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And losers among the industry types. do you think it would be hypocritical to exempt industry data containing business information from disclosure but not personal health information from public health researchers? yes or no? >> congressman, i believe that what needs to be clear is that what actions we took this week were to ensure that data and methodology were also available to those that are concerned about rule-making. >> you know, i believe it is hypocritical. how can the public trust your ...

Making our decisions in rule-making. >> as you know, mr. administrator, last year and i think we actually passed it into law this year, this committee unanimously, i believe, here and in the house, rewrote americas legislation. and we are working together to rewrite the safe driving water -- clean drinking water as well and make additional grants available. what are you doing to help clean up our brown field sites? >> we issued a series of grants across the country this week. it has been a treme...

The support for the regulation, is that not correct? >> it is. what has been of note to me, as ive been certain at the agency, there are reliance, a reliance at the agency on many third party studies. as the studies are supportive of rule-making, important to make sure the methodology and data accompany the conclusions so the american people can make informed decision about the rules and whether they actually are based on sound science. >> this is to get a little bit to the budget, were actually...

Lets look at the case of an expert who fought to finals a a ban on deadly chemical used in paint strippers, the new york times and other media reported that her efforts were -- by nancy beck, the chemical industry lobbyist you put in charge of regulating chemicals. nancy beck was paid by the chemical industry to lobby against chemical regulations and now retired and is running the chemical program and the proposal to ban has been abandoned. were you involved in the decision to abandon that rule-...

Transparency. ive had a lot of constituents over the years been very concerned about decisions and various agencies that get made by administrators or the bureaucracy and in some cases they cant get access to the underlying data that underpins the decisions. the proposal you put forward, how does that address that issue? will it be replicated, maybe peer reviewed, so that we can all work off facts? >> this is -- this is an interest to congress. there is proposed legislation to address this very ...

Do you think it could be hypocritical? yes or no? >> congressman, i believe that what needs to be clear is that what actions we took were to ensure that data were also available to those that they are concerned about our rule making -- >> you know, i believe its hypocritical. so moving on. given your track record how can the public trust your decisions? >> this was an efrts to ensure transparency. as we do rule making -- >> based on your record should the public trust your decision making with t...

Democrats, who are saying i thought mexico was going to pay for it. its not going to happen for the american public to pay for it. >> so president trump also falsely claimed that he has already banned bump stocks. watch this. >> we got rid of the bump stocks. the bump stocks are under very strict control. which i think everybody agrees its fine. and we really did a job. nobody reported it. >> okay. so guess what, thats also false. theyre still legal. the trump administration today published a pr...

One of the things thats difficult in understanding trump is that you have to constantly expand your imaginative grasp of human villainy. you have to constantly think that like, wow, people will actually do this? and once you realize what theyre capable of and what theyre willing to do, it makes some of the scandals around trump, i think you see them in a different light. so it matters that he has these people who are out there talking about kind of framing their political opponents with ukrainia...

Actually do this? and once you realize what theyre capable of and what theyre willing to do, it makes some of the scandals around trump, i think you see them in a different light. so it matters that he has these people who are out there talking about kind of framing their political opponents with ukrainian prostitutes and bribes and ex-spies and fake i.d.s. the fact that these are the people who are on trumps payroll at the heart of the campaign, it doesnt really -- >> so right, yeah. theres two...

55-year-old man who is unmarried have to pay for birth control in his policy? why is that something? >> we want to make a system where people can buy the insurance that they want. we need to work with congress to be able to do that. >> laura: this is rule-making. this is rule-making to get 60 days and then it goes into effect. >> then we would review the comments and go to find a role and that can be effective perhaps later this year. these are things we can do while obamacare is still in place....