mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.j.res. 84 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today to present h.j.res. 84, the head start for low-income children act. this bill provides federal funding at the current postsequester rate for the head start program, which millions of children across the country rely on to fulfill their educational and health needs. as we work our way out of this government shutdown mess, we shouldn't let some of our most vulnerable citizens, low-income children with no recourse, suffer. as we work our way out of this mess, we shouldn't let some of our most valuable seasons -- citizens suffer and in my home state of kentucky, 20,715 kids rely on head start to provide a helping hand. if we don't do

mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. poe: i quote, the fact that we are here today to debate ising america's debt ceiling is a sign of we can't pay our rely on foreign countries, money we have board from china, board from japan, the rising debt is robbing our cities and ta states of critical like bridges, ports and leffies and education and health care reform, robbing our seniors of retirement and health security, every dollar we pay in interest is a dollar that is not going to investment in america's priorities. increasing america's priorities weakens us. washington is shifting the burden of bad choices onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. americans deserve better. driving up our national debt is unpatriotic, the words of enator obama in 2006 and 2008. what is irresponsible and unpatriotic is irresponsible conduct, i think not. we should be talk about cutting spending before raising america's debt ceiling and i yield back. the speaker pro

mr. rogers, the chairman, is republican. he said that. i didn't say that. he put it better than i could have even imagined to say it. so, what happened? democrats attempted to go to conference 20 times. the republicans objected every single time. fact check this. over here on the house, almost 200 members have signed a discharge petition calling for a conference on the budget. we tried four times to bring the resolution to the floor. leader pelosi even went so far as to name conferees. some of them are in this room. some of us are conferees. she did that on june 27. what's the date today? october 8th? june 27th. so why, after this stalling, has

mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the very spished speaker of the house of representatives, the gentleman rom ohio, mr. boehner. the speaker: the american people don't want a shutdown and neither do i. i didn't come here to shut down the government, i came here to fight for a smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. here, we find ourselves in this moment dealing with a law that's causing unknown consequences and unknown damage to the american people and our economy. and that issue is obamacare. those who don't recall, it was passed in the middle of the night. 2,300 pages that no one ever read and all types of consequences for the american people, our constituents, having all kinds of consequences for employers. and as a result over the last year or so, last couple of years, the president, given his friends in the labor unions, some 1,100 waivers to this law. this summer, the president decided, well, we aren't going to enforce the employer mandate. employers were upse

mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for the time. this is a bipartisan bill, and i hope every member in this house will be happy to support it. i'm glad to see at the very least the senate has plans to take up this bill, stop the presses, the senate is going to take up a bill even if they won't consider most of our other bills. as we wait for the senate to come to the negotiating table on shutting the shutdown down, our federal work force should not wait to find out whether or not they'll be paid. this bill will provide back pay for those workers who've been furloughed in a fair, full and timely manner after the shutdown ends. the house has made great strides towards this end. in fact, yesterday, the house has approved 15 different options to fund the government, sent them over to the senate. sadly, the only response is a loud snore.

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mr. rogers, really, you're mr. rogers? well, won't you spy on my neighbor. finally, a hero emerges. someone without is willing to stand up and say look, we made this frankenstein monitor-- monster and it is our responsibility to rein him in and control him, or perhaps he'll go the other way and suggest yes, we know about it and it's all good. >> i would argue that maybe the fact that we haven't had any complaints come forward with any specificity, arguing that their privacy has been violated clearly indicates in ten years, clearly indicates that something must be doing right, somebody must be doing something exactly right. >> jon: yes, ladies and gentlemen, i give you the chairman of the house intelligence committee airtight logic for why this can't a big deal, because for ten years no one specifically complained that they were being surveiled without their knowledge. >> you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated, right? >> jon: of course you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is being-- spying is like heal care. if y

