mr. griffin and i'm from the first t san francisco. i'd like to share many brief words.r seven years now and in the first t program. it's been a huge part of my life. it's my compassion and given me many opportunities to succeed. i'm much more confidant because of the skills. recently, i won a contest where i was agriculture to go and it was a one time life experience and i wouldn't have had this opportunity if i didn't work hard at school and golf. i use all that i can, however, the most important lesson i've learned it to live my life with inequity and everyone has that opportunity. it means doing the right thing even when nobody is watching. in dpofl our the o

mr. griffin and i'm from the first t san francisco. i'd like to share many brief words.r seven years now and in the first t program. it's been a huge part of my life. it's my compassion and given me many opportunities to succeed. i'm much more confidant because of the skills. recently, i won a contest where i was agriculture to go and it was a one time life experience and i wouldn't have had this opportunity if i didn't work hard at school and golf. i use all that i can, however, the most important lesson i've learned it to live my life with inequity and everyone has that opportunity. it means doing the right thing even when nobody is watching. in dpofl our the official and the judge. i've learned to a use this in my life too. i will leave i all with this thought. in the end you're the one making our choices and your defined by the choices you make. i can make poor choices or duo choose to do the right thing and feel good about yourself. the teachers help us and i'm confidant in the good choices i make. thank you >> thank you (clapping). >> >> next speaker, please. >> i

mr. griffin for that courtesy. i believe that the threat to at least human life in our planet is the greatest challenge human kind has ever faced. and i feel so strongly that this congress, this congress is in a moment of such great opportunity where we could take leadership on behalf of the united states, on behalf of the country's around the world that we could benefit economically. this is some moments of great opportunity, i fear as a mentor of the energy and commerce committee that we are squandering. and i look at young people in this audience, this is their century and i feel an obligation that we try to do something about this. i would like to see if either of you have a comment about this issue of coal, the ruling that promulgated, about to come out. the charges that would insignificant effect on climate change and would jeopardize the economic opportunities of people in poor countries and further impoverished them. that is a pretty heavy charge. i wonder if you, madam administrator, could give us some ans

mr. griffin. this is what my class will be, this! learn with me! let's teach each other! yay, learning!chris, "a." meg, "f." ah, you know, this is how you take a vacation. oh, bonnie, would you look at that? i've never seen anything like that before-- a croissant with almonds on it. and, and could you bring me a beer? oh, i feel so elegant. what are you going to have? you know what i'd really like? a piece of that. bonnie, for god's sake, stop it. lois, i already told you, i'm in paris to have an affair. i'll even do a muslim if i have to. but i just can't believe you'd throw away all those years with joe just to have some silly fling. i'm not throwing anything away. joe and i have been growing apart for a long time. besides, we've had a good run. we've been married for 80 years. you what? well, that's in married- to-a-handicapped-guy years. go, dallas cowboys, huh? hello. excuse me? you are american, no? i very much admire your garry shandling. look, i know where you're going with this, and we're not interested, okay, so you might as well just keep moving. i'm interested. (laughing las

mr. griffin is next, but he will yield his first two minutes to mr. shimkus. i thank you. i think my colleague. i want to thank the chairman for letting me sit in. i want to thank the ranking member. welcome. you are trying to do the job presented to you. this is a tough committee. so, let me ask a couple of questions. i have been trying to get my -- regardless of how we feel on the law, if nothing changes and it gets enacted, members of congress are going to be, we are going to have to address our constituents' concerns. what i have tried to do is a couple things -- i have tried to meet with my grantees. i have met with one. some are now making themselves available to me. i'm not doing it -- i'm just trying to do it to get information. i don't know what we can do from the administration's perspective to encourage the grantees to talk to the elected members of congress in the regions they are going to represent. i would personally appreciate it. i am trying to develop a relationship, because constituents are going to come to us. i do for medicare, medicaid. they do for soc

mr. griffin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for one minute. mr. griffin: when i look across this country and look at who opposes the president's health care law, obamacare, it's not just republicans. "new york times" today says the afl-cio is fed up with the law and ready to get it repealed if they can't fix it. employers across this country are fed up with it. that's why the president delayed it for a year until after the elections. come on, let's get a grip and face reality. but my dislike of the law aside, that's not what this is about. this is about the federal government handing out money without verifying who is getting it. that's ludicrous. it's unbelievable. as ve to verify -- when i an army reservist sign up for try care select because i'm in the obamacare exchanges, you buy alcohol, you have to show up. this is basic. we want to verify who is getting government cash. that's it. and that's why i support the bill. it's common sense. let's pass it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the

mr. lynch, drew griffin. >> how are you? >> i'm sure you're aware of the serious charges that are being waged against you. >> not yet. i'm waiting to talk to the opportunities. i haven't spoken to anybody. so as soon as i speak with joe, when they call me this morning, be happy to speak with you. >> reporter: four hours later, michael lynch said this. >> i have a statement that i have prepared. it says we hope that these unproven allegations will not diminish the more than 40 years of service hhv has provided to our nation's most valuable treasure, our veterans. hhv looks forward to the chance to tell its story and hopes that this action will not impede its ability to provide vital support to hospitalized veterans nationwide. thank you very much. >> reporter: what about, i got to ask you about the money, though. i mean, that doesn't answer any of the questions about the money that they're -- that's it? that's all you're going to say? >> drew griffin joins me now. drew, it took a year for the state of california to act. what

