mr. dingle said, has called the government shutdown prevention act. now they worked hard to say the government did shut down. we are going to use that vehicle. that is the vehicle to make sure that we have a chance to open government again. we could do it in the next five minutes if the speaker would allow a vote. but this is an opportunity for republicans who claim that they want to vote on a clean cr to keep the government open to actually put their signature where the statements are. and we're going to yield to -- we're going to yield to -- >> as the whip, i'm going to -- >> we yield to ours. >> a couple more minutes. because the bottom line is, the government wants the government open. they don't want to shut it down. the majority leaders given and we're going to yield to -- himself the authority to do exactly that, he ought to exercise it. this is just another legislative opportunity for us to press that point. it seems ahe senate. tad unrealistic. the error is a holiday in the way. then you have to go to the senate and a potential filibuster pro

mr. dingle from the great state of michigan. >> thank you of your courtesy. i ask consent that i will be allowed to revise my marks. >> without objection. >> i would like to thank you, and welcome the secretary to a room in which her father served for so many years. i begin my questions according to an expert who i had enormous expect. he said, as i mentioned earlier the new benefits and its implementations are hardly perfect. rather than trying to scare and confuse seniors, i would hope we could work together as we go through the implementation to fix the program. it is too big of program and too important to many people to let it fail. but having said that, and it does appear it is working. let us admit it, and not keep beating a dead horse. my beloved friend, mr. barton. madam secretary as he reports that consumering receiving plan cancellation notices from their insurance companies, saying plans are no longer available. does the aca require insurance companies to discontinue plans that people had when the law was passed yes or no? >> no, sir. that's the g

mr. dingle. >> we are having some questions before us, which are very important. i note the problems are not surprising, given the facts that there's been considerable obstruction to the program going forward. i received a letter from a constituent recently. she said i only make $12 an hour and i can barely afford insurance so i need to purchase through an exchange and will be eligible for a subsidy, making health care affordable at last. this is what the debate is all about. there are problems, but we have time to fix it. let's work together to get this matter resolved to people do not suffer. these questions are for cheryl campbell. one, these are yes or no, if you please. is c.g.i. responsible for developing the software for federally facilitated marketplace, yes or no. >> yes, sir. >> did c.g.i. obtain this process through a competitive bidding process? >> yes. >> do you have experience for providing other technology services to the federal government. >> yes. >> did c.g. icon duct testing for the software prior to october 1 when the launching took place, yes

mr. dingle from the great state of michigan. >> thank you for your courtesy. i have a few questions i will be asking on behalf of writing. i will ask consent that i be permitted to revise my remarks. i would like to thank you and welcome the secretary to a room in which her distinguished father, former governor of ohio served for so many years. i begin my questions by quoteing for an expert for whom i have enormous respect. i mentioned earlier the new benefits and implementations are hard to perfect. rather than scare and confusion, i hope we can work together as we go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we can make changes, to fix them. let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too important to too many people to do that. having said that, it does appear that it is working. let us admit that you know and not keep beating a dead horse. my beloved friend mr. barton who gave us the beginning of our efforts today. i have seen insurance companies saying that plans are no longer available. does the aca require insura

mr. dingle. >> i have a few questions i'll be asking you on behalf of congresswoman porter. i would like to begin by thanking you, welcoming the secretary to a room in which her father served for so many years. i begin by quoting from an expert for whom i have enormous respect. he said as i mentioned earlier, the new benefits and its implementation are hardly perfect. rather than trying to scare and confuse seniors, i had hope that we could work together as we go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we could make changes to fix it. let us do it and let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too big a program and too important to too many people to do that. but having said that, it does appear that it is working. let us admit it and not keep beating a dead horse. my beloved friend mr. barton whoic gave us the beginning of our efforts today. i've seen reports that consumers receiving plan cancellation notices from their insurance companies saying that plans are no longer available. does the aca require insurance companies to disco