mr. rogers: i reserve, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished representative from california, ms. barbara lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much. i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. first, let me just say, here we go again, mr. speaker. it's no secret that the tea party republicans came here not really as public servants but to destroy and decimate our government. now we are only hours away from tea party extremists achieving their goal of shutting down the government. this is really their dream vote. they want to shut down the government and declare victory. frankly, mr. speaker, this is shameful and down right wrong. their dream of shutdown will create a nightmare for millions. what about the government work forest who have families to feed, mortgages, and rent to pay. what about small businesses that stand to pay the cost of the tea party antics? and yes, what about women and children who will

mr. rogers you have a'' i want to ask you about it in your book "streets smarts" regarding regarding, the sec investigated us over our investment with george soros your business partner they claimed my partner was a gauge with stock manipulation and charged with selling the stock short only to cover his short sale by buying the shares back get a lower price and was given the opportunity in which she and the firm admitted no wrongdoing but promised not to do it again why would we not agree to cite it -- a sign it? why that it be construed we were manipulating the market? >> guest: that is why i did not sign of course, nobody asked me but to this day by the way that was 35 years ago so it is hard for me to comment too much i just don't remember. much less what happens 35 years ago but it seems it is legitimate but the sec did not think so and george did not want to fight is a we had that dissent to curry. >> host: you rights with the interview of cnbc you're talking about shirting fannie mae's of the you a talking about for quite awhile and you say the interviewer opined that the collapse w

mr. hal rogers. mr. rogers has provided me and i hope i provided him some bit of working knowledge of what we were trying to accomplish, a house and ccommodate senate members to complete more work on appropriations. that is still a part of the goal that we're going to tonight to go to conference so we can fund the government and get it done right. i would like toll yield three minutes to the distinguished the gentleman from kentucky, the gentleman from from the appropriations committee, mr. rogers. >> the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: thank you for those kind words and likewise, i have relied upon the gentleman for advice all through this process as well and i appreciate his leadership in this body, especially as chairman of the very important rules committee. the senate has just rejected the house's third attempt to avoid a government shutdown. this body has voted time and time again to keep the lights on in our government and to stop the train wreck that is obamaca

mr. rogers talks about his life as an investor retiring at age 37. his post was street adventures. this 15-minute interview was conducted at planet hollywood hotel and casino in las vegas, the site of freedom fest 2013. >> jim rogers, how did you retire at 37? >> it was a long hard. resting in the market. i worked at it all the time. i love is so much. i did a few things right. a large success. i always wanted to have more than one. did not want to wake up one day and age 75 and still be watching a computer screen. i said, okay. it was not one of want to happen. apple some of them out. >> what did you do right? >> bob low and sell high. you know, the 70's or not a great time for the financial community, as you may remember or read about. we level we were doing. we found the things that were fundamentals changing dramatically. key things were changing. and we jump jan, about a lot of money. and it works. >> what did you do wrong? >> my first wife. [laughter] what a terrible mistake that was, for goodness sake. >> street smarts. what did you do wrong. >> plenty of mistakes. the first

mr. rogers: mr., i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material to the bill, which i will have during this presentation, the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 3304. this bill would waive the time limit for the president to consider awarding the medal of honor to a handful of american heroes. the battlefield actions of these brave americans have undergone a thorough review by the department of defense and have been determined to merit consideration for our nation's highest honor. among those heroes that would be considered under this bill are mr. bennie adkins of mr. alabama. in 1966, while serving in valm, then sergeant first

mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. and of course i arise in support of this bill, the honoring the families of fallen soldiers act. this bill has been -- this bill, as has been said, will ensure that families of u.s. military members who have given the ultimate sacrifice will receive the benefits they were promised in spite of this unfortunate government shutdown. the house has voted to take care of our war fighters by ensuring that they will be paid during the fiscal crisis. but our responsibility to our soldiers doesn't end there by any means. as they put their lives on the line on behalf of this nation, our brave soldiers shouldn't be concerned about who will take care of their families. that's part of our nation's agreement with our men and women in uniform. you take care of the united states, we'll take care of you and your beloved family. to then -- to this end, the bill

