told you? >> that they have, to my understanding, validated those test results and developing software fixes in order to get this back online. and three different, you know, tech-top versions which i didn't understand to be very honest in order to bring this in -- [inaudible] but also as a said, all these things are vetted through this product safety committee which is worldwide responsible for this and which is also loo

first off, what is the budget the epa currently? the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. that.ll take a it's roughly $100 million year and 340 full time people in my organization >> budget for the epa, i'm think it isemory, i close to $15 billion. resources available. it has funding available. >> i do want to correct that. think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia thisrsity had a budget for 50, 60h project around or $70,000. >> i'm not going to blame our the fact that we missed this cheating. i do think we do a very good job of setting priorities at epa. once we've learned of this emissions, we focused on it. it.idn't ignore we've also immediately changed how we're doing our testing unpredictable.re >> well, with all due respect. at the situation. i think the american people yout to ask that we fire virginiawestern university to do our work. costre much more effective. let me ask you this. i sat on another subcommittee. theave jurisdiction over national highway transporta

and that's the epa. i understand that it makes a lot of people nervous to invite the epa in on a big basis. i get a lot of the senators may not want that type of fix. but right now, animas basis annusmis basin offending mines is really the only clear path forward. i know there is a lot of fear around that. but i go to mow an, utah. super fun site. it is is booming. there are thousands and thousands of tourists in that. as salesperson, colorado. i don't think they are hurting from this. they are a superfund site. i think it can be done in a sensitive, directed manner just at those mines. if there is another funding source that can happen, great. if i were the federal government and somebody came to me with this laundry list, i would say that looks great. we have an excellent program with that. it's called the epa and super fund. so in conclusion, durango and surrounding communities depend on the animas river for water, drinking, industry, recreation. the ongoing pollution and the likely periodic releases

epa, the u.s. department of justice, state attorneys general as well as other authorities are fulfilling their duties to investigate this matter. we are determined to make things right. this includes accepting the consequences of our acts and restoring the trust. we will rebuild the reputation of a company that more than 2 million people worldwide, including dealers and supply erders rely upon. our goal is to develop a remedy for our customers. while much work is still to be done, i would like to talk about how we get from where we are now to the goal. first, we are conducting vest gaths vestigations open how this happened. investigations have begun. any information development at this stage is preliminary. we ask for your understanding as we complete this work. second, it's important for the public to know that as the epa has said, these vehicles do not prevent a safety hazard. technical teams are working tirelessly to develop remedies for each of the affected group of vehicles. the solutions will

from the onset of the spill, the epa should be held to the same standard as epa would hold a private company. this means investigations must be conducted, people held accountable and tough questions asked. fisher closed public access to the animas river -- the sheriff" axis to the animas river and we visited four days after the spill and the epa did not have an appropriate crisis response team in place. it was not until the following day on august 10, that the epa established the command center intermingle doing good to address this bill. the river was not reopened until august 14, nine days after the surge of contaminated water. water testing shows the surface water returned to preevent levels but many remains and have questions about sediment at the the rocksom and lining the river. they contain several pollutants and you settling ponds which we hope will slow the flow of contaminants in the animas river. last month, a series of congressional oversight hearings took place in the united states senate and house of representatives i learned answers to some 8 -- to some inquiries of th

the epa is committed to doing so. the gold king mine spill recovery act i have introduced with senator tom udall will ensure the epa follow through on the promise and will continue to want to work with our colleagues to get the bill right. the bill requires the epa to reimburse businesses, tribes, governments come individuals from property damage, lost revenue and emergency expense. it calls on ebay to construct a permanent water treatment plant north of silverton to tackle this problem at its source. before mines at the upper animas river basin released more than 300 million gallons of acid mine drainage every year. we need solutions at senator gardner said to address this pollution all across the west. that's what senator gardner and i working on good samaritan legislation to encourage the cleanup of abandoned mines. it is long past time for us to address this issue. i think part of the issue we've had, trying to his people in this plays out to focus on the east coast and the west coast and are nothing attention to

