mr. hoyer: tonight is about the continuing destructive obsession that our republican friends have and their refusal to recognize there was an election just some months ago. and you made the argument to the american people, and they rejected that argument and re-elected president obama. and you have not gotten over that to this minute. and as a result, you are about to shut down the government. you can get up here and say over and over and over again, we don't want to shut down the government. but your actions -- mr. speaker, their actions belie their words. mr. speaker, democrats, as will surprise no one, are against shutting down this government. it's bad for our people, it's bad for our security, it's bad for our economy, it's bad for jobs, and you all know that. and you don't have the votes, because the people elected democrats as the majority in the senate and the president in the united states. and they don't agree with you. and newt gingrich said when that was the case, you had to comprom

mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i yield to the majority leader for the purpose of notifying us about the schedule for the week to come. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip. the house will meet at monday at 2 proximate cause and votes postponed until 6 pisme 30. on tuesday and wednesday, 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. mr. cantor: last votes of the week are expected wednesday afternoon. mr. speaker, the house will consider a few suspensions next week, a complete list of which announced by close of business friday. in addition, the house will consider two bipartisan bills from the financial services authored by r. 992 representative holt green and retail protection act. i yield back my time. the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, budget conferees are now meeting or will be meeting shortly to negotiate a budget for the remainder of this fiscal year. and they have a real opportunity to look beyond that mission and lay the groundwork for a long-term solution to our deficits that is balanced and restores certainty to our economy. what we do not need is more gimmicks and partisan games. like we will have today, frankly. we are going to have a vote on the resolution, which is disapproving of the raising of the debt limit. everybody knows that's not a real vote, and almost everybody on this floor knows that if we pursued that policy it would be damaging to america, to the military that was just brought up, and to our nation and every republican leader has said that not increasing the debt limit is an alternative that ought to be pursued. yet, we have this vote. that resolution has already been rejected by the senate and stands no chance of surviving a presidential veto. it is, frankly, simply political cover

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, put the senate's clean compromised bill that gets our government open, the government of the people of the united states, and then let's go to conference on the budget as democrats have long called for to resolve our differences and achieve a long-term solution. a shutdown is not a political strategy. it is a failure for our country. we need a government that is open and that works for all of our people. let us have a vote on the senate's bill to reopen our government at the number you put in your bill that you sent to the senate, on which we will now agree and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from idaho. >> i would like to yield 2.5 minutes to the gentlelady from michigan. >> thank you. i thank the gentleman for yielding. it seems that every time there is any sort of disagreement with congress, president obama does it -- anything he can to make it hurt the american people as much as p

mr. hoyerwo weeks ago at the navy yard, the 12 people who were killed at the navy yard. they were all federal employees and mr. hoyer can tell you, when the c.n.o. talked about it, they are part of the fleet. the capitol policemen that we gave a standing ovation, they are federal employees. the v.a. doctors at walter reed working on those who have served in afghanistan and iraq, they are federal employees. i remember i was with mr. hoyer when we were down at o.p.m. 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 tremendously. saw the movie "zero dark thirty." the woman who did that movie, has she been furloughed? should she not get paid? >> i remember being at the memorial service, if you saw the ok and -- movie and read the book, seven individuals died. i saw the families who were mourning their parents. they are federal employees. 12,000 c.i.a. employees have been furloughed and gone, maybe

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, this is how we ought to work. this is how the congress ought to work with one another. all 435 of us. i don't mean that 435 are going to vote for the bill, but we have worked together on this bill and i want to congratulate the chairman, mr. shuster, whose father would be proud of him and acted in the same way, working together to make things happen for america in a bipartisan way and i want to congratulate mr. shuster, congressman shuster, brother shuster, i can say. and i want to congratulate nick rahall from west virginia who s been such an expert on the areas of building america and growing our economy and i want to thank also dr. tim bishop. tim bishop from the long island who has worked so hard on this particular piece of legislation. as i've said many times, mr. speaker, from this floor, congress has a responsibility to take bipartisan action to boost our economy, competitiveness, in a way that will create jobs. this bill has the potential in my opinion and will do exactly that. while the bill is not perfec

mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. many of my colleagues on either side of the aisle have stated their preference for, as the gentlelady from north carolina said, opening the government. they want to open the government as soon as possible and would vote far clean bill. mr. speaker, we can have that vote right now. i'd like to give my colleagues the opportunity to be heard right now in this chamber and show the american people whether they want to reopen the government today or not. mr. speaker, as a result, i request that this vote be conducted by a roll call under clause 2 of house rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor of the yeas and nays ill rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. in response to the gentleman from maryland, under clause 2-a of rule 20, a record vote is conducted by electronic device unless the speaker directs otherwise. this vote will be conducted electronic vote. mr. hoyer: parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. does that mean if you ruled tha

mr. hoyer: very respectfully, my friend. mr. woodall: and it's not my friend, the minority whip, it's not just the minority leader, it's president barack obama. i want the american people to earn -- urge congress soon, to begin the work we have by doing what we all agree on. "we already all agree on making sure middle-class taxes don't go up, so let's get that done." we did. we did. now, some republicans voted no and some democrats voted no, but the chame we are came together and we -- chamber came together and we got that done. we are in the same place today, mr. speaker. if one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle disagrees with any one of these provisions, believes any one of these provisions is not worthy of their vote, if they do not affirmatively want to see these programs reopen, i'd like to hear that from my friends. but, mr. speaker, they do. i would ask my friend if i could have one more -- one additional minute? mr. cole: actually, i want to give my friend -- i yield as much time as you may consume. the spe

and the people's government is shut down. >> mr. hoyer? >> as we said earlier, no one wants to see this come to fruition. we're hoping the republicans come to their senses that can get a vote on the floor and get government open right away. so far i've seen two republicans put their votes where their mouths are. peter king and charlie dent. they have not yet here to for voted against their leadership to get what is known as a clean continuing resolution on the floor. that is what we want to have happen. this is a tool to demonstrate whether your signature and your vote is where your mouths are. >> i pointed to him already. >> will democrats in the house support the bill to retroactively pay federal worker which is i understand the administration is working to pass? the administration is urging pass ing? >> i don't think the democrats are going to vote against it. not a republican vote against it. there are hundreds of thousands of people are worried about are they going to be able to pay their mortgage in november? are they going to be abl

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 thirty." it was about catching bin laden. the woman who did that, had she been furloughed, should she not get paid? lastly, i remember being at the memorial service, if you saw the book and read the move, seven individuals died. i saw the young families that are mourning their parents, they are federal employees. 12000 cia employees have been furloughed, maybe missing that one communication from el shabab or al qaeda. i urge a strong vote for this. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from maryland. >> i yield three minutes to the distinguish among from the state of maryland, mr. hoyer. >> the general it is recognized for three minutes. >> i want to thank the general and for yielding and i want to thank my colleague frank wolfe. there is no harder advocate, more effective advocate

i i was with mr. hoyerown 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 thirty." it was about catching bin laden. the woman who did that, had she been furloughed, should she not get paid? lastly, i remember being at the memorial service, if you saw the book and read the move, seven individuals died. i saw the young families that are mourning their parents, they are federal employees. 12000 cia employees have been furloughed, maybe missing that one communication from el shabab or al qaeda. i urge a strong vote for this. >> the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from maryland. >> i yield three minutes to the distinguish among from the state of maryland, mr. hoyer. >> the general it is recognized for three minutes. >> i want to thank the general and for yielding and i want to thank my colleague frank wolfe. there is no harder advocate, more effective advocate fo

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, put the senate's clean compromised bill that gets our government open, the government of the people of the united states, and then let's go to conference on the budget as democrats have long called for to resolve our differences and achieve a long-term solution. a shutdown is not a political strategy. it is a failure for our country. we need a government that is open and that works for all of our people. let us have a vote on the senate's bill to reopen our government at the number you put in your bill that you sent to the senate, on which we will now agree and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from idaho. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mrs. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. anytime there's any sort of disagreement with congress that president obama does everything he can to make it hurt the american people as much as is possible. earlier this yea

