mr nor lives with his wife and child in a five metre squared room in one of the most populated and poor neighborhoods in mumbai home to twenty million people and india's commercial and industrial. sixteen years ago he moved here from the countryside seeking a better life. mr noor had the misfortune of facing two serious illnesses of the same time diabetes and leukemia. i have diabetes which used to constantly increase my doctor was worried and gave me injections but told me to do the c.b.c. examination which i did and learned that i have cancer. i fear for my family if i die i am the only one that works that is what worries me most everything else is in god's hands. he was diagnosed in two thousand and ten since then mr noor follows a specific treatment of vital importance to his survival. every day at noon he has to take a four hundred milligram pill which ensures a better quality of life for him. with this medicine i feel good. for my body ached and when i got up i got dizzy. and now i feel good when i used to walk i got short of breath now i don't have that problem. the drug to which

mr nor lives with his wife and child in a five metre squared room in one of the most populated and poor neighborhoods in mumbai home to twenty million people and india's commercial and industrial. but. sixteen years ago he moved here from the countryside seeking a better life. mr noor had the misfortune of facing two serious illnesses up same time diabetes and leukemia. i have diabetes which used to constantly increase my doctor was worried and gave me injections but told me to do the c.b.c. examination which i did and learned that i have cancer. i fear for my family if i die i am the only one that works that is what worries me most everything else is in god's hands. he was diagnosed in two thousand and ten since then mr noor follows a specific treatment of vital importance to his survival. every day at noon he has to take a four hundred milligram pill which ensures a better quality of life for him. with this medicine i feel good. for my body ached and when i got up i got dizzy. and now i feel good when i used to walk i got short of breath now i don't have that problem. the drug to whic

they did not reach the conclusion about whether the benefits were related to all of conn.aimants of mr. nor is the report to denigrate the officials that keep our programs going despite limited resources and backbreaking caseloads. this is because of the hard- working employees who blew the whistle on the misconduct they observed. those federal employees testified today of two former members of mr. conn's office, who also helped blow the whistle. these are courageous witnesses, and our first panel is a extraordinary panel. our nation is in your debt. it is not to attack the social security programs that play a critical role in the lives of many americans. it is to highlight the abuse from a group of legal and medical professionals exploiting this program, also to suppress the need for greater oversight in the agencies and by this , and we must have great efficiency. also, it will help with similar abuses in the future, and i want to thank you, mr. chairman, for pitching in the way you have, and i went to thank senator coburn and his staff for spearheading this. >> my thanks to both you and

mr. speaker. nor is it the standard. but while we work to find an end to the shutdown, we should fund those programs we can as soon as we can. i hope that my colleagues in the senate will take this opportunity to meet us at the negotiating table. we've got a great deal to work out, but this can't be done if we're not willing to talk and listen to each other. it's the time-honored way, mr. speaker, when the two bodies disagree on something, each body passes a bill and we send it to conference. with the other body. and that's what should be done here. in fact, this body several days o now appointed conferees on this topic and sent it over to the senate, only to be met by a loud senator -- snore. so, mr. speaker, i want us to get together and talk about ending the shutdown. though i wish we were able to end the shutdown in its entirety, this bill will at least reopen one indispensable government program and lessen the toll that the shutdown is taking on the american people. this congress is facing a great deal of difficult

mr. doggett: nor to good reason. and that's why -- for no good reason. and that's why, you know, it is outrageous, that we could be here on this saturday and the republicans have recessed the house until monday night. they know that this default is approaching. they've outlined no plan to avoid default. they had one on -- coming up on the floor two or three weeks ago and they could not get agreement among their own members about how to avoid default. and now, at a time when you, like all of us who are here, have signed a petition to reopen the government and be prepared to address the default issue right here, they've gone home. mr. cantor was here on the floor a few minutes ago. he is the only one under the rules of the republican majority leader that they will permit to offer the motion to continue operation of the government. that's why we turned, as you know, to this petition. so that all of us coming together, and we're approaching now, headed toward 200 members of the house. we only need about 17, 18 republicans to come join with us and we can reop