first off, what is the budget for the epa currently? >> i don't have the budget for the entire epa. i can give you the budget for my organization. >> sure, we'll take that. >> so it's roughly $100 million a year and 340 full-time people that work in my organization. >> the overall budget for the epa and i'm just relying on memory which is dangerous, but i think it is close to $15 billion. so the epa has resources available, it has funding available? >> i do want to correct that. i think epa's budget is around $7 billion and about 15,000 people. roughly. >> nevertheless, west virginia university had a budget for this research project my understanding is around $50,000, $60,000, $70,000, is that correct? >> we are extraordinarily grateful for the work that west virginia university and the ittc did and i won't blame our budget for the fact that we missed that cheating. i do think we to a good job of setting priorities at epa. once we learn of the excess emission, we focused on it, we didn't ignore it. and then we've also immediately changed how we're doing our testing regime to be more

as the epa is that all of these cars are legal and safe. we are not selling the cars that the owners can legally drive. >> your dealers across the country, they have their finance where they have quite an inventory of cars that they are now unable to sell. they have paid in advance for those under the financing plan that dealers have, and they are not going to be a will to sell them for a number of months, perhaps even six months at a minimum, until the fixes can be done. what type of remedies are you offering to dealers in terms of financial incentives, knowing that they have paid for the cars and lost a lot? -- has to be ais pretty big loss. mr. horn: this is also one of the things that troubles me very much, because we brought profitability up there. but i will pay you, on friday the 18th, the violation notice was communicated. some of the people sitting behind me, we issued our first financial relief aid. cars, and the used new cars on free flooring. we took the bonus pressure off of -- we paid maximum bonus for each car sold and took o

and that's the epa. i understand that it makes a lot of people nervous to invite the epa in on a big basis. i get a lot of the senators may not want that type of fix. but right now, animas basis offending mines is really the only clear path forward. i know there is a lot of fear around that. but i go to mow an, utah. super fun site. it is is booming. there are thousands and thousands of tourists in that. as salesperson, colorado. i don't think they are hurting from this. i think it can be done in a sensitive, directed manner just at those mines. if there is another funding source that can happen, great. if i were the federal government and somebody came to me with this laundry list, i would say that looks great. we have an excellent program with that. it's called the epa and super fund. in conclusion, durango and surrounding communities depend on the animas for water, drinking, industry, recreation. the ongoing pollution and the likely periodic releases affects the community's livelihoods. only the full

as the epa is that all of these cars are legal and safe. we are not selling the cars that the owners can legally drive. >> your dealers across the country, they have their finance where they have quite an inventory of cars that they are now unable to sell. they have paid in advance for those under the financing plan that dealers have, and they are not going to be a will to sell them for a number of months, perhaps even six months at a minimum, until the fixes can be done. what type of remedies are you offering to dealers in terms of financial incentives, knowing that they have paid for the cars and lost a lot? -- has to be ais pretty big loss. mr. horn: this is also one of the things that troubles me very much, because we brought profitability up there. but i will pay you, on friday the 18th, the violation notice was communicated. some of the people sitting behind me, we issued our first financial relief aid. cars, and the used new cars on free flooring. we took the bonus pressure off of -- we paid maximum bonus for each car sold and took o

epa, the u.s. department of justice, states' attorneys general as well as other authorities are fulfilling their duties to investigate this matter, and we are determined to make things right. this includes accepting the consequences of our acts, providing a remedy and beginning to restore the trust of our customers, dealerships, employees, the regulators and the american public. we will rebuild the reputation of a company that more than two million people worldwide, including dealers and suppliers, rely upon for their livelihoods. our immediate goal is to develop a remedy for our customers. while much work is still to be done, i'd like to talk today about how we get from where we are now to that goal. first, we are conducting investigations on a worldwide scale on how these matters could have happened. responsible parties will be identified and held accountable. thorough investigations have already begun, but any information development at this stage is preliminary. we ask for your understanding as