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. as the gentleman pointed out, the morale is low. for approximately 315 million people who call america home. low because they see a dysfunctional board of directors of their country. low because they are anguished about the inability to come to grips with real by -- reality. i want to tell my friend, mr. speaker, the chairman of the rules committee, we said yes. you sent us a bill to the united states senate which we control, and you said, let us open government. and we will open it on the condition that we cap spending at $986 billion. now you also put another piece on that bill which said we ought to defund obamacare. the affordable care act, as we call it. i venture to say that close to 90%, maybe even 100% of those on your side of the aisle, mr. chairman, i say to him, mr. speaker, didn't think that was going to happen. they sent it because they feel strongly about that. i understand that. i have strong feelings myself. now the gentleman mitiga

mr. hoyer: mr.eaker, all too often we take for granted the folks who are prepared to put their own lives and safety at from harm's way not only those of us who work on capitol hill but those who visit their capitol. so i know that that round of applause was heart felt and deeply meant and we thank them. i yield to the majority leader before i ask him about the schedule. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman for yielding and concur with his thanks to the capitol police. and as well, each and every day, all of us benefit from their dedication and commitment to our safety, the people who visit this capitol and its surroundings, to their safety and i know all of us want to extend that thanks and just to let them know, we really appreciate it. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i also, mr. speaker, i know again the majority leader, mr. sanford bishop, who himself gave such a tribute at the beginning of the last bill to the capitol police but also we want to thank the sernlt at arms, paul irving an

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h. resolution 59, to open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this epublican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speakers as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leadership. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield for the purposes of a unanimous consent request o ms. velazquez from new york. ms. velazquez: i thank the gentleman for yielding. ask that the house bring up the resolution to open the government so we can end the republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to mr

you heard our distinguished whip mr. hoyer rail against it, yet in order to keep government open we would extend the hand of friendship to our colleagues and say we will except your number, and let's go to the table for discussion. this is awful in terms of the government being closed, but now we are in the third day of implementation of the affordable care act, a dream come true for many people in our country that they can fully realize liberty to pursue happiness. it is interesting. don't count california. don't count new york. don't count places with state run exchanges. in the federal market places, 7 million people will have health care. more than 295,000 people called the hotline, and 167,000 tests requested on healthcare.gov. this is in two days. the overwhelming response has been clear that no matter how hard some people try to stop it, the affordable health care is up and running, and americans will keep gaining access to health care, and we will take pride in adding a pillar of economic and health security to our soc

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr.peaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h. resolution 59, to open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this epublican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speakers as recorded in section 956 of the house rules and manual, the chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leadership. the gentleman from virginia. mr. mon: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield for the purposes of a unanimous consent request o ms. velazquez from new york. ms. velazquez: i thank the gentleman for yielding. ask that the house bring up the resolution to open the government so we can end the republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to mr. gr

the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. the previous speaker said that the shutdown should be unacceptable. i agree with that. and we could all within the xt half an hour vote to make the unacceptable, not the policy that we are pursuing. mr. speaker, our government has now been shut down for over a week, and the american people are looking to congress for solutions, not spend. thousands of dedicated federal employees here but more protuesdayly around the country continue to be furloughed without pay -- protuesdayly around the -- profusely continue to be furloughed without pay. they continue to do this until we repeal the affordable care act, a demand that has nothing to do with keeping our government open. debate about the affordable care act is legitimate. there are people who disagree with it and people who agree with it. but holding ransom the people's government is and should be, as the previous speaker said, unacceptable. americans are tired, i'm tired. i think most members are tired of h

