mr. chairman? >> mr. chairman, regular order? >> mr. chairman? >> clerk will now -- >> mr. chairman? >> -- report the vote? mr. forbes? >> parliamentary inquiry, mr. chairman? >> state your inquiry. >> mr. chairman, as i understand it, this is a motion to -- >> point of order in the middle of the roll call vote, you can't have a parliamentary inquiry. >> i'll ask for ruling for the chair and take time to ask with the parliamentarian. >> just report the vote. regular order, report the vote. >> the chairman can consider that. >> state your inquiry. >> i just wanted to ask if this was a motion to strike testimony of the witness or a video and if we had such motion -- because i don't recall ever having one in this committee where we were striking testimony of witnesses

mr. chairman chairman. >> thank you. given the time constraint i say that people have to the end of the day to submit information for the order. we have ten minutes to hear arguments. i urge members to have factual questions. we are here to answer any technical questions regarding recommendations, not to debate the policy and implications of the recommendation. we have ten minutes for this. and if members have questions. >> mr. chairman, i will ask one question. did you leave in place the provision in the affordable care act that requires insurance companies to issue insurance policies to anybody, no matter what their healthcare statuses? >> thank you for your question sir. the legislation before you reflects submissions of the three instructed committees. for the fy 16 budget resolution. the language before you does not , i believe the provision you are referring to. >> you believe. >> it does not. >> it does not. >> so it would require an insurance company to issue a policy to somebody if they find out they are sick, t

mr. chairman chairman. >> thank you. given the time constraint i say that people have to the end of the day to submit information for the order. we have ten minutes to hear arguments. i urge members to have factual questions. we are here to answer any technical questions regarding recommendations, not to debate the policy and implications of the recommendation. we have ten minutes for this. and if members have questions. >> mr. chairman, i will ask one question. did you leave in place the provision in the affordable care act that requires insurance companies to issue insurance policies to anybody, no matter what their healthcare statuses? >> thank you for your question sir. the legislation before you reflects submissions of the three instructed committees. for the fy 16 budget resolution. the language before you does not , i believe the provision you are referring to. >> you believe. >> it does not. >> it does not. >> so it would require an insurance company to issue a policy to somebody if they find out they are sick, t

mr. chairman, this is regular order. >> the gentleman state his order. >> yes, sir. mr. chairman, i'll wait until they're quiet and then i'll state my parliamentary procedure once they've gotten quiet. okay, they're finally quiet. mr. chairman, have we had a procedure before for -- under our parliamentary rules to strike evidence of a witness because i don't ever remember one taking place. >> we've already taken a vote. >> i'm told not this in committee please announce the vote. >> mr. chairman -- >> mr. chabot? >> mr. chabot votes no.

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the tiny diaper that i hold in my hand is one made to fit premature, born alive babies. micro premies or ultrapremies they're called. when i first saw one of these little diapers it moved my heart very deeply because i think i saw it in the context of the numerous video recordings that have been released in recent months that tragically demonstrate that the kermit dozen nells of this world have no monopoly on abortion industry pain to unborn children and little babies that survive the trauma of going through an abortion. it is the little babies of exactly this age and stage of development that these little diapers were made to fit and, mr. chairman, it's easy for me to understand why the abortion industry shrill response to these videos has been to try to discredit them in every way possible. they really have no choice. because if they fail to discredit these videos or to dissuade people from seeing them, they know that anyone with a conscience who does watch these videos, wi

mr. chairman, you personally attended mr. bumen all that blumenthal's deposition, you person personally asked him about the clinton foundation and directed your staff to ask questions about the clinton foundation which they did more than 50 times. knees these facts directly contradict the statements you made on national television. >> no, sir, with all due respect, they do not. we just heard e-mail after e-mail after e-mail about libya and benghazi that sidney blumenthal sent to the secretary of state. i don't care if he sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals, the fact that he happened to send it by e-mail is irrelevant. what is relevant is that he was sending information to the secretary of state. that is what's relevant. now, with respect to the subpoena, if he bothered to answer the telephone calls of our committee he would haven't needed a. >> would the gentleman yield? >> i'll be happy to but you need to make sure the entire record is correct. >> and that's exactly what i want to do. >> go ahead. >> i'm abo