mr. chaffetz nor mr. jordan have alleged their set a operatives, but if that were to happen, how would mr. issa go about investigating whether not that was true? >> i can't answer that. >> the next person who claims in your agency, how will you go about investigating whether it's true the? >> under the current rules, as mr. sullivan pointed out, if there's an interagency relationship with that agency, the genera general council and f the agency would no. >> so what, a fungal? >> i don't know. >> is that what we're talking about, mr. sullivan, a phone call to verify whether someone is surely a secret agent with the cia? >> i said earlier that in 2008 when the new directive came out, it requires director of national intelligence to inform the head of an agency and the agency's general counsel is one of their employees is working undercover for the cia. >> i appreciate that and it really doesn't matter whether you're a newer guy or an older guy, but 2008 just seems a little eight to be figuring out that with

mr. lee or the state gop are showing signs of thriving financially, as many of the big state do nors look elsewhere. >> that speaks to a bigger trend, where campaign committees have far outweighed themselves. >> look at the numbers. you can't just blame it on the government shutdown:00 lot of guy, mainly rich guy, give a lot of money carl rove. they heard a lot of promise, hey, the republicans are winning the media is biassed. they're not telling the poll. look at the drudge in the gallup poll and da, da, da, da, da. which if you are writing those huge checks they were writing, then it ends up your guys got it all wrong, so, yes. >> it makes the next day all awkward. >> yes. put those numbers up again. >> they're according to very expensive politics. >> very bad because in part of what has been going on the past six months, but there is a big problem, republicans are going to have to regain the trust him of a lot of their donors. >> i think the jobs figures shows the impacts of the economy. now poll after poll now has shown us what the impact is large with the public. this was not what pe

are to be held accountable for our duty and that's what the senate and the congress aren't doing, nor is mr. hunter when he just wants to point across to the pentagon. we obey those law that say we defend, and if he had this question, why didn't he ask it before he voted for the law? where was his deed, not his intention of making sure that service members, of whom he served with, were taken care of properly? >> sir, if you'll stand by with me, we now have some of the testimony from secretary eric shinseki from moments ago. >> if the shutdown does not end in the coming weeks, va will not be able to assure delivery of 1 november checks to more than 5.18 million beneficiaries, including veterans who are 100% disabled, surviving spouses, eligible children orphaned by the death of their military or veteran parent. >> okay. so there we're getting the idea now the numbers, over five million beneficiaries are going to be out in the cold come november 1st. it doesn't seem like any of these dates are really getting the attention of people in washington, d.c., the number of days the shutdown is going

mrs. lowey: i ask nor the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the the yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on adoption of the motion will be followed by a five-minute vote on approval of the journal if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 285, the nays are 144, the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is

mr. gruber? >> i think neither lazewski nor i can talk about the tasks in the next couple weeks. the government said they'd have it up and running. if they don't the issues mr. lazewski are real ones and the government has to figure out how to help those whose policies are canceled. let's not panic yet. if it's not ready in five weeks we need to raise these issues. >> ifill: bob lazewski, a health industry consultant and jonathan gruber of m.i.t., thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> thank you, gwen. >> woodruff: the criticism over u.s. surveillance programs at home and abroad continued this afternoon at a house intelligence committee hearing. but the directors of national intelligence and the national security agency pushed back. >> one of the first things i learned in intel school in 1963 is that this is the fundamental giveen in the intelligence. >> woodruff: that fundamental according to director of national intelligence james clapper, is learning the intentions of foreign leaders, even if it means spying on allies. what's more, he told today's house hearing it's a two-way

nor nursing home. >> just because it's mr. brbask don't believe his at risk. >> reporter: sheriffs say the fbi is growing the number of agencies. the state ordered the facility closed last thursday but 14 elderly patients were left inside for three days after that under the care of just two staff members. including cook maurice roland. >> we need a little more help than we had. >> reporter: he and another employee stayed on straight through for three days, even though they knew they wouldn't be paid. >> i can't see myself leaving the residents. i couldn't do that. maybe they would have try to cook for themselves and burn the place up. i can't have that on my conscious. >> nobody contacted us. >> reporter: gary wood returned to valley springs to move out his wife's belongings. >> i don't understand why it wasn't notified and if there was this problems, i think they would tell me. >> reporter: senior advocates say much of the blame for what went wrong falls on the state's social services department. >> they are the ones thattish

