longtimening us is horseman bill pascrell -- congressman bill pascrell from new jersey. right before we went on the air you are making a comment about the mood in washington. what was that? guest: i sense in the last two weeks, and maybe it is a misperception, but that there is we oughtt around maybe to take some thought to the low ratings of the congress of the united states, lower than the worst disease in the world, for crying out loud, and maybe we should be talking to each other about things that we have fixated on -- that we have the right decisions and the other side has all the wrong opinions. i sense that in the last two weeks. i do not know if it is because of the polling, or people have come to the agreement and terms in their own mind that we have to get something done because we have done very little. let's face it. the proof is in the pudding. we have done very little sense january, fighting, continuing to fight, and i do not see this in a bipartisan way. good ifit is something it is real. host: are both sides guilty of not getting anything done as you say?

legislation authored by my former committee colleague, representative bill pascrell of new jersey. while i support this measure, i would hope that this congress could move forward on more comprehensive w.m.d. provential legislation in the very near future. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. meehan: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from mississippi for his comments and i also want to recognize as he does the great work that was done by congressman pascrell on this issue as well here in this house. and when i had the good fortune to begin to do work on the house homeland security committee, it was congressman pascrell who was among those who brought this issue to our attention. the failure or lack of the ability to see the issues that the talent commission put forward, put into place. so i want to thank him for his good work on this issue as well. mr. speaker, i have no further speakers at this point. and so if the gentleman from mississ

delay the employer mandate and the affordable health care at discussing that with congressman bill pascrell. the effort defined american pow's and mia's. lacy from theo pow/mia families. passed two bills to delay provisions of the affordable care act. one of the provisions requires that individuals urges health insurance and the other requires that certain employers provide health insurance to their workers. the president has said he will veto both bills. now, part of the debate on the laying the employer mandate. it begins with the democratic whip steny hoyer. >> i rise to speak the truth. this bill and the other are not real. they are purely partisan politics. they have nothing to do with reality. that, my friends, and mr. speaker, the american people ought to know that is the truth. bills take time with no and everybody in this house, the majority leader grand 434 know these bills are going nowhere. are the 38th and 39th efforts to repeal the affordable care act. attempt which has been made to 37 times already with no substantive alternative to assure quality, affordable health care for