why did the epa standard tests and audits failed to detect? what are they doing to ensure any effect, requiring the automaker does not affect performance? therding this matter, 480,000 or so vehicles implicated in the scandal represent only .2% of the cars and trucks on the highway. so far, we have no evidence of the software used by volkswagen is used in others. our witnesses from volkswagen and the epa can see the comments. the behavior which volkswagen admitted to represents a violation of trust. it can be seen across the united states and the world as people grapple with the application. need to develop a clear understanding of the case. and this hearing will be the first important step to the goal. i now recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and the spirit of bipartisanship in the investigation, i want to you my first car was also a volkswagen. w beetle that i hertha from my grandmother. i will tell you that i still miss that car. it did not have any lines of computer code required

you know, talk about this president uses the epa, for example, like the nazis used the -- >> we'll talk about that in the third segment. >> it's so overregulated. he had to get government off the back of the american people. >> off the back of business. rich, i mean, you're in silicone valley. you see businesses there, they're producing, creating new businesses and how much more could happen if the right policies were in place? >> that's so exactly right. now the republicans can go down two roads. they can go down the path of anger and they can go down the path of api ration and anger might win the headlines and satisfy the base but aspiration moves the economy and wins elections. that's what they have to show. >> the president, it is the tedious orgy of self righteousness out of the white house. >> nice phrase. >> that was out of "forbes" magazine. we're the hero, the first responders. they're with your money first responders, with raising taxes and mistake spending and tax heights for achievement. that's the last eight years. we have flatlining gdp growth. >> they're representatives,

why does the epa need that? open the books has filed 18 foia requests to find out, the epa told us today, this report cherry-picks and falsely misrepresents the work of two administrations whose job it is to insure people are informed about the critical work of epa. all those foia requests filed by the open the books organization have been outstanding for three months now. shannon? >> we'll keep an eye on it. doug, thank you. >>> the dow snapped a seven-day winning streak, dropping 50, the s&p 500 was off 14. the nasdaq 42. when we come back, bernie sanders feeling the burn in our presidential contenders series. i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, stay active. but i wasn't reaching my a1c goal anymore. man: my doctor says diabetes changes over time. it gets harder to control blood sugar spikes after i eat and get to goal. my doctor added novolog® at mealtime for additional control. now i know. novolog

. >> but the epa itself said more research needs to be done on crumb rubber. if that is really the case, why are children still playing on it? >> reporter: the committee is asking for answers by friday, november 6th, depending on the agency's response, lester, this could lead to a future congressional hearing on crumb rubber turf. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, no room in the mail room. with online sales skyrocketing, why a growing problem could keep you from getting the boxes you are expecting to arrive with the holidays just around the corner. >>> we're back with the new problem facing the millions of us who shop online. experts say online retail sales are expected to soar to $334 billion this year, up from $263 two years ago. but all of the orders have to be shipped, which is causing an avalanche of boxes in the mail like never before. as gabe guiterrez explains, some who have to handle them on the way to our doors are totally fed up. >> reporter: the delivery dilemma. as landlords, colleges and geovany thomas is boxed in. >> the new tech

its new set of rules which would have given the epa broad jurisdiction on many water ways, including the smallest creeks, farm ponds, grass waterways, and even erodible gullies. several states, along with various agricultural organizations, had filed lawsuits against the epa claiming its new rules were violating the law. however, the appeals court decided to place a temporary stay on the implementation of those proposed rules by the epa. chris the iowa farm bureau government relations counsel says the decision by the court is a "key step" to stopping epa's s oad definitiononf navigational waters. "(sot) groenhagen1 :41 1 tcue: "u-s suprpre court's precedent." (as s id): "the 6th circuit, it was a 2- to-1 panel decision, so it was a panel of judges. they saw that there was a... they saw a real whirlwind of confusion and uncertainity about this rule. part of the stay, recognized that. but the...in granting this stay, they have to show that there is a substanial inequitites of success on the merits of the case as well. and the court found that there was a substanial likelihood, or a pos

