The hearing will come to order. My understanding is that the democrat caucus has not designated who all the members are. We need to do unanimous consent that all members be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing without objection, so ordered. Welcome to the new congress. If you would like a we have mr. Mitchell and i know a number of other new members will be joining us from the democrats side, as well. So i want to welcome mr. Mitchell to the committee this afternoon. Lets start with Opening Statements and get right to our witnesses. And we appreciate our witnesses being here today, talking about an important this important subject. Health insurance premiums are soaring. President obama and the administration promised multiple times that Affordable Care act would Lower Health Insurance premiums by 2500. American families are still waiting to see those reductions. Instead, the Health Insurance premiums have skyrocketed under the Affordable Care act. Theres about 25 average incr
Became human beings that god indeed was voting, that we are all equal. I suggest to you as dr. Forbes has said that our voice is indeed our vote and that we vote every time we speak out, we vote everywhere we go, on every issue. Now dr. Forbes also talked about 9 11, which everyone agrees was an act of terrorism. But i am a child of the 60s from birmingham, alabama. And there was another affect terrorism that hammed in september, four little girls were bombed in a church across 16th street. I remember the anxiety and angst that come around that day, every year, one of those little girls sister went to school with me. It is also an act of terrorism that this country should do great penance for. Because, that act of m terrorism, unlike the one on 9 11, is attach ed to the infl t inflected moral aptitude of this country. There is a lie being spread around and most of us are drinking the kool aid. The lie says that all people are not created equal the lie says somebody has to win and someb
To merge europe together and create a european union. The phrase is already out there so that france, germany, russia, poland, dont see events as a zero sum game. On sunday night at 8 00 eastern. The idea that american president s have always gotten the very best Health Care Available in whatever era they lived, this is a charming myth and problems began almost immediately with George Washington. Richard levinson, on myths surrounding president s and their health. He has talked about how doctors have sometimes contributed to a president s death or saved them from dying without public knowledge. Go to cspan. Org for our complete schedule. National intelligence director, james clapper, recently spoke about the Intelligence Briefings being provided to Hillary Clinton and donald trump. This was part of an intelligence and National Security summit here in washington, d. C. It is about an hour. Good morning, everyone. I will tell you it is a little tough to hear backstage but i did hear hoki
Recommendations, and theyre in the process of doing them. Thats correct. We had informal discussions as well as the formal letter responding to our recommendations. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank our two witnesses. Lord knows where we would be if we didnt have gao and Inspector Generals. The alarming malfeasance and incompetence of the rollout of this plan is just stunning. And here we are, you know, we cant just simply brush it off and say, well, this was a bad start, but everythings going great now. The cost to the taxpayer probably well never know. But thank goodness that we have your organizations providing us information and spurring on a seemingly bureaucratic nightmare that exists within the federal government in terms of handling these kinds of programs. Anybody in the private sector that had done this would have been bankrupt. Investors would have lost all their money. Its just stunning to continue to observe what it takes to get these agenci
Senator orrin hatch chairs the subcommittee. This is just over an hour. The meeting will come to order. Its a pleasure to welcome everyone here this morning. Well be talking with representatives from the office of Inspector General, and from the Government Accountability office about their ongoing oversight work with respect to health care. Gov. And enrollment in the federal Health Insurance marketplace. I want to thank both entities for their hard work on these issues and acknowledge the contributions they made to help this committee perform more accurate and timely oversight. No secret ive been a fan of the socalled Affordable Care act. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that i and the many others oppose this from the beginning has been right all along. The facts speak for themselves. Republicans signed into law, hhs, lig and gao have released at least 6 dozen reports detailing various operation and information issues. Detailing the numerous areas where the law has fallen short. These