mr. cummings: mr. speaker, may i inquire as to whether the gentleman have additional speakers? mr. turner: we do not. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i yield myself 45 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, it's critical that the house pass h.r. 3223, to ensure our dedicated federal employee are made whole and receive back pay once this shutdown comes to an end. federal employees have been the subject of relentless attacks on their pay and benefits over the last three years. this bill is the least we should do. our hardworking public servants should not become collateral damage in the political games and ideological wars that the republicans are waging. and i would hope that we would have a unanimous vote because there are so many people living paycheck to paycheck and they need our vote. i'd suggest we open up the government, the entire government, so all of our employees can get back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

mr. cummings raise this issue and mr. werfel said -- this was a briefing if we could put up the first slide. this was a briefing given to the irs oversight board just this past may come come a second, 2013 and guess who gave that briefing? who do you think gave that briefing? the lady we have been waiting to get in front of this committee sarah hill ingram. don't take my word for it. we got the minutes from the meeting. if we could put that slider. the minutes from the meeting, affordable care act update led by sarah hill ingram director of the aca office. mr. werfel did not want her to come today and hasn't let her come for five months but look what it says she talked about. about. missing graham discussed the security and safeguard programs. the irs has a place regarding the share of data among its partners including those for the affordable paid care act program. this is exactly the lady we need in front of the congress. it just took us five months together here. >> would the gentleman yield? >> yeah that would yield.

mr. cummings raise this issue pvc is not the right person. let's put up -- this is the briefing. put up the first light. this was the briefing given to the irs oversight board just this past may, may 2nd 200013 pier because it gave the briefing? who do you think? believe we have been waiting to get in front of this committee. don't take my word for it. we have the minutes from the meeting. we can put that slide that. the minutes from the meeting, affordable care act of state led by sarah hall abram, the director hca office. so he did not want her to come today, is not let her come for five months of a suit was given after a brief the irs. liquidus is to talk about. she discussed the security and save their programs the irs doesn't place regarding the sharing of data among partners when including those for the affordable care program. this is a clearly needed front of the congress. it just took us five months to give her your. >> the gentleman yield price of be happy to. >> you said that i was trying to stop the heart of a? disease say that? >> we have a letter indicating he did n

mr. cummings: grant the gentleman an additional minute. e speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank my republican colleagues for recognizing that pain in bringing this bill to the floor. another constituent of mine end at pax river saying the shutdown. as we are doing, we must reopen our government and could do so today, this hour, but until the majority allows a vote on the bill to reopen the government, let us at least provided the dedicated patriotic federal employees who want nothing more than to go back to work with the peace of mind that they will still be paid for their service. i want to thank mr. moran. he has been an extraordinary leader on behalf of federal employees. congressman connolly, steve lynch, others on the republican side who have been aligned on that effort as well, surely, we the board of directors of the greatest enterprise on earth can take care of our employees and give them confidence that they deserve and i thank the speaker for the additional time. and i yield back the b

mr. cummings, it was a problem because mr. beale, based on evidence based on the suspicions that were given to us on february 11, it's clear to us there was a lot of evidence pointing to a massive fraud against the agency. and a lot of this evidence was available should have been referred to as much, much earlier. specifically the problem we had with the office of homeland security, the gentlemen are representatives of the office interviewed mr. beale twice and did three other contacts with them, and that's basic one-to-one in law enforcement investigations. can never interview the target investigation until you have all your facts in a row. our investigation was severely hampered because mr. beale was alerted -- >> heads up. >> exactly. >> finally, just to give credit where credit is due. this fraud has been going on for decades under both republican and democratic administrations, is that right? >> that's correct, sir. >> but it was administrator mccarthy the finally exposed it, is that right? >> to my knowledge, ms. mccarth

mr. cummings, mr. rogers, and mr. whitman. i know there are a lot of staffs that have been working hard on this bill. as the ranking member of the federal workforce subcommittee, i rise in strong support of the federal employee retroactive pay fairness act. this bipartisan legislation will ensure that are more than 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed since october 1 will receive full back for the duration of a government shutdown. this legislation recognizes that our middle income federal employees are totally committed to serving the american people. to their great credit, our public servants have remained ready, willing, and able to perform their duties, even in the face of mandatory increases in their retirement costs, sequestration related furloughs, and as they face the likelihood of their fourth consecutive year of pay freeze imposed by this congress. given that these furloughed employees have already carry the huge burden working towards deficit reduction, it would be unjust to expect them to bear the addit