mr. chairman, regular order. >> mr. chairman, i have just 60 more seconds. >> yes. >> mr. chairman, the last republican questioner went over by four minutes. and given that we're allowed ten minutes of questioning each and the late hour and the fact that we're a minute beyond testimony already, i think that it's appropriate to ask for regular order and that questioning be closed for this particular member of the panel. >> the gentleman's recognized for 60 seconds. >> i want to come back to one issue we talked about a couple hours back about accountability. you said you didn't have the authority, lawful authority to terminate any employees. is that correct? >> that is correct. and -- >> okay. >> -- it is because of the laws and the regulations of our government, congressman. >> did you have the authority to provide a counseling statement to any employee? >> i do not know what you're referring to. >> in other words, you couldn't fire them but you could put a letter in their employment file saying hey, you didn't do your job well, did you? >> i think it was pretty well known t

mr. chairman, 13 for yes and 19 for no. >> is there another motion? >> mr. hairman, i have a motion. >> the clerk is going to read the motion. >> the motion offered by the gentleman. what the chairman be provided a discussion on rules that would make an order an amendment restoring this reconciliation act as recorded. >> he will have two minutes to close. >> although this amendment does not offer any policy change, it has been necessary to amend reconciliation bills and we must be prepared for a contingency. whether it is worth technical changes or legislation. [inaudible] and with that, mr. chairman, i yield. >> it is important. just this motion is a very general motion but preserves the budget committee authority regardless of who is the majority party to provide a recommendation for any changes to a reconciliation of it comes to the process. as everyone knows these changes have been made at the committee and because the budget committee is precluding it, that is the process by which they are able to effect any particular changes that might be desired by th

mr. chairman. mrs.stoltenberg, would you mind me having a look at one of the books that you have compiled? >> would you like me to bring it up to you? >> no, i'll send someone down to take a look at it. and while she's coming down to do that, let me ask dr. levantino a question, sir, is there any circumstance under which you would agree that a woman should have a right to have an abortion to abort a fetus that was -- that arose from incest or rape? >> if i were a congressman, sir, i would support such a law. >> you would support a law that would ban abortions -- >> not ban allow. >> that would allow. so, you believe that it's -- a woman should have a right to choose in the case of incest or rape? >> if a woman is pregnant by incest or rape, her child is innocent all the same. morally i have a great problem with that. politically, i would vote for such a law. >> and what about you, mrs. thayer? >> two wrongs don't make a right. sperm meets egg. unique dna, heartbeat at 21 days. it's never okay to have an

mr. chairman? [inaudible conversations] >> mr. chairman? >> the clerk will no -- >> mr. chairman? >> report the vote. >> mr. forbes? >> as i understand this is a -- >> parliamentary inquiry spent i will ask the ruling for the chair to take time to ask with the parliamentarian. >> just report the vote spent the chairman can consider that. >> stager inquiry. >> mr. chairman, i just want to ask if this was a motion to strike testimony of a witness or a video, and if we had such a motion because i don't recall ever having one in this committee when we are striking testimony of witnesses that have been made in here. >> pakistan, mr. forbes, the minority is asking to strike the video which, of course, was given to them days ago and is not a surprise to them in any way. is that correct? >> given to us yesterday morning spent that's the motion, yes. >> regular order can we have the vote speak with this is regular order to have the parliamentarian spent i will wait until they be quite undeniable statement parliamentary procedure once they have gotten quiet. okay, they are finally quiet. mr.

mr. chairman. >> thank you. given the time constraints, i ask unanimous consent that members have until the end of the day to submit statements for the record. without objection, so ordered. we will now take up to ten minutes for staff to answer any technical questions about the restoring americans' freedom reconciliation health care act. i urge members to ask factual questions if they have them. the staff is available to answer any technical questions regarding the recommendations, not to debate the policy implications of the recommendations. and we have ten minutes for this, and i ask if any members have any questions. gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott. >> mr. chairman, i only ask one question. did you leave in place the provision in the affordable care act that requires insurance companies to issue insurance policies to anybody no matter what their health care status is? >> ashley or amanda? >> thank you for your question, sir. the legislation before you reflects the submissions of the th

mr. chairman, and members of the committee. we want to take a moment to walk through the events that have led up to this hearing. we know from reports that the german from arizona, mr. frs majority have viewed at least some of the videos about a month before they were released. july 15 of this year the 1st video was released to the public. others were posted online. three different house committees then launched simultaneous congressional investigations. on september 9 this committee held its 1st hearing on the topic. discuss the videos the heart of the matter. there have been sense to other hearings on this topic, mh in the house in less than a month command finally, the majority has announced that it will create a new taxpayer-funded select committee to extend the so-called investigation and definitely. as i reflect on these events , i think we are able to draw some conclusions, the 1st being that there is no evidence in the record whatsoever of illegal activity at planned parenthood. on behalf of its 59 affiliates, the planne

mr. chairman. i am pleased to be here and appreciate the opportunity to testify before your subcommittee today i want to explain the approach we have taken to the international climate change negotiations over the last number of years and what we hope to accomplish in paris. the obama administration came into office convinced that we had to take bold action to tackle climate change but we also knew a fundamental reframing of our approach to international climate negotiations would be needed. we absorbed the hard lessons of kyoto and heeded concerns. we concluded the target should be set by countries themselves not imposed on them. that all countries should be expected to act, recognizing that developing countries face unique challenges and that we should expect strong transparency and accountability from all countries. that is the deal we've been fighting for. the president and secretary kerry have worked hard on building international support for this approach, working with leaders from china to b

mr. chairman. mrs. stoltenberg, would you mind me having a look at one of the books that you have compiled? >> would you like me to bring it up to you? >> no, i'll send someone down to take a look at it. and while she's coming down to do that, let me ask dr. levantino a question, sir, is there any circumstance under which you would agree that a woman should have a right to have an abortion to abort a fetus that was -- that arose from inscest or rape? >> if i were a congressman, sir, i would support such a law. >> you would support a law that would ban abortions -- >> not ban allow. >> that would allow. so, you believe that it's -- a woman should have a right to choose in the case of incest or rape? >> if a woman is pregnant by incest or rape, her child is innocent all the same. morally i have a great problem with that. politically, i would vote for such a law. >> and what about you, mrs. thayer? >> two wrongs don't make a right. sperm meets egg. unique dna, heartbeat at 21 days. it's never okay to have

mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey nnl is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 702, a poorly crafted bill that needlessly and recklessly sweeps away 40 years of critical energy protections for national security, our economy, consumers, and the environment. h.r. 702 is a blunt object that doesn't just undermine current protective authorities related to crude oil, it also prohibits any federal official from taking any action at any time if that action either restricts or enforces a restriction on the export of oil. the term restriction is undefined and potentially dangerous in scope. the bill will also override any other law that would impose any restriction by any federal official on exports. that means that the bill does nothing to preserve any environment or safety statutes or regulations an doesn't even preserve the defense production act, one of the most important tools any president has to ensure our national energy security in the face of a thr

mr. chairman, regular order. >> are you telling me -- >> mr. chairman? >> i will tell the general lady from california that i'm going to take a little bit extra time just like everybody else has and we can do it this round, we can do it this round or next round. >> may i make a simple inquiry how many more minutes the chairman -- >> the fewer the interceptions, the quicker i can get done. put it to you that way. how is that? >> be mindful of the time. >> my question on the 15 did your lawyer decide they weren't work related or did they not find them? >> well, i don't know why he had e-mails i didn't and i don't know why apparently i had e-mails he didn't and all i can tell you is i turned over every work related e-mail in my possession. >> all right. i'm going to make two more observations and then we're going to call it a night. the first observation that i would make is that when you speak to the public, you say i turned over everything. that's for the most part a direct quote. when you talk to the public, you say i turned over everything. when you tal

mr. chairman. appreciate it. >> mr. stern, during a hearing july 8, experts testified that even under the best of circumstances, it was unclear how the president could make good on his pledge to reduce greene house gas emissions up to 26% to 28% by 2025. so where does this 26% to 28% come from and can the united states meet the administration's pledge under the current law? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the number came from analysis of the various authorities that we have, authorities that are based on the clean air act, energy policy act, energy independence and security act, existing authorities that had already been provided by the congress. there was an analysis of completed action such as the fuel economy standards for light and heavy duty, appliance standard, building codes and like. there was analysis of pending rule makings at the time like the clean power plant, further heavy duty vehicle and appliance standards, new action being taken on methane and hfcs and so forth as well as the federal government's own execu

mr. chairman. can you talk to us in general about the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan and the various groups that are involved there? i guess related to that is the conversation about reconciliation talks between the taliban and afghan government. first of all, what hopes do you have for that? second of all, no matter what comes out of that, there will always be groups on both sides of the border that aren't part of it. what's sort of your -- tell us a little bit about the groups who might be involved, who might be reconcilable who we might still have to fight and how the relationship between afghanistan and pakistan factors into those negotiations? >> thanks for the question. as you know, very conflicted between pakistan and afghanistan. i do try to maintain ties with pakistan. i talk to general sharif probably once a week. i try to get to pakistan once a month. we really work hard to make sure the afghans and the pakistan military conduct discussions to continue to improve upon thei

mr. chairman, i reserve. mr. price: it's important to, i think this motion is a very general motion, but i think it preserves the budget committee's authority regardless of who is -- who was the majority party to provide for the rules committee a recommendation for any changes to a reconciliation bill as it comes through the process. as everybody knows who has looked to reconciliation bills in the past these changes have been made at the rules committee and because the budget committee is precluded from making any changes to the reconciliation bill, that's the process by which the budget committee is able to then effect any particular changes that might be desired by the committee or by the conference. so it's a very simple motion and i think it ought to be able to be supported by all. and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. rokita: and i reserve. mr. van hollen: this this is to prevent the government shutdown and create a process for doing it. we aren't going to give a go-ahead. you clearly rejected that motion.

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, recent data suggests that climate change is accelerating and as a result the destabilizing effect it has on our environment is worsening. and to my mind this is a clear threat to american prosperity and global stability. mr. chairman, consider the fact that the governor of the bank of england recently in a speech said that he is very concerned unless we respond to climate change that there will be a dramatic reduction in value of carbon assets which will cause a financial crisis. as a country with the largest financial markets in the world, we should be concerned about that. mr. chairman, consider the fact that citigroup recently put out a research report that said unless we deal with climate change the effect on global g.d.p. will be $44 trillion to the negative by 2050. that's twice the size of the u.s. economy. mr. speaker, consider -- mr. chairman, consider the fact that the u.n. has estimated that unless we deal with climate change, 150 million people will be forced to b

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. griffin, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i know we're talking about state exchanges today. about this time two years ago, we were arguing whether the federal system was ready to be unrolled with its plan and so forth. and i noted with some interest, mr. kissel, in your written testimony, i quote, i'm pleased to say that as of june 2015, according to turning point, our independent validation and verification contractor, we were the only state-based exchange to have successfully passed its i.t. blueprint testing scenarios providing third-party evaluation that we have a working i.t. system. mr. chairman, we might want to get the federal folks in here to see if they can pass that same kind of test. i do think it's interesting that hawaii is the one that has passed it. notwithstanding that success, notwithstanding a ten-year plan to get the finances in order in june, the governor decided to shut down health -- hawaii health connector and also notwithstanding, i should note, $205 million in federal establ

mr. chairman. mr. horn, your statements so far don't give me much confidence that we're ever going to see a fix for this vehicles that are impacted. you know, you say that they can't be fixed by a software-only solution, you don't have a nsse timetable as to -- necessary timetable as to when the fix is going to begin. have you been given enough information about how the defeat device affects the engine to actually make informed judgments on whether the fix will actually work? .. they were going to have good fuel economy. they were going to have good engine performance. can you guarantee that any fix you make to the vehicles doesn't affect fuel economy or fuel performance are both? >> at this time if we correct the knox -- the emission standards, the customer will get the mpg. that's my current understanding of whether the full performance of the car, this is something they said in germany, maybe top speed that might be one or two miles per hour might be missing but this is of course something which we

mr. chairman. >> senator coats. sorry. i hasn't seen this list for a while. >> thank you chairman, and ranking member. mr. cos kin nen, obviously, you've heard about the continued frustration that many of us have had. it's no secret there has been a loss of trust in government. it's not just your agency. but it's many agencies. it's the function of government and its leadership. it's been reflected in the prirm prima primaries, both sides. people are disgusted and fed up with the way we -- with our dysfunction. you've talked about massive dysfunction within an agency that people fear the most, that has the most power over individuals. it's not going away. and so whether it's just incompetence or total dysfunction, or the fact that government has just grown to the point where it simply can't handle the issues that it needs to handle and gain the trust of the american people, my colleagues have stated that and i certainly think there's no other agency that more fed into that narrative than what happened at the irs. this's no

they charge you for every one of them. >> i'm well aware of that, mr chairman, and the clock is ticking. >> well, one more, one more and i'll pay mr kendall's fee. >> i don't think you want to do that, mr chairman. >> i probably can't do it. you see my point. you are very definitive, that you turned over anything. but those lawyerly fudge words when you talk into court on information and bull yils. and the reality is you cannot tell us you cannot turn over everything because you didn't miss the 15. >> well i didn't have them. i turned over everything i had. everything i had has been turned over... >> which means the system you had somehow missed the 15. >> well - last question on the system. mr cummings, he said your email arrangement was inappropriate. i think the president may have said it was a mistake. you have said that it was a mistake. my question to you, madam secretary is was it a mistake for the four years that you had that email arrangement, was it a mistake for the almost two years that you kipt the public record to yourself, or has it manifest itself as a mistake for the la

mr. chairman, you personally attended mr. bumen all that blumenthal's deposition, you person personally asked him about the clinton foundation and directed your staff to ask questions about the clinton foundation which they did more than 50 times. knees these facts directly contradict the statements you made on national television. >> no, sir, with all due respect, they do not. we just heard e-mail after e-mail after e-mail about libya and benghazi that sidney blumenthal sent to the secretary of state. i don't care if he sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals, the fact that he [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] : there was non credible threat. it will air in its entirety on saturday and sunday. coming today, washington journal is live with reacted to hillary clinton's testimony. in the u.s. house debates a aboutt reduction bill repealing part of the afford

mr. chairman. mr. chairman it's remarkable to me that the issues of the majority have collided into one hearing. instead of a planned parenthood has become a hearing of benghazi. yesterday the select committee investigated abortion practices meeting today's hearing is more pointless than it was before. the house judiciary committee is now one of four in the house investigating planned parenthood. what exactly are we investigating today? let's be clear, no one has said this yet but we need to be clear about it. the goal of the majority is to return to a nation where roe v. wade does not allow the land and where women do not enjoy the constitutional right that the supreme court made clear they had to make decisions about their own bodies. now, i don't know why we are here here to talk about the fruitless investigations. six different states including lampett failed to find wrongdoing by planned parenthood. brunett here to discuss tissue donation given to "the new england journal of medicine". virtually ev

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. chairman can i -- point of clarification, i think it is important, i think that's where you're going, because the public thrown out of 100,000 number as syrian refugees. my understanding there are 100,000 refugees total worldwide and 10,000 potentially from syria, maybe you want to clarify that. >> what we have said is that for fy-16 we will commit to resettling 10,000 syrian refugees in a total worldwide of 85,000. >> okay. just want to get that on the record. >> mr. chairman, if i may. where do we anticipate those 85,000 coming from? syria, iraq, afghanistan, libya? do we have any idea? we identify the countries that are being targeted for refugee resettlement? >> well it's done by regions of the world, sir and that is a publicly available fact which we can get you but refugees tend to come from every part of the world. obviously some more troubled places than others. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mrs. watson coleman. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for holding this h

mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. horn, you said profitability is your top priority when you were speaking. >> for the dealers, yes. >> yes. i would hope that safety, quality, expect are top priorities in profitability comes along there as part of that picture. let me ask you about this. are you going to buy back the inventory that the dealers have? >> no. our plan is not to buyback the inventory. our plan is to fix the cars. >> okay. let me move on with you. have you identified the individual or group of individuals that are responsible for the defeat device? >> these investigations are ongoing. >> you have known about this since the spring of 2014. a year and a half. >> we know about this since september 3rd that the violation is there. and since this time. since the notice of violation, the board has acted and investigated. >> you have known there was some activity around this defeat device since 2014, right? >> no, i did not know it. >> so you did not know it in the spring of 2014? >> no. >> so you just learned ab

mr. chairman. >> mr. horn, these vehicles promised unrivaled fuel economy and performance without the knox emissions usually associated with diesel. i know other members have asked about how volkswagen intends to make consumers whole. i want to lend my voice to that briefly, because consumers and people in my district purchased the car believing it would be a clean, environmental friendly choice, they have every right to feel defrauded. consumers were sold a bill of goods that simply does not exist. and i think it is likely that whatever fixes to comply with emissions standards will hurt the vehicle's performance in other ways. this is not what consumers thought they were buying. and it is not what dealers thought they were selling. we're still the resale value on these vehicles, which i am sure was a selling point, has been destroyed. volkswagen has a lot to think about, i believe, in terms of how it depends to make right by consumer. let me ask, typically, when deciding whether to issue a recall and dev

mr. chairman. >> senator tester? >> thank you, mr. chairman, and ranking members for including 1676 on the day's agenda, and i appreciate your support, senator blumenthal. on this bill, you know, this legislation simply put was really to address the chronic shortage of v.a. medical professionals really allow you to better complete -- compete for the skilled staffing that compete for the skills you need over the next many years as v.a. continues to get pressure for services. just as background, it incorporates a number of great ideas from folks and veterans. it has been endorsed by 17 organizations representing everyone from medical colleges to mental health counselors to physician assistants and disabled vets. and i want to thank the medical college and the american legion for the early engagement in support of this bill. in july this committee announced provisions for this legislation, and i am hopeful we can advance the remaining provisions. and in particular, i want to highlight the section that you highlighted, mr. lynch. section 1

mr. chairman, mr. hairman -- >> -- don't call that witness. >> i don't care what you saw say about mow. i do care a lot what you imply about admiral mullen and i will not sit her and hear that. the served the country we great discrimination. the served the state department with great distinction, in being the co-chair of the accountability review board, and i think his work speaks for itself. and i'm -- >> let in -- >> i'm sorry that the important work that was done bit the that board is held in such low regard by some members of this committee, and i deeply regret it. >> are you doubting that he placed a phone call? is that the -- >> i know nothing about the phone call. >> i do because he testified before another congressional committee. he admitted it was a mistake, mad dan secretary. i don't know why you can't. he admitted it was a mistake to call and said, don't send a fact witness, behalf congressional committee. >> i think -- >> doesn't mean he is a bad person. just means that when you hold up the

mr. chairman. >> mr.d votes now. >> nine members voted i, seven members voted no. >> and then the question is agreed to. >> i will now recognize myself for five minutes or questions. one of the hallmarks of humanity throughout history is our astonishing proclivity as human beings to obscure rationalize away and incontrovertible truth in our own minds before others to achieve some solidarity. does abortion kill a little baby? if abortion does not kill aa little baby and i am here to pretty much suggests that we should be having such a hearing or anything like that, but if abortion really does kill a little baby, than those of us seated in the greatest nation in the history of the world are sitting in the midst of the greatest human genocide in the history of humanity, and the victims of the most helpless of all children. we recently had a vote. house of representatives to protect born alive children. there wasthere was not one person to my left the voted for the bill. born alive children, and, and i sugges

mr. chairman. >> mrs. watson coleman. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing. and thank you, gentlemen, i tell you it's actually comforting to hear you to refer to each other by first name, it means you are collaborating and cooperating and it's good that there's a relationship there. it makes me feel a little bit better, although this is a very scary time. i have a few questions. i want to start with a question with you, mr. johnson. the united states secret service is leading an investigation of an online hacker. they recently told "the washington post" he gained access to not only the cia director's personal e-mail accounts but also to your own e-mail account. would you please describe what current plan is in place for the secret service to prevent this intrusion given the external infiltrations the department has experienced recently including the opm data breach. >> ma'am, i don't think that i can comment about an ongoing investigation. the one thing i'll say is don't believe everything you read in the newsp

mr. chairman? what's at stake under this bill if this bill passes will create over 800,000 american jobs. good american jobs here at home. if this bill passes, mr. chairman, we can actually create over $800 million to reduce the deficit. deficit reduction just by passing this bill. what's also at stake, mr. chairman, if we pass this bill, we can help our allies around the world. who don't want to have to get their oil from countries like russia where vladimir putin is using energy as a weapon against our friends, they can now get that energy from us, creating american jobs along the way. everything about this says yes. it's time to lift this relic of the 1970's. let's finally let american oil to be exported on the world markets when we have such an abundance and we have the ability to create hundreds of thousands of new american jobs along the way. i urge my colleagues to support the bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana yields back the balance of hi

mr. chairman. mr. carr, with all due respect, if ford or gm said to their stockholders, do you know what, consumer motivation just isn't there. this is a free country and people are free not to buy our cars. i'm having to assume that in marketing automobiles which you can hardly turn on the television, it's either a drug ad or it's a car ad, that consumer motivation is deeply researched and figure out and a lot of money is spent to do that. so, don't you think that if the manufacturers were really serious about getting unsafe cars off the road -- i mean, i look forward to your research, but this idea that, you know, consumers, they just don't really want to do it. really? they want to drive unsafe cars? >> so -- so, you know, i absolutely agree with you that we need to -- and i think my companies are very clearly demonstrating -- and actually one of my comments, i should say, in the testimony to the draft bill is actually that the way the draft bill is written, it actually only would allow us access to

mr. chairman, mr.reed, members of the committee and i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the carrier program this morning. let me start with the cvn-78. a little feet back there. my bottom line on the cvn-78 is the same story, different program. in 2007 we reported that costs were likely to be underestimated by 22% on the construction of the ship and that the three main technologies emal, aag and dbr were immature, likely to slip to the right and out of schedule margin and we said the navy would be faced with the decision to either push the ship to the right or push the technologies to the right. fast forward to today, 2015. cost increases are 22%. the three key technologies, put slide up, they have slipped about five years. so the decisions made to keep the ship construction schedule pretty much intact but let the technologies slip. so, that is probably hard to see. but the top chart we've circles here, three, four, five and six. those are three key technologies in the beginning of ship board te

mr. chairman. mr. horn, thank you for being here. i think it is appropriate you come before the committee, you apologize for the actions, and that you and vw take full responsibility for what has transpired. it is disappointing. i'm aware our governor has been at the chattanooga facility. i know that the governor, state legislators, the other members of the delegation and i are quite concerned about this. you have a lot of hard-working, honest tennessee people who are at that facility. we are concerned about the actions of a few. we are going to be very precise with you and vw. it is, as the chairman said, basically the who, what, when, where, how and why. why you did it, how you did it, when you did it, lending you -- new, did it go across the brand, was it in new regulations, was it pointed at climate regulations? this is a systemic failure. someonelso point out, could say it is a safety issue. but i say it is an issue of integrity. we appreciate you are here. we look forward to hearing from you. i w

mr. chairman. mr. horn, thank you for being here. i think it is appropriate you come before the committee, you apologize for the actions, and that you and vw take full responsibility for what has transpired. it is disappointing. i'm aware our governor has been at the chattanooga facility. i know that the governor, state legislators, the other members of the delegation and i are quite concerned about this. you have a lot of hard-working, honest tennessee people who are at that facility. we are concerned about the actions of a few. we are going to be very precise with you and vw. it is, as the chairman said, basically the who, what, when, where, how and why. why you did it, how you did it, when you did it, lending you -- new, did it go across the brand, was it in new regulations, was it pointed at climate regulations? this is a systemic failure. someonelso point out, could say it is a safety issue. but i say it is an issue of integrity. we appreciate you are here. we look forward to hearing from you. i w

mr. chairman much mr. chairman. >> you're next. >> thank you very much mr. chairman appreciate you all being here. questions being asked. there were a number of us, i'm the people who owns one of the diesel volkswagen. i have some questions in that regard. it's important that you change your testing methods. it might be helpful in doing your job if we pass legislation that would allow a portion of the fine fraud case to go to the university that discovered it? wvu discovered the problem. you all didn't. the epa can and should do everything. this might be some assistance just like we do with certain actors in other criminal committing who are fraud, we take some of their ill-gained goods. we take it away from them and the government gives it back to some of the folks who helped it.over you think that might be a helpful piece of legislation for at.o take a look either one of you. >> i don't think i can comment on what legislative changes might be necessary. the understand that in criminal context, these kinds of remedies have been imposed before. if you haveion

mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. cook. >> thank you, mr. chairman. generals, there was an election this week in canada. and it appears mr. trudeau is going to be the winner of that election. correct me if i'm wrong. but i believe he made some preelection statements that canada would not purchase the f-35s. and i think they were in for 65. and so the question is about affordability. if a partner drops out of that, and i don't even know -- aim not a lawyer. i'm dangerous enough as a marine at one time is that going to have an impact on cost or what have you? >> i'm pretty sure this is my question. so let me start off by saying, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to speculate what canada will or won't do. so i won't provide any opinion about that. and i will also tell you that i have received no official motivation from canada about the change in taught for them today. having said that, i'm prepared to tell you what the impact to the program would be if that were the case. let me exchain that to you. >> so first, the current development program that ends

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> mr. scott, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for being here. i think as we talk about the reports, the credibility of the report is arguably the most important thing. it doesn't matter how much time and money went into it if we have a credibility gap, we have a problem. there are certainly some questions about the fact that miss miland was from the private sector. i read her resume. 30 years at one of the major institutions, certainly qualified in every way, shape and form from her academic career to be there. but there are questions about the fact that she's now a member of the private sector chairing the committee. historically, we have not allowed industry representatives on the panel. and i recognize that she doesn't represent, for example, the cattle industry or the corn industry because we would believe that there would be the assumption that there would be bias in the opinions of people who represented a certain industry on the panel. when we see issues like -- when i see issues li

mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the tiny diaper that i hold in my hand is one made to fit premature, born alive babies. micropreemies or ultrapreemies they're called. when i first saw one of these little diapers, it moved my heart very deeply, because i think i saw it in the context of the numerous video recordings that have been released in recent months that tragically demonstrate that the kermit gosnells of this world have no monopoly on the abortion industry's unspeakable and murderous cruelty to pain-capable unborn children and to little babies who actually survive the trauma of going through an abortion. it is the little babies of exactly this age and stage of development that these little diapers were made to fit. and, mr. chairman, it's easy for me to understand why the abortion industry's shrill response to these videos has been to try to discredit them in every way possible. they really have no choice. because if they fail to discredit these videos or to dissuade people from seeing them, they know

mr. chairman. i think as you suggested, the problems facing our criminal justice system cannot continue to go unaddressed. we lock up too many people far longer and far longer than is necessary to keep our communities safe. it comes at an extraordinary price. we have fewer resources to support public safety efforts that actually work. we're just left with a criminal justice system that is anything but just, particularly for many communities of color. to solve complex problems in our communities like addiction, congress has too often resorted to simple but deeply flawed mandatory minimum sentences. it's time we fix our mistakes. it's essential we apply the fix retroactively so those paying the price for our mistakes are given a second chance. it's an historic opportunity. we shouldn't squander it. this is a bipartisan bill. it's not perfect. i would like it to go further. there are many mandatory minimums the bill does not impact. but while it doesn't contain everything i might like, it doesn't cont

mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. chairman. you've given us a good summary on the threats that we face and the threats that are occurring today and i appreciate that. senator mccain asked you about reporting on the policy that congress has passed asked you to report on and that has not been done. the house and senate agreed on requirement that the services need to report on the threats. that is something that came out of our strategic subcommittee and eventually expanded to include all weapon systems not just satellites and national missile defense. we don't have that final report. this budget, i believe, has $200 million in it to help fund this effort. what can you tell us about that? >> first it may take some time. if it does, i understand. i don't we have had any report from the dod to state what progress you've made and how much longer it will take. >> again, on both points, on the policy we expect it is in the final the liberations. it is an interagency effort. we are trying to establish norms and deterrence which is essen

mr. chairman. i apologize, i was at another hearing. mr. allen and mr. kissell, i guess i have a question for both of you. do you know whether cms posteripermits transitional cost dollars? and if you could tell me what transitional cost dollars are. >> i don't know the answer to that. we would have to get that directly to the commissioner. >> i have a check on it status, i believe it has been approved. these are for the enrollment of

mr. chairman. mrs. stoltenberg, you want to look at one of the books you compiled. >> send it up to you? >> i will get someone to come down and get it. while we do that let me ask dr. levitino a question. is there any circumstance you would agree a woman should have a right to have an abortion to, abort a fetus that was, that arose from incest or rape? >> if i were a congressman, sir, i would support such a law. >> you would support a law that would ban -- >> not ban. allow. >> that would allow. so you believe that it's a woman, should have a right to choose in the case of incest or rape? >> if a woman is pregnant by incest or rape, her child is innocent all the same. morally i have a great problem with that. politically, i would vote for such a law. >> and what about you, mrs. thayer? >> two wrongs don't make a right. sperm meets egg. unique dna. heartbeat at 21 days. never okay to have an abortion. we have 57 million missing people since 1973. >> so you went to work at planned parenthood knowing that