mr. palmer -- ms. mcsally: thank you, mr. palmer. the men and women in border patrol are doing the best they can. they are my constituents as well. i appreciate them putting on the uniform, doing the job they're doing but the strategy is not working for those that live in these rural areas mere the -- near the border. we need to use our intelligence using intelligence-driven operations so we can use these radars in order to detect the cartel activity, detect the movement, monitor the movement and then these forward operating bases are critical. the bill in consultation with the chairman, they agreed to add in two forward operating bases in tucson to get the border patrol right at the border so we can prevent the activity or they can very quickly respond to it if they see a breach happening. challenging response times, if they're further inland or in some of the tougher terrain. so some of the things that i added into an amendment to address this issue was related to the fact right now they're focused on defense in depth. sometimes we

mr. palmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 596, a bill that would fully repeal the affordable care act offered by mr. byrne of alabama. right now americans are being forced to buy a government product or pay a penalty. the constitution mandates freedom, not the purchase of health insurance or any other product. we all remember this promise, if you like your health care plan, can you keep it. and 2013, a reported 4.7 million people in 32 states lost their health insurance when their plans were canceled. that's just the beginning. the congressional budget office projects seven million more americans will lose their health sponsored coverage in 2016. americans were promised that with obamacare their premiums would be lower. instead premiums have skyrocketed. some groups have seen their premiums increase by 78%. at the same time household incomes have gone down. today four years after the pass ang of obamacare -- passage of obamacare, there's still 41 million people w

mr. palmer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to give mr. koskinen a break year for a minute and talk to mr. like to come if that's okay -- >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. >> that doesn't mean i won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot, nasa has done a good job in making progress on getting off the high risk list that there's still some issues. i am actually from alabama. nasa's has a major presence in our state. there've been some issues with rebaselining cause scheduled on light and management and technical issues. can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes sir. we have the process we go through what we review these projects are routine basis, we have while we've had some that do very well we continue to make progress on eight out of the last nine to once we go through confirmation, will the call confirmation of a project which moves it from formula to development, that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule that we're going to try to lived too. the process we have where we review those mon

mr. palmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 596, a bill that would fully repeal the affordable care act offered by mr. byrne of alabama. right now americans are being forced to buy a government product or pay a penalty. the constitution mandates freedom, not the purchase of health insurance or any other product. we all remember this promise, if you like your health care plan, can you keep it. and 2013, a reported 4.7 million people in 32 states lost their health insurance when their plans were canceled. that's just the beginning. the congressional budget office projects seven million more americans will lose their health sponsored coverage in 2016. americans were promised that with obamacare their premiums would be lower. instead premiums have skyrocketed. some groups have seen their premiums increase by 78%. at the same time household incomes have gone down. today four years after the pass ang of obamacare -- passage of obamacare, there's still 41 million people w

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to give mr. koskanan a break here for a minute. >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. >> well that doesn't mean i won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot nasa's done a good job in making progress on getting off the high-risk list. there are still some issues -- i'm from alabama. nasa's a major presence in our state. there have been some issues with re-base lining costs and scheduling in management and technical issues. can you address that? on some of your projects? >> yes, sir. we have -- the process we go through where we review these projects on a routine basis, we've had some that have done really well. we continue to make progress on the last eight of the last nine. once we go through confirmation what we call confirmation of a project that moves it from formulation to development that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule. the process we have where we review those monthly, occasionally we have one that pops up, and it gives us an issue. we've had two of th

mr. palmer for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we want to give the gentleman a break. >> that doesn't mean that it won't come back here. nasa has done a good job making progress on getting off the high-risk list and there's still some issues from alabama in our state and there have been some issues with costs and management and technical issues, can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes sir, the process that we go through when we review this on a routine basis we have some that have been really well, we have made progress on the eight out of the last nine, once we go through the confirmation that is when we make a commitment on the schedule. obviously when we review those monthly, occasionally we have one that pops up and it gives us an issue. we have had two of those and we have these products that we have going, where we are bartko back in the baseline. so when we re-baseline there is a process -- is there another alternative that we can get this particular mission accomplished so that you can still stay within this?