mr. president, the democratic senate is never going to pass nor is president obama ever going to sign a bill that repeals his signature accomplishment. so now that we have all made crystal clear where we stand on obamacare, it is past time that we reason together on how to bring this impasse to an end. in that regard, i must express my own disappointment at the lack of results from the president's meeting with congressional leaders and what i understand to be the president's refusal to enter into negotiations with congress. so let me present to my colleagues and to the president for their consideration a proposal to bring an end to the shutdown. the proposal is based on concepts that have been discussed by senator pat toomey and congressman charlie dent and they also reflect by own personal discussions with many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. mr. president, even the staunchest advocates of obamacare, including the president himself, recognize that the law is not perfect. what 2,000-plus-page law dealing with extremely complex issues could be? the president himself has delayed i

nor has he ever worked for them. >> in a statement on their official facebook page they wrote mr. myberg and other parties to the incident were customers. mr. myberg was never an employee and as such they cannot take any action against him. >> this is just some dude that says i don't like that you're smoking in this establishment therefore i'm going to start hitting you? >> like vigilante bouncer. >> he's been on facebook and he didn't apologize for what he did. >> steep and slick, all seems to be going smoothly. >> but then you hear a bit of a thump and the truck starts to pick up speed. >> what got in the way of this truck's chance to make a clean escape. and dude proves -- >> never a bad time to serenade a lady friend. ♪ i'll be your shining >>> it's a steep downhill grade. we're riding in a struck and you hear the engine struggling against the gravity of the hill. then you hear a thump and the truck starts to pick up speed. he passes that concrete truck on his right. then up ahead the traffic starts to slow to a standstill. but at this point he's got no brakes. >> oh, no. >> o

nor has he ever worked for them. >> in a statement on their official facebook page they wrote mr. myberg and other parties to the incident were customers. mr. myberg was never an employee and as such they cannot take any action against him. >> this is just some dude that says i don't like that you're smoking in this establishment therefore i'm going to start hitting you? >> like vigilante bouncer. >> he's been on facebook and he didn't apologize for what he did. >> steep and slick, all seems to be going smoothly. >> but then you hear a bit of a thump and the truck starts to pick up speed. >> what got in the way of this truck's chance to make a clean escape. and dude proves -- >> never a bad time to serenade a lady friend. ♪ i'll be your shining [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things you need. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. this week, folgers is $6.88 for the large size. that's a lot of coffee. skip the warehouse. charmin is $13.99 for 24 double rol

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themselves are neither confirming nor denying these reports and as we all know really the man in question mr. hasn't been proven guilty and he should remain innocent unless proven otherwise now it could be the last chance for ukraine and russia to avert a trade war that threatens to sink exports eastwood's the leaders of both nations are meeting today in belarus ukraine is edging towards a trade pact with europe despite opposition at home and from its local neighbors. elected a chef school now reports on exactly what's at stake. the funeral of independence this is how ukraine's movement but i'd describe the him and signing of an association agreement between kiev and the european union. our government doesn't tell the truth about what will really happen with our economy health of his g.d.p. relies on export and half of it almost evenly split between russia and the european union agriculture bosses are happy believing their goods will be in demand in europe but other vital sectors of industry like machinery are under threat say economists are railway. city equipment can be sold to the europea

themselves are neither confirming nor denying these reports and as we all know really the man in question mr scientific is been proven guilty and he should remain innocent unless proven otherwise and stories really aren't that unusual after all there are some people who are there are some people working in diplomacy circles who are saying that every single state has an intelligence network of one sort or another on the ground but the same time as of now with absolutely no evidence confirming the as we're looking at just a media hype over in the united states possibly allegations and possibly a lot of speculation as well we're going to thank you. for it here on r t another day another excuse for the n.s.a. spying activities fresh from having to make an apologetic phone call to france iraq obama has now had to speak to germany's angela merkel trying to explain away a report suggesting her mobile phone was among those under surveillance peter all of our reports. well it just keeps on coming when it comes to who the u.s. allegedly spying on now the latest allegations surround the personal mobile

themselves are neither confirming nor denying these reports and as we all know really the man in question mr. hasn't been proven guilty and he should remain innocent unless proven otherwise. in tunisia a raid by security services on a house about two hundred and fifty kilometers south of the capital has ended in a bloodbath after a gunfight broke out with islamist fighters six policemen and one gunmen were killed another officer died in a separate clash with militants north of tina's authorities are cracking down on fighters it says that taking advantage of unrest in neighboring libya to import arms and launch times ongoing process of force the government announced it will resign but talks with the opposition on when to hold new elections are the push to ban because of the violence the prime minister of tunisia told r.t. his government is doing all it can to deal with social problems before a vote. happened to lead since the beginning of the revolution in twenty eleven when we were done with the despotism of the heads of state our country started to focus its efforts on democracy after a len

