burgess. mr. burgess: yield myself three minutes. it sounds as if the gentleman will vote for the bill under consideration today because after all it is an opportunity to give long suffering americans an opportunity to be out of the penalty part of the affordable care act. let's be honest, this thing is one of the most coercive pieces of legislation that has ever been passed by the united states congress. i might just remind people here in the house of representatives that this law, which was h.r. 3590, was actually not subject to any hearings or any markups in the united states house of representatives. maybe it was when h.r. 3590 first passed the house when it was a housing bill in july of 2009, but remember what became the health care bill was the housing bill that was amended. the amendment read over in the senate, strike all after the enacting clause and insert. what was inserted was language written by special interests over in the cloakroom of the senate finance committee, was passed by the senate on christmas eve, and then th

joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for politico and susan ferrechio, chief political correspondent for the examiner. on the larger issue of how you view the republican leadership, this has put forth for you to run on in 2014. what kind of great would you give the gop leadership? >> if you look at what the house has done, i would give them an a. we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the problems that are holding our economy back. you have president and here in the senate who you have to give an f at best. you cannot tell what the plan is. they will not even bring any of these bills to the senate floor for a vote. miapresident seems to be when it comes to a job plan. he has never missed a deadline. we do know if the president jobs plan is. when you see this coming forward with a comprehensive bill to address the problems that are holding our economy back, to rebuild with an america that works. that is what the american people want us to focus on. you have seen some really good bills moved through the house. we want to continue to sharpe

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joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for "politico" and susan ferrechioief political correspondent for "the examiner." i want to talk about your jobs plan unveiled this past week. on the larger issue of how you view the republican leadership, this has put forth for you to run on in 2014. what kind of a grade would you give the gop leadership? >> if you look at what the house has done, i would give them an a. we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the le

burgess: mr. speaker, last weekend 239 passengers on a malaysian airplane were lost. and as of this morning i don't think we yet know their fate. according to the fort worth star tell gram, one of those residents used to call keller, texas, home. i want to share with the body what his family had put out as a public statement. i'm quoting here. phillip wood was a man of god, a man of honor and integrity. his word was gold. incredibly generous, creative, and intelligent, phil cared about people, his family, and above all, christ. so our hearts are hurting, we know so many families around the world are affected just as us by this terrible tragedy. we ask for your prayers, not only for ourselves, but for all involved during this difficult time. as a family we are sticking together through christ to get through this. thank you for your understanding, close quote. i think words we can all take to heart while we ponder the fate of those individuals lost on that plane. i yield back. the speaker pro tempor

joining us now is michael burgess, a member of the house energy commerce committee doctor, congressmans so great to have you here. thirty-seven unilateral actions controvert them with the department of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius told to secretaries two weeks ago. >> thank you having me on. this delay is not all that surprising. that really it underscores just how desperately bad real numbers must actually be. next week on april 1, the administration or the secretary will come out and say that okay, we did a great job, we almost met our goals. we have good numbers. but they are not sharing real numbers with us. lou: the real numbers. what we care about in romans which are still sidedly short of their goals. we don't know how many of them are actually in romans that are paid for that are absolutely not sign-ups, if you will. >> that is correct. those numbers i am convinced that they know those numbers and will they share them with us next week. it will say oh, we are still compiling. the data is rotten we want to give you accurate numbers. still, they will come

cheryl burgess joins us to explain. welcome. good to see you gl good to see you. morning. >> love when you come to warn us about stuff and tell us what's good out there, what's new. a chemical in deodorant soap, right? >> it's triclosan in deodorants, toothpastes, kitchen sinks, towels, toys. it is there to be like an anti-microbial agent. >> to kill germs? >> to kill germs. >> what does it do if we put it on our skin? >> the concern that the fda has is that it can accumulate systemically. we absorb it. over the years since the 1960s when this ingredient was available in like deodorant soaps -- i have some examples of irish spring and dial here -- this one doesn't list it on the label. that's one of the concerns the fda has. >> but it has it in it? >> this one should. most have it in it. it's just not listed. this one is definitely listed on the liquid dial. so, they're in a lot of ingredients. like i said, even toothpaste. and so we really need to know, so that if you choose to avoid it, you can, until we know what the further studies are going to show. >> does t

