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Telling everybody as hes been trying to help the president and vice president persuade lawmakers to come on board. it theres much we can do within our powers of the administration to transfer authority to the states to do these kinds of things. this bill brings us a step closer to that and we can amend and help the rule making to make that even more advanced for the states. >> heather: are being told specifically, next thursday, as early as next thursday, there could be a vote. it is unrealistic...

Care for those individuals that appropriately present to their department. yes, maam. >> mr. secretary im interested in following up on your comment that its important that no one vote on anything that violates their conscience. federal funding already can be used for abortions. are you saying that the administration has a position on the provision of birth control at these community health centers? secondly, is the administration looking to actively withhold funding to planned parenthood if the...

>> but in december last year the iraqi government incorporated the militias which total 100,000 soldier in the iraqi army and fighting with the same side as the u.s. and one is designated terrorist organization by the u.s. very murky who is fighting with two out there at the moment. >> bill: whats the u.s.s position on this? >> well, theres deliver diplomatic speak we spoke to colonel dorrian a spokesman for the u.s.-led coalition is saying there was no direct communication for the groups. >> th...

>> i mean, wolf, is that issue any more important than pefoa in the hudson river with gillibrand where people are facing health risks, is it any more important than the ozone issue we deal with in certain parts of the country? the answer is we have many priorities at the agency. we must focus on those, improve our air quality standards and should celebrate, actually, the progress weve made as a country. one thing i want to emphasize -- the paradigm that weve had -- this paradigm that weve had fo...

>> all right, this is the fox news alert, we have been anxiously awaiting the epa administrator scott pruitt to take the stage here at cpac, hes addressing a very enthusiastic crowd. hes the key ♪ ♪ and the last one before the straw pull. >> and so leading the epa, sending that message across our agency, ive emphasized three very important thicks as i started leading the epa, number one we are going to pay attention to process, rule-making matters, we are not going to have sue and settle, we...

Im reading the notes provided by the reporters visiting the president. theres a difference between governing and signing executive orders. how do you frame that for people saying this is messaging but not necessarily accomplishing change. >> there is a limited amount you can do with executive orders. now, this is all about regulations, and its fine to identify rules that you think are unnecessary but the way you fix rule make something through rule making. you cant do that through executive orde...

He denied the agenda is anti-environment, instead -- >> oftentimes in rule making, regulators have changed rules in midstream. they will tell you the greatest impediment theyve had is regulatory uncertainty. >> addressing the flint, michigan, water crisis and the flood in california and other environment infrastructure problems. the cleanup of superfund sites and the inclusion of localities and private property owners need epa decision-making. >> when you think about farmers and ranchers around ...

Anti-environment, instead -- >> oftentimes in rule making, regulators have changed rules in midstream. they will tell you the greatest impediment theyve had is regulatory uncertainty. >> addressing the flint, michigan, water crisis and the flood in california and other environment infrastructure problems. the cleanup of superfund sites and the inclusion of localities and private property owners need epa decision-making. >> when you think about farmers and ranchers around the country, they recogn...

Isolatings by frrp. >> well, if i may respectfully disagree with a little is that some people were caught in detention for a few hours because i didnt do all the rule making and go through the procedures. i dont think he will think that that is the minus that we may think for people who cover government as it unfolds in a usually more orderly, consistent way. so im reserving judgment for the moment, fred, if there is any political damage to the short or long-term. i think we will see the upshot ...

Lot of the regulations, most of them, the guts of it, was really subject to interpretation and rule making by the department of health and human services. it didnt even necessarily have to every dot and "t" crossed didnt get done by congress even with all those 4,000 pages. so this is a law where the guts are dealing with it -- are so much done by hhs and the regulations, thats why this is important. and so when you talk about litigation, you know, step one, lets get someone in there with the po...