pleased to yield to the distinguished democratic whip, be really cleau the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyerfor two minutes. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. there is not a member of this house who does not respect and support the veterans of this country. the gentleman who just spoke talked about preventing pain. what we want to do is prevent pain not only to veterans but two children, two families, to teachers, to medical professionals, to farmers, to all those who every day rely on the federal government to be in operations. not piecemeal, not choosing between this and that, between the winners and the losers -- why are we at this place? why is the gentlelady, the ranking member of this committee, said we are at a place representing a bill that cuts $6 billion from the bill you talked about that i voted for and you voted for? mr. speaker, i speak of course of the ranking member, the chairman. becauseker, we are here the pain that has been visited not by the senate -- the senate passed the only cr that did not have a poison pill. keeping government operating for the american people.

with that i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished mr. hoyer. >> thank you, madam leader.is is a very positive meeting, as we expected it to be. the president is very committed to getting the government open. obviously, making sure that america pays its bills. and we assured the president that those two objectives have the overwhelming, almost unanimous if not unanimous support of our caucus. we have a letter signed on the debt limit, and we're going to be unanimous on the opening up government. that's our two major objectives. we now have 48 hours to make sure that our country remains solvent and paying its debts. and to make sure that our workers get back to work on behalf of the american people. i agree with the leader that if the republican conference wants to offer -- we haven't seen text yet, but it has other things in it, one of which we think is very, very damaging to the united states of america. and that is taking away from the president and the secretary of treasury the ability to manage the payment of our debts so that we remain a zero-risk creditor. and so wit

with that, i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. >> thank you, madam leader.hat this was a very positive meeting, as we expected it to be. the president is very committed to getting the government open. obviously making sure that america pays its bills and we assured the president that these two objectives have the overwhelming almost unanimous, if not unanimous, support of our caucus. we have a letter that is signed on the debt limit and we are going to be unanimous on the opening up government. that's our two major objectives. we now have 48 hours to make sure that our country remains solvent and paying its debts, and to make sure that our workers get back to work on behalf of the american people. i agree with the leader that if the republican conference wants to offer, we haven't seen text yet, but it has other things in it, one of which we think is very, very damaging to the united states of america, and that is taking away from the president and the secretary of treasury the ability to manage the payment of our debts that we remain a zero risk creditor. s

whether your statement was inaccurate or as mr. hoyer said yesterday not precise enough, it does strike me that millions of individuals who by listening to speeches like yours voted, believing one thing, now found themselves without coverage and are now scrambling to find coverage in a marketplace that offers more expensive plans with fewer options. in response to my constituents' calls for help, i created a portal on my website, no patches or fixes needed, that allows those who have experienced problems to reach out and tell me about their personal experiences. in just the last few days, my office has received dozens of complaints regarding increases in their monthly premiums. i received one such notice from a mother in her early 50s who just received a notice that not only will her insurance premiums double but she will also have to switch insurance to keep her doctors due to the fact of the affordable care act. can you imagine receiving notices like this? i can tell you that just in my district the 11th of georgia many more are experi

operate as as mr. hoyer said yesterday, not precise enough. it seems like millions of individuals who listen to your speeches now find themselves without coverage and are now scrambling to find coverage in a marketplace that offers more expensive plans with fewer options. in response to my constituents' calls for help, i created a portal on my website, no patches or fixes needed, that allows those who have experienced problems to reach out and tell me about their personal experiences. in the just the last few days, my office received dozens of complaints regarding increases in their monthly premiums. i received one such notice from a mother in her early 50's to just received a notice that not only will her insurance premiums double, but she will also have to switch insurance -- insurers to keep their doctors due to the affordable care act. can you imagine receiving notices like this? i can tell you that just in my district, the 11th of georgia, many more are experiencing this situation. . this is like telling them their premiums will double. i