activity if it's approved if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them >> thank you mrs. rogers is from the planning department. >> i'm ms. rogers the planning department approved this and the main focus on the planning commissions effort is the epic report coming out annual this is the change for the controller's office. >> thank you colleague any questions or comments seeing none. mississippi anyone who wishes to speak public commitment is clotted. can i get an approval without objection madam clerk, any other business before this >> that concludes our business for today. >> okay. we're adjourned. >> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was poss

mr. rogers, four four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for four minutes. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. you know, we've heard from the other side of the aisle on all of these bills that attempt to reopen many aspects of the federal government. we hear them say, well, i'm in favor of that program, but i want to vote against it until they bring the entire government funding bill before us. well, i'd love to do that. i'd love to bring the entire budget here. in fact, we did. and we can't get the senate to act on it. but in the meantime, the other side is saying, i'll vote against this because i want to save and vote for the entire federal government. well, that may work in some of the agencies but this is safety. this is the safety of people flying the skies of this country. and the world. you don't want to delay safety until you can vote on a bigger bill. i think it's irresponsible not to support the safety of our people in the skies. now this bi

mr. rogers would think about that but miss piggy nailed carrie mathison. are turning to a new we fond keep them safe from somalia pirates. ♪ that's right. britney spears. i like this jam a lot. ships blast britney spears music at somalia pirates. they hate western culture. one navy officer says it prevents crews from having to fire guns. pretty advanced weapon. now the "daily show" can't seem to stay away from obama care. last night jon stewart noticed a change in the program's home page. >> the latest change is mainly cosmetic. that lady is gone. >> get rid of that smiling lady. although i'm not sure the new home page is an improvement. >> brian, i think it's just too early to see something like that. >> fodder for humor for a long time to come. >> what about the lady? >> there's bean huge internet search for who she is. people have been desperately finding who the smiling healthercare.gov is. go on the internet. careful the internet can be dangerous. >> i'll do my research. >> still ahead, where were you when sandy hit. your most interesting tweet. and "

m someone who is making his debut appearance on "theater talk," one of the great, great actors, mr. roger rees, who has directed this terrific play, "peter and the starcatcher." >> haskins: and both are nominated for tonys -- rick for two tonys. >> well, you know, as long as i was there, i figured, you know. >> riedel: wait, "peter" and what else? >> in an interesting quirk of this particular season, there were two plays included in the category for best score. "one man, two guvnors" and "peter and the starcatcher." wayne barker is our brilliant composer, and i happened to write the lyrics for the songs that are in the play, so... therefore, my double nominee -- nominated -- "double nominee" sounds like a medical diagnosis. it creeps me out a little bit. >> we should say that rick and roger have been partners for a long time. is it impossible to live with this guy, with his two tony award nominations? >> no, actually, what was scary was that -- the, you know -- and it truly is enough to be nominated. it's the cliche of all times, isn't it, but it's just jolly to be in the group, you know,

mr. rogers himself. she also lost her home to foreclosure. and she was charged with dui last year and she has some pill action in her system. allegedly. well, yesterday, she appeared on the show that comes on right before this show here in new york, "good day new york." i was fitting my wig and putting on my costume for you, and i missed it. i do have the clip. jenna, just seems very, well, you be the judge. roll it. >> listen, whatever she had to say, i seem to think that it was bull. >> you weren't buying her story? >> no. >> the adult film industry was good to you and you enjoyed it? >> yeah, i made my whole entire life was taken care of. i did it. >> right? very sad. she must not have any friends and a publicist and a manager that are the scum under my feet. why would you let her go out there like that? rosa that and greg had to cut the segment short. personally speaking, i have hung out with jenna before. don't you want to know in what ay? [ laughter ] >> hey. [ applause ] >> i used to have this show on vh1 called "wendy williams is on f

mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for five minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding me this time. this rise in support of nuclear weapons security and nonproliferation act. and, yes, it's a narrow scope but it's a terribly important piece of the government. like the bill we passed yesterday, this legislation addresses matters of critical importance to our national security. the national nuclear security administration maintains our nuclear deterrence here at home but also helps to ensure that nuclear weapons and materials don't fall into the wrong hands, those of terrorists and other enemies of our nation. h.j.res. 76 provides funding for the nnsa to continue this vital work to keep our nuclear arsenal at the ready and our navy ships powered and ultimately to keep this country safe and secure and protected. this is particularly important at a time when we face multiple threats from unpredictable nations and groups. when our government

mr. turner and chairman rogers and his staff. i want to thank leader cantor and his staff and mr. moran and mr. cummings, and all of the staff who did this very, very quickly. this was done during the reagan and clinton administrations. who are the federal employees? federal employees are the fbi agents that everyone-- they got a call and said that their loved one was kidnapped, the first person they would call would be an fbi agent, a federal employee. i was with mr. hoyer two weeks ago at the navy yard. the 12 people killed at the navy yard and those that were wounded, they were federal employees. when the cno talked about it, he said they are part of the fleet. the capitol hill policeman that we all got up the other day and gave a standing ovation, they are federal employees. the v.a. doctors that are working at walter reed working on young men and women who have lost limbs, who have served in afghanistan and iraq, they are federal employees. i i was with mr. hoyer down at opm earlier this year when they had stars on the wall of 27 federal employees that died since 2012. and si

mr. rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, this duringkes sure that even this shut down, the food and drug administration's critical safeguards remain in place to protect our food and drug supply, the health of our people should not be jeopardized. this legislation provides funding for the f.d.a. at the current post-sequestration annual rate. this will provide funding to maintain protections for food, drugs and medical devices and allow the f.d.a. to collect and spend user fees. the length of this authority will last until december 15 or until we enact year-long appropriations that addresses the funding of the federal government in full. as with each of the other individual bills we have considered this week, the language in h.j.res. 77 is nearly identical to what was included in not clean continuing resolution back in september. this bill moves us a step closer to the finish line. but we've got to remember that we can't get there much faster if we find a way to fund the entire government. this will require cooperatio

mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i rise in support of this legislation. this bill addresses a critical issue facing the congress right now. it ensures that the essential personnel who have been working throughout this shutdown receive their hard-earned pay on time. these diligent men and women are protecting our homeland, ensuring our safety and well-being and providing critical services for our people and shielding our economy. they have been by our sides as we work to find a way out of the mess we find ourselves in. they have been guarding this building, putting themselves in harm's way. it's our responsibility that they receive due compensation for their service to this nation. in addition, the house will consider a second piece of legislation this afternoon, which will be combined with this bill and sent to the senate. the second bill will provide a path forward to bring all parties to the table to end the government shutdown. for a week, this house has been toiling, working, trying to find a way to end th

mr. rogers. you, mr. speaker and mr. chairman for yielding me this time.i rise in support of this legislation. i'm in support of continuing to provide our nation's veterans with the important benefits they have earned for their service and their sacrifices. our friends to hear on the other side of the aisle, who are unwilling to help our veterans receive the benefits that they have earned in defense of our nation. for their unwavering commitment to this nation, our veterans consistent,eceive quality service and disability benefits. any lapse in these services for our heroes is a failure on our part to do our jobs as members of congress. i would like to remind the house that the language in this bill was essentially included in the clean continuing resolution i initially offered several weeks ago. my that reason, as well as dedication to our veterans, i am happy to endorse his bill today. the legislation before us today continues funding to process and deliver this bill -- disability at the department of veterans affairs for those who have served in our arm