mr. obama made no reference to his own role in the recent standoff, which began in late summer, when he insisted that he would not negotiate with republicans over the debt ceiling extension. nor did he mention his role in the government shutdown, resented on his refusal to negotiate with republicans over the one-year exemption for individuals to purchase insurance on the affordable care act, despite mr. obama's recent one-year exemption for businesses from their mandate to provide insurance. the observers of the recent standoffs are wondering whether the entire crisis should have been averted, if mr. obama has sounded this tone two months ago when the battle lines were forming. according to the economist magazines, with the lexington deal. i hope i'm not revealing state secrets. [ laughter ] >> obama's approval rating climbed to 56% and his disapproval rating, 56%. his approval rating dropped to 42% during the standoff. is this an incentive for obama to negotiate with the republicans? >> why doesn't he call their bluff? they want long-term deficit reduction. he should put some things on the table as we have seen this. but if you are all about winners and losers, we don't want

themselves are neither confirming nor denying these reports and as we all know really the man in question mr. hudson put been proven guilty and he should remain innocent unless of proven otherwise. all right another day another excuse for the n.s.a. spying activities fresh from having to make an apologetic phone call to france barack obama has now had to speak to germany's angela merkel to explain the report suggesting that her mobile phone was among those under surveillance artie's peter oliver has more on the latest revelations well it just keeps on coming when it comes to who the u.s. allegedly spying on now the latest allegations around the personal mobile telephone of german chancellor angela merkel now there were allegations made that the united states were or had hacked into and was spying on her personal communications now these allegations were taken seriously enough by the german security services the b n d under german chancellor angela merkel herself to prompt or to put a phone call in to president barack obama directly from the white house what we've heard is a statement saying

themselves are neither confirming nor denying these reports and as we all know really the man in question mr. hasn't been proven guilty and he should remain innocent unless have proven otherwise or just a moment here on r t orks on a boy and worlds apart in. new zealand is boldly going where no government has gone before and according to reuters has decided to create a regulatory body to oversee recreational drugs that is their opening pandora's box it has at least temporarily given approval to fifty substances for sale at special stores which are bad and most other countries the body is trying to take a more scientific approach and determine which substances are actually harmful to the user you know i've heard the argument that the war on drugs just wastes massive sums of money effort and lives and you need turn a futile battle which is true it does but the only option people give is just legalize all drugs there are a few problems with this one something is legal that tends to make it ok is it really ok for you to spend your whole life in a trance to avoid reality is it really ok for every

justice is not being served, nor are the american people. mr. speaker, it is time to end the shutdown. please allow an up or down vote. it will pass this house on a bipartisan basis. it will be signed into law by the president. we can reopen government today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from south dakota rise? mrs. noem: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. noem: meeks, for 2 1/2 years i've -- mr. speaker, for 2 1/2 years i've come to the floor to talk about a farm bill. our producers in this country make sure that the people that live in this country have the opportunity to partake in an affordable and a safe food supply. not relying on another country to feed us. then they truly would control us. we don't have a farm bill today but the speaker has assured me that we'll go to conference soon and get one done. let me tell you about

mr. speaker, this is simply not fair. nor is it fair that the president wants to fine people who can't sign up using his own faulty website. house republicans want to promote fair solutions that create more jobs for all americans. that's how we are going to get our economy growing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from nevada seek recognition? ms. titus: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. titus: the annual battle for nevada between the university of nevada las vegas and the university of nevada at reno is not just a football game played once a year, it's a time-honored tradition that reflects the best of nevada's sports rivalries. the victor not only wins bragging rights for a year but also the coveted fremont cannon which is painted in the winning school colors. for eight long year, ren reno has claimed these spoils. but this past saturday, unlv celebrate

mr. speaker, quote, in a world of terrorists and extremists, we ignore these risks at our peril. we simply cannot afford to have nuclear weapons become the i.e.d. or car bomb of tomorrow. neither our country nor our conscience can bear the costs of inaction. mr. speaker, the u.s.-iran nuclear negotiations act is, quote, an action that will reinforce the prohibition against nuclear weapons development. we're talking about actions that will degrade iran's capacity to use these weapons and ensure that they do not proliferate. with this authorization, the president will simply have the power to make sure the united states of america means what we say, unquote. mr. speaker, actually the words i've just quoted were really just the essential words of secretary kerry's recent justification for wanting to attack bashir al-assad's regime in syria. however, i changed the quote a little bit, mr. speaker. whenever he said syria, i inserted iran. and whenever he said chemical weapons, i inserted nuclear weapons, mr. speaker. and if this line -- reasons of the administration chooses -- reasoning of the administration chooses, if they choose to stand behind this, then we simply cannot refute the parallel arg

nor the democrats in the senate would stand for that. now, republicans say they will not fund the government until president obama agree tolz budget cuts. mr. obama says he won't talk about the budget until the government is funded. the president had a word for this today. >> we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy. democracy doesn't function this way. and this is not just for me. it's also for my successors in office. whatever party they're from, they shouldn't have to pay a ransom either for congress doing its basic job. we've got to pate stop to it. >> pelley: but the partial shutdown is not the half of it. next week, congress must approve the payment of america's growing debt or allow uncle sam to become a deadbeat for the first time in history. late today, the leader of the republicans, house speaker john boehner, said they will not authorize this increase in the so-called debt ceiling unless the president agrees to budget cuts first. >> there's going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to barrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea tha

operation involving german chancellor merkel, nor has he ever discussed allegationed operations involving merkel. news reports claiming otherwise are not true. reported, mr. obama was kept in the dark about the merkel surveillance for nearly five years until this summer when he ordered it stopped. >> the president didn't know about -- >> reporter: general alexander appearing on a d.o.d. blog cast last week somehow likened what most regard as the dirty business of surveilling our allies to the process of convincing young boys when it's time to take a bath. >> no, i never take a bath. why would i want to take a bath? but isn't there a better way? well, we had to take baths or showers. what about here? what's the better way to stop terrorists? >> reporter: british prime minister david kcameron appeale not to publish classified information from ex-nsa employee edward snowden. added if they don't stop doing so "it will be very difficult for government to stand back and not to act." bret. >> james, thank you. >>> answers are still hard to come by in the investigation into last fall's benghazi terror assault. last night one of journalisms heavy hitter confirms

nor vilify you. celebrate the great things that wi wikileaks has done. do you accept that? >> well, mr.ch wrote me a charming, very polite letter and with genuine concerns about the nature of the script being used in that film. he's reported to have said to "vogue" and to "the guardian," that he had fights with his director, who wanted to present me as a quote, cartoon batty, that was mr. cumberbatch's words. but of course, he's under a contract and he's limited to what he can say in the film. i do know that he tried to enumerate some of the worst elements of the script. but, unfortunately, with limited success. >> what is your biggest complaint of the film? >> well, i don't know where to begin, we released the whole script well before this happened. there was no approach to us by dreamworks, other than an informal approach, by benedict cumberbatch just days before shooting began. this is a film that is based upon my life's work, the work of my organization, we have people in extremely serious situations, sarah harrison who companied edward snowden out of hong kong now effectively in ex

but never suggested that we delay the launch of october 1st nor did our contracting partners ever suggest that to us. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. johnson. >> thank you very being here with us today. cms was the integrator of the website prior to and leading up to the 1 october rollout, correct? >> that's correct. >> you testified that you've now hired an outside company to serve as the integrator. >> one of our contractors is taking on an additional role, qssi, who built the hub. >> okay. this is the same company that told our committee last week that they were not only the developer of the hub and the pipeline but also an independent tester of the system. you've acknowledged in your testimony today that inadequate testing played a significant role in this failed launch. so aren't you concerned that qssi has lost its ability to be an objective, independent arbitrator in addressing the problems that plague the system now? they're part of the tester, part of the goper, part of the problem. >> no, i haven't lost my confidence in them. i think the testing that they did is validating the pieces of the

suggested that we delay the launch of october 1st, nor did our contracting partners ever suggest that to us. >> thank you, madame secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield backing >> mr. johnson. >> madame secretary, thank you for being here with us today. cms was the integrator of the website leading up to the october 1st roll out, correct? >> that's correct. >> you've testified you've now hired an outside company. who is that company. >> qssi who built the hub, yes, sir. >> this is the same company that told our committee last week they were not only the develop he ever of the hub and the pipeline but also an independent tester of the system. >> yeah. >> you've acknowledged in your testimony today that ip accurate testing played a significant role in this failed launch. aren't you concerned that qssi has lost its ability to be an objective independent arbitrator in addressing the problems that plague the system now? bass they're part of the tester, part of the developer, part of the problem? >> no, i haven't lost my confidence in them. i think the testing that they did is validating the pieces of the equipment what we've said since

