speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip imited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. lumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. since 2006 when i introduced the legislation that game the iraqi special immigrant visa, i ve been haunted by the prospect of the brave iraqi and afghan nationals that risked their lives to help american efforts in these troubled countries that they themselves would be victims because of their trust in us. as my
entirely. it s refreshing that the president is acknowledging that this is a problem. also refreshing to hear the president say he s going to do everything he can to take care of this problem. we re going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position. options for solutions is something that s under discussion, but there is no specific option right now. we didn t do enough good enough job, and i regret that. do i wish things had operated totally smoothly on october 1st? you bet. we are now more than 30 days into one of the greatest website disasters in history. was october a bad month? you bet. i want to go in and fix it myself, but i don t write code. you know, kathleen sebelius doesn t write code. ultimately, the buck stops with me. nice to see you, carl. great to see you. it s pretty fair to say the president, the administration, is on the ropes, certainly on the website, and a good start is a good apology. a lo
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