great to have you with us jim rogers and mr nasr thank you so much for being with us here in our thank you my pleasure. now international leaders financial hounds or even religious figures have all urged washington to and the impasse economist and former british treasury official neil mcmakin believes america's inconsistency as tarnished its reputation. i think that the one of the key problems that american policymakers face is that this ongoing for school dysfunction and periodic fiscal crises you'll recall that we were down this road back in two thousand and eleven when america was stripped of its aaa status by standard and poor's and then we had the fiscal cliff at the end of two thousand and twelve were big was a real risk of america falling back into an economic recession and here we go again with the shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis and i think these periodic crises undermine confidence in u.s. economic policy they undermine confidence in the u.s. dollar as the world's leading reserve currency and if this continues if this dysfunction continues then over time i think the more

mr. rogers pointed that out quite succinctly. we've got a way to handle this, it's called go to conference, argue and work out the differences. i suspect we'll see the same thing a little bit down the road if the president who told us and told the speaker this week, you know, i'm not going to negotiate with you on raising the debt ceiling of the united states. you just have to do it unilaterally. you have to put the country further into debt without any discussion of what we could do to change the trajectory of that debt. that's a remarkable change from august of 2011. remarkable change. he was willing to sit down and talk. i don't know why he'd change that now. so i think we should do something in this bill to build on this piecemeal approach. we should pass these different measures. we agree these parts of government ought to be open and continue to work through and conference with our friends in the senate and ultimately in negotiation with the president of the united states on the debt ceiling. and so i urge the adoption of t

mr. rogers, welcome back to "mad money." >> if i had only known when we founded this it was going to be suchat show as "mad money" on we would have founded it in 1889. >> i have dvr, comcast, directv and verizon. don't ask me why. i just like to have all of them. they all have really good -- i can tape anything. why do i need tivo? >> well, tivo invented the dvr, and now we're out to reinvent television all over again. so tivo as a dvr is what tivo originally was, and of course, it's a great dvr today. six tuners, 450 hours of hd recording. incredible capability that you can't get otherwise. everything else it does. try to go to a satellite or cable dvr and get netflix and hulu and amazon and youtube and all of your broadband content integrated into your traditional television and put that together in a way that no matter what you're getting from whatever source, you have the ability to search for it, find it, put everything you want in one place, one -- at your fingertips. that is a huge simplification and convenience of the television experience today. >> there's an article in the wall str

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mr. rogers pointed that out simply. we've got a way to handle this. it's called go to conference, argue, work out the differences. and i suspect we're going to see the same thing a little down the road from the president, who told us and told the speaker this week, you know, i'm not going to negotiate with you on raising the debt ceiling in the united states. you just have to do it unilaterally. you have to put the country further into debt without any discussion of what we're going to do to protect the debt. the remarkable change of what he wants in august 20611, remarkable change. he was in a very different place and position. he was willing to sit down and talk. i don't know what -- why it would change that now. we should do something on this bill to build on the piece mill approach. we agree the parts of government ought to be open. we continue to work through in confidence with our friends in the senate and ultimately in negotiation with the president of the united states on the debt ceiling. so i urge the adoption of this rule. in closing, i wou

as many months to talk more and that is when i joined live by jim rogers also of streets not so ventures on the road and in the stand mr jim rogers welcome to aussies great to see here with us and of course we've seen the u.s. going to hold its work before of course but many say this time is absolutely unprecedented are we looking at such a catastrophe here hey oh everything's ok. well if you admittedly want to believe the government is shut down for a while we save a lot of money and get rid of a lot of. that you would be wonderful life it of we're. just going to play again in for a while because all around i don't even pay attention i guess you have to because you're a german but this is a charade this is a sham i say but the us debt is growing and the debt ceiling still hasn't been fixed is can we say that america is on the brink of default no they're not on the brink of the because they can print as much money as they want yes america's the largest debtor nation in the history of the world in the entire history of the world no one has ever been. and it's going higher and higher but america will not. few years becau

