Can support their efforts. Our friends in the philippines will face a long, hard road ahead, but theyll continue to have a friend and partner in the United States of america. Now, switching gears, it has now been six weeks since the Affordable Care acts new marketplace has opened for business. I think its fair to say that the rollout has been rough so far. And i think everybody understands that im not happy bout the fact that the rollout has been wrought with a whole range of problems that ive been deeply concerned about. But today i want to talk about what we know after these first few weeks and what were doing to implement and improve the law. Yesterday, the white house announced that in the first month, more than 100,000 americans successfully enrolled in new Insurance Plans. Is that as high a number as wed like . Absolutely not. But it does mean that people want Affordable Health care. The problems of the website have prevented too Many Americans from completing the enrollment proc
Notices that went out to north carolina, arkansas, a lot of places, under the president posses guidance, these letters now will have to explain to people that receive them, you know, what their policy did and what is available on the exchange. Many people will find Better Options on the exchange. Assuming we can get those exchanges up and running and assuming we can get the websites working, many people will find a better option. We told people if they had these plans, they could keep it. This and willh answer your questions. I do not want to lose sight of the promise of the Affordable Care act. I will give to the press this letter i received from my office. I will not read the whole part of it. But this child, emily, is now 22 years old. Susan, wrote me this letter to say, i know you are struggling with the aca and i want to tell you this is worth fighting for. She goes on to describe her daughter, who lost her hearing as a young child, struggle through and got great grades and ended
I now recognize senator klobuchar, and before we start her clock, let me express my appreciation to her for the work shes done i think really leading this committee on synthetic drugs, bath salts and so forth and trying to improve the scheduling response to that. Senator klobuchar. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding that allday meeting yesterday with senator portman about addiction and the work that needs to be done. I was pleased to take part in that, and we welcome you, administrator lee p onhart. Leonhart. You spent many years in minnesota, how many years . Most of my childhood. Yes. Well, were proud to have you in this job. As you and i talked about last week, i recently led a delegation to mexico a few weeks ago on the topic of sex trafficking as well as heroin. And i think we asked every single official there, including the attorney general of mexico and the held of the federal police, about what was going on with heroin. I was there with senator heitkam
For a really long time to try to get health care because they dont have it. And i am very frustrated, but im also somebody who, if i fumbled the ball, im going to wait until i get the next play, and then im going to try to run as hard as i can and do right by the team. So ultimately, im the head of this team. We did fumble the ball on it, and what im going to do is make sure that we get it fixed. In terms of what happens on november 30th or december 1st, i think its fair to say that the improvement will be marked and noticeable. The website will work much better on november 30th, december 1st than it worked certainly on october 1st. Thats a pretty low bar. It will be working a lot better than it is it was last week, and it will be working better than it was this week, which means that the majority of people who go to the website will see a website that is working the way its supposed to. I think it is not possible for me to guarantee that 100 percent of the people 100 percent of the ti
Providence to guide the affairs of our nation and those who serve. Guide our representatives, we pray, on a path consistent with the original intent of our constitution. Grant them the strength of character to defend life, liberty and freedom. For future generations. Lead them in the path of righteousness, which will exalt this nation. As public servants, keep them from the sin of arrogance and selfcentered pride by reminding them they are accountable to the people and to you for their decisions. And i pray each representative of this house may know that they are greatly loved by you. As a follower of jesus christ, i pray this in him name, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise . Mr. Speaker, purr superintendent to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approv