mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microphone. we are about the same. and i'm happy to provide the committee with a full balance sheet. >> thank you. mr. gutierrez? >> we are still in a very much a build year. our operation and build expenses within the connector are on the order of about $65 million. >> mr. kissel? >> a little over $8.5 million. >> thank you. mr. lee? >

mr. gutierrez? >> i was not there, but it's my understanding yes. >> the other big problem that i know we all had to address was consumer misinformation and disinformation. . fact of the availability of affordable subsidies that makes care affordable is a huge challenge. one we continue to address because many californians are informed but many are still not. this is a huge challenge. we're working with literally 12,000 insurance agents, faith-based groups, but that outreach challenge is something we've addressed but continues to be a challenge. >> that's true in my state of colorado by the way. mr. kissel, you've been there about a year now? >> yes. >> what did you do before that? >> i was in the infrastructure business, most recently, i ran the gas utility in hawaii. >> so have you of seen a utility or system like this that didn't have issues that continually had to be addressed and updated? >> absolutely not. and the way you do it is take the connecticut model and perhaps the california model, an

mr. gutierrez, yes? mr. kissel? >> i'd say yes, but there is detailed self-reporting and certification and auditing, but it relies on our records so that they don't go to the next level and look at our contractors' record to be sure that what we say is actually been done. >> mr. lee? >> yes, there's reviews both by cms as well as by state level of our spending. >> mr. wadley? >> same thing. >> same thing. we'll have to get those records. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. states that create and run their own state-based marketplaces are testing new models for enrollment, insurance market oversight and consumer protection, serving as hubs of innovation. the work being done there can serve as a model for other states and the federal government as the aca continues to be implemented. mr. lee, california has been a leader in the, quote, active purchaser model. can you explain what this is and how this has helped california? >> great. thank you very much, congresswoman and thanks for your lea

mr. gutierrez? >> we are still in a very much a build year. ly $18 million of that is dedicated to operational costs. >> so, with all that, and i would appreciate, this committee would appreciate if we got more detailed audited information as to what your costs are. i'm curious, have any of your states worked out what it's costed per enrollee? mr. allen? >> yes, our exchange is funned entirely through an assessment on -- >> no i mean in terms of how many enrollees does your state have? >> right now we have 107,000. >> and how much have you spent so far for operational and establishment expenses, state and federal money? >> are you referring to since the beginning of the program? >> yeah. >> i believe that's on the record of $305 million. in federal grants, and there's a bit more now. in the assessment value. >> if you added state to that as well. >> i would have to add state as well. >> you can get that information for us? >> ms. o'toole? >> you have to keep your microphone on. >> i'm very sorry. mr. chairman, i'm happy to provide you a balance

mr. gutierrez? microphon microphone, please. >> we have not spent outside any written authority from cms. >> mr. kissle? >> we have one item that we are trying to reconcile with our auditors before in spending it, it's in a segregated account. >> mr. lee? >> we are spending establishment funds to continue the final establishment of our exchange, federal dollars but no operational funds. >> mr. watley? >> no. >> can i ask each of you what your operational costs are this year for the exchange. mr. allen? >> for the current state fiscal year which began july 1st, our operational costs are about $12 million. >> ms. o'toole? >> thank you. sorry, i'm having trouble with the microp

mr. gutierrez, yes? mr. kissel? >> that's a guess, but there's a detailed self reporting and certification and auditing, but it relies on our records. so they don't go to the next love and look at our contractors records to be sure that what we say has actually been done. >> mr. leahy? >> yes, there is reduce both by cms as well as by state level of our spending. >> mr. wadley? >> same thing. >> ms. capps, you're recognized for five minutes. >> turn one. states created and run their own state based market places are testing new models for enrollment come insurance market oversight and consumer protection. serving as hubs of innovation. the work being done can serve as a model for other states and the federal government as the ac continues to be implemented. mr. lilly, telephone has been a leader in the quote active purchaser model. can you explain what this is and how does this help california, cover california usher access? >> thank you very much, and thankfully leadership. three things that underscore by being an

