mr. rangel. mr. rangel: mr. speaker, may i make a parliamentary inquirery. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may state his inquiry. mr. rangel: under what circumstances could a senior member of this august body protest the shutdown of government at this time? it the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not making a parliamentary inquiry. mr. rangel: i ask -- i'm asking from a parliamentary point of view, i don't want to violate the house rules, but as a member of congress, representing 700,000 people, i feel that i have to scream out in protest as to what's happening to the country, and my constituents, there has to be some way for me in a parliamentary way without violating the house rules to express myself. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair is following guidelines on appropriate unanimous consent requests. mr. rangel: with all due respect, that has nothing to do with my parliamentary inquiry. nothing at all. the speaker pro tempore: under the -- mr. rangel: the rules for unanimous consent doesn't have to do with a parliamentary inquiry. the speake

mr. rangel is recognized. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. welcome to our distinguished committee. you may wonder why the administration appears to be under such severe attack by some members of this committee, especially as it relates to our goal to provide health care for 30 million americans that can't afford or don't have access to it. but it should give you some small comfort to know that historically the republican party always fought vigorously against these type of programs. i don't think that one republican voted for the social security act, even though those old enough enjoy the benefits. >> that's not accurate. >> that's not accurate. >> well, we'll see. maybe one or two, i don't know. >> no. >> but they opposed medicare. i spoke with president johnson and he shared with me at the ranch the people that had signed off on medicare. and anyway, it's big government, even if it saves lives. who cares. you're against big government. so why should obama be spared the attack because he wants americans to be healthy and strong and productive. we have to be consistent, and you guy

mr. rangel's recognized. >> thank you so much, mr.d welcome to our distinguished committee. you may wonder why the administration appears to be under such severe attack by some members of this committee, especially as it relates to our goal to provide health care for 30 million americans that can't afford or don't have access to it. it should give you some small comfort to know that historically the republican party always fought vigorously against these type of programs. i don't think that one republican voted for the social security act even though those old enough enjoy the benefits. >> that's ooh not accurate. -- that's not accurate. >> well, we'll see, maybe one or two. i don't know. >> no. >> but they opposed medicare. i spoke with president johnson, and he shared with me at the ranch the people that had signed off on medicare. and anyway, it's big government even if it saves lives. who cares. you're against big government, so why should obama be spared the attack because he wants americans to be healthy and strong and productiv

mr. rangel: mr. speaker, one of the things i've enjoyed in this house is the sincerity. there's not a member of this house that thinks the president of the united states is going to delay, repeal or tear apart the affordable care act. but if there's politics involved, i understand that. i'm a politician. and it just seems to me that if you have a plan, a strategy and the whole world is saying that a handful of people are destroying the credibility of the republican party, and they are taking down the party with them, and therefore taking down the democrats with them, and taking down the congress with them, and even the president of the united states, because these handful of people, then i think it's safe to say, it's time to look for some credibility so that we can regain being a two-party state. so i didn't come here this morning to get arrested. but i did get arrested because there are tens of thousands and millions of people that want to become americans. they don't want to knock republicans, they don't want democrats, they want to be americans. bring up the immigrat

mr. rangel and we will 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 veterans can get their benefits. the list goes on and on. you make governance possible in america. we are grateful to you for that. and so we are here to join with you to say open up the government. give us a vote mr. speaker. give us a vote. give us a vote. [chanting] [chanting] >> because there are so many speakers and so much rain i will just say the following. you are wonderful to turn out today in all of this weather. as a mom i don't want you standing out here too long. i don't want you to be sick and the same goes for the people covering all of this but you're being out here no matter the climate and no matter the weather to speak out, to speak out for working families in america right now because of what they are doing. small businesses cannot get their loans people being furloughed. the ripple effect of this is not

