mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock: 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 justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman seek unanimous consent? >> i do. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, yesterday we heard yet another empty promise from the president that by fiat he can delay provisions of law under obamacare that have already crossed the staggering five million americans their health insurance. now notice he's not changed the law, he has simply said he will ignore the law and he envites health insurers to do the same. this is a constitutional abomination. we live in a nation of laws and not o

mr. mccolin ton, for five minutes. -- mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, we're now seven weeks into the implementation of obamacare. we know that in the first four weeks 106,000 americans placed health plans in their shopping baskets although it's not clear how many of them actually purchased plans. meanwhile, it's now estimated that some 5 1/2 million americans have lost the health insurance that they had, that they liked and that they were promised that they could keep. the inconvenient truth is that this law has dramatically increased the ranks of the uninsured. yesterday came word that college students are seeing their low-cost student plans canceled with replacement costs as much as 1,800% higher under obamacare. although the president recently assured the nation that the cancellations were confined to the individual market, we're now learning that his administration gives a mid-range estimate that 2/3 of the small employer plans and 45% of the large employer plans face cancellation as well. some estimates are as high as 93 million americans

mr. mcclintock: madam speaker, this summer the biggest fire in the history of the sierra nevada mountains burned 400 square miles of forest land. the fire left behind a swath of environmental devastation that threatens the loss, not only the effected forest land for generations, but sets events in motion that could threaten the surrounding forests for many years to come. the fire also left behind as much as a billion board feet of dead timber on federal land that could be sold to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, money that could then be used to replant and restore the devastated forests. in addition, processing that timber would help to revive the economy of the stricken region. but time is already running out. within a year, the value of the timber rapidly declines as the wood is devoured by insects and rot. and that's the problem. cumbersome environmental reviews and the litigation that follows will run out the clock on this valuable asset until it becomes worthless. indeed, it becomes worse than worthless. it becomes hazardous. bark and wood-boring beetles are already moving on t

mr. mcclintock: one such family is the harolds abury family in mare poe is a. he writes, i'm a carpenter and covered under the company's plan. when i retired my wife went to work and she was informed yesterday that he was dropping coverage and dropping coverage for anyone below full time. we'll be able to enroll her on my plan, but this doesn't address her loss of income. mr. speaker, my office is being flooded by such complaints, i have to believe that our colleagues across the aisle are hearing the same things, why aren't they listening? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to indicate as many of my colleagues have that beyond the so-called glitches and hiccups of the website, that the president's health care bill simply is not working. in fact, it is hurting. since the president's health care bill was signed into law, i've seen the