whether your statement was inaccurate or as mr. hoyer said yesterday not precise enough, it does strike me that millions of individuals who by listening to speeches like yours voted, believing one thing, now found themselves without coverage and are now scrambling to find coverage in a marketplace that offers more expensive plans with fewer options. in response to my constituents' calls for help, i created a portal on my website, no patches or fixes needed, that allows those who have experienced problems to reach out and tell me about their personal experiences. in just the last few days, my office has received dozens of complaints regarding increases in their monthly premiums. i received one such notice from a mother in her early 50s who just received a notice that not only will her insurance premiums double but she will also have to switch insurance to keep her

i would like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland, the whip mr. hoyer>> the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you for yielding. bill young was my friend. bill young was a gentle man in every sense of the world. bill young was an example for us all. i will have the privilege of speaking on thursday at his request at his funeral. the bill and i served on the appropriations committee for 23 years together. i left when i became majority leader. bill young was, as i said, a gentle man, who cared about each and every individual in this house. more than that, he cared for each and every person who served in uniform in our armed forces. he and beverly displayed that, as congressman miller has said, on a weekly, daily basis. i am a democrat, bill was a republican. it is not make any difference. he was an american, i was an american, and we serve our country together. no one served a better than bill young. he chose to see our differences as slight, and our common purpose as great. he always chose civility over partisanship. he was a skilled leg

to be here with them, with my colleagues from the house of representatives, and our deputy whip, mr. hoyer, who is here. mr. rangel. to have our leadership come out here to join with you to say thank you. thank you for what you do for our country, for making sure seniors have their social security checks. that families can put food on the table for their children. and that veterans can get their benefits. the list goes on and on. you make governs possible in america -- governance possible in america. we are grateful to you for that. we are here to join with you to say open up the government. give us a vote, mr. speaker. give us a vote. ive us a vote. >> we the people want a vote. we the people want a vote. we the people want a vote. we the people want a vote. we the people want a vote. >> because there's so many speakers and so much rain, ail be -- just say the following. you are wonderful to turn out today in all of this weather. as a mom i don't want you staying out here too long. i don't want you to be sick. the same goes for our press who is covering all of this. but your being out her

with that, i'm pleased to yield to our distinguished mr. hoyer. >> i don't know there's much to add. i think the american people were heartened by the fact that -- jon: as we listen to the house members from the democratic side talking about the negotiations underway, let's go over to the senate where majority leader harry reid is speaking now. >> somehow comes january 15th everything will be hunky dory. there's still processes we have to follow. they set no pattern, no schedule, no routine to do that. for weeks republicans have claimed they want to negotiate. but their legislation completely ignores the need to work with together to craft a budget and put our country on a fiscally-sustainable path. for years, mr. president, taye taye -- they've complained about why don't we have regular order here, they've complained about lack of a budget. now they don't want us to negotiate a budget. hard to comprehend this logically. but, mr. president, the tea party-driven part of the republican party doesn't follow logic. or why would they want to close the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, a point of parliamentary information.he members are trying to open the government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not recognized. the house will be in order. the gentlewoman may proceed. ms. foxx: while the senate has refused to talk, house republicans are trying to restore services that should be open and running for north carolinians for all americans. republicans and democrats in the house of representatives passed 15 separate measures to pay our military, restore the w.i.c. program, open national parks and end delays to veteran benefit applications, among other things. like my constituents, i think the gridlock in washington needs to stop. to have any hope of solving the challenges before us, be it this shutdown or a debt crisis, democrats can't simply refuse to negotiate. they have to be willing to work together. divided government demands bipartisan solutions. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. sp

i will yield to our distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. >> i don't know if there's much to add. i think the american people were heartened by the fact that senators were talking. by all appearances, they were close to reaching an agreement that would open up our agreement in which we would make sure the credit of the united states was not put at risk. as leader pelosi has indicated, make sure as well that interest rates would not spike, that 401(k) values for retirees would not go down, that people would not be adversely affected. in effect, what they have done once again, we understand from the republican conference, is to snatch confrontation from the jaws of reasonable agreement. that is what so angers and makes rightfullyso upset with their government. they want reasonable solutions so that they and their families can have some confidence that their government is being run appropriately, but more importantly, so their lives are not disrupted, so government employees are not put out, so that when a veteran makes an application, there is someone there to make -- to take the ap

