the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. issa, chairman of the oversight committee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. claireman. general horowitz, thank you for injury courage. for the inspectors general to write a letter appealing us to over the people who appointed them but will not let them do their job and to have plor than half of all of the igs do so is clearly unprecedented. and i commend you for your courage. i have no doubt that this administration will attempt retribution against all of you. that is their pattern. you won't say it, but i will. this is an administration that believes justice delays is justice given. they have delayed it every step. so although, the distinguished ranking member is absolutely willing to say all the right things, he made one error. the fact is, there should be no commending of a man who sat in your chair, the attorney general of the united states, and told us he wore two hats. one being a political hat. because the fbi does not operate in a vacuum. that information can be made available to

. >> chairman recognizes mr. issa. >> thank you for your courage.or inspectors general to write a letter appealing to us over the people who appointed them but will not let them do their job and to have more than half of all the igs do so is clearly unprecedented, and i commend you for your courage. i have no doubt that this administration will attempt retremendor retribution against all of you. that is their pattern. this is an administration that believes that justice delayed is justice given. they have delayed at every step. so although the distinguished ranking member is willing to say all the right things, he made one error. the fact is there should be no commending of a man who sat in your chair, the attorney general of the united states, and told us he wore two hats, one being a political hat. because the fbi does not operate in a vacuum. that information can be made available to you over the objections of everybody who works for them, and the policies that are in place are his choice. now, i'm going to ask you just a few quick questions beca

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. issa, chairman of the oversight committee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general horowitz, thank you for your courage. for the inspectors general to write a letter appealing us to over the people who appointed them but will not let them do their job and to have more than half of all of the igs do so is clearly unprecedented. and i commend you for your courage. i have no doubt that this administration will attempt retribution against all of you. that is their pattern. you won't say it, but i will. this is an administration that believes justice delays is justice given. they have delayed it every step. so although, the distinguished ranking member is absolutely willing to say all the right things, he made one error. the fact is, there should be no commending of a man who sat in your chair, the attorney general of the united states, and told us he wore two hats. one being a political hat. because the fbi does not operate in a vacuum. that information can be made available to yo

mr. -- chairman issa as a witness. he never talked about this. d plenty of opportunities to do it. he didn't. but keep in mind, we have allegations seem to come out every week. mr. schiff just talked about the three contractors who also had been interviewed. they then come out with these standdown allegations. but again, mr. maxwell did not bring that to our attention when we interviewed him. we interviewed him extensively. extensively. and so, that is my answer to that. anybody else? yes. >> for a few months i know you've had conversations, obviously, with the chairman. is there any indication in those conversations between staff that this is going to be more substantive than i think a lot of you and your colleagues expect? is there any indication, i know, obviously, you want an outline, a plan. is there anything else that gives you some promise that this will uncover something? >> well, you know, when we -- and staff put together this website that we have been talking on this morning, as we went through it, we discovered that the questions had b

mr. holder that are ongoing now in congress? congressman daryl issaing those is here. >> we have responded to the -- >> no, mr. attorney general, you're not a good witness. a good witness answers a question asked. so let's go back again. chico's t makes a statement -- your statement. fabulous. glamorous. fun-loving. one-of-a-kind. because you have stories to tell. what's your cover story? at chico's and chicos.com. . . >>> breaking tonight, united states attorney general eric holder announces he is stepping down after six years. in a sentimental address the nation's first black attorney general thanked the president for giving him the opportunity he called the greatest honor of his life. but mr. holder's legacy is not without controversy. back in 2012 he became the first sitting cabinet member to be held in contempt of congress after refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed the previous year by the committee headed by my next guest, congressman daryl issa is chairman of the oversight and reform committee. congressman, good to see you tonight. mr. ch

mr. holder that are ongoing now in congress? congressman daryl issaeen spearheading those is here. >> we have responded to the -- >> no, mr. attorney general, you're not a good witness. a good witness answers a question asked. so let's go back again. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. the kids went to take zznana's house... like... for the whole weekend! zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep aid, that helps you sleep easily, and wake refreshed. because sleep is a beautiful thing. >>> breaking tonight, united states attorney general eric holder announces he is stepping down after six years. in a sentimental address the nation's first black attorney general thank

collins and especially mr. issa, the chairman of the oversight and government reform committee, as well as our ranking member, for approving this bill and for bringing it one step closer to its full consideration by the house today. this legislation would name a post office in my congressional district in princeton, florida, an area in the southern part of miami-dade county, as after a local hero -- after a local hero, a marine corporal, christian a. guzman rivera, who as killed by an i.e.d. while serving our country in afghanistan. princeton was -- christian was 21 years old and killed in western province of afghanistan, in a place called farah, by the enemies of freedom and democracy. christian was born in the tropical island of puerto rico on december 3, 1987. two years later, he moved with his family to south florida, where he attended our public schools and joined the junior rotc at homestead senior high school. previously a shy boy, christian became a more confident young man through his leadership experience

mr. cummings: the jovet -- i want to thank the government oversight committee and chairman issa and the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg for working with my democratic colleagues, representative lynch and norton, to address some of our concerns. although much progress has been made in improving this legislation, i believe there remain additional constitutional issues to cause concern and therefore i must reluctantly oppose h.r. 5169, the senior executive service accountability act. i understand that this legislation was meant to address recent allegations of misconduct and management failures by senior executives at various agencies. while the allegations are trouble, i don't believe they justify government-wide changes to executive -- senior executive service that will bring senior executives much closer to becoming at-will employees. i'm concerned that the provisions in this bill that would extend the probationary period for senior executives from one to two years and authorize suspensions for less than 14 days would give agency heads and political appointees the opportunity to terminate or

