i hereby appoint the honorable fred upton to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the est chaplain, reverend david geleski, u.s. jesuit conference, washington, d.c. the chaplain: gracious and life-giving god, we come to you today in the midst of the holiday season, a time for joyful gatherings with friends, family members and other loved ones in a time for recalling the blessings we have had received. we are mindful and grateful for the many gives you have bestowed on us, both as individuals and as a nation, especially the gift of freedom, the gift of our abundant natural resources and the gift of opportunities to pursue our hopes and aspirations. we pray for your continued blessings on our country and on those in positions of leadership and governance, especially in this house of representatives. bless all its members with wisdom and understanding to discern how best to serve the people of these united states, to promote the common good, to prov

i hereby appoint the hobyorble fred upton to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, revved rend eugene emrick, catholic university of america from washington, d.c. the chaplain: lord, we thank you for yet another year, the awesome blessings you have showered on us. we pray that as we enter 2014 you will bless this congress with unity, creativity, and the american spirit that has made our country great. we pray especially for the next generation who will inherit the works of the u.s. congress. may you bless it with heartfelt concern for the world they will live in. a world of peace, justice, and in awe of the god who created us, amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 6-a of house resolution 438, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from alifornia, mr. denham. mr. ken ham: -- mr. denham: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of ameri

republican congressman fred upton put out a sharp statement.t. >> tension is the another disappointment for the most transparent administration in history of the as we celebrate christmas and ring in the new year we continue to ask, what next? fred upton says we've seen a whole raft of last minute tweaks for this law. between christmas and new year's there is a good shot there could be more, gregg. gregg: president agrees with all the experts who testified that the website is not secured. >> reporter: for his personal information. gregg: all right. ed henry, ed, thank you very much. >> reporter: good to see you. jamie: that security is a big concern for folks going on there especially with so little time to get it done. for more on this we're joined by michael warren a staff writer for "the weekly standard." michael, a perfect time to bring you in. you're aware of delays, extensions. people are literally trying to get on the website and told they have to wait in a queue to get on. the numbers, plan overall is impacted by all the glitches. what

no choice and so a little bit of that 139 democrats suddenly decided that republican congressman fred upton had a terrific idea. [applause] [laughter] [appl]

. >> joining me now, fred upton, a republican in that hearing today. mr. chairman good to see you. i want to 0 in on that one point we heard about kathleen sebelius maintaining services are free, free to the consumer. the point the congressman seemed to be raising was that there has been admission by some state administrators the price has been built into the premiums. some of which are raiseed and higher than they were. >> we know nudging is free. right? we're hearing from each of them, each member of congress across the country, hearing from hundreds of our constituents who are getting they're being forced out of their plan. we've got more people told they've lost their plans they're not able to sign up for this new president health care bill. and for those that are now signed up or newly enrolled, many of them are finding their premium is skyrocketing. >> she refused to admit. that she would not admit premiums are going up. architects of the law maintain while premiums may go higher subsidies going to make it lower. >> no. the premiums goring higher for so many people and deduct

energy a commerce committee chairman fred upton said about that revelation, quo, as the paer trail broadensnd more evidence that the administration was fully aware its signature health care law was not readyor prime time. the documents we are now reviewing tell a much, much different story than what officials testified to congress. the white house continues to claim healthcare.gov is working tter. public sentiment however is worsening. a new "gallup poll" shows a majority of americans, 52%, want the law scaled back or repealed outright, compared with 50% who felt that way in october. 37% said they want t law expanded or kept as is. joining us now, we haenior fellow with the manhattan institute, form health care policy advisor to the romney campai. also the author of the new book, "how medicaid fails the poor." grat to have you here. the number of visitors here, about 3.5 million people, 3.7. should we care? what doe it tell us? >> we should care because the old plans that people had have been canceled. so if they can't get insurance under the new system, it's a big problem. it is not just a

saw a little bit of that last week when 39 democrats suddenly decided that republican congressman fred upton had a terrific idea. [laughter] [applause] so calista and i are very fortunate, we did both and a book and a movie about ronald reagan, and he had a great line, and i think maybe that "breakout" is in that tradition. if we get enough americans to decide this is the right direction, they will eventually get their political figures to follow. leadership is often a function of figuring out where the parade is going and trying to get in it as opposed to actually leading it. let me start with what calista's been doing. alice the elephant is a time-traveling pachyderm who's not a republican pachyderm. he is a 4 to 8-year-old universal pachyderm, okay? [laughter] and we were at a costco saturday signing books, and if you had seen these little kids, we have somebody who plays alice. if you had seen these little kids running up to alice, you'd have understood exactly why she invented this character. but her goal has been, first, to talk about all of american history and then to talk about the

