mr. slavitt, mr. cohen also was asked in his last appearance here in january about the issue on the risk corners and the risk sharing. the question came up about what if there is not enough money in the risk corridor to actually cover the premium shortfalls that the insurance companies are experiencing? and would he look to -- that was mr. cohen -- would he look to supplementing those funds from general revenue of the treasury of the united states? he couldn't answer the question. i asked him if he could provide us with a legal memorandum upon which he relied to obtain the ability to get funding from other sources if the internal funding was not enough to cover the cost of the risk corridors. that was january. i'm still waiting. i would like to know if i'm going to receive an answer to that question, and if so, when that answer might be forthcoming. fact of the matter is, both the department of health and human services and the white house failed to heed internal and external warnings about the lack o

mr. slavitt. and i specifically asked mr. slavitt if he had reviewed the five recommendations gao had made. do you remember hearing that? >> yes. >> and do you remember hearing mr. slavitt say that cms agrees with all five of the recommendations? do you remember hearing that? >> i remember hearing that, yes. >> so i would just, i would just, you know, sometimes i like to have both the agency witness and the gao, so that they can answer each other's issues, but i just want the record to be clear that mr. slavitt has said that they recognize this recommendation, they intend to comply with it and i think mr. chairman we should follow up and make sure that happens. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. >> i recognize dr. burns for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair opinion. mr. woods, thank you for being here and i commend the general accountability office on great work. this has not been easy and i appreciate how difficult it's been to be here today and i appreciate your forbearance. along the lines of what miss dage