mr. chairman. chairman issa and members of the committee. i am pleased to be here as you examine the implementation of the patient protection and affordable care act that requires the establishment of a health insurance market place to assist the consumers in preparing and selecting and enrolling the plans offered by participating and cms is responsible for creating the market place that do not establish their own. this is supported boy an array of it systems including healthcare.gov. my statement will summary and the recent work by security of healthcare.gov. before i proceed, i would like to recognize several members of my team who are instrumental and protective. with me today-in addition, members from e security lab also participated. >> could you all please stand so that we can at least for a moment realize your contribution? >> health care.kof including the systems of the market place and federal data services hub represent a system that interconnects a broad range of system. the state agencies and health plans. the complexity and inte

mr. gonzalez. >> reporter: tomorrow, the secret service director is expected to appear before chairman issa's committee. she will face harsh questions about how a breach so egregious could have happened. >> the basics of the white house, locking the doors, having compartmental security, appears to have failed. and it failed because of the human element, headed by the secret service. >> reporter: and now questions about why the secret service did not fully disclose all those details about how bad the breach truly was. the secret service story keeps changing. first, they told us the man was not armed. he had a knife. and the service initially left the impression that the suspect was arrested right after he got inside the white house. that clearly was not the case, david. >> pierre thomas leading us off live from washington. pierre, thank you. i want to get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight. and jon, you reported at the time that the president left just four minutes before. how close twhuz guy? >> reporter: well, david, this building behind me is just not that big. he ea

issa. >> you didn't want us to see the details, mr. attorney general. >> no, no, i'm not going to stop talking now. when you characterize something as-- ( talking over each other ) it's too consistent with the way in which you conduct yourself as a member of congress. it's unacceptable and it's shameful. >> wooduff: holder rejected demands that he resign, and told the newshour today in a phone interview: "to those who think that they forced me out, i hate to break their hearts, but that's totally untrue." the attorney general has focused instead on major civil liberties issues including gay marriage. earlier this year, he told his state counterparts they are not obligated to defend bans on gay unions. >> i believe that we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation. and we must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once led our forbearers to declare unequivocally that all are created equal and entitled to equal opportunity. >> ifill: the attorney general also vowed to fi

mr. meadows. want to come back, because in testimony here you have been very specific. you said 500 to hot -- to 550 employees. chairman issaked you that again and you continue to stay with that. i will ask what you are requesting this year. you should have a copy of that. and give that to the staff right there. how is it if you are down 550 full-time employees that you are only asking for 61 more? by would you not ask for 500? again, these are your numbers. find -- youing to know, in all of this, it's about trust and integrity, and some of your testimony doesn't seem to line up with the facts. is challenging when you start to talk about operational positions. >> it's challenging from the standpoint of oversight to get to the truth, and that is what we are doing is giving you this opportunity. >> thank you, if you would. in thatrepresent 50% first year they would be hired. the challenge of what we have had an part of what i presented to the committee and asked for support on was from the chair -- both from the chair and ranking member was the authority for the secret service to pursue excepted service legislation. hiring is

mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and members of the committee, this concludes my opening statement. i would be lap pi happy to answ questions. >> thank you. >> chairman issa, ranking members cummings, members of the committee, thank you for an opportunity to be here. cms strives to be as responsive as possible. i understand that we have already provided over 140,000 pages of documents to this committee. transparency is important and that's why i'm pleased to be here today and have the opportunity to answer your questions. we will continue to produce documents. in the almost five years that i've had the privilege to work at cms, my focus has been on how we can best serve our beneficiaries, including seniors on medicare, adults and children on medicaid and chip andenrolli marketplace. i work ro to reduce cost, improve quality in ways that make a difference. we're making real and important progress. as of august 15th this year, we have 7.3 million americans enrolled in the health insurance marketplace coverage. these are individuals who have paid their premiums. we are encouraged by the numbers of consumers who have paid their premiums and continue to enroll

issa said, by need lls injects politics into law enforcement our system has erodes. and bob goodlatte says, i welcome the news that eric holder will step down as attorney general. mr.holder has consistently played partisan politics with many of the important issues facing the justice department. what's your reaction to the resignation of attorney general holder? you can join the conversation at facebook.com slash c-span and on twitter. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, friday night, valueses voter summit. ted cruz and kentucky senator rand paul. and saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a national town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. and sunday evening at 8:00 on q & a, "washington post" columnist sally quinn. friday night on c-span2 just before 10:00, daniel green and william mullen talk about their experiences in iraq, isis and the use of force. and saturday, after words, market richtle. and sunday, 178. eastern, brooklyn book festival. friday at 8:00, american history tv on c-span3, former presidents and advisers talk about the relationship with the commander in chief and how he makes important decisions. and 159d night, 10:00 p.m. easte

issa. he never talked about this. he had plenty of opportunities to talk about this. but he didn't. we had allegations come out every week. mr. schiff just talked about the three contractors that had been interviewed. they come out with the standout allegations. not bring maxwell did that to our attention when we interviewed him. we interviewed him extensively. and so, that is my answer to that. >> you have had conversations obviously with the chairman. is there any of her station -- indication in those conversations that this is going to be more substantive than i think you expect? is there any indication, i know, obviously, you want an outline, a plan. is there something to give you promise that this will uncover when we put together this website that we have been talking on this morning, as we went through it, we discovered that the questions had been answered. sure exactly where we are going. you must keep in mind, the republicans are in charge. one thing we do not want, is we do not want to be going over things that happened asked and answered in this time of austerity. we do not want to be wasting taxpayer dollars afte