mr. dingell from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding me this time and i commend her for opposing this legislation. i rise in strenuous opposition to h.r. 1076. hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the speaker and without any hearings or consideration by the committee on energy and commerce. no opportunity for the public to speak or be heard what we're ing. the majority continues to force members of this body to waste time and energy of the house, a critical asset of this nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. now we're adding public badcasting to this list. public broadcasting is a national treasure. it provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. it provides information not available elsewhere and, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something that my republican

mr. dingell. >> gentlemen, welcome i'm delighted to see you, been on a same side. welcome. we are proud of what you were doing up there in massachusetts. governor herbert, welcome to you too. gentlemen, very quickly, you have had firsthand experience in implementing the state level reform lobby and you support the federal law that would work well, is that right? >> of their barbour i gather you have a different view, you support to over 30 is that correct? >> that's correct, mr. chairman. >> i gather that you have also supported the affordable care act is that right? >> we joined the lawsuit in florida. >> now i want to see where we are. we have a great challenge and testing of the national will and keep a -- capability. governor barbour, you are aware of the health care insurers can no longer discriminate against 180,000 children with pre-existing health conditions and also that as a result of the affordable care act 53,000 businesses in your state and other states would be eligible or 300 of the million dollars in new health care tax credits. governor commodore also aware

mr. dingell from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding me this time and i commend her for opposing this legislation. i rise in strenuous opposition to h.r. 1076. hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the speaker and without any hearings or consideration by the committee on energy and commerce. no opportunity for the public to speak or be heard on what we're doing. the majority continues to force members of this body to waste time and energy of the house, a critical asset of this nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. now we're adding public broadcasting to this list. public broadcasting is a national treasure. it provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. it provides information not available elsewhere and, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something that my repu

mr. dingell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, is recognized. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and i thank the the gentlewoman from from california for her kindness in yielding me this time. i'm honored to be one of the sponsors of the legislation before us. i rise in support of h. con. res. 27, a resolution providing for the acceptance of the statue of the honorable gerald r. ford from the people of michigan for placement in the united states capitol. it is an honor to be the lead sponsor on this resolution with my dear friend and colleague across the aisle, mr. up ton. it is a fitting tribute to the decency hes paused as a member of congress for 25 years and then as vice president and then president of the united states. the resolution has the support of the entire michigan delegation and of the people we in the michigan delegation serve here in the congress. the people of michigan chose a fine president, wise legislator and decent and extraordinary man to serve as one of the two statues representing the people o

mr. dingell from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding me this time and i commend her for opposing this legislation. i rise in strenuous opposition to h.r. 1076. hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the speaker and without any hearings or consideration by the committee on energy and commerce. no opportunity for the public to speak or be heard on what we're doing. the majority continues to force members of this body to waste time and energy of the house, a critical asset of this nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. now we're adding public broadcasting to this list. public broadcasting is a national treasure. it provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. it provides information not available elsewhere and, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something that my repu

mr. dingell from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding me this time and i commend her for opposing this legislation. i rise in strenuous opposition to h.r. 1076. hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the speaker and without any hearings or consideration by the committee on energy and commerce. no opportunity for the public to speak or be heard on what we're doing. the majority continues to force members of this body to waste time and energy of the house, a critical asset of this nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. now we're adding public broadcasting to this list. public broadcasting is a national treasure. it provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. it provides information not available elsewhere and, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something that my repu

mr. dingell from michigan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognid for two minutes. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. dingell: i thank the gentlelady from california for yielding me this time and i commend her for opposing this legislation. i rise in strenuous opposition to h.r. 1076. hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the speaker and without any hearings or consideration by the committee on energy and commerce. no opportunity for the public to speak or be heard on what we're doing. the majority continues to force members of this body to waste time and energy of the house, a critical asset of this nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. now we're adding public broadcasting to this list. public broadcasting is a national treasure. it provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. it provides information not available elsewhere and, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something that my repu

mr. dingell. how like to acknowledge the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. yesterday was obviously a very long day for you. i appreciate you making yourself available to members on the birth -- on both sides. recently, any mill has been circulating that suggested a much higher level of radioactivity at one of the plants that had been read -- than had been previously been reported? >> we're continuing to monitor the situation as best we can. i am not familiar with the evil you're talking about. we do believe that, with one of the fuel pools, there has been elevated radiation readings. >> when you say elevated, chest x-rays, cat scan, multiple cat scans? >> they would be lethal within a very short time. they are very significant. >> that is different from what we have been hearing before. >> its is certainly more recent development that we have seen these high readings. >> your good to provide us with a written testimony. you're good to provide us with some updates on the situation that is a very fluid situation in japan. wo