michael burgess, doctor and congressman. 37 delays on this plan, contradicting exactly what the secretary sebelius told us. >> right. this delay not all that surprising, but really it underscores just how desperately bad the real numbers must be. next week on april 1st, i fully expect the administration or secretary sebelius to come out and say, hey, we did a great job. we almost met our goal, we've got good numbers. but they're not sharing the real numbers with us. >> the real numbers. are -- one of the things that is frustrating, i think, to all of us is that while we hear about enrollments, which are still sizeable sizeably short of their goals, we don't know what ones are paid for and simply sign-ups, if you will. >> correct. and those numbers, i'm absolutely convinced they know those numbers, but will they share those with us next week? of course not. they'll say, we're still compiling, the data is raw, we want to give you accurate numbers when we give you numbers. but still, they'll come forward with press conferences and he d heralds and banners saying, we met our goals, we have 7

michael burgess.nd the ways and means committee and senate finance committees and their staffs for the tireless work to produce a policy which will help to ensure that seniors continue to have access to quality providers. included in this legislation is my bill and it's called the standard of care protection act, and it provides much needed clarity to the practice of medicine by confirming that federal quality incentives are no substitute in a medical malpractice case for the standards of care developed by specialty societies and determined and practiced by physicians. this is an extremely important determination that will provide fairness to both patient plaintiffs and doctors. with this vote today, we take an important step toward replacing the flawed formula. while at the same time protecting americans by delaying the individual mandate of obamacare by five years. while the current administration continues to add delays when it's politically expedient, this policy gives certainty for individuals th

thank you so much, richard burgess. >> thank you. >> up next, we switch gears to another very seriousa disease that kills 40,000 people each and every year in the united states. we need your help to report out this crisis. it's our call to action right of the break. >>> welcome back to the program, everybody, there are just days left before the deadline to sign up for obama care and so we're using this week's call to action to take an in depth look at the cost of health care around this country. here's what we want to you do. please send us a photo with a sign telling us how much your total medical costs of any type are each month. i did it right here on the air and responses have been pouring in through e-mail, and of course through facebook where you guys are all so active. every day, we're going to bring you a different facet of the story as you report on its costs. and today, a very personal story. we're going to look at the struggle confronted by so many women across this country. breast cancer. while survival rates are increasing, they are still terrifying. an american woman's c

burgess: mr. speaker, i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i remind the body that this language, this compromise, this bipartisan, bicameral compromise has been available for all to see since february 6. during that time, what response have we gotten from the united states senate as a responsible way to pay for this legislation? zero, nothing. we are offering this bill today with the pay-for that has been embraced by both sides in a bipartisan fashion, as i demonstrated to you already. this would not be necessary if the senate had provided us feedback on what their approach to a method of paying for this legislation would be, but they did not. we know that the chairman of the senate finance committee, the finance committee in the other body, the chairman has now gone to a different occupation, so there is a now chair of the person in the finance committee, but that shouldn't have been an obstacle. there was a way forward to pro

let's get the latest on this felt like tom burgess walton heath in central paris he joins me next time you're at friday the dow goes the campaign headquarters of the celebration started absolutely enormous to use this evening as i knew god who made history becoming the french capital's first female mac. she gave an acceptance speech we just read an extract from the icicle that the victory pirates and cheap kind to everyone in the city house either they voted for the support she promised that to come good on all the promises that she made along with the electoral campaign a little while i expect ago i spent in baghdad the us in the news that a politician and historian he was standing by outside he said in the context of hosting a crushing defeats all the stations nationwide this results in here in paris is a little remarkably so this was testament to. i knew dad was the incredible campaign ad rate was ninety and he said that she really is the woman for the job of running this the french capital. that this lady was deputy mayor for many years that she has an idea of what's ahead of her b

ice dancer charlie white and his partner, sharna burgess scored a 27.he highest ever for a premiere. >> wow. candace cameron bure from "full house" and mark ballas scoring a 25 and danica mckellar and her partner val scoring a 24. we'll hear from them in just a moment. >>> angus t. jones who walked away from his job playing jake on "two and a half men" says he does not regret it. back in 2012 jones called the show filth and urged people not to watch it. >> now he's explaining himself a little more calmly. >> i was a paid hypocrite because i wasn't okay with it but i was still doing it. i think it's putting some perspective on that time that i had and my thoughts that i -- the thoughts that i had when i was in it and when i decided to leave. >> jones is now in school and he's focusing on his christian faith. >>> finally, anyone familiar with the hard rock hair bands of the '80s should like this little furry friend we're about to show you. >> oh, yeah, check out the crazy 'do. he is cool. lives in japan. 7 years old. obviously rocking the best mohawk on y