suggested that we delay the launch of october 1st, nor did our contracting partners ever suggest that to us. >> thank you, madam secretary. >> thank you, mr. chairman, yield back. >> mr. johnson. >> madam secretary, thank you for being with us here today. cms was the integrating prior to the rollout, correct? >> that's correct. >> you testified you hired an outside company to serve -- >> one of the contractors -- >> who is is that? >> qssi, who built the hub. >> the same company that told our committee last week they were not only the developer of the hub and pipe line but also an independent tester of the system. >> you've acknowledged in your testimony today that inadequate testing played a significant role in this failed launch, aren't you concerned qssi has lost its ability to be an objective independent arbitrator in addressing the problems that plague the system now? they are part of the tester and part of the developer and part of the problem. >> i haven't lost confidence in them. the testing they did is valid ating the pieces of the equipment, what we said, since the launch is we did not do adequate end to end testing, that was no

mr. conn's claimants were wrong. there are too many claimants to generalize. nor is the report intended to denigrate the dedicated and honest professionals that keep our disability programs going despite limited resources and back-breaking caseloads. remember this investigation was launched because some of the social security administration's hard-working employees blew the whistle on the misconduct that they observed. those federal employees will testify today as will two former members of mr. conn's office who also helped blow the whistle. these are core rage just witnesses. our first panel is an extraordinary panel. our nation is in your debt. the point of this hearing is not to attack our disability programs which play a critical role in the lives of many americans but to spotlight the abusive conduct of a group of legal, medical, and judicial professionals exploiting these programs. also the purpose is to press the need for greater oversight in the agencies and by this congress. you can have greater efficiency and we must always have great efficiency. we can'

nor time night, ready for primetime. you can even go ahead and blame fox news. that's always a good fallback. we can take it, mr. president, after all, we're kind of used it to here, this healthcare law of yours, not sure how much longer americans can take it, unless you take the web site down and start all over again. because right now, you ain't exactly looking like a doctor named welby. more like a monster named wolverine. >>> yes, wolverine was based on the healthcare law. a doctor, very good to have you back with us. all winking and nodding aside, is it time just to recognize the obvious and delay this, at the very least the implementation is sloppy. we're not getting a lot of bang for the buck and not getting a lot of customers signed up early on. what do you make of it? >> we're not. i think that president obama should take a mulligan on this, neil, and should start all over again, and the best thing to do would be to delay it. you hit the nail on he head. this is a disaster. this was predictable. it's not something that we didn't know was coming. people who are paying attention to this, like -- for patie

investigating deadly transportation incidents nor initiate new investigations of accidents that have occurred sense the republican government shutdown began. mr. speaker, the political games being play by the republican leadership are causing serious harm to transportation safety for all americans and it is totally unacceptable. we do have a spending problem created by the two republican wars. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. over the weekend, many of us were still stuck in washington waiting for a resolution but one highlight of that was an opportunity to be be our veterans as we helped them gain entrance to their national monuments, their memorials, here in washington, d.c. and it's just sad that they even have to wonder if they're breaking the law or if they need assistance to get i

nor that his habit of calling people jerk or idiot is indicative of strong practicing mattek leadership. we'll do all three with our next guest, state senator, barbara buono, welcome to our broadcast. nationally, mrstie has developed this fantastic image of himself as a no-nonsense principled, pragmatic kind of guy. how does that reputation square with the fact that the state now ranks 44th in job creation, where the unemployment rate is 8.5%, not 7.2%. and where property taxes have gone up almost 20% under his leadership? >> well, you know, i do take issue with your first statements. are you beating me? he better not can his chicken so fast. new jersey focuses -- >> according to the polls, he looks as though he's pretty well ahead. >> well, you know what they say about polls, it's a snapshot in time. and in new jersey, we make our decision a couple weeks out. and we just went up on tv last week so people were communicating our message. people are out there listening to it. and it's resonating. and you really expressed our platform right there. this governor is wrong on the issues. we have an economy in emergency that has fallen flat, bottom of the barrel in economic growth. this governor doesn't