mr. hal rogers of kentucky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding me this time. and i say to my colleague from north carolina, my friend, whom we've served together with on the appropriations committee and subcommittees for a number of years, i say to him, where are -- is the bill for secret service? stay tuned. where's the bill for i.c.e.? stay tuned. where's the bill for border patrol? stay tuned. and be ready to talk about those when they come up shortly. now, i rise in support of this bill which will help ensure that our government can help prepare for emergency situations. as you well know, you can never be too prepared. over the past year, we've seen the damage natural disasters can wreak, from hurricane sandy in the northeast, to the tornadoes in the mid west, to the raging wildfires out west, no area is immune to mother nature's wrath. and now with a tropical storm brewing in the gulf of mexico, we are reminded once again that disaster can strike when you least expect it to or when you can at leas

mr. crenshaw and also chairman rogers for his help today and also on aturday and also their staffs. for their help in bringing this legislation to the floor. i believe and i think if you look at the vote on saturday, that most members, all members, believe federal employees should be paid, period. too many federal employees and their families don't know when their next paycheck will arrive and are worried about paying payment, or rtgage paying for their students, their children's student tuition which is coming up very soon. we need to fix this. that's why i joined with mr. moran and others in our area and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to bring bipartisan legislation to the floor last saturday to ensure that all federal employees, whether exempt or furloughed by no fault of their own, are paid once the shutdown end. i'm pleased the bill passed the house 407-0. that both a nate republican and democrat senator had this bill on hold. i don't understand, madam speaker, the senate's ways of going about this but i think if any senator has a hold they ought to feel stongly enoug

mr. rogers. >> thank you, madam secretary. get through some questions here if i can. is it your testimony that every night to try to increase the functionality of the system your hot swapping codes so my understanding is between two and four write new code, put it into the system. yes or no? >> clearly i am not hot swapping code. there is a technical team -- >> you are in charge of the operation that hot swaps code on functionality. you're trying to improve the functionality, yes? so that happens every night? >> no, i don't think it does happen every night. it's periodically between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 but is not a nightly feature. >> has each piece of code been security tested? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. >> each piece -- each piece of that code has been tested? yes or no. >> i don't know. >> that's -- >> i can tell you that security -- >> that's a much safer answer, trust me. >> it is an ongoing operation that as code is loaded, you need to retest over and over and over again. so whether it's pretested, i can't tell you. >> you need to test the code

mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding this time. this very distinguished chairman of this subcommittee has rendered invaluable service to this nation and this body, and certainly this committee, and i thank him for his wonderful service over a long period of time. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the brave men and women of our military who stand at the ready to defend this homeland. this legislation will he provide the men and women of the national guard and reserve with due compensation for their service, on time and in full, throughout the government shutdown. our intention with the pay our military act was to support all of our men and women in uniform. this legislation merely fixes a technical drafting error to amend that. once again i believe this is an important action to get us on the path toward ending this crisis. this bill underscores the need to sufficiently and appropriately fund the entire federal government, to preserve our national

mr. turner and chairman rogers and his staff. i want to thank leader cantor and his staff and mr.oran and mr. cummings, and all of the staff who did this very, very quickly. this was done during the reagan and clinton administrations. who are the federal employees? federal employees are the fbi agents that everyone-- they got a call and said that their loved one was kidnapped, the first person they would call would be an fbi agent, a federal employee. i was with mr. hoyer two weeks ago at the navy yard. the 12 people killed at the navy yard and those that were wounded, they were federal employees. when the cno talked about it, he said they are part of the fleet. the capitol hill policeman that we all got up the other day and gave a standing ovation, they are federal employees. the v.a. doctors that are working at walter reed working on young men and women who have lost limbs, who have served in afghanistan and iraq, they are federal employees. i i was with mr. hoyer down at opm earlier this year when they had stars on the wall of 27 federal employees that died since 2012. and sinc

mr. rogers that in fact the sequester was -- could not be implemented in a way that was consistent with the interests of our country. so i want to ask the majority leader, mr. speaker, whether or not he shares my view that the conference focusing on what we can agree on, not what we disagree on. but the conference, one of its objectives should be replacing he sequester with a with a formula that gets us to a place where we are bringing down our expenditures but at the same time making sure that we rotect the mandatory expenditures that mr. ryan talks about and others talk about to make sure our most vulnerable in america are protected. frankly, e do so, before thanksgiving, mr. speaker. i'm urging the majority leader to hopefully take that course so that we do not confront a crisis once again prior to christmas when we are scheduled to adjoush for the christmas -- adjourn for the christmas and hanukkah holidays but also preclude coming in to the first of january with the deadline confronting us and disrupting the confidence of our people and frankly people around the world. i yield to my fr

mr. rogers,mings, and mr. whitman. i know there are a lot of staffs that have been working hard on this bill. as the ranking member of the federal workforce subcommittee, i rise in strong support of the federal employee retroactive pay fairness act. willbipartisan legislation ensure that are more than 800,000 federal workers who have since october 1 will receive full back for the duration of a government shutdown. thatlegislation recognizes our middle income federal employees are totally committed to serving the american people. to their great credit, our public servants have remained ready, willing, and able to perform their duties, even in the face of mandatory increases in their retirement costs, sequestration related furloughs, and as they face the likelihood of their fourth consecutive year of pay freeze imposed by this congress. furloughedthese employees have already carry the huge burden working towards deficit reduction, it would be unjust to expect them to bear the additional cost and uncertainty of a shut dow

mr. rogers from the old tv how used to say, can you spell hypocrisy? sure you can. it's very interesting to me, mr. speaker, that at this juncture in the game, that all of a sudden they're interested in those rights that heretofore they've had no interest in and somehow it's the republicans' fault. i will remind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle as well as the american people that of the last 17 shutdowns in the last 30 years, 15 of those shutdowns occurred when a democratic majority was in control of this house of representatives. you never heard the terms terrorist, holding a gun to the head, refusing to negotiate, you never heard that back then. but because of this affordable care act, as my -- as the gentleman from texas has already eloquently stated, is a huge mandate, because this seems to be their signature desire to make americans have health insurance, signature legislation, now we're hearing that all of a sudden they're in favor of these other things. well, mr. speaker, on march 23, 2010, when president obama signed that hostile takeover of the h

mr. speaker, i first of all want to thank chairman rogers and s for taking up this critical legislation and moving it so quickly to the floor. mr. speaker, over the weekend our nation lost five patriots in afghanistan. we need to remember who they were. they were first lieutenant jennifer marino, u.s. army. sergeant joseph peters, u.s. army. sergeant ettrick hawkins, u.s. army. private first class cody patterson, u.s. army. lance corporal jeremiah collins, u.s. marine corps. killed, after they were their families were notified that our government would not pay death benefits because of the government shutdown. when i heard about this yesterday morning, i simply could not believe it was true. i asked my staff to look into the matter and find out if it could possibly be true. unfortunately, they confirmed that indeed, we had denied these benefits. we took a meeting of action and along with a bipartisan group of members representing the district where these fallen heroes lived, we moved forward and introduced the legislation. as it has been said, the bill will provide funding to pay survivor b

mr. rogers of kentucky, mr. frelinghuysen: and carter for consideration of the house amendment and senate amendment and consideration committed, cantor, camp and graves of georgia. additional conferees may be appointed on the recommendation f the minority leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? request permission to address the house one minute. >> revise and stepped my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this is a real sad day in the house of representatives. you know, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. what happened tonight is the epublican control extremists bullying or hostage taker, take ing the american government hostage to their demands. this is a shameful day. and you know, this congress makes the gingrich congress look like moderates. th