mr. gutierrez this way. point. mr. gutierrez throughout his career has championed technology, top government do its job better, smarter and more efficiently. whether it's as our commonwealth chief information officer, and spoke of the exit group were not as executive director of the massachusetts health connector he has pursued a strategy to improve the delivery of critical services to people who need the most. particularly when it comes to health care. in his latest role is for kelly to ensure that massachusetts maintains its proud status as a state with one of the lowest uninsured rates in the country. after nation's uninsurance rate continues to fall, nearing single digits thanks to the affordable care act. i believe it's critical we replicate the successes we've seen in our commonwealth across the country i'm looking for to hearing more about your efforts to make our system or effective and more efficient as well as any best practices you've encountered that could be applied across this country. thanks very much for

mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. speaker, did you hear that "saturday night live" has incited donald trump to host the show in november? now, let me get the exact quote from july when donald trump launched his hate america again campaign. he said, when mexico sends his people they're not sending their best. they're sending people with lots of problems and they're bringing us those problems. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists and some i assume are good people. they're sending us not the right people. it's coming from more than mexico. it's coming from all over south and latin america, and it's probably coming from the middle east. well, much of what donald trump says is hilarious, intentionally or otherwise, bald-face racism for political game isn't funny. his statement should disqualify him from taking the stage from any entertainment venue and speak to the american people as if what he said was no big deal. it is not that i don't get the joke. i haven't been kidnapped by the politically

mr. gutierrez throughout his career has championed the use of technology to help government do its work better, whether it's as our commonwealth's executor or the executive director of massachusetts health connector. he's pursued innovative strategies for critical services to those who need it most, particularly when it comes to health care. in his latest role, he's worked diligently to ensure massachusetts maintains its proud status as a state with one of the lowest uninsured rates in the country. as the uninsured rate continues to fall, nearing single digits, thanks to the affordable care act, i'm looking forward to hearing more about your efforts to make our system more efficient and effective as well as any best practices that you've encountered that could be applied across this country. thanks so much for being here. yield back. >> remaining time to ms. capps. >> thank you. to the ranking member for yielding and letting me, also, letting me waive onto this subcommittee for what i know to be a very important discussion. i wanted to come and personally welcome mr. lee, the executive directo

mr. gutierrez: as donald trump and ben carson have turned up the volume with more and more outrageous statements and policy proposals, members of congress have been trying to keep up. now republicans in the house not only have to play to the small but extremely vocal segment, they have another audience to woo, each other, because our colleagues are running for leadership positions. but is it really washington that's out of step with america or is it the most vocal, most active elements of the republican base that are out of step with america? last week's nbc news, "wall street journal" poll was startling. showed on issue after issue the issues by leading g.o.p. candidates, they disagree with americans on abortion restrictions, lgbt equality, reproductive health. some in the republican base demand we go back to the dark ages, but it is not in fact the direction that most americans want to go. for most americans, "mad men" was a good tv drama before women's movement really took hold, before gays and lesbians dare to come out of the closet and before we moved racial quotas from immigration. but som

mr. gutierrez? mr. gutierrez votes aye. miss bass? mr. richmond? miss dell benet? >> aye. >> miss dell benet votes aye. mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? >> aye. >> mr. cicilline votes aye. mr. peters? >> mr. chaffetz? >> mr. chaffetz votes no. >> the gentleman from virginia. >> no. >> mr. forbes votes no. >> regular order, results, please? mr. labrador? >> mr. lab boar votes no. >> regular order, can we have the result? 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 suc

mr. gutierrez from illinois. >> thank you mr. chairman. first of all it's illegal in the united states of america to have an abortion. it's the law of the land and we oppose the constitution and the laws of this land. now it's clear to anybody listening to this but this is about planned parenthood. planned parenthood offers abortion but they are not doing anything illegal when they do it and no one here has testified that they are doing anything illegal. based on the fact that they offer abortions because it sets their point of view. they don't like the law. they can change the law. they can't undercut the constitution of the united states and the supreme court. they tried to sully the reputation of an organization and you know what, you guys have opened one big pandora's box here because on repeated occasions here today the minority and their witnesses have questioned the integrity of members of the minority panel by questioning to it as campaign contradictions from. so from here forward we just should opened up mr. chairman every time on

