Finance committee will come to order today across Insurance Companies are excelling Mental Health coverage to our people worried about their Mental Health or that their loved ones. Unfortunately too often after these insurers take big premiums from our people. They let them down. The providers they advertise arent available. They can get appointments. The firm basically says we arent taking new patients which of course we not represented to theminitially in that way. The fact is these americans are being off e by what the government accounting process as described as a goat network. Not my language, the of accountability. The, was a Ghost Network is all about is essentially selling Health Coverage under false pretenses. Because the providers who can advertise avarent picking up the phone. They arent seeing patients in business product or service doesnt meet expectations consumers get a refund. In my view is a breach of contract for Insurance Companies to sell their plans for thousands
[inaudible conversations] calling to order the subcommittee of vacations and technology. Good morning and welcome to first hearing of the 114 congress. I can think of no issue within our jurisdiction thats more important to consider at this time in the future of the internet and our responsibility as legislators to set internet policy for the country. Thats why we have put forward draft legislation to provide consumers the protections they deserve while not choking off investment and innovation. We have shared this draft out with both sides of allen made it available probably invited our Witnesses Today to give us their views on this draft proposal and i thank all of our witnesses for their participation. With a very important choice to make between letting three very smart and capable but on elected people at the fcc the Majority Commission uses statute written for another era to cobble together regulatory scheme and undoubtedly will end up in court for years in litigation providing n
Fiscal problem that is much more severe. So i think the discussions of the dynamic scoring cannot let it us slip into a place where we look the other way and theres a highrisk that some of the decisions we make will leave behind a big fiscal mess. Ive had the misfortune of inheriting fiscal messes and taken great pride in cleaning them up and i think we have to be careful and not create those problems. You spoke approvingly of the ryan murray spending bill that helps us avoid the shutdown but that build left in place some caps on domestic and defense appropriations in 2011. Are you comfortable with a the level of those taxes . I never thought the caps were in the right place. I think we have a tremendously important need in this country that are both on the defense and nondefense side that will lead to a stronger economy and a stronger nation if we have the room to invest sensibly. In the context of the conversation about these kinds of issues there will have to be further discussion a
Ladies and gentlemen there is one more lost child. Im sorry, shes over here to my right, your left. Shes 9 years old from north dakota. Shes looking for her parents. If you see anyone, theyre right over here by the gate. We continue to cover the u. S. Conference of mayors winter meeting underare way way in washington. President obama addresses the group this afternoon. Thats coming up 4 45 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, cspan. All this month were covering state of the state speeches and governors inaugurations, which you can see at cspan. Org. Tonight, well bring you some of the speeches beginning at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Including republican governor nathan deal, in georgia. Larry hogan, the governor of maryland. Tom wolf of pennsylvania. And new mexico governor suzanna mar tee hes in martinez. Thats 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Org 2. Andrew keen, author of internet is not the onser eranswer on how the public is being used for profit. People went to work for factories. The
, bu in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. Walorski for five minutes. Mrs. Walorski thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of legislation i introduced last week as a companion piece to a bill authored by senator kelly ayotte to protect the safety of the United States and its allies and restrict the transfers of detainees from guantanamo bay. Since mid november, the president and his administration have ramped up an effort to make good on a Campaign Promise to increase the number of the release of guantanamo detainee transfers. Last night during his state of the Union Address, the president reaffirmed his commitment to close this facility once and for all and he is releasing prisoners at an alarming rate. 21 terrorists have been released just in november alone to foreign countries. This comes at the expense of our own country. This bill would suspend the transfer of high and medium risk detainees and prohibit