mr. cummings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: as ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, i rise in strong support for paying our federal workers, but i oppose the parliamentary gimmicks being used by the majority to consider h.j.res. 89. this resolution would ensure the more than 1.2 million dedicated federal employees who have been required by their agencies to work during the government shutdown will receive their paychecks on time. these committed men and women have been at their duty stations without pay for eight days since the republican extreme ifments -- extremists took hostage of our fellow sitens. it -- citizens. it is only fair and right that we pay them for the services they have rendered. they have mortgages, student loans and children in college and have to provide for their families and they need their pay zhrep checks. the ouse passed h.r. 3223, retroactive fairness in pay act. which would give back pay to federal employees as a result of this government shutdown. a republican

mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my husband and son back to work. >> i think it's very troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them, it's not fair to lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if federal government workers don't get a paycheck because. shutdown, you should not be able to also. >> reporter: the people we spoke with felt that the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining trip by-- chip by congress. vic? >> we invite you to stay tuned for more on the latest on the negotiations and of course the impact here in maryland. >>> the u.s. naval academy sexual assault case is in the hands of the superintendent. three navy midshipmen, accused of raping a female midshipman. the alleged victim in the case has filed a lawsuit, arguing miller is likely to be biased as superintendent of the school and should recuse himself from the case am. >>> two up, two down. a federal judge denies requests for restraining orders o

mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my husband and son back to work. >> i think it's very troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working. that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them that it's not fair to lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if the federal government workers don't get a paycheck because of the shuts down, you should not be able to also. >> and the people we spoke with felt that the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining chip by congress. >> stay with wjz. for complete coverage of the shutdown. we will keep you updated on deal negotiations and the impact here in maryland. >>> it is hard to believe that it's the beginning of october outside. it's warm and the sun is out with a few clouds around. athletes are taking full advantage of this opportunity to train and work out. people were out today in swarms, enjoying the warm weather. not only playing d dick golf -- disk golf, but playing and rung. in harford county, some inects is -- inscects --

mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my son and husband back to work. >> i think it's troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working. that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them, it's not fair to to lave off these people and you -- lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if federal workers don't get a paycheck because of the shutdown, you should not also. >> people felt the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining chip by congress. >> for the latest information any time,ing loonto -- log onto cbsbaltimore.com. >>> we have an accident to tell you about. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. >> reporter: good afternoon, a single vehicle involved in this accident. you can see it, upside-down, in the bushes, on the left side of the road there. this is the ramp from i-70 westbound, inside the beltway, as it merges onto the inner loop of the beltway. we did see one patient being transported from this scene. they're at least put in the ambulance. ambulance has not left

mr. cummings. mr. : thank you and i thank chairman miller, ranking member michaud, congressman takano and members of the veterans affairs committee to work together in a truly bipartisan way to include provisions in this legislation -- tend home forecast foreclosure benefits. for the last two years, i have adepress i havely investigated illegal foreclosures, inflated fees and other abuses by banks against our service members, veterans and their families. in my opinion, no one is more deserving of our help than our service members who have sacrificed so much, who have given their blood, sweat and tears and sometimes their lives. yet, under current law, certain service members, veterans with disabilities and surviving spouses are not receiving the critical protections they need and truly deserve. a result, banks are foreclosing on homes at the very moment when our heroes and their families deserve our support. as a country, we can and must do better. that is why i introduced h.r. 1842, the military family

mr. cummings staff will be given less choice would fehbp. i hope you'd be able to answer that but let me review one thing that i heard today because i think it's important. the irs is ready and they had their deadlines and they were timely and in fact there were no known flaws of the irs is's performance as of today. do we need to give secretary civilians sitting here because basically hhs screw this whole thing up. the delays and the ability to get on, all of that comes out of hhs and it's not year-end of the business? >> that's not the part we have been working on. >> okay. does this it surprise you that if you go on line and deliver your social security number as you were required to do in order to get a calculation and look at plants and then you decide not to accept the plans and you go to exit because they made you give your social security number and they made -- they have looked up your database in your tax information and they have your e-mail. they sent me back in a mild telling you how much you will have to pay if you don't sign u

mr. cummings. >> the thing i'm sitting here and listening to all of this and i listened to what mr. jordan just asked you. it is troubling. you have a family? >> yes, sir. >> you married? >> yes, sir. >> children? >> not my own. thank you. >> the reason why i ask you that is sometimes i think we forget that public employees are human beings. simply trying to do a job. people who could probably go out and n the private sector and make more money. and you gave 31 years. that 31 is just ringing in my head. that's a lot of time. i want too go back to something mr. conley said. you -- i want you to know, you may very well be attacked here today, but this is really not about you. this is bigger than you. and i want you to understand that. thank you very much. >> i appreciate the gentleman's comments and he is exactly right. it is not just about miss ingram. it's about americans who have to comply with this act, and i would just point out this, too. lots of people underneath these rea tasks have families as way and had their personal information bandyy'd about like it wassing wassing in, t

mr. cummings, and all of the staff who did this very, very quickly.his was done during the reagan and clinton administrations. who are the federal employees? federal employees are the fbi agents that everyone-- they got a call and said that their loved one was kidnapped, the first person they would call would be an fbi agent, a federal employee. i was with mr. hoyer two weeks ago at the navy yard. the 12 people killed at the navy yard and those that were wounded, they were federal employees. when the cno talked about it, he said they are part of the fleet. the capitol hill policeman that we all got up the other day and gave a standing ovation, they are federal employees. the v.a. doctors that are working at walter reed working on young men and women who have lost limbs, who have served in afghanistan and iraq, they are federal employees. i i was with mr. hoyer down at opm earlier this year when they had stars on the wall of 27 federal employees that died since 2012. and since that time, the number of stars have been added. i saw the movie "zero dark t

mr. cummings, and all of the staff who did this very, very quickly. during the reagan and clinton administrations. who are the federal employees? federal employees are the fbi agents that everyone-- they got loved and said that their one was kidnapped, the first person they would call would be an fbi agent, a federal employee. weekswith mr. hoyer two ago at the navy yard. the 12 people killed at the navy yard and those that were wounded, they were federal employees. no talked about it, he said they are part of the fleet. the capitol hill policeman that we all got up the other day and gave a standing ovation, they are federal employees. the v.a. doctors that are working at walter reed working on young men and women who have lost limbs, who have served in afghanistan and iraq, they are federal employees. i i was with mr. hoyer down at opm earlier this year when they had stars on the wall of 27 federal employees that died since 2012. and since that time, the number of stars have been added. i saw the movie "zero dark t hirty." it was about catching bin l

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mr. cartwright. >> and i want to thank chairman hastings, ranking member defazio, chairman issa, ranking member cummings for bring us together and also the witnesses for showing up today and giving us your input and your testimony. this hearing looks at a very narrow impact of the shutdown, but one that has directly impacted my district i represent the 17th congressional district of pennsylvania, which has two shuttered national park right now, this team down national, a historic site, and the delaware water gap national recreation area. during the month of october these two parks combined to attract an average of nearly 14,000 people a day, adding over $400,000 to the local economy every single day. these parks are also important sites to visit for my constituents. just the other day a younger for my district wrote me a letter begging me to open these parks to avoid ruining her birthday celebration. everybody in this room knows that there is a simple solution to the problem. the solution does not lie with the park service. which is following the law and doing the best in this terrible situation congres

mr. cummings, -- do you follow me? >> he began in 1994. he did it a little bit at a time. finally when he spoke to mr. holmes said he was an administrator in 2001 and crafted a someone believe will story that the cia had recruited to be on this oversight panel. in fact, he was reviewing undercover operations around the globe as part of his oversight panel that he was recruited to join allegedly. of course it was all a lie. but mr. also believe that. he used that to a springboard more and more time away from the agency. >> in fact, the plea agreement descry the in 2001 a senior bush a message official granted permission to be out of the office one day a week in order to work on, and i quote, an interagency special advisor group working on a project with the director of operations at the cra. pursuant to this operation mr. beale began taking one day a week off on days he claimed he was working for the cia and did that for many years. is that right? do you recall how many years that happens? >> yes. he was a minimum of two and a half years. he began taking one day off will beg