mr. gutierrez? >> aye. >> mr. gutierrez votes aye. miss fast? mr. richmond? miss dell beni? votes aye. mr. jeffrey? mr. cecilini? >> aye. >> mr. peters? >> mr. chaffetz? >> mr. chaffetz votes no. >> the gentleman from virginia. >> no. >> mr. forbes votes no. >> regular order result, please. >> mr. labrador? >> mr. labrador votes no. >> regular order, can we have the results? >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman? clerk will -- mr. chairman? report the vote. mr. forbes? parliamentary inquiry. >> state your inquiry. >> as i understand this is a motion -- >> point of reference. >> i'll ask for a ruling for the chair and take time to ask for the parliamentarian. >> report the vote. >> report the vote. >> the chairman can consider that. >> state your inquiry. >> mr. chairman, 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 that had been made in here. >> as i understand, mr. forbes, the minority is asking to strike the video which,

mr. gutierrez for five minutes. >> first of all, it's legal in the united states of america to have an abortion. it's the law of the land. and we all took an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of this land. and i'm going to do that. now it's clear to anybody listening to this procedure that this is about planned parenthood, which planned parenthood offers abortions. but they're not doing anything illegal when they do it, and no one here has testified they're doing anything illegal. they object to the fact they offer abortions because that's their point of view. they don't like the law. they can't change the law. they can't undercut the constitution of the united states and the supreme court. what do they do? they try to sully the reputation of an organization. and you know what? you guys have opened one big pandora's box here because on repeated occasions here today the minority and their witnesses have questioned the integrity of members of the minority panel. by questioning who it is we receive campaign contributions from. from here forward, we should just open it up, mr. chairman,

mr. gutierrez: thank you, mr. speaker. over the last several weeks, i have visited six high schools in my district to meet with juniors and seniors, about 2,000 students in total. almost all are u.s. sit certains, most are latinos, some have imgrant parent, some will soon be eligible to vote. all of them have one question for me, and the questions are about donald trump. is he going to be our next president? is he going to deport us? is he going to round us up and deport us all? it's very sad when the first question a congressman gets from american high school students are how much they should fear their own government. whether their own government is going to break up their families, if their own government is going to treat them not as citizens but as pariahs. when they hear trump is leading in the -- in the poll they feel that means he'll be the next president. when they see him on shows like jimmy fallon not to mention fox news, they feel he's a celebrity we all admere. when they see him hosting "saturday night live,"

mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, it is legal in the united states of america to have an abortion. it is the law of the land. and, we all took an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of this land. i'm going to do that. now, it's clear to anybody listening to this procedure that this is about planned parenthood because planned parenthood offers abortions. but they're not doing anything illegal when they do it. no one here has testified that they're doing anything illegal. they object to the fact that they offer abortions because that is their point of view. they don't like the law. they can't change the law. they can't undercut the constitution of the united states and supreme court. so what do they do? they try to sully the reputation of an organization. you know what? you guys have opened one big pandora's box here because on repeated occasions here today, the minority and their witnesses have questioned the integrity of members of the minority panel, by questioning who it is we receive campaign

mr. gutierrez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome, director. i'm going to have a conversation about one area, and that is about god. -- about guns. 40-50hometown, there are shootings in a weekend. that is a whole classroom of kids. so, i know that you have a relationship with making sure we check who can and cannot -- it seems that whatever we do in chicago -- first, our laws and in weekend. it used to be pretty strong. inn i first got elected 1986, to give you a batch and you get a gun. badge orot to take the the gun. i figured chicago police could do those things. here we have a majority in the congress of the united states who is really unwilling to take up the challenge. they're coming from indiana and mississippi and all over. they wind up in chicago. i guess, if you could just tell of how toe your ideas lie or people at a local level help curb gun violence. what things can we do to help curb legislation? the fbi business is not policymaking but enforcement of the law, so we spend a lot of time on enforcement. felon,llegal for a someone co