with that, i yield to the distinguished democratic w.h.i.p., mr. hoyer. >> thank you, leader pelosi. >> steny hoyer speaking now. we're going to ping-pong back and forth. listen to republicans on the hill saying their piece, democrats saying their piece, and the leadership will be meeting with the president in about two and a half hours from now at the white house. this partial shutdown of the federal government has a lot of you wondering about one of the certainties of life, taxes. jay leno summed it up well last night. >> here's the part i don't get, okay, the government is shut down. services are cut, and 33% of the federal workers were sent home. 33% of the government is shut down, how come we're still paying 100% of our taxes? tient we get a 33% discount or at least prorate it? >> and author bob green agrees with jaley leno. i read your op-ed, mr. green, on cnn.com. you go through this whole explanation. you liken this to kind of like buying an airplane ticket. you pay this ticket to fly, you're halfway through the trip, and the airline cancels the

with that i'm pleased to yield to the distinguished whip, mr. hoyer. >> thank you, madam leader. i agree with the leader that this was a very positive meeting, as we expected it to be. the president is very committed to getting the government open. obviously making sure that america pays its bills. and we assured the president that those two objectives have overwhelming, almost unanimous, if not unanimous, support of our caucus. we have a letter that is signed on the debt limit and we're going to be unanimous on the opening up government. that's our two major objectives. now have 48 hours to make sure that our country remains solvent and paying its debt and to make sure that our workers get back to work on behalf of the american people. i agree with the leader that if the republican conference wants to offer, we haven't seen text yet, but it has other things in it, one of which we think is very, very damaging to the united states of america and that is taking away from the president and the secretary of treasury the ability to manage the payment of our debt so that we remain a ze

. >> i'm delighted to yield five minutes from the gentleman from maryland, democratic whip, mr. hoyer. >> i thank the ranking rules committee for yielding and i thank ms. slaughter for the leadership she's shown and the work she's been doing. mr. speaker, the people want their government open. a government of the people and for the people and by the people ought to be open. they want their dedicated federal employees that have been unfairly furloughed to go back to work. and they want to end the shutdown that is having negative consequences four economy and for our national security, and for the confidence of americans that their government can work. the only way to do so is by passing a clean get the government open funding bill to keep the government open while we discuss, negotiate, put forward our positions, a longer term agreement on the budget. the senate has acted. and acted responsibly by passing a bill that will keep the government operating. they pass that bill with the number that was suggested by the republican party, mr. speaker. now, we have the opportunity to do the sam

whether your statement was inaccurate or as mr. hoyer said yesterday, not precise enough, it does strike me that millions of individuals who by listening to speeches like yours voted believing one thing now find themselves without coverage and are now scrambling to find coverage in a marketplace that offers more expensive plans with fewer options. in response to my constituents' calls for herngslp, i created a portal on my website, no patches forris or fixes needed. it allows them to tell me about their personal experiences. my office received dozens of complaints regarding increases in their monthly premiums. i received one such notice from a mother in her early 50s who just received a notice that not only will her insurance premiums double but she will also have to switch insurance to insurers to keep her doctors due to the fact of at fo of the affordable care act. i can tell you just in my district many more are experiencing this situation. madam secretary, this is akin to telling seniors that in a few weeks they're medicare coverage