. >> colin burgess traveled 6,000 miles to tokyo to find out where his money was. >> i'm annoyed. it seems like i've lost all my money. i'm annoyed that the company has bee been stringing people along for so long claiming everything is okay. >> a bitcoin bank went belly up . stealing 900 bitcoins, worth $6 $600,000. >> for the currency curious, bitcoins are are digital currency traded online and are free of regulation. bitcoins are lines of heavily encrypted computer code. with a fixed number of bitcoins available, their value fluctuate. put your value at your own risk. technology. there is a lot of possibilities with it, a lot of challenges and a lot of things that are to be learned about it yet. >> you buy bitcoins with real money. usually through an exchange. then you can use the vis virtual money. for things legal or illegal. >> are these legitimate or stuff fallen off the truck? >> these are legitimate, i've had very good luck with them. >> there's always the danger of exchanges like mount gax or bitcoins exchanges collapsing. despite the risk, he is still betting on bitcoin.

gm telling us, we don't know, though words, here is what texas republican congressman michael burgess, someone is playing -- with the facts here, congressman what do you make of that. and possible legal defense might be -- well this is the old gm. we were rescued this is the new gm. >> neil, i am not a bankruptcy lawyer, you need expert opinion on this. but from my recollection this is not a bankruptcy by gm it was a government takeover, i'm not sure how that alters the equation, it may be the government is liable for those claims. neil: what do you' to find out with these hearing, what took so longer whether during the time of buying out and rescue. -- bailout and rescue, they wanted to keep this hush, that certainly, would not have helped the argument for rescue, right? >> well, remember we have some history with uncom manded acceleration in the toyota cars around that same time, and democratic control house at that . was very quick to jump on the toyota manufacturing and brought their high executive to our committee to testify. neil: i remember well. >> if there was other evidence

. >> my name is raven burgess, a survivor of gun violence. i was shot may 29th, 2013. i am here to promote and help to ensure that this ends. thank you. >> my name is alex westerly. i am here for my sister who got killed by a stalker who purchased the gun on the internet. without any kind of background check. i am here to prevent this happening. thanks. >> good morning. my name is sherialyn byrdsong, i am here in honor of my husband, rikki, the northwest basketball coach. he was killed in 1999 by a man who was the convicted felon and in spite of that was able to buy a gun from an unlicensed gun dealer wihout a brady background check. >> sarah brady and i'm here on behalf of my husband jim brady who was wounded in the assassination attempt on ronald reagan in 1981. >> my name is dan gross and i am here for my brother matthew who was shot in the head atop the empire state building in february of 1997 and for our dear friend christopher burkemeister who was killed that day and 90 americans who are killed every day by a bullet and for every one of us who just wants to live

representative michael burgess vice chair of the oversight and investigations committee, he will be questioninggm ceo mary barra next week. welcome. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me on. >> lots of directions in this inquiry that your committee and others will be pursuing. >> right. >> i wonder how much you personally will be probing, whether gm committed fraud in its bankruptcy filing by failing to disclose what it knew, when it knew it, about this ignition problem, and the fact that fatal injuries had been sustained because of it. how interested are you in that particular angle? >> well, that's one of the points that certainly we'll be discussed a week from tomorrow, when we have that hearing. i will have to tell you, having been through this with the uncommanded accelerations in toyota that turned out to not be the case, and this all occurred in 2009, when many problems with gm were allegedly happening, having watched this process before, i'm actually very interested in what the national highway traffic safety administration has been doing with the data that they have been co

tom burgess walks and has more for us tom yes mark on hearing that with dignity. keeping a very close eye on all the developments as the results trickle in that we thought. results from all that twenty on the small cost paris and that it's clear that in that the most populous. in a job in the region so all of the french capital. but they're the ones that not of the most cuz they'll generate the largest number of the counselors who will then it's on it's back to the next mayor will be looking extremely close. it's summer he estimates suggesting that to the cause is totally safe for the year and he has a slight lead. but of course would mean a fab but of course a great deal to change between now and then next week when the second round comes around. but to if this is true we had a saying that this could mean though that last up to thirteen years but they could be a change in the leadership here in pirates of the whole crew isn't that all of this the knowledge of city and from among the great global capitalist will be of great interest in all just across the field as

