Judge, thank you very much. Okay. Panel, we have spent a good bit of time yesterday and last night. We are interested in a number of issues and your presentation about the way you see the world and the product and you support that is why youre here today and quite honestly i respect the hard work that you do day in and k day out. People recognize that were up here long hours and late hours. You have been, too. And your product and your performance to your satisfaction is important. Mr. Calvert, ill start with you. The gentleman is recognized. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. As reported by the Appropriations Committee, the fiscal year 2018 interior environment bill is funded at 31. 456 billion, which is 825 million below the fiscal year 2017 enacted level and 4. 3 billion above the budget request. This legislation makes a concerted effort to prioritize critical needs within our reduced allocation. While also addressing specific interest and concerns brought to our attention through 5,200 member requests. In the interest of time, i want to outline all of the programs and activities funded in in this bill, but i would like to point out a few highlights. The committee has provided robust wildfire in this bill. Fire suppression accounts are fully funded at the denyear average level and the bill increases funding for review reduction. The bill funds the taxes program, pelt, at the fiscal year 2017 enacted level. 42 of the 59 states make up for tax revenue. Overall, funding by epa is reduced by 534 million or 6. 5 last year. Theyre cleaning up infrastructure and cleaning upland and it will spur Economic Development in communities across the country. This legislation provides 5 billion worth of investment and Water Infrastructure through the wifia program and the clean water and Drinking Water resolving loan funds. This bill provides increases to accelerate the cleanup of contaminated super fund and brown field sites. The bill provides 2. 9 billion for the National Park service and increases the construction account by 10 million to address longstanding park operations and deferred maintenance needs. Weve also addressed a number of concerns with an efficient Wild Life Service accounts, but theyll restore the core programs and popular Grant Programs for fiscal 2017, enacted level and it restores funds to combat International Wild life trafficking and protects fish hatcheries from cuts and closures and continues to fight evasive muscles and reduces the backlog of species that are recovered, but not yet delisted. The bill provides 275 million for the land and Water Conservation fund, programs that enjoy bipartisan support. The bill makes critical investments in Indian Country a top priority of this committee. It honors our commitment to native americans with emphasis on indian health, Law Enforcement, education and water settlements. Id like to thank my good friend terry mcall up to address these and other needs with the bell. We never are disagreeable and continue to work well together and i would also like to thank the hard work of our staff on both sides. A lot of time, as you mentioned went into this and a lot of late hours, nights and weekends to get this bill before us today. Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. Im happy to respond to any questions you or members of the rules committee may have and happy birthday, mr. Hastings, and thank you. Thank you very much. You brought your able Ranking Member with you. She is, as you are no stranger to the rules committee and shes one of our favorite when she comes up here. The gentlewoman is recognized. Good to see you. Good to see you, Ranking Member slaughter and happy first, mr. Hastings. To the members in this room who have direct family members or directly represent states impacted by the disaster, we Work Together to serve all americans at their time of need. I appreciate the opportunity today to be before you to discuss division a the fy2018 interior environment and related agencies and appropriations bill. Id like to be clear, however, that i believe consideration of the entire bill on the house floor should be under an open rule. The traditional process for appropriating legislation has been undermined by the structured rules. Furthermore, it should be considered independently and not lumped together with the packages. The bill continues down a partisan pact of slashing funding that supports health, safety and the wellbeing of American People. The important programs in the interior environment bill suffer from a low 3002b allocation which is by the majority and the process that was neither open nor transparent. The subcommittees allocation is 824 million less than last years level. A cut of this magnitude short changes the protection of our nations natural and Cultural Resources and has real consequences for American Families and communities. Adequate funding for the interior Environment Division is at a critical time when the Trump Administration is attacking Science BehindClimate Change, rolling back regulations to protect clean air and water and even halting Health Studies that examine whether some mining practices harm nearby communities. We are at a defining moment in history, and our actions to combat Climate Change now will impact the world that we pass on to our children and grandchildren. We cannot ignore the Scientific Evidence