mr. rangel is recognized. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. and welcome to our distinguished committee. you may wonder why the administration appears to be under such severe attack by some members of this committee, especially as it relates to our goal to provide health care for 30 million americans that can't afford or don't have access to it, but it should give you some small comfort to know historically the republican party always fought vigorously against these type of programs. i don't think that one republican voted for the social security act, even those old enough enjoy the benefits. >> that's not accurate. >> that's not accurate. >> we'll see, maybe one or two, i don't know. but they oppose medicare. i spoke with president johnson, and he shared with me at the ranch the people that had signed off on medicare, and anyway, it's big government, even if it saved lives. who cares? you're against big government, so why should obama be spared the attack because he wants americans to be healthy and strong and productive? we have to be consist

mr. charlie rangel. he does excel in hyperbole as far as the dramatic effects. american people see a government slowdown and not a shutdown in this comment of trying to take down his health care law. you have to look at the last proposal that you put in front of the president and that was simply to things. it was president and the congress have to live under the same rules of the american people and we have to go in with the exchanges in the first year of obamacare, individual shouldn't have to pay a penalty if they make a mistake or if they don't actually follow through on. we should have a one-year ability to get into it. that doesn't seem like we are taking down the law. seems like a fairly reasonable proposal. >> you started with wanted to take down a lot of you didn't get anywhere with that. now you come back in a number of times you try to delay the law, may be delayed this, but each time, no. obviously the democrats are relishing this come including republicans. is up to it up to you, it is up to them? spirit the best way to do it is that which we can all

mr. rangel. mr. rangel: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. rangel: whoever hired the republican consultant on keeping the majority should be able to get their money back. i had thought just a few weeks ago that a small group in this house had such an obsession with the affordable care act and such a dislike for the president that they were prepared not only to close the vernment but to attack the integrity of the full faith and credit of the united states. the ridicule that this caused this congress, democrats and epublicans alike, because of this strategy to repeal a bill that already had been signed into law and approved by the united states supreme court, you would think that no one would want to go anywhere near that again. but still we have a bill before us that admittedly has already een rejected by the senate because we want to remind the american people how totally irresponsible we have been in the past and not only causing our great country to lose $125 billi

mr. rangel from new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mad madame secretary, i appreciate your taking time to come here today to answer questions about the affordable care act. this reminds me a story of when i was a little boy, the story of chicken little, who ran around yelling, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. but unlike chicken little, my republican colleagues are actually rooting for the sky to fall. republicans are holding this hearing today under the auspices of an investigative hearing, as if they want to get to the bottom of what went wrong with the website in order to help fix it, but i don't think, madam secretary, there's one person in this room that's naive enough to think the republicans want to see this law work. they voted over 40 times to repeal the law, they shutdown the government and threatened a default in order to stop it. they are rooting for failure. madam secretary, can you tell us what would be the impact on americans' health insurance if republicans had been successful in their efforts to defund

mr. rangel from new york. >> thank you, mr.irman, mad madame secretary, i appreciate your taking time to come here today to answer questions about the affordable care act. this reminds me a story of when i was a little boy, the story of chicken little, who ran around yelling, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. but unlike chicken little, my republican colleagues are actually rooting for the sky to fall. republicans are holding this hearing today under the auspices of an investigative hearing, as if they want to get to the bottom of what went wrong with the website in order to help fix it, but i don't think, madam secretary, there's one person in this room that's naive enough to think the republicans want to see this law work. they voted over 40 times to repeal the law, they shutdown the government and threatened a default in order to stop it. they are rooting for failure. madam secretary, can you tell us what would be the impact on americans' health insurance if republicans had been successful in their efforts to defund or

mr. rangel, mr. holt and mr. cohen, and working with chairman kline, mr. rokita's staff to clarify several provisions from the original bill that i introduced in may, including the states must periodically repeat and update background checks on employees based upon state and local policy that is publicly transparent. school districts may share background check results with each other for the same employee. school employees could appeal the results of a background check if it's inaccurate or incomplete and establish their ploit eligibility if the check -- employment eligibility if their check was corrected. congressman ellison and congressman bobby scott have introduced legislation that seeks to support this goal and i will work to ensure if this bill moves forward in the senate. i want to thank again chairman kline for his working on the sensible solutions that will protect children across the country and i also want to thank the respective staffs for their diligence and thoughtfulness in moving this legislation. i ask my colleagues to support this bill. i