. -- burgess. i served under general allen. >> that is why you are exhausted. >> i have had time to recover just a little bit. my question for ambassador what isregards happening inside afghanistan. a is well-known that there is greek game environment that is being played out among regional powers. i am wondering how these relationships and what they are doing inside the country might impact the transitions that will take place and what we might be able to do to minimize those impacts? >> that is a great question about the air force. the build is not going to be complete until about 2016. we will continue to provide support up until the end of the mission. we will continue to provide advisory support to the emerging air force in the. of time.iod your medevac question is a good one. we spent a great deal of time working hard to work with the ministry of public health and work with the ministry of defense and interior to optimize all the resources across the country. theexample, instead of helicopter

. >> my name is raven burgess. i am a survivor of gun violence. i was shot may 29th, 2013. i am here to promote and help ensure that this ends. thank you. >> my name is alex and i'm here on behalf of my sister who was killed by a stalker who purchased a gun on the internet without any kind of background check. i can here to help prevent this from happening like to anyone else. >> i am cheryl and i am here in honor of my husband who was the northwestern basketball coach. he was killed in 1999 by a man who was a convicted felon but inspin spite of that was able to buy a gun without a background from a licensed dealer. >> i am sarah brady and i am here on behalf of jim brady who was wound on the assassination attempt of ronald regan. >> i am dan gross and i am here for my brother matthew who was shot in the head on top of the empire state building and for the 90 americans who are killed every day by a bullet and for everyone of else who wants to live in a safer nation. today we are here to mark the o 20-year anniversary of what could be called the greatest step forward toward

sex my name is raven burgess. i'm a survivor of gun violence. 29, 2013. may i'm here to promote and help and ensure that this ends. thank you. >> my name is alex. i'm here for my sister, who was killed by a stalker. he purchased a gun on the internet. without any kind of background -- backgroundp check. i'm here to permit this from happening widely like that. thank you. >> good morning. birdsongs cheryl and -- cheryl birdsong and i'm here in honor of i husband, ricky birdsong, who was a basketball coach. 99 -- 1999ed in 19 by a man who was a convicted felon, but in spite of that was able to buy a gun from an unlicensed gun dealer without a background check. >> my name is sarah brady. i'm here on behalf of my husband , jim bair brady, who was loaded in the assassination attempt on ronald reagan in 1981. >> my name is dan gross. i'm here for my brother, matthew , who was shot in the head atop the empire state building in february of 1997. and for my dear friend, christopher burmeister, who was killed that day. and for the 90 americans who are killed every d

sharna burgess. why are you laughing?yl, you're in for a wild ride. he hasn't danced for us for two seasons, but he's back and i'll put on my kevlar butt pants now, that's right. you'll be dancing with maximksi chmerkovskiy. [ applause ] >> mwah. >> good to have you back, maks. >> very glad to have him back. poor meryl, she thought facing the olympics was hard. she pairs up with old maks there. >> now, there is one more, our 12th contender could not be here today, but take a look. >> hi, guys, i'm amy purred di paralimb bin snowboarder for team usa. i can't wait to start dancing but i need a dance parter. who is it going to be? >> well, hello. >> and we do have derek hough here -- oh, there you are. there you are. popping up again. >> ready? >> ready. >> ready to do this. >> five mirrorball trophies under your belt and you're used to surprised on the show obviously. this year is a doozy. >> yeah, i'm really excited about it. >> will you share everybody the new twist. >> oh, the twist. >> not this one. >> within the show,

burgess, myself, senator baucus and senator hatch. that bill is supported by the ysicians and the patient groups. it would not cut payments and that bill would fix this problem permanently. the bill before us today is not a permanent fix. it's a short-term fix. two weeks ago republicans brought up the bipartisan bill for the permanent fix with a poison pill offset that undermines reform for low-income families. that was two weeks wasted where we could have worked toward a permanent solution. i heard my colleague -- republican colleagues say it's too hard to find offsets or we don't have enough time to come up with the offsets to get a permanent bill done. let's not forget, republicans do not insist on offsets on things they really care about. trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy, no need to offset that. a medicare prescription drug bill that costs far more than this permanent fix to the s.g.r., no need to offset that. but when we talk about protecting seniors' access to their doctors, their answer is different. . speaker, i would urg

