chairman. >> thank you, mr. lance. and now the chairman emeritus for the full committee, mr. joe barton. you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me start out, i was being somewhat flippant when i talked about god being for this bill. obviously god doesn't care a fig one way or another about our bill. but i will say as a practicing christian that god does give men and women free will. and i think we ought to have a law that reflects free will in this issue. i did not say in my opening statement, but we do have some representatives of the indian casinos and indian gaming associations in the room and they were invited to present testimony and be a part of the panel. it was a voluntary basis so they were invited and they chose not to. but obviously indian gaming is a huge part of this issue since almost as much and perhaps more people play in indian casinos than non-indian casinos. mr. freeman, in your testimony you gave a list of things that you said federal legislation should include or accomplish. in listening to you, i believe that my bill, h.r. 2666 hit all those

now recognize mr. lance for five minutes of questioning. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning to you, madam madam secretary. >> good morning. >> my question will be in two parts. first regarding the rule of law, and second regarding the medicaid expansion. regarding the rule of law, i will be going into an exchange and that's how i read the statute, even though i didn't vote for it. i hope that it is replaced and those who work with me at our office will be going into the exchange. and i would urge other members, for example, senator reid, that as i read the statute, that is the rule of law. in answer to ranking member waxman, you indicated, and i certainly agree with this, that the president decided a transition policy. even though the statute as i read it has requirements that began on january 1, 2014. from the perspective, madam secretary, what is the statutory authority for the president to have announced the transition policy? >> sir, i think the statutory authority is the enforcement discretion which is available under the law to us and the president has ask

now recognize mr. lance for five minutes of questioning. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning to you, madam madam secretary. >> good morning. >> my question will be in two parts. first regarding the rule of law, and second regarding the medicaid expansion. regarding the rule of law, i will be going into an exchange and that's how i read the statute, even though i didn't vote for it. i hope that it is replaced and those who work with me at our office will be going into the exchange. and i would urge other members, for example, senator reid, that as i read the statute, that is the rule of law. in answer to ranking member waxman, you indicated, and i certainly agree with this, that the president decided a transition policy. even though the statute as i read it has requirements that began on january 1, 2014. from the perspective, madam secretary, what is the statutory authority for the president to have announced the transition policy? >> sir, i think the statutory authority is the enforcement discretion which is available under the law to us and the president has ask

chairman. >> thank you, mr. lance. and now the chairman emeritus for the full committee, mr.ton. you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me start out, i was being somewhat flippant when i talked about god being for this bill. obviously god doesn't care a fig one way or another about our bill. but i will say as a practicing christian that god does give men and women free will. and i think we ought to have a law that reflects free will in this issue. say in my opening statement, but we do have some representatives of the indian casinos and indian gaming associations in the room and they were invited to present testimony and be a part of the panel. it was a voluntary basis so they were invited and they chose not to. but obviously indian gaming is a huge part of this issue since almost as much and perhaps more people play in indian casinos than non-indian casinos. mr. freeman, in your testimony you gave a list of things that you said federal legislation should include or accomplish. in listening to you, i believe hit all ill, h.r. 2666 those points. do you agree with

mr. lance, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lance: i rise in strong support of the gabriella miller kid first research act my colleagues have told the story of gabriella miller. she was one of the many young people every year to leave this world too early due to disease. to many family -- too many families share this grief. today we take a step in making a difference in the lives of those struggling with pediatric diseases and disordered -- disorders such as cancer and autism. today congress working together will target taxpayer funding for scientific research and life-saving treatments that can lead to better outcomes and i hope someday a cure. especially during the holiday season, we should be thankful for our many blessings. i am thankful in partner families and advocates whose challenges we may never understand but whose commitment and love for their children is unyielding and inspiring. today we take action in their name. i yield back the

mr. bress trying to warn them about. among those killed, 21-year-old lance buckley, jr. ier today his father and his aunt attended the hearing in major bressler's case down in new orleans and they support mr. bressler for sounding the alarm about this threat. joining me tonight is father, greg buckley, sr. and aunt, mary liz. greg, let me start with you. so your son was killed and our condolences to you and our thanks to you for his service. why do you now support brezler in this -- basically they're trying to kick him out of the military and dishonorably discharge him for using a personal e-mail account. >> well, i personally feel that he tried to save my son and his fellow marines. that's what my son was all about. he was all about the marine corps and brotherhood. they all stick together and make sure they watch over each other. and that's all he tried to do. you know, he knew something bad was going to happen, so did my son once before when he called home and told me that he was going to be murdered in afghanistan on his base. and brezler came out and he said, jason -

mrs. a long road ahead. >> we know where we want to be, they have been working april lancely. and the effort they are putting into their work, into learning which is important. and 30 continually getting rewards for that. we haven't done anything yet. we need to continue with that run now. they lead arsenal only on goal difference. while manchester and chelsea are also hot on their tails. there's a big round of games coming up on thursday. and stand out fixture sees liverpool away at man city. could be the site of a new world record on thursday. after 100,000 people are expected to attend the opening day of the boxing someday test imagine between australia and england. that would break the 52-year-old record for the highest attendance at a single day of correct australia has already taken a 3-nil lead, known as the ashes. but now they are eyes off 5-nil series. which would lift them from fifth to third in the world test rankings. from my point of view it is not that hard at all. and from a team's point of view, we have a long way to go as a team. and things we need to kick off

that this has roque in the eyes lanced that boil and now we are back to bipartisan cooperation is living in a place where they have a lot of medical marijuana. >> host: mr. mann, do you agree? >> guest: it's going to be difficult year but i do want to point out one other positive thing before we get too depressed here which is that speaker boehner has finally opened the battle within his own political party. most of our dysfunctional politics in recent years has been a consequence of the republican party just becoming a radical party in both policy and process. it's the so-called establishment has a much followed the lead of the extremists and the tea party and become march -- much like them. finally we are beginning to see signs in washington and maybe in some primary elections of politicians who believe in compromise albeit with clear differences among them, actually come together and get something done. >> host: are you sure about that given that the minority leader in the senate said yesterday. republican of kentucky up for re-election in 2014, not so fast on this debt ceiling. here's the headline in "usa today." democrats say they are done negotiat