getting health care provided by their employer end up in exchanges. and that s why this cost that was estimated by the c.b.o. of $900 billion will be in the trillions, because when all of these people get out of employer-provided health care into these exchanges, think how many of them will be eligible for a federal subsidy to help them pay for that insurance, because the law says, so-called affordable care act, that anybody with an income of less than 400%, not 100%, not 200%, 400% of the federal poverty level, which is close to $90,000 for a family of four, i think of my four children and their families of two and three and four, and i know what their incomesr you know, the federal government will be subsidizing so many people that the cost, the true costs will be astronomical and something that we cannot afford. and that s why our representative from new york and our other representative from georgia, spoke earlier about, we can t do this. we can t afford to do this. we ne
it is a genuine concern that they will not be able to keep up with the expectations of the public that this is put them in power. i think john boehner is a pretty effective speaker, but nobody believes that he delivered the majority. republicans were ready to follow him in any direction. they figured they would not have been in the majority without him. when he led for the shutdown of the government or the confrontation with the clinton administration, there was a great deal of confidence that the ended the day, the guy who delivered the majority for the first time in 40 years was going to win politically in this confrontation by the way, he still believes that he won the in that confrontation. that was pretty much the attitude. you cannot really overstate the difference between newt gingrich-led congress and a john boehner-led house. i would like to hear a point of view from the democratic side and maybe you could talk about the role of the president. if you want to make s
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my friends, reject this bill, reject this bill because it is a fraud on the ameran public. reject this bill because it s an attempt to shift blame from the house of representatives passing a bill that can in fact pass not to say to the senate our way or no way an we will shut down the government because that s what this bill says. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlen s time has expired. the gentleman from virginia. from georgia. mr. woodall: i yield mself 15 seconds to say to my friend from virginia about whom i say regularly back home as a reputation i m sorry, maryland. we have virginia on my mind toda pardon me, mr. hoyer. r friend from virginia. mr. hoyer: virginia s a good state. mr. woodall: i tell sfokes back home has a great reputation for fair dealings. tremendously disappointed by that characterization of the bill. i d like to yield five minutes to the bill sponr to set the record straight on what thbill is. mr. hoyer: i thank
security? why did that come into debate? the coast guard is a law enforcement agency. they have legal authority. they are also a search and rescue group. they have so many more missions than anybody else put together. that has been one of their problems throughout their existence, finding a good home for them. maybe this will work or maybe not, but that is a question that people are beginning to ask. thank you for being on newsmakers. thank you. president obama travels to milwaukee tomorrow to talk about the u.s. economy at the latest afl-cio labor day event. follow the people and events that make history online at the c-span video library. the transfer of a canal, the impeachment of a president, the events of 9/11, watched what happened as it happened, all free any time. it is washington your way. now there is a discussion on the midterm elections. speakers include jonah goldberg. it is part of a conference by the american political science association. this portion