repeal and medicare provider payment re-authorization act of 2014, sponsored by michael burgess, next week. this completely paid for bill will replace the flawed s.g.r. formula, and i yield back my time. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information that he's given to us. let me say on the ukraine, i think the house acted properly. it acted in a timely fashion to express the views of this house with respect to the russian violation of international law and the agreements that they have with ukraine. i'm pleased we were able to join together to pass that through the house. hopefully the nat will pass it quick -- senate will pass it quickly. i make the observation that the senate, i know, believes the reform of i.m.f. will be important to work with that extension. we'll see what happens on that, but i thank the gentleman, his side of the aisle, for acting promptly. we were pleased to join in that action. let me ask the gentleman, the gentleman mentioned, as we know, that by march 31, the authorization for the sustainable growth rate payment will expire and the payment for physici

burgess everett and susan ferrechio, thank you for being with us. >> two weeks after the burglary i received a large manila envelope at the washington post. this is not really mean anything. a commission to investigate the at the eye. -- at thee name they fbi. that is the name they gave the burglars. they have become concerned that and antiwarnformers organizations and that they solve no way to confront this except by giving evidence of depression of dissent was taking place. they hoped that i would make public. these were sent to people. i started to read them. it enhanced paranoia. it's about so much i was not sure they were real. a group broke into an fbi office in pennsylvania and still every document in the building. the story tonight at 8:00 on q and a. >> on tuesday, the supreme court heard oral arguments on testing the contraceptive mandate. an issue i whether they can provide insurance contraceptives to their workers based on the religious elites of the owners. this is the combined case of sibelius versus hobby lobby. the oral argument is 90 minutes. >> we'll hear argument this morn

charlie white and his partner sharna burgess scored a 27.. >> candace cameron bure and her partner, mark ballas. scoring 25. prs. danica mckeller and her partner val. >> espn host is now tom bergeron's cohost. also, this year, athletes, rather than celebs, make up a big chunk of the contestants. >> the million dollar mermaid, attempting to dazzle in dry land. and i have to say, you didn't do bad, my darling. you still haven't quite found your footing. you have to be a bit lighter, a biooth you still haven't quite found your footing. you have to be a bit lighter, a bit smoother. link the movements more. but you actually are a performer. you are selling it. >> you know, i only had my flippers. >> that was record-breaking long distance swimmer diana nyad, showing those young folks a thing or two. and she had a great sense of humor, too. >> she did. and she looked very elegant. a really entertaining start to the season. and it will just keep on getting better as they have their skills and mix things up with the partners later this season. >> sho

joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for politico and susan ferrechiolitical correspondent for the examiner. on the larger

burgess: mr. speaker, i rise, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, this is the affordable care act. yesterday marked the four-year anniversary of when it was signed into law. we all knew, at least on the republican side of this house, that this thing was trouble when it was passed four years ago, but what no one could have predicted was the aggressive incompetence of the administration and the agencies during the implementation. and it's hurting average americans. i get comments from people back home on my facebook page literally every day. people telling me their stories of their health care plans being canceled, their premiums and deductibles going up and trusted access to family doctors being lost. rosie told me her premiums went up 62% last year. heidi's husband lost his job because his company was forced to downsize. and another had $9,

burgess: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a rived -- privileged report for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 515. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3189, to prohibit the continuing of any -- conditioning of any permit, lease or other use agreement on the transfer relinquishment or other impairment of any water right to the united states by the securities of the secretaries of the interior and agriculture, providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4015, to amend title 18 of the social security act, to repeal the medicare sustainability growth rate, and -- sustainable growth rate, and to improve medicare payments for physicians and other professionals and for other purposes. and providing for the proceedings during the period from march 17, 2014, through arch 21, 2014. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar .nd ordered printed the gentlem

burgess, myself, senator baucus and senator hatch. that bill is supported by the ysicians and the patient groups. it would not cut payments and that bill would fix this problem permanently. the bill before us today is not a permanent fix. it's a short-term fix. two weeks ago republicans brought up the bipartisan bill for the permanent fix with a poison pill offset that undermines reform for low-income families. that was two weeks wasted where we could have worked toward a permanent solution. i heard my colleague -- republican colleagues say it's too hard to find offsets or we don't have enough time to come up with the offsets to get a permanent bill done. let's not forget, republicans do not insist on offsets on things they really care about. trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy, no need to offset that. a medicare prescription drug bill that costs far more than this permanent fix to the s.g.r., no need to offset that. but when we talk about protecting seniors' access to their doctors, their answer is different. . speaker, i would urg