. >> but the epa itself said more research needs to be done on crumb rubber. if that is really the case, why are children still playing on it? >> reporter: the committee is asking for answers by friday, november 6th, depending on the agency's response, lester, this could lead to a future congressional hearing on crumb rubber turf. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, no room in the mail room. with online sales skyrocketing, why a growing problem could keep you from getting the boxes you are keep you from getting the boxes you are expecting to arrive keep you from getting the boxes you are expecting to arrive hey marc. how you feeling? don't ask. this is what it can be like to have shingles, a painful, blistering rash. i never thought this would happen to me. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. i'm going to go back to the eye doctor tomorrow. it's pretty close to my eye. i don't know how you do it. talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about a vaccine that can help pr

kids play on it every day after the epa questions now congress is demanding answers. >>> and the package pile-up thanks to the explosion of online shopping, a delivery dilemma. where do you put it all? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. right now millions are bracing for a hurricane the likes of which we've never seen. it is called patricia. it is a strongest hurricane ever recorded, right now it is making what is feared to be a catastrophic landfall along mexico's coast. the category five storm exploded into a monster overnight leaving tourists and those in tourist cities scrambling to get away in time. from space the storm is ominous enough but inside it is packing wind gusts up to 235 miles per hour per hour. and also torrential rains expected to carry into texas before this is all over. way to the mexican coast and has late details. >> like a steam rolling, hurricane patricia is heading toward the coast, catching this pair usa dice off guard. is went up to a major hurricane due to the el nino effect, the unusually warm waters acting as jet fuel for the storm. and the

chairman, i'm not aware at the moment of who from epa is coming. there is always an interagency group that goes to these -- >> so you admit that the epa will be represented there in spite of their inability to comment on this or attend a hearing? you said you weren't sure who. >> mr. chairman, i can't comment on today's hearing because i'm not -- >> i appreciate you yu not -- >> i appreciate you yyou being but there are obvious issues with their failure to be here. it's interesting and i did hear some of my colleagues on the other side refer to reducing pollution. and i have another quote, this from gina mccarthy, head will of the epa, she testified before the senate environment and public works commit theity in july of 2014 at a time when the democrats were in the majority in the senate. and she stated, quote, this is not about pollution control. but i heard my colleagues talking about this is about pollution. she said this is not about pollution control, it's about increased efficiency at our plant. so let's be clear with regard to the president'

this year, chairing the oversight committee, he heard testimony from the inspector general for epa. this was the third or fourth time that epa let his committee know that employees were being threatened by homeland security. please read the testimony from february 3. he is saying that epa cites are not being thoroughly investigated and reviewed because the department of defense is blocking that activity. and that means that there is unsafe situations are presenting threats to human health and environmental safety at places like the radford army ammunition plant, where epa would like to do some enforcement, but the army and a private contractor are running the plant for a huge profit and preventing epa from doing their job. to doon chaffetz needs his job oversight and investigate what he was told. host: thank you for the call. he is on a very challenging and interesting committee. the capacity to investigate when government is gridlocked and you can't legislate anything becomes very important. so i think the question you raised -- i am not as familiar as you are with the specifics of

which is astonishing given what the epa does and the claims and listening to other members from the epa. i know you're from the state department. i appreciate you being here. they stated on october 13th beings one week ago, the epa sent a letter to the environment and public works committee chairman who said -- the letter says i respectfully continue to assert that the agency does not have a witness, does not have a witness, who can speak to the issues that are topics of this hearing. doesn't have a witness that can speak to the topics of the -- despite the role the epa hags played in developing the bulk work of regulations that will meet any potential targets, despite the fact that the epa administrator has played a role as part of the u.s. delegation to international climate change conferences in the past, including lisa jackson, attending and delivering remarks at the copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. gina mccarthy and the epa have no idea about any of the topics of this hearing, yet i anticipate that ms. mccarthy, the head of the epa, will be attending receptions in pari