that the plan is forming. Sea levels are rising and glaciers are melting. Last weekend i witnessed firsthand at glacier National Park in montana, theyre exceeding at an accelerating rate with just 25 remaining in a landscape that once held 150 glaciers. Across the west including glacier, the frequency and intensity of wildfires continue to worsen and in fact, this last week, wildfire destroyed one of the parks historic chalets. Weve all seen the destruction inflicted by Hurricane Harvey. As the waters recede, the Environmental Protection agency will play a key role in keeping americans safe. Once again, we are reminded about the daily importance that Environmental Protections have on our lives. As members of congress, we must meet our responsibility to adequately fund the epa so it can carry out its mission and this bill does not do that. The majority has chosen to slash funding to the Environmental Protection agency by 534 million. The epa is shouldering 65 of the overall cut to the subcommittee. The epa protects human health, safety and ensures clean air and clean water for all of us. This agencys budget is already 2. 2 billion below fy10 levels and it is simply irresponsible to cut the epa any further. I also must express my concern and disappointment with partisan writers in this bill at the expense of the public good. They jeopardize a production for recovery for vulnerable species and restrict protection of our oceans and undermine clean water and clean air safeguards and even prevent the development of renewable merge. These writers do not belong in this bill, but despite my disappointment of the writers and a lack of an open floor process and the wholly inadequate allocation for the interior environment bill, i want to be clear in expressing my appreciation for the hard work of chairman calvert, his staff and the democratic staff and the work that all of our subcommittee members do together. It has been my pleasure to work on this bill, and i thank him for his working and collaborative approach. Im particularly proud of the subcommittees nonpartisan and i say nonpartisan effort to address the issues facing native americans and despite the low allocation, this bill recommends an increase of 108 million over fy2017 inactive levels for programs critical to Indian Country. The health, education and safety and trouble communities is the federal responsibility that the whole subcommittee takes very seriously and that is one very bright spot in this bill. Mr. Chairman, i request that when hr3554 comes to the floor it should be considered under an open rule so the house can have a thorough, informed debate on this bill. American people deserve every consideration of federal funding and policies that affect the help of our environment and our communities and are fundamental to the legacy we lead for future generations. I want to thank you and members of the committee to testify on hr3345 together, and i look forward to looking to my chairman as we move forward on the floor. Ms. Cullen, thank you very much, wanot only for your testimony and for your work with mr. Calvert and your staff on both sides that work diligently and we heard the story yesterday from the chairman and the Ranking Member about them working together. Finding Common Ground and i appreciate you being here with mr. Calvert and doing that exactly today. Mr. Culverson, we are delighted that you are here and the gentleman is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman and Ranking Member slaughter. I want to thank you all for the prayers and support youve offered the people of houston and Southeast Texas and louisiana for bringing Hurricane Harvey so quickly to the floor and that will make a big difference in helping relief the suffering of the people. It really does and we need to recognize that we have puerto rico directly in that eye right now and so as we speak about houston or as we speak about Southeast Texas and louisiana, we have to remember florida, we have to remember the virgin islands. We have to remember the term puerto rico which is an american territory which is very important to us and our two members who are in those territories know that we have an active process involved in that and i know you recognize that above all. And mr. Serrano mr. Serrano reminded me of this this morning. Yes. Absolutely. He reminded me, as if i needed reminding. I do. No. No. He was talking about one of our territories. We thank you very much for the support. I am here to explain the cjs bill and ask that you provide an appropriate rule as part of the larger appropriations package. It was the last week and our neighborhoods out in boats. No, no, no. Thank you. Its been a rough week. He joked his way through it. Its been a rough week. As you know, our cjs subcommittee were with the first range of agencies that are responsible for with espionage games and enforcing our trade laws and forecasting the weather managing fisheries and exploring space and advancing science. The cjs division of the bill, mr. Serrano and i worked together arm if arm provides 54 billion in discretionary funding which is 2. 