mr. lynch, drew griffin. >> how are you?re you're aware of the serious charges that are being waged against you. >> not yet. i'm waiting to talk to the opportunities. i haven't spoken to anybody. so as soon as i speak with joe, when they call me this morning, be happy to speak with you. >> reporter: four hours later, michael lynch said this. >> i have a statement that i have prepared. it says we hope that these unproven allegations will not diminish the more than 40 years of service hhv has provided to our nation's most valuable treasure, our veterans. hhv looks forward to the chance to tell its story and hopes that this action will not impede its ability to provide vital support to hospitalized veterans nationwide. thank you very much. >> reporter: what about, i got to ask you about the money, though. i mean, that doesn't answer any of the questions about the money that they're -- that's it? that's all you're going to say? >> drew griffin joins me now. drew, it took a year for the state of california to act. what happened t

mr. duffy and griffin, more than happy to plump this over to ted cruz and see exactly what they'll do over there. we know the senate is not going to pass it. it's going to go for the length of the duration of the hour they have to debate. he cannot do a traditional filibuster but house republicans do expect him to go to the end and do a show of force on senate floor and it will come back to the house but we don't know exactly how it will end up and government shutdown is on the horizon. >> back to the divide within the republican party, congressman peter king saying ted cruz is following out a fraud with the people and john mccain saying it is not rashl that a repealing of obama care will happen. corker tweeting out, i didn't go to harvard or princeton but i can count the de-funding box is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position. if you factor out the president, just the battle within the party speaks volumes when the american people are wondering why can't things get done when you have a civil war within the republican party between the house republicans and senate. >> reporter: s

mr. griffin who introduced the bill in the house, along with ms. degette and mr. green. this served as a foundation for the compounding debate. mr. matheson, mr. latta introduced the house track and trace bill. everybody didn't get what they wanted. this bill is a compromise. this institution has to reach compromises to get things done. we cannot have every issue litigated and relitigated. once the law is settled, we must go on. and i am chagrinned that we are likely to close the government because on the other side of the aisle the leadership in this house wants to keep the fight going on the affordable care act. it is the law, it is a firm -- it has been affirmed by the courts, it's about to be put in place. we should work together to solve our country's problems, not make them worse. by failing to compromise and work with each other. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro te

mr. rg3 of course who saw positive signs from griffin last week. we also saw two critical turnovers. griffin and the gang clearly not shying away from reality. they're 0-3 and they've got no one to blame but themselves. >> the fact of the matter is it comes with the territory being a quarterback in the nfl. when we don't have success, there's going to be criticism. you've got to be able to stand tall. >> we're killing ourselves. the first game was dropped ball. the second and third, turnovers. we're putting ourselves in great positions. third down comes, we're off the field. >> i don't know about a great football team but maybe pretty good. here's the latest from oakland. prior has been medically cleared to play. he sustained a concussion against denver. the team says they want him to pass one more test tomorrow just to be extra careful. want to do that with those head injuries. they still have not said whether he will start. ravens headed to buffalo tomorrow and they'll be playing with a limited ray rice if he plays as well. rice nursing an injured hip. running the ball has been an

mr. griffin has said you have been sitting patiently. would like to recognize you for five minutes if you like as your questions. >> thank you both. for that courtesy. that the direct, at least you life on our planet, is the greatest challenge that humankind has faced was stop -- based. -- faced. i also start with that this congress -- i feel so strongly that this congress has a moment of opportunity where we could take leadership and to be -- on behalf of the united states, the countries around the world that we could benefit economically. this a moment of great opportunity that i fear as a member of the energy and commerce committee we are squandering. i look at some of the young people in this audience. this is their century. -- i feel anation obligation that we do something about this. if either ofto see you have a comment about this in thef call -- coal rolling promulgated about to ,ome out about the charges basically an insignificant effect on climate change. and that it would jeopardize the economic opportunities to people in poor

drew griffin looks into whether the actions were political or over zel laosness. >> good morning mr.an and members of the come midty. i'm name is lois learner. >> reporter: until this spring few people in america heard about lois learner. she said the irs targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status. >> we have time for one more question. >> reporter: and she did it by asking a reporter at a conference to ask a specific question about targeting tea party groups. >> they used names like tea party or patriots and selected cases simply because the application had those names in the title. that was wrong. that was absolutely incorrect. it was insensitive and inappropriate. >> reporter: critics say revealing the controversy in that setting with a planted question was just one mistake in a long line of them. paul was there. >> nobody could believe, you know, the irs would take that opportunity to drop this bomb. >> reporter: that bomb was dropped just before this inspector general's report was released slamming the irs tax exempt office for targeting conservative groups and

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