mr. dingell who spoke and next to mr. clark from detroit. as you heard we have the largest arabic population in the country, a diverse population with leb 0 niece, palestinians, jordanian, yemenese and many othe. these are proud americans make up an important part of our community. you know, before i came to the congress i had the honor and privilege of serving as michigan's secretary of state. two of my responsibilities running the state elections but secondly serving as the motor vehicle administrators. i worked closely with the arabic community to make sure they were registered to vote. and issuing the driver's license i. remember running into a buzz saw when we had some female members of the arabic community who didn't want to have dryer photos taken unless they were mpletely covered with just their eyes. we said no, if youav a michigan driver's license used as part of your identity, you have to have a picture taken. and we tried to be sensitive having a female clerk in the back room, et cetera. we want to be very sensitive to cultural d

mr. dingell. >> thank you for your courtesy. welcome, madam secretary. it's a pleasure to see you here. your old dad who served on this committee with me and worked in this room would be very proud of what you're doing, thank you. questions. with regard to the affordable care act, the continuing resolution, h.r. 1, makes a number of blunt, reckless cuts in programs that are critical to the health and well being of the american people. at the same time, the affordable care act has begun implementing historic consumer protections including insuring coverage for children with pre-existing conditions, prohibiting rescissions on coverage by insurance companies, allowing children up to 26 to stay on their parents' insurance amongst others. under h.r. r. 1 cms would receie a cut of 458 million or more than 23% of that agency's 2010 budget. will h.r. 1 delay or impede the implementation of the consumer protection provisions of the health reform act, yes or no? >> yes, sir. >> madam secretary, would you please give us, for the record, a statement as to how and where these cuts will come and what

mr. dingell. how like to acknowledge the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. yesterday was obviously a very long day for you. i appreciate you making yourself available to members on the birth -- on both sides. recently, any mill has been circulating that suggested a much higher level of radioactivity at one of the plants that had been read -- than had been previously been reported? >> we're continuing to monitor the situation as best we can. i am not familiar with the evil you're talking about. we do believe that, with one of the fuel pools, there has been elevated radiation readings. >> when you say elevated, chest x-rays, cat scan, multiple cat scans? >> they would be lethal within a very short time. they are very significant. >> that is different from what we have been hearing before. >> its is certainly more recent development that we have seen these high readings. >> your good to provide us with a written testimony. you're good to provide us with some updates on the situation that is a very fluid situation in japan. wo

mr. dingell who spoke and next to mr. clark from detroit. as you heard we have the largest arabic population in the country, a diverse population with leb 0 niece, palestinians, jordanian, yemenese and many others. these are proud americans make up an important part of our community. you know, before i came to the congress i had the honor and privilege of serving as michigan's secretary of state. two of my responsibilities running the state elections but secondly serving as the motor vehicle administrators. i worked closely with the arabic community to make sure they were registered to vote. and issuing the driver's license i. remember running into a buzz saw when we had some female members of the arabic community who didn't want to have dryer photos taken unless they were completely covered with just their eyes. we said no, if you have a michigan driver's license used as part of your identity, you have to have a picture taken. and we tried to be sensitive having a female clerk in the back room, et cetera. we want to be very sensitive to cul

mr. wolf. your entire statement will appear in the record. now it is my privilege to ask chairman dingell to begin his testimony. thank you, john. chairman, i think your microphone is -- >> i thank you as the ranking member mr. thompson for your courtesy and also the members for your kindness to me. this is a hearing which has great potential and i'm very hopeful that under your leadership and with the cooperation of members of the committee that good results will have been achieve d there is reason for us to go into this question of risk to our nation. that is one of the assigned businesses of this particular committee. for the record, i'm john dingell, member of congress from michigan's 15th congressional district. as you mentioned, i'm dean of the house. i have engaged in the practice of being chair of committees for many years. also in running new committees. i represent a very diverse congressional district which we have all races, religions and all parts of the world society represented. i represent a very fine community of muslim americans that i'm here to tell you something which

mr. chairman. >> thank you, chairman dingell. i still haven't acclimated myself to seeing you on the other side of the microphone through the many years when you were sitting in the chairman's chair. thank you for your testimony this morning. >> we've been friends a long time, thank you. >> thank you, chairman. next witness is congressman ellison from minnesota. he and i have divergent views on this issue but we try to intain the cordial relationship, and when congressman ellison spoke to in mid december about the possibility of being in the hearing i welcomed hisequest and i am pleased to have him here today to explain and discuss his vsion and his analysis of the crisis confronting us today. with that, i recognize the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. >> thank you, chairman king, for allowing me to testify today. though the chairman and i sometimes do disagree, including on the aspects of this hearing, i appreciate his willgness to engage in this dialogue. let me also thank the ranking member thompson. it's a challenge to