mr. rogers: i rise in support of his bill. mr. speaker, this is around the 15th time that we are trying to engage the other body in conversation about how we can reopen the government. they just simply refuse to talk. about anything. we have sent over c.r.'s, we have sent over amendments, we have sent over bills, we have now -- this is the 11th of the many appropriations bills, c.r.'s at sequester level that we are going to send to the senate, and they just simply refuse to talk. i have never seen such a show of negligence and attendance to public duties. normally the time honored tradition in the congress since the founding of this great country, when the house passes a measure, and the senate passes a measure and they differ, we appoint conferees. the senate picks out some members, the house picks out some members. we send them off to the backroom to work out the differences and bring the bills back. that's the way it's operated for all these years. and yet the senate just simply refuses to talk anything about how to reopen the

mr. rogers, the chairman, is republican. he said that. i didn't say that. he put it better than i could have even imagined to say it. so, what happened? democrats attempted to go to conference 20 times. the republicans objected every single time. fact check this. over here on the house, almost 200 members have signed a discharge petition calling for a conference on the budget. we tried four times to bring the resolution to the floor. leader pelosi even went so far as to name conferees. some of them are in this room. some of us are conferees. she did that on june 27. what's the date today? october 8th? june 27th. so why, after this stalling, has the republicans finally found religion and now want to negotiate? i tell you why. we just discovered we have a phantom government in the united states. every house member, every senate member, should be concerned that they're elected by the people of this country, republican, democrat, libertarian. they have been elected and we should respect that, because we know neither party is ever privy to virtue. come on. we al

mr. rogers. >> thank you for being here today. i have a series of quick questions i'd like to get to. miss campbell, how many change orders have you -- either formally or inenvelopely leading up to the launch, what function they wanted you to perform? >> we received approximately eight change orders. >> eight. when was the most recent? >> i believe as recent as august of this year. >> mr. slavitt? >> i don't know the answer to that, but i think it was a low number, if any. i don't know the answer. >> ok. are you both making changes now with code in order to fix any of the so-called glitches or nonperformance issues? ms. campbell, yes or no? >> that would be yes. >> mr. slavitt? >> we made modifications along the way. >> how many organizational boundaries between the piece of information traveling from the united states government to the web portal, how many boundaries, how many organizational boundaries, including the states and their access to information, does that piece of information cross? >> i'd have to get back to you with that answer. >> an estimate? large number? >> when you

mr. rogers. >> thank you for being here today. i have a series of quick questions i'd like to get to. miss campbell, how many change orders have you -- either formally or inenvelopely leading up to the launch, what function they wanted you to perform? >> we received approximately eight change orders. >> eight. when was the most recent? >> i believe as recent as august of this year. >> mr. slavitt? >> i don't know the answer to that, but i think it was a low number, if any. i don't know the answer. >> ok. are you both making changes now with code in order to fix any of the so-called glitches or nonperformance issues? ms. campbell, yes or no? >> that would be yes. >> mr. slavitt? >> we made modifications along the way. >> how many organizational boundaries between the piece of information traveling from the united states government to the web portal, how many boundaries, how many organizational boundaries, including the states and their access to information, does that piece of information cross? >> i'd have to get back to you with that answer. >> an estimate? large number? >> when you

mr. rogers. >> thank you. thank you for being here. is it your testimony that the -- every night to try to increase the functionality of the system, your hot swapping codes, my understanding is that between 2:00 and 4:00, write new code, put it into the system? yes or no. >> clearly i am not hop swapping code. >> you are in charge of the team that is doing that? that happens every night? yes? >> it happens periodically during the hours of 1:00 and 5:00. but it is not a nightly feature. >> has each piece of that code that's been introduced in the system been security tested? >> that's nigh understanding, yes, sir. and. >> each piece of that code has been tested? yes or no. >> i don't know. >> that's -- >> i can tell you -- >> that's a much safer answer. >> as code it loaded, you need to retest over and over and over again. whether it's retested i can't -- >> you need to test the code. has any end to end security test been conducted since healthcare.gov went live on october 1st? >> my understanding is there is continuous testing as -- >>