. >> joining me now, michigan congressman fred upton, chairman of the house energy and commerce committee. he was in the hearing today. good to see you. i want to zero in on the point we heard about kathleen sebelius maintaining that new services -- contraception coverage and so on are free to the consumer. the point the congressman was raising was that there's been a administrators that the price has been built into the premiums, some which are raised, higher than they were. >> look, we know nothing is free, right? we are hearing from each of us, each member of congress i have to believe across the country who are hearing from hundreds and hundreds of our constituents who are are getting -- being forced out of their plan. more people are being told they have lost the plan, they are able to sign up for the president's new health care bill. for those that are now signed up or newly enrolled, many of them are finding that the premium is skyrocketing. >> she refused to admit it. she would not admit that premiums are going up. the architects of the law maintain while your premium may go highe

is going to be -- it looks like there will be at least a threat and they will be joining up with fred uptons legislation to make sure that people are able to keep their health insurance. >> it's all a farce. how are they able to keep their plans? is as liable gloves were a democratic lawmaker to explain it to me. this is a fake and phony strategy like if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. the old plans do not exist anymore and to say that people can keep their plans means that the plans are against the law. a lot of the democrats wrote. so i'm just wondering how they are actually going to somehow reconcile this. insurance companies are not going to extend these plans forever. maybe a couple months. "the wall street journal" weighed in upon now. you and i know insurance coanies these plans on yours, so it just doesn't make any sense. lou: raising the issue quickly, and if you would would address this. no one's talking about these insurance companies come and health care providers who are in the league with this administration and whose future profit models are at risk along with

and what republican fred upton said today, one of the house representatives leading the hearing of theart of this. he said look now they are changing by 24 hours the sign-up from today to tomorrow for people that are queued, what is the next holiday surprise? and you have to wonder, say christmas eve ort 26th or the 27th when people are not paying attention, are there more changes in the works? we don't know yet but that is something we could watch for. >> and greg, you said you have to drink to go shopping, do you have to drink to talk about the president. >> no. but i want to make a statement. obamacare, i had a friend in college that had a 1974 honda civic and there were more fixes, he had the blifrpging license plate, hydraulic lifts and spoilers and there was nothing left but this stuff which is what obamacare is. so here is my suggestion, remember that harvard kid who get out of finals called in a bomb threat, should the president called in a bomb threat on obamacare. just get out of it and say it is a disaster and leave. >> you just broke the law. >> that was a metaphorical. >>

the congressman who is basically the subject of the ad voted for the obamacare fix put up by fred upton when he had the opportunity. the other congressman being targeted, a new hampshire democrat, a liberal, is voting for the fix. they understand the american people no longer believe the obamacare lies. obviously rated the number one lie by politifact. you can keep your health care, keep your doctor. people don't believe it anymore. it's affecting real people. we like to think about them in terms of politics. the actual impact hurts everyday americans who don't care if they are republican or democrat. they care if they can afford the health insurance plan. they are beginning to reject it in a meaningful way. so the swing against obamacare has occurred even among democrats by double digits. none of them in vulnerable district wills run on it. >> let me dring brink in richard. an important base for democrats has been young people. they are freaked out. a lot of them think it will fall apart. a lot of them are mad because it costs money and they are more willing to pay the fine than get in

fred upton declaring -- >> reporter: administration officials note the e-mails are between a small group of aides and do not reflect the decisions of higher level officials. and white house aides believe they've had one of their best weeks in terms of improving the website and getting more people enrolled. though when asked if they turned the corner, carney was cautious. >> i think we're making progress but we're not there. >> reporter: hedging, because there are still problems. in fact, "the wall street journal" reports some states are refusing to enroll new people into medicaid, because of incomplete data from the federal site. potentially a major problem since the low enrollment numbers have been beefed up by a large share of medicaid recipients signing up. republicans are vowing all these questions will be front and center next week when kathleen sebelius is back in the hotseat. and harry reid is pushing back on reports that he and -- he noted when he signed up, his health costs went up $4500. they say the error rate has been coming down. they think this has been a good week. we'll s

fred upton said, while the holiday surprises have become commonplace, the latest extension is another disappointment for the most transparent administration in history, as we celebrate christmas and prepare to ring in the new year, we continue to ask what is next? >> if it is so much more expensive than what we anticipated and not as good of a coverage that we had, you have a complete meltdown there. >> reporter: joe manchin continues to push for a delay for up to a year. as a new cnn international survey released found, opposition to the new law rose 6 points among women, from 54% in november to 60% now. just days after the president and first lady specifically tried to tout the benefits to moms with an event in the oval office. >> the words that come to mind for me are peace of mind. and what the affordable care act provides and can provide for many families out there is peace of mind. >> administration officials say they surpassed over a million visits to healthcare.gov today alone and they are touting that as the site are handling a large number of people with very few rorz but ho