6 billion in last years level and we look forward to an overall budget agreement that would give us more room. Thank you very much. We have in the limited allocation we have available to us because of the size of the debt and the deficit, were conscious of that and working thoord find ways to limit federal funding and balance all of these priorities, but with the limited funds that we have, we have allocated our constituents very precious and hardearned tax dollars to fund Priority Programs while reducing funding for activities that we deemed less essential and one of the principle priorities and Ranking Members was Law Enforcement. We want to make sure the fbi is well taken care of and the fbi has been provided with 8. 8 million and its an increase that will enable them to fight cyber crimes and terrorism and espionage and we have increased funding for federal Law Enforcement across the board to enhance their ability to protect the nation against violent crime, gang members to combat humaning someling, Human Trafficking. Unfortunately houston, texas, is a hub for Human Trafficking which is heartbreaking and our bill does anything they can to fully fund the agencies to help them fight not only Human Trafficking, but opioid trafficking and i vividly remember when the colleague from West Virginia pointed out there is a town in West Virginia that have been prescribed 9 million oxycodone pills. Thats just criminal and weave got to deal with the Opioid Crisis and we have provided fundses for 65 new immigration judge teams and 500case backlog waiting to be handled and 23 million increase for u. S. Attorneys and the increase for the u. S. Marshals and the 9 million increase for the Drug Enforcement agency and the 25 million increase for alcohol, tobacco and firearms. I especially want to say thank you to all of the federal and local and state Law Enforcement and the agencies and the First Responders that have done so much to help the people of texas in southwest louisiana with this hurricane. So weve also provided strong funding for those local and state Law Enforcement programs including 527 million for Human Trafficking and to protect women against violence and 72. 5 million to protect missing and exploited children. 500 million for the burn Justice Assistance Grant Program and 220 million for the state criminal alien Assistance Program to reimburse state and local jails and prisons for the cost of housing and individuals who committed crimes or are in the country illegally. The bill provides 19. 9 billion for nasa which is a 218 million for increase and nasa has had too much on its plate for too long and too little money to do it. Mr. Serrano working arm in arm with the sib committee to make sure that the American Space program is the best on earth and well ensure that the United States continues to lead not only in Space Exploration and technology, but in Aeronautics Research and the discovery of space and science. They will send american astronauts beyond the orbit and increases funding to planetary programs including the mission to europa which is the most promising place we will first find life in another world. The bill does not adopt the pros cut to the National Science foundation and we protected investment and basic Scientific Research which is so essential to our nations security and Economic Growth and we made sure that in order to live within our allocation we had to reduce funding in some areas and we eliminated programs that are no longer necessary and were not critical to the operations of the federal government and we reduced funding for several programs that can operate with a little less. Finally, mr. Chairman, the bill continues protections for americans, Second Amendment constitutional rights. We have also continued language from bills and continue the transfer of housing of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay into the United States and im happy to answer questions that you and the committee may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Chairman culverson, thank you very much. Mr. Serrano, the gentleman is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman at the expense of being repetitious, let me just tell my chairman, mr. Culverson that our prayers and our thoughts were with you during that period and we are here, and im here to use my vote on appropriations to make sure that texas, louisiana and those places are made whole again because its the proper thing to do and its the main thing to do, and one, mr. Chairman and it stands out in my mind and its interesting. That is, i was watching univision, and i saw First Responders from puerto rico putting their gear together to go to texas and now as we speak, irma is putting puerto rico in a situation that could be as bad as texas. And so if theres no other reason to be good brothers and sisters is the fact that you never know when its going to happen to you. So true. And it will. Thank you, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member slaughter for the opportunity to testify before you today. As a Ranking Member of the science and appropriations subcommittee i am deeply disappointed to appear before you to talk about an omni bus bill rather than an individual consideration of a bill that chairman culverson and i have worked on to date. Let me say that in order to make my presentation short i did include a lot of what i do agree on, programs that i knew i didnt have to fight for because he believed in them, too. I want to point out yet bill has problems, but that doesnt mean that i dont respect the work he did and any money that comes our way between now and