mr. upton: mr. speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i would yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the gabriella miller kids first research act of 2013. h.r. 2019, authored about my colleague, gregg harper, is a bill that will help countless kids and families across the country. it would eliminate taxpayer financing of party conventions, and use these funds instead to expand pediatric research at the n.i.h. common fund, through their common fund. this bill certainly does put kids first. ga bring ella miller was a little warrior in the battle against childhood cancer. at only 10 years of age she had the courage miles beyond her years. a frying pan in a walnut is all you

up up i thank the -- mr. upton:, i thank the chairman. this fully offset package represents access to health care for 40 million seniors and going to give seniors the peace of mind knowing that their trusted physician will be there when they need them most by securing payments to physicians. since its passage back in 1997, s.g.r. has bred uncertainty. seniors are wondering if their doctors will remain available for consultation and this is no way, no way to keep americans healthy or run a health care system. so members on both sides of the aisle believe that the s.g.r. is broken. our energy and commerce committee, myself with mr. waxman, we voted 51 to nothing which would permanently repeal s.g.r. and replace it with a system that promotes the highest quality of care. while i'm disappointed that we didn't repeal s.g.r. this year, this tonight is a step forward where we will continue to work at a more complete solution. to fix the offsets. i look forward to working with my colleagues on all the committees to get it done in a bipartisan way

. >> the chair thanks the gentleman and recognize the rece chair of the full committee mr. uptonfor five minutes to. >> every day we are hearing from folks and families across the country about how the president told care bill has wreck havoc on their own healthcare coverage with millions receiving cancellation notices, millions more are facing premium rate shock and others to wonder if well medicare advantage , the cost madeow in the health care law threatens the future of the government -- program.e of the some would say maybe government. riskuld put coverage at for thousands of beneficiaries in 2014 and anymore in the future. according to a report by the kaiser family foundation, more than half a million beneficiaries may lose their existing land next year which those seniorsce and disabled americans to switch return toent plan or a traditional fee-for-service plan. beneficiaries000 enrolled in 2013 will not be enroll in the medicare advantage plan at all and 2014. likewise, for thousands of america's most are honorable, if doctor you'll be able to keep your doctor is sadly an

i will yield to the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has conducted an extensive oversight of the president's health care law. many of the administration's top officials have testified over the last year including the secretary. they repeatedly looked us in the eye in spring, summer and fall and assured us that everything was on track. our oversight has produced documents showing the frantic chaos of missed deadlines and delays behind-the-scenes. sadly, it seems the administration's assurances about being ready to launch were just as empty as the president's promises that this law would mean lower cost while allowing americans to keep the coverage and doctors they have and like. millions of americans are now enduring the harsh reality of canceled plans, the burden of finding a new doctor and the financial strain of higher premiums. far too many americans who were happy and satisfied with their health care coverage on january 1 of this year have had their worlds turned upside down as we approach january 1 of 2014. this is a

. >> the chairman now recognizes mr. uptonrom michigan, i believe. >> the great state of michigan, thank you, mr. chairman. today we welcome the fully constituted fcc back to the energy and commerce committee. the last time we heard from the full commission was in july of 2012. the fcc has regulatory authority over a sector of our economy that is critical to innovation, jobs, and our nation's global leadership and technology. the communication sector is also an integral part of our daily lives, connecting us to loved ones, alerting us to natural disasters, entertaining and educating us, every single day. as a regulatory agency of these industries, the fcc has the immensely important task of promoting growth and competition. the hearing today will examine actions the fcc has taken since the commission last appeared and said expectations for the future. as the oversight authority for the commission, our committee works hard to ensure the fcc functions to the benefit of american consumers as well as companies. we also want to mak

i will yield to the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this committee has conducted extensive oversight of the president's health care law. many of the administration's top health officials have testified over the last year, including secretary, they repeatedly looked us in the eye, spring, summer and fall and assured us that, in fact, everything was on track. but our oversight has produced documents showing the frantic chaos, ms. deadlines and delays behind the scenes. sadly come it seems the administration's assurances about being ready to launch were just as ink as the president promises that this law would mean lower costs while allowing americans to keep the coverage and doctors that they have in life. and millions of americans are now in during the harsh reality of canceled plans, the burden of finding a new doctor, and the financial strength of higher premiums set to shock family budgