that you tried to teach your chosen people in the time of samuel, the prophet, that to be the most favored nation in your eyes, that nation must be unlike other nations. lord, i pray for ministers of all faiths, that they may be protected from the penalties of assigned to law breakers who find it their duty to follow their conscience, save those who think it their duty to destroy america. put in our hearts a desire to build a nation unafraid to follow your commands. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. mr. doggett: thank you, mr. speaker. let us honor our flag and our country. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justi
madame secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. facing with we are the marketplace website are unacceptable, they need to be fixed immediately. i would like to put things in a historical perspective. the age-old plan is facing hurdles. problems the set show soul security. medicare is facing trouble. new problems in medicare bug trend it drug benefit. from the headlines early part of this decade. major programs that have come below in terms of the social safety net in this country and health care security. while this is an excusable, it is a challenge that has been faced time and time when any program has been unveiled. i find it amazing that those ascribe blame have spent every waking hour of the working toears dismantle, destroy, obstruct, and impede the success of the affordable care act. concerned not about its failure, but about its success. what i hope we will focus on is how to succeed. i want to get a sense when those of us on the committee worked to put t
for and got a three month did he clay. i m not asking you to comment on that. i know the chairman asked to you comment on that. but i think there is no shame in pushing out a date based on technology. that s my opinion. and i want to note that state s own experience has been more positive. one of the issues that was local press was his issue of not having people have to sign up to enter the ite to get data as they call the amazon model and i d like to get your comments about that. and then i want to get your comments about this issue of market and ual cancellations. that in the aid individual market only 17% of on an keep their plans annual basis. so obviously there is a huge churn that goes on in that individual market. maybe we don t have a number or today, but it would be great to get that data and if we ave to get it from insurers we should have a number about what that annual rate has been my sense is we are probably following that pretty today. ame people are saying wha
cms test performed. let me continue because i have a short time. a lot of stories from constituents. onuy says he tried to get for two leaks and found that his coverage was doubled. a woman called in having tough time making ends meet. telephoneof call and says she still has not heard back. the stories are out there. 12 million people nationally will lose the coverage they have. we talked about a lot of promises that were made. how many ohioans had their insurance plans canceled? do we know? i do not know. state that provide information, will we know how many? quek again, the federal government, these are private plans. ohio companies could give you that information. haveis not information we at the department of health and human services. these are private insurance companies. we will not know how many people? class you could ask the ohio insurance companies. that would be a great way to get the answer. insurance companies are canceling plans because the legislatio
president obama was and governor perry apostate speaking in dallas talking about governor perry s state in dallas talking about the obamacare law. tonight sreview of speech and some comments on the appearance yesterday. president obama was fundraising in dallas yesterday. rick fund-raising and i with this evening. washington bureau chief for dallas morning news joins us by phone. texas is one of the chief sources of resistance to the healthcare law. what did the president accomplish in his visit yesterday? the primary goal seemed to be fund-raising and he raised a large sum and we don t know the exact amount for the democratic senatorial campaign committee which will go to states other than taxes because texas democrats are not very competitive. up for reelection but the democrats don t seem to be making a run at him. i was clearly a top goal. far as pitching obamacare, it does make sense for him in a lot of ways to go to a place like are a high there number of uninsure