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, we have just observed a moment of silence for isaac skelton. my good friend, emanuel cleaver, ike's good friend, senator mccaskill, bill clay, lacy clay, and others who are here from the missouri delegation. i want to rise with them not on a moment of silence but moment of tribute. we'll perhaps have an opportunity to speak a longer time. yesterday many of us had the opportunity to participate in a memorial service for tom foley. tom foley was the speaker of this house. and a gentleman spoke who is i think one of the most revered members that has served in this body, robert michael -- robert bichel. bob michael was tom foley's friend. bob michel was the republican leader of the other side of the aisle. they were friends, colleagues, and cooperative with one another to the benefit of this institution and its members. and the dean of the house adds correctly to the benefit of our country and all its citizens. bob michel observed the civility that each one of them displayed and the willingness to reach out across the aisle and to make things happe

mr. hoyer: bill young was my friend. he was a gentle man in every sense of the word. he was an example for us all. i will have the privilege of speaking on thursday at his request, at his funeral. bill and i served on the appropriations committee for 23 years together. then i left when i became majority leader. ll young was, as i said, a gentleman who cared about each and every individual in this house. more than that he cared for each and every person who served in uniform. in our armed forces. he and beverly displayed that as congressman miller has said on a weekly, daily basis. i'm a democrat, bill was a republican. didn't make any difference. he was an american, i was an american. and we served our country together. no one served it better than ill young. he chose to see our differences as slight and our common purpose as great. he always chose civility over partisanship. he was a skilled legislator on behalf of the people of pinell las county, florida, on behalf of florida, on behalf of his country. on behalf of the members of the armed forces and the defense of

i know each and every one of us as members joined our colleagues , mr. hoyer and mr.cantor, as they spoke for a brief moment yesterday on the floor. i know that each of us give wenks on the after hours as know the men and women are here to protect us. we give them our thanks. here tonight to consider 11 appropriations bills to keep key parts of the federal government running. i believe that this is the responsible thing to do, and my colleagues do, and we believe that we've got to do this until the senate decides to come to the table and negotiate with us to help in the government shutdown. tonight we will begin to move forward on two bills to give relief, the measures before us tonight find a number of government functions from food safety, border security, and house republicans continue to listen to the american people, and we are taking steps again tonight to keep the critical parts of the government running. i am delighted this evening to welcome back the gentleman, the -- asmittee chairman always i would allow the gentlewoman to -- >> thank you. i wanted to join

here in the capitol complex and i know each each and every one of us as members join our colleagues mr. hoyert about this today on the floor. i know that each of us give thanks in the after hours knowing that these men and women are here to protect us and we give them our thanks. we are here tonight to consider 11 appropriations bill to keep key parts of the federal government running. i believe that this is the responsible thing to do and my colleagues do and we believe that we have got to do this until the senate decides to come to the table and negotiate with us to help and the government shutdown. two bills were passed today to fund their military preserve and veterans services. tonight we will begin to move forward on other bills to give relief to the american people during the shutdown. mostly federal government employees also. the measures before us fund functions including safety and border security and house republicans continue to listen to the american people and we are taking steps to meet the critical parts of the government running. i'm delighted this evening to welcome back the

pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. mccarthy of california, mr. young of alaska, mr. sfwren, mr. rogers of kentucky, mr. wolf, mr. visclosky, mr. bishop of georgia, mr. calvert, mr. mckeon, mr. frelinghuysen, ms. jackson lee of texas, mr. lay them, mr. price of north carolina, mr. aderholt, ms. granger, mr. sessions, mr. carter, mr. cole, mr. king of iowa, mr. gohmert, mr. roe of tennessee, mr. nunnelee, and r. womack. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. toda house when members return at 4:00 p.m. eastern. off the floor lawmakers are holding a number of hearings ing problems with healthcare.gov. you can see the hearing live tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. wednesday, kathleen sebelius appear before committee about problems on the website. 9:00 a.m. eastern on wednesday. this morning we spoke about several congressional reporters, and this is just over 40 minutes. host: a lot of activity going on, and to reporters with us -- reporters with us. by a staff writer for the publica

mr. speak he, their actions belie their words. >> congressman steny hoyer catching himself in the momente breaking of the comedy of that body. one of the democratic leaders wondering why we hear one thing about a government shutdown while doing the exact opposite. unfortunately this is not an isolated incident. seemingly every time country gets pushed to the brink, republicans are doing a lot of things while saying the exact opposite. the person who set this whole thing in motion joins me next. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ she's always been able it's just her way.day. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved