mr. lungren, a distinguished member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you for yielding. the chairman of the budget committee, mr. ryan, has outlined very -- in very much detail how the current law, some call it obamacare, some call it the patient protection affordable care act of 20 10, does not do what it claims to. it in fact does not protect the patient and it does not provide affordable care. he also pointed out that when this bill was argued on this floor and in the other body, it was denied time and time again that it was a tax. we recall the president of the united states on several public occasions denied it was a tax. and yet, he had his administration argue before the u.s. supreme court on the question of constitutionality that it was a tax. the american people view the federal government as an entity. and what have they seen with respect to this as it went from the executive brampling to the legislative branch to the judiciary? they find that they were played. they find

mr. lungren, a distinguished member of the committee.the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you for yielding. the chairman of the budget committee, mr. ryan, has outlined very -- in very much detail how the current law, some call it obamacare, some call it the patient protection affordable care act of 20 10, does not do what it claims to. it in fact does not protect the patient and it does not provide affordable care. he also pointed out that when this bill was argued on this floor and in the other body, it was denied time and time again that it was a tax. we recall the president of the united states on several public occasions denied it was a tax. and yet, he had his administration argue before the u.s. supreme court on the question of constitutionality that it was a tax. the american people view the federal government as an entity. and what have they seen with respect to this as it went from the executive brampling to the legislative branch to the judiciary? they find that they were played. they find t

mr. lungren. >> i thank the chairman. i thank both of our witnesses. i might say at the beginning, some discussion about application of lone wolf, while it not have assisted in the terrible case in colorado, we did have a debate on the floor of the house about whether we should have the lone wolf provisions allowed for the patriot act. and we won that on the floor. and it was consistent with what the administration was supporting. so i appreciate the fact that it is now recognized as a current and continuing threat to us. that is the operation of a lone wolf. madam secretary, i want to thank your department for the excellent briefing, classified briefing we received in the subcommittee yesterday on the nuclear detection office and i think some of the questions asked with respect to the last issue were addressed there and i appreciate that and i appreciate work that is being done there and we are going to have a subcommittee open hearing on that and other issues with dndo tomorrow. it's interesting in your prepared testimony with respect to d.h.s. imple