Some of the contractors who built it are going to have some explaining to do. Were going to bring that to you live in just a few minutes. First we explain just how we got here. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal Website Health care. Gov. House republicans long opposed to the penaltys Affordable Care act are expected to grill the definiteliors of the system. The rollout is nothing short of a debacle. On wednesday, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with c. E. O. S of Insurance Companies at the white house. The initial high jam of users clogged the system, which failed early testing. The Vice President of the company that built the website will say today the Obama Administration acknowledged the website was not tested enough before going live. We did not expect or anticipate the scale of the problems that has occurred. Thats on us. Some democrats claim the investigation is political and the go
To how one gets to a closing guantanamo . I dont think it is that complicated once we decide the we are going to do. The argument been would be we will never really she because there is a risk if we release you. Thats not good criminal Justice Policy and i dont think its good counterterrorism policy. Everybody else down there that we determined for whatever reason we cannot release or weve tried and convicted them we will housing in the United States. There are many, many Public Policy arguments over the course of my great that a frustrated me. Its amazing how people lead to incorrect conclusions and then the same irreversible. But the notion that we cannot hold dangers people safely in the United States to me is patently absurd. And yet, it drives the debate. The reason that we have not close guantanamo, keep in mind, it wasnt some big liberal goal, gates, john mccain, george w. Bush said we should close guantanamo. Why havent we . Well, ill skip the political argument for the moment
With that, i yield to the chairman emeritus of the full committee. Thank you. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to make the Affordable Care act work. I remind my colleagues the last perfect law came off of the top of mount sinai with moses, written on a stone tablet. Nothing so good has happened since. I urge us to use our best efforts to see that this law goes into effect and works and that we carry out our responsibility to the American People. To see to it that we do everything we can to defend the laws of the u. S. I have heard some unfortunate things on the other side. They said we have to do everything in our power to prevent obamacare. Obamacare, get rid of it. Our friends on the other side have forgotten that. I hope they will continue to forget it. We have a chance to see to it that the American People get health care as a matter of right, not financial privilege. I am very frustrated, at least as frustrated as anyone else in this room, about the problems facing healthcar
Morning. We will stay on the Affordable Care act and get your experience with the law. 2025 853 881. Democrats, 2025853880. , 20 25853882. Journal cail us, span. Org. Let me begin with the front page of the Atlanta Journal constitution. Health law is delayed. The deadline has been pushed back amid technical issues. This is what they report. From the Associated Press the white house said Late Wednesday that it would allow purchasers more time to sign up without facing penalties. So that from the white house last night. The penalty being postponed. Both the Los Angeles Times this morning healthcare rollout under friendly fire. That from two papers this morning. We are getting your take and we want to hear your experience with the Affordable Care act not just since the launch of the website but since the law was put on the books in 2010. What has been your experience with it . Good, bad, or otherwise, we want to get your take this morning. The white house has created a youtube website, po
Colleagues to work with us and work with these witnesses to get it right. Thank you. I yield back. Thank you for being here today. I have a series of quick questions i will like to get to. How many change orders have your received by estimate, either formally or informally leading up to the launch, and what function do they want you to perform . We have received approximately eight change orders. When was the most recent . I believe as recent as august of this year. Ok. I dont know the answer to that, but i think was a low number. Ok. Are you both making changes now with code in order to fix any of the socalled glitches or nonperformance issues question mark that would be yes. How many organizational boundaries between the piece of information traveling from the United States government to the web portal, how many boundaries, how many organizational boundaries, including the states and their access to information does that piece of art man cross does that piece of information cross . I