mr. gutiérrez there.ot to move him as much to the right and then our guys move them as much to the left as i can so we can get a number of democrats who actually want to deal with this issue and actually want to find a solution and then have them get to a point where they are acceptable with this republican version. >> tell them i'm going to be sticking around to march. i'm not staying for the speeches. >> you want to be at the top of the first program, staying to watch... >> we'll be there for the program, we'll march. >> done. >> what else, guys? >> can we talk a little bit about the state of affairs with the secret group, what ryan is in the center of, right? figuring out how real that might be this fall? >> what we do with ryan is he puts together a bunch of bills, one of which is legalization, and that's the one we join him on. the legalization is good enough that i can go and say, "we need to get in bed." >> how did the last conversation go with him? >> went well. he says they're continuing to work

mr. gutierrez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome, director. i'm going to have a conversation about one area, and that is about god. -- about guns. 40-50hometown, there are shootings in a weekend. that is a whole classroom of kids. so, i know that you have a relationship with making sure we check who can and cannot -- it seems that whatever we do in chicago -- first, our laws and in weekend. it used to be pretty strong. inn i first got elected 1986, to give you a batch and you get a gun. badge orot to take the the gun. i figured chicago police could do those things. here we have a majority in the congress of the united states who is really unwilling to take up the challenge. they're coming from indiana and mississippi and all over. they wind up in chicago. i guess, if you could just tell of how toe your ideas lie or people at a local level help curb gun violence. what things can we do to help curb legislation? the fbi business is not policymaking but enforcement of the law, so we spend a lot of time on enforcement. felon,llegal for a someone co

mr. gutierrez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and welcome, director. i'm going to have a conversation about one area, and that is about god. -- about guns. 40-50hometown, there are shootings in a weekend. that is a whole classroom of kids. so, i know that you have a relationship with making sure we check who can and cannot -- it seems that whatever we do in chicago -- first, our laws and in weekend. it used to be pretty strong. inn i first got elected 1986, to give you a batch and you get a gun. badge orot to take the the gun. i figured chicago police could do those things. here we have a majority in the congress of the united states who is really unwilling to take up the challenge. they're coming from indiana and mississippi and all over. they wind up in chicago. i guess, if you could just tell of how toe your ideas lie or people at a local level help curb gun violence. what things can we do to help curb legislation? the fbi business is not policymaking but enforcement of the law, so we spend a lot of time on enforcement. felon,llegal for a someone co

mr. gutierrez of illinois for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from texas, mr. flores, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. flores: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor arthur william "bill" bailey jr. of waco, texas who passed away on august 18, 2015. he was a renowned korean war veterans, a renowned waco businessman and a distinguished alumnus and former regent at baylor university. he will be greatly missed. he was born in waco on april 24, 1929. he graduated from waco high school in 1946 and enrolled in baylor university. on december 15, 1950, bill married his high school sweetheart, roberta hatch. they were married for almost 64 years prior to roberta's passing in 2013. roberta and bill had three sons witness stand were blessed with 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. bill graduated from baylor university in 1951 with a b.a. degree and

spend hundreds of thousands of dollars criticizing because in this congress -- >> louis gutierrez just said -- mrs among the smartest in the republicans. >> yeah, and that he would work with democrats in order to solve the problems of america. that's exactly what the 35, 40 members, these extreme members, very vocal, organized, extreme members of the republican caucus don't want. they don't want an american solution. they think, you know what, gay people should go back in the closet, women should be at home in the kitchen, and those latinos and asians, why don't we just make them invisible again or deport them altogether? that's their philosophy of government. they want to go back before there was a voting rights and a civil rights act in america. when i was born in america in 1953, it was separate but equal. but let me assure you, it was separate but not real equal for people like me. that's the america they want to take us back to. and guess what? the vast majority of the american people are going to push back strong against that attempt to take us backwards. >> congressman louis gutierrez from