this is fred upton and the secretary of health and human services having a conversation. >> you announcedhe ig investigation yesterday. do you wish to get started that maybe this summer? knowing what you knew back then? >> i did not have cause task the ig to be involved. no, sir. gerri: what do you think? >> i mean, everyone who is paying attention started to get the picture very early on that this role was going to be very rocky. no pessimist could have predicted it would be is bad, but the secretary of health and human services should have been more on top of things. gerri: a little bit? a little bit? envy she should have known what was going on. >> absolutely. gerri: instead of saying, you know what to mike as crude which are the words he used in an interview with a major network when he was asked what was going on. he said, i'm desperate. the american people massacred. last word. >> well, you know, to me the problem is just metaphoric for what is coming down the road. we talk about 5 million people now. there will be 50 to 100 million people next september. what happens when business

energy and commerce committee chairman fred upton said, about that revelation, as the paper trail broadensee more a more evidence that the adminiration was fully aware. its signature health care law was not ready for prime tim. the documents we are now reviewing tell a much, much different story than what officials testified to congress. the white house continues to claim healthcare.gov is working better. public sentiment, however, is worsening. a new gallup poll shows the majority of americans, 52 percent, say they want a law scaled back or repealed outright compared with 50% to felt that way in october. 37 percent said they want a law expanded or kept as is. joining us now, senior fellow at the manhattan institute, former health care policy adviser to the romney campaign and also the author of the new book, how medicaid fails the poor. great to have you here. a member teeseven number of visitors, abovehree and a half million people. should we care? what does it tell us? >> we should care because the old plan is that people had have been canceled. if they cannot get insurance under the ne

fred upton who has been having a series of hearings on the health care rollout put out a statement saying he thinks this kind of last-minute move is not befitting of an administration that has called itself the most transparent ever. he is wondering what change is coming up next because there's been a whole slew of 11th hour changes. >> then we get to the president's symbolic sign-up for his own insurance policy plan, except he did not sign up, his aides did it for him and he's not even enrolled because as we said it's symbolic. >> so he signed up but not really. this initial statement from the white house said over the weekend the president enrolled in the dc exchange, symbolically, because he gets the health care from the military. "as you all know the president is one of the 85% of americans who gets his health insurance through his employer. like previous presidents, he is privileged to receive health care from the military. the act of the president signing up is symbolic since the president's health care will continue to be provided by the military." then a short while later some mor

you saw a little bit of that last week when the democrats decided that the republican congressman fred upton had a terrific idea. [laughter] we were very fortunate we did a book and a movie about ronald reagan and there was a line that he says his job was to show to the american people said they would turn up the heat on congress and i think maybe that is a breakout in the tradition that we have enough americans to decide this is the right direction that will eventually get the political will to follow. the leadership is not functioning opposed to actually leading it. so let me start notice from the elephant is a time turning who isn't a republican. he is a florida 8-year-old and we were at a kosko signing books and if you had seen these kids running that you would have understood exactly why she invented this character. but her goal has been first to talk about all of american history and then to talk about the colonial period and now the yankee doodle dandy to talk about the american revolution and she's already beginning to work on a book for next year which will be called from sea to shi

no choice and so a little bit of that 139 democrats suddenly decided that republican congressman fred upton had a terrific idea. [applause] [laughter] [applause] and so, we were very fortunate to have done a book and a movie and it's a great line where reagan says that his job was to shed the light of the american people so they would turn up the heat on congress. and i think that maybe that is what my book is in the tradition of. if we get enough of the americans, it will get there political figures to follow and so a lot of times it is time to figure out out how to get an upgrade as opposed to leaving it. so now, someone who is not a republican pachyderm, a florida, universal and we were at costco signing books and if you have seen these little kids come we have someone who places and you would've understood exactly why she invented this character. and she is already beginning to work on a book next year which is called from sea to shining sea and by the way, this is very hard and i can tell you that watching her ripeness À la series, we actually want our history books to be factual which

after the failed launch is doing little to please skeptical lawmakers like michigan republican fred upton. >> so you announce the i.g. investigation yesterday. do you wish you had started that maybe this summer, asking some tough questions in terms of where things were knowing what you knew back then? >> i didn't have cause to ask the i.g. to be involved last summer, no, sir. jon: mike emmanuel is live from the hill. two months after the launch has sebelius expressed any regret? >> secretary seb eat -- sebelius talked about how her team has been working around the clock and she noted after several hundred upgrades and hardware fixes, it is vastly improved. then there was this exchange. >> knowing what you know today, you would have started the launch october 1? >> i would have probably done a lower launch, maybe with fewer people and done some additional beta testing which is part of what has happened, frankly, in the early months of the launch to identify what problems we had. >> 365,000 enrolled figure has also taken some heat from republicans who note that vast majority of those people

we just heard fred upton who was the chairman of the energy and congress committee ask her about delaying problems. here is her response. >> knowing what you know today, you would have started the launch october 1st? >> i would have done maybe a slower launch and maybe fewer people and does this initial beta testing. >> sebelius' testimony comes as the administration announced today that 365,000 people signed up for new health insurance so far from obama care. much lower than the goal of 7 million by march. >>> the national security agency taking a cue from madison avenue. the paper says the spy agency uses cookies to pinpoint potential targets for government hacking. they make it easier for the nsa to zero in on someone already under suspicious. >>> for this year's sag awards, we'll talk about the nominees. next. [ male announcer ] if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. and other allergy symptoms -- a

i hereby appoint the honorable fred upton to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the

and republican congressman fred upton had a terrific idea. [applause] >> we did a book and a movie about ronald reagan. a great line where reagan says his job was to shows light to the american people so it would turn up the heat on congress. at -- "breakout" is in that tradition, we get enough americans to decide this is the right direction with able get their political figures to follow. it is a function of figuring out where it is going and try to get in it. as opposed to reading it. alice the elephant is a time traveling pachyderm who is not a republican pachyderm. he is a 4 to 8-year-old universal pachyderm at costco saturday signing books and if you had seen these little kids, somebody who plays at us, seen those little kids running up to as you would understand exactly why she invented this character but her goal has been first, to talk about all of american history and then to talk about the colonial period andean yankee doodle dandy to talk about the american revolution and is already beginning to work on a book for next year which w

we've also heard from the house, representative fred upton and ed whitfield, with jurisdiction over energy efficiency, have expressed interest in shaheen-portman and said they will move energy efficiency legislation if the senate passes a bill. since the bill was taken off the floor, senator portman and i have continued to work with chairman wyden. he was here a few minutes ago and plans to come back, hopefully, to speak to the legislation. we've been working with ranking member murkowski to incorporate some of those relevant bipartisan amendments that have been cleared by the committee that i talked about a few minutes ago. this -- if we can do that, if we can include those amendments, it would make the legislation even better. it would secure additional support that are necessary to ensure passage. and it would allow us, i hope, assuming the leadership agrees to, bring this bill back to the floor. i'm confident that we can pass this legislation if we can get it back to the floor. it has bipartisan, bicameral support. it's exactly the kind of smart, affordable energy and jobs bill that co

you were one of 39 democrats who joined republicans in voting for fred upton's measure that would allowinsurers to sell existing plans through 2014. this was a piece of legislation that nancy pelosi said weakens the affordable care act, she said it was a step towards unraveling its protections. why would she feel the need to vote for that legislation? >> guest: actually, there were three things going on that particular day and the day before. one, the president said we have got to expend these policies. in fact, the democrats put a bill on the floor just before the upton bill, and every democrat voted to extend the policies. and the upton will was very -- bill was very similar to their requests with one additional factor and that was that people that didn't have a policy could buy an existing -- could buy a policy outside of the exchange. bottom line is that there was a problem, there was a way of dealing with it. but the real problem was to get the exchange working. last night talking to the president's chief of staff they're moving quickly, and we've seen some significant improvement

fred and i announced yesterday. we expect to reauthorize the satellite law for less than five years with an eye towards rolling up those provisions under the more comprehensive update. chairman upton and i strongly encourage those concerned with these issues to participate actively in our process. and you can do it in real time at this hashtag. commissioner, i thank you in the hudson institute for having me here to outline our objectives in the communication update we plan to undertake. thank you for the critical thought that you all contribute to our nation's dialogue on domestic and international policy, and i welcome your contributions to the upcoming debate in modernizing the communicators act. i thank you very much. [applause] >> on the next washington journal, the farm bill with representativen randy neugebauer. questionske your about the affordable care act, and ongoing budget negotiations. the discussion on budget talks with representative hakeem democrat.a new york washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> friday on c-span, washington journal looks at the mission and role of the national institutes starting live at 7:30 eastern with director

fred and i announced yesterday. we expect to reauthorize the satellite law for less than five years with an eye towards rolling up those provisions under the more copper hints of update. chairman upton and i strongly encourage those concerned with these issues to participate actively in our process. and you can do it in real time at this hashtag. commissioner, i thank you in the hudson institute for having me here to outline our objectives in the communication update we plan to undertake. thank you for the critical thought that you all contribute to our nation's dialogue on domestic and international policy, and i will come your contributions to the upcoming debate in modernizing the communicators act. i thank you very much. [applause] house speaker john boehner criticize senate democrats and the president for failing to create jobs and grow the economy. here's what he said on the house floor. speaker, the merc and people work hard and they have a right to expect their elected representatives to do the same. the house of republicans, to date house has passed nearly 150 bills this congress the u.s. senate has failed to act on. many of them would help our economy and boost job creatio