epa ranks cost in 2015 are expected to cost $386 billion. that's a huge chunk of the economy. >> it is. the devil is in the details. of course we all want a clean environment. but we have to ask ourselves at what cost. when you look at some of the regulations that california passed and the stories are always about my home state. why is that? when you look at the regulations a few years ago they passed a gas vapor emissions bill. it had a tiny impact on the environment but a huge impact on small gas stations, family owned businesses. we have to ask ourselves at what cost and is it going to have an impact or the desired impact. >> are the regs worth it? they cost almost $400 billionle a year. are they worth it? >> i won't defend the regs but i wonder if some of the free market zealots on the show went over board here. john, if your factory stinks up my air, why would a free market motivate you to do anything about it? >> there's a question. john, answer it. >> the free market motivates it because if you are fouling up the air, you are going to

it has been certified by the epa, still being tested. they say that the paint products can kill 99.9% of bacteria after two hours of exposure on it surfaces. alison: coming up monday, 7 on your side is putting more contractors to our hidden camera test. in the spring you might remember it was electricians. now we are seeing if plumbers can fix a simple leak and how much it could cost you to get the leak stopped. troubleshooter horace holmes and his team rented a home in d, filling it with hidden cameras, and then they watched to see how seven plumbers that we hired would handle the problem. >> when i came it was leaking. horace: and it was leaking underneath. >> i could not get it tight. alison: some surprising results. we will have information that is really important as you will know what questions to ask before you hire a contractor. a plumber's test, abce 7 new monday at 11:00. a quick shout out to our friends at critical exposure, raising a lot of money to help at-risk teens. i promised i would give them a shutout. -- i promise i wo

he wants the efrp -- the epa stamp of approval. >> why can't the epa act? there's more than enough information for them to act. it is time to look at this information and act. and put parents' minds to rest. >> reporter: on this point the opposing sides actually agree. the federal government is failing. >> how can they possibly in good conscience not do anything about it? it's mind boggling. >> reporter: the epa says more research needs to be done but isn't sponsoring any. we've reached out on more than ten occasions to speak with anyone at the agency about this issue and we're told no one would talk. the head of the epa according to a spokesperson just doesn't have time. so we tracked down administrator gina mccarthy ourselves. administrator, is crumb rubber safe to play on? >> i can't tell you anything right now. >> reporter: will you tell me why you won't talk to us? >> i didn't say i wouldn't speak with you. >> reporter: that is the response, ma'am. there is new research under way on the state level. california launched a three-year study. and the washi

the epa has been called in to help flush it out. good evening. >> i'm dan ashley. an epa team is working to mick sure the area is safe for survivors returning home, abc7 news is rif from middleton with the story. melanie? >> reporter: epa officials have found a few compressed air tanks and they're removing those. they're finding air cans like these. you may be wondering how they're finding anything here. they tell me the first key is to identify both the garage and the kitchen. those are the two rooms most likely to have hazardous waste. these trucks where homes have been reduced to ashes. the idea to keep as much possibly asbestos laced ash from getting into the area. the epa is trying to do the same. >> one thing we're being careful not to do is stir up ash and dust. >> reporter: epa coordinator brent moxley spent the day collecting cylinders. >> this is likely empty, not knowing from looking at it. best thing to do is getting it out of the way. >> reporter: the team removed hazardous waste from 15 homes closest to schools. there are 1280 homes to get to from cal

you're just not sure who from the epa. >> mr. chairman, i can't comment on today's hearing because i'm not -- >> i appreciate you being here, but there are obvious issues of the epa and their failure to be here. it's interesting, and i did hear some of my colleagues on the other side refer to reducing pollution. and i have another quote, this from gina mccarthy, the head of the epa. now she testified before the senate environment and public works committee in july of 2014, at a time when the democrats actually chaired the committee and were the majority in the senate, and she stated with regard to her existing power plant rule, which makes up a major part of the president's carbon reduction pledge, she said, quote, this is not about pollution control. but i heard my colleagues talking about this is about pollution. this is gina mccarthy, this is not about pollution control, but about increased efficiency at our plants. let's be clear with regard to the president's carbon reduction pledge, this is not about reducing pollution acco