mr. palmer is recognized for five minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. earlier, alice in wonderland was mentioned. i'd like to bring up a fable about the ant and the grasshopper. i think we're all familiar with that. the ant was very diligent in preparing for the winter. warned the grasshopper he should as well and the grasshopper was dismissive and undisciplined. we know how that turned out. when winter came, he starved. the fiscal winter is upon us. if this budget is any indication, this administration is playing the role of the grasshopper. the obama budget still has a deficit of $463 billion adds almost 1 trillion more to our debt. this might make since to the administration but it defies some common sense. if you spend more than you take in each year especially with a $19 trillion debt, can you honestly believe this is a responsible budget? >> i believe if you look at the record -- >> it's not the record. if question is if you spend more than you take in is that responsible budgeting? >> this is a responsible budget. it keeps deficits below 3% of gd

mr. palmer for five minutes and thank you mr. chairman. i want to give him a break here for a minute and talk for a moment i do not think that, that is not appreciated. mr. light foot nasa is making progress on getting off the high risk list and from alabama. and massive major press end in the state. but there have been issues right now with the rebase lining costs and scheduled in management and technical issues so can you address that on the projects? yes. we have had that have done really well and have made good process under a baseline. when we have gone through confirmation. what we call a project that moves from the formulation to development. that is when we will make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule to live to. and a process that we have reviewed monthly, we will occasionally have one that will pop up and give us an issue so we have had two of those and the space grounds. sustained we had. and the project that is issue that's we have going on and you go to announcement. and is there away that we have the process that we

mr. palmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 596, a bill that would fully repeal the affordable care act offered by mr. byrne of alabama. right now americans are being forced to buy a government product or pay a penalty. the constitution mandates freedom, not the purchase of health insurance or any other product. we all remember this promise, if you like your health care plan, can you keep it. and 2013, a reported 4.7 million people in 32 states lost their health insurance when their plans were canceled. that's just the beginning. the congressional budget office projects seven million more americans will lose their health sponsored coverage in 2016. americans were promised that with obamacare their premiums would be lower. instead premiums have skyrocketed. some groups have seen their premiums increase by 78%. at the same time household incomes have gone down. today four years after the pass ang of obamacare -- passage of obamacare, there's still 41 million people w

mr. palmer is recognized. >> thank you for being with us today. earlier today alice in wonderland was mentioned the d. fairytale. i would like to bring up aesop's gras fable, the ant and the grass wit hopper. the ant was very diligent in n preparing for the winter. warned the grass hopper that he should as well. and the thegrasshopper was d the dismisses ive and undisciplined. we know how that turned out. when winter came, he starved. the fiscal winter is upon us l mr. donovan. if this budget is any indication, this administration is playing the role of the grasshopper. what you're trying to sell the american people on is the idea that the obama budget, which in its best year still has a deficit of $463 billion and adds almost $1 trillion to our debt as deficit reduction. this might make sense to the this administration, but it defies common sense. than if you spend more than you take in in e each year, especially with a $19 trillion debt, can you honestly believe this is a responsible budget? >> i believe if you look at the record -- >> no, no, t

for more on the big game we're bringing in jessie palmer and you heard what amy -- good morning first of all. you heard what amy said about mr third time he's the mvp. he said he wanted to win this game more than any other and that the team was able to do it but the distractions and drama and they just played football. >> yeah. robin, tom brady cemented his legacy. one of the top two quarterbacks to play in the national football league. debatable whether him or joe montana. watching him was as good as i have seen him play in a super bowl. to throw the football 50 times against the nfl's best defense. the patriots put it in his hands to win or lose this game. he was accurate and poised. he played his best football down the stretch bringing his football team back in the fourth quarter. that's the fourth time tom brady has led a game-winning drive in a super bowl. remarkable. a team that had to battle lu adversity all season long. all we talked about was a deflate-gate and the leaders in the locker room kept the distractions outside of that team. they were able to play their best football when it mattered the most. this was a m

mr. palmer recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. donovan for being here today. earlier "alice in wonderland" was mentioned. i'd like to bring up esop's fable, the ant and grasshopper. we're familiar with that, we should be. ant was diligent preparing for the winter, warned the grasshopper end he should as well. the grasshopper was undisciplined and accommodativedismissive. we know how that turned out, in the winter he starved. if this is in indication the administration is playing the role of the grasshopper. what you're trying to sell the american people on is the idea the obama budget in its best yeast has a deficit of $463 billion and adds almost $1 trillion more to our debt. this might make sense to the administration but defies common sense. if you spend more than you take in each year especially with $19 trillion debt can you honestly believe this is a responsible budget? >> i believe if you look at the record. >> no, it's not the record. the question is if you spend more than you take in is that responsible budgeting? >> this