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. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle. >> well, excuse me, congresswoman, michelle snyder is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> reporter: more than four weeks after launch the website was taken offline again last night a remained out of commission all morning. >> the program has crashed and burned at least three times. and the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down at this moment. >> reporter: fixing it by the end of november is the administration's goal with some expressing the concern about the ultimate price tag on what's been an expensive launch so far. >> we have spent about $118 million on the website itself and about $56 million has been expended on other i.t. to support the web. >> reporter: security is also an issue. this september 27th memo signed by medicare administrator marilyn tavenner says the security control assessment was not completed days before the launch which, quote, constitutes a risk that must be accepted and mitigated. mik

. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle. >> well, excuse me, congresswoman, michelle snyder is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> reporter: more than four weeks after launch the website was taken offline again last night and remained out of commission all morning. >> the program has crashed and burned at least three times. and the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down at this moment. >> reporter: fixing it by the end of november is the administration's goal with some expressing the concern about the ultimate price tag on what's been an expensive launch so far. >> we have spent about $118 million on the website itself and about $56 million has been expended on other i.t. to support the web. >> reporter: security is also an issue. this september 27th memo signed by medicare administrator marilyn tavenner says the security control assessment was not completed days before the launch which, quote, constitutes a risk that must be accepted and mitigated. m

of the team, who is the individual -- >> michelle snyder. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle? >> excuse me, congresswoman. michelle snyder is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> thank you. i yield back. >> chair recognize mr. dingell from the great state of michigan. >> thank you for your courtesy. i have a few questions i'll ask you on behalf of congressman porter. i asked that i be permitted to extend my remarks. >> without objection. >> i would like to begin by thanking you and welcome you to a room in which your father served for so many years. i begin my questions by quoting from an expert for whom i have enormous respect. he said as follows. "as i mentioned earlier the new benefits and implementation are hard to perfect. rather than trying to scare and confuse seniors, i would hope we can work together as we go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we can make some changes to fix it. let us do it and let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too big a progra

>> michelle snyder. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle. >> well, excuse me, congresswoman, michelle snyder is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. >> i yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. dingell from the great state of michigan. >> mr. chairman, thank you for your courtesy. i will ask you a couple of questions on behalf of congresswoman shea-porter. i ask permission that i revise and extend my remarks. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to begin by thanking you, welcoming the secretary into a room in which her distinguished father, former governor of ohio served so many years. i begin my questions by quoting from an expert for whom i have enormous respect. he said, as follows -- as i mentioned earlier, the new benefits and its implementation are hard to perfect. rather than trying to scare seniors, i hope we can work together to go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we could make some changes to fix it. let us do it and let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too big a pr

according to the report, the government agencies chief operating officer, michelle snyder was telling her colleagues, quote, if we could fire them, we would. "the washington post" article goes into depth about what people thought would and wouldn't workdays before the launch. in the preflight checklist, 41 of the 91 functions they were responsible for were still not working. martin, it seems like the finger pointing continues. we have heard from both sides, cms the agency overseeing healthcare.gov says it was a complex project with a short time line. they would roll out the other items later, over time. cgi responded saying what we understand are silence leaves us exposed to other's conclusions out of respect for cms and other clients, we believe in honoring or commitments. there you have it. martin? >> thank you very much for the explanation. the fixing is still ongoing. the obama administration gave people an extra eight days to sign up if they want to be covered. the deadline now, december 23rd. >> the intense effort to make a deal with iran. it is this. they put a stop to their nu

of the team, who is the individual -- >> michelle snyder. >> michelle snyder is the one responsible for this debacle? >> excuse >>> all of secretary sebelius testimony before the house commerce committee can be seen sunday at 10:35 eastern. the head of the center for medicare and medicaid services testified the day before secretary sebelius. and her testimony and the secretary are available online at c-span.org. >>> this is a tough time for nsa. everybody says what are you doing or why are you doing it? but here's what we do. when we get when we get together -- well maybe a couple of times we've wine, but we actually say it is much more important for this country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program would result in a nation being attacked. we would rather be here in front of you today telling you why we defended these programs and having given them up and having the nation or the allies. they defended the program and the house intelligence committee meeting. saturday morning at ten eastern. blasÉ sunday at c-span2 your calls and comments >> as

according to that report, the government agency's chief operating officer, michelle snyder, was telling her colleagues "if we could fire them, we would." the "washington post" article goes into depth about what people thought would and wouldn't work just days before the launch. then in the final pre-flight checklist, 41 of 91 separate functions that cgi was responsible for finishing by the launch were still not working. so, fred, it really seems like today, and probably for the next few days and up until that deadline, fingerpoints will continue. >> has there been a response comes from the white house or anything else in the administration? >> yes pap response saying this was a complex project with a very short timeline. so they prioritize what they considered to be the most essential functions, with the idea that they would then roll out the others online over time. cgi responded saying what we understand our silence leaves us exposed to others conclusions, out of respect for cms and all our clients we strongly believe in honoring our contractual commitments. >> pretty complicated. tha

. >> michelle snyder is not responsible for those debacles, hold me accountable. i'm responsible. i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? i'm looking at it right now. oh, yeah? yeah. what's the... guest room situation? the "name your price" tool, making the world a little more progressive. bill: an unexpected and likely unwanted gift given to kathleen sebelius. brian kelsey wa was handed a bok "web sites for dummies." it was a week after she was hammered by the house committee on balk care. what do you want to know? >> everybody wants to know what they are going to do about fixing the web site. but as the president said this isn't just a web site, it's' more. what most of us on the committee want to know, what are they going to do for the millions of americans getting cancellation notice and the sticker shock with the uncrease in premiums americans are experiencing. these are problems fundamental to this law. thed a hundred straition need to come forward with straight -- i think the administration need to come thr