whether or not they would share that information with the epa? >> we have outstanding official document request and we will be promulgating more of those. today we learned this morning from this morning session about what particular investigation and that is certainly one. >> we you submit if vw does not provide the results of their internal investigation? and two represented to get -- >> i'm sorry we do have another question. >> i just wanted to make one point and submit with unanimous consent that through the executive director through clean transportation the nonprofit that discovered the issues the easiest solution is to give epa the more resources so they can perform the real world testing which is maybe more expensive but you said you don't want to rely on investigation of a small ngo to trigger one of the largest recalls around. >> we have three members that need to ask questions and we have eight minutes and 30 seconds so if you could shorten your questions in respect for the other members we would appreciate if you would do so. doctors b

. >>> epa. >>> no. >>> cada vez que diga carnaval. >>> epa. >>> tienen que decir epa. >>> y cada vez que le ponga el micrÓfono a ustedes tiene que hacer el sonido del animal o el efecto. >>> estÁ listo. >>> parece que sÍ. >>> todo el mundo estÁ listo por acÁ. >>> sÍ. >>> esta es la banda carnaval. >>> epa. >>> seÑores tiene que estar muy pendientes. >>> okey. >>> cÓmo se llama rio de janeiro donde se celebra el carnaval. >>> epa. >>> carnaval? >>> epa. >>> muy bien. >>> y vamos a empezar entonces y esto es asÍ. >>> una feos dado carnaval? >>> epa. >>> donde el maestro de ceremonias era el leÓn. >>> y dijo, siempre quise er el comediante, pero que vive triste y tiene mal gusto para elegir sus chistes casi como el argentino que produce... no peno tira y entonces el leÓn dijo buenas noches a todos los animal y los animales todos respondier respondieron. >>> calma, calma recordÁndoles, ya respondieron record abdoles que que era uno fiesta de disfraces porque estÁbamos en carnaval. >>> epa. >>> vamos comenzar con la competencia bailes dijo la primera pareja estarÁ formada po

the resolution disapproves of the epa new clean power plan. sinner republicans and democrats came to the senate floor to talk about epa regulations. ly needs and dees with >>dent? >> mr. president. >> mr. pres. >> the sen. from west virginia. >> thank you,you, mr. president. i rise on behalf of workers, families command communities and all hard-working americans who will bear the burden. the bipartisan resolution of disapproval that i have introduced of my colleague and 47 other cosponsors will block the epa greenhouse gas regulations targeting existing power sources. i also strongly support leader mcconnell's mcconnell'smcconnell's companion resolution to block the resolutions targeting new power plants. as i was thinking about the speech and as i rise to give the speech,speech, i realize i have said many of the same word so many times before, express the same frustrations and sound off similar statistics. what is the difference? well, we have already seen the devastating effects and the callous nature of regulatory overreach. we know what th

michael horn, and from epa officials. smitty --n, this sub this subcommittee intends to answer questions concerning the troubling actions. what happened, who was involved, and most importantly, why? let me acknowledge that mr. horn and iearing voluntarily expect that he and the volkswagen organization will continue to operate. this means inviting documents and information to the committee as quickly as possible, including documents that party been discussed publicly. as i said before, there are a number of core questions that we will begin to pursue today, both volkswagen and epa. most critically, what happened, who was involved, why were these actions taken? i hope today, mr. horn can provide some important context and expand upon the facts he represented in his testimony. what exactly was done to these engines and was it done to deliberately risk -- to liberally deceive regulators? what is vw doing to fix the problem and make hold those affected by the actions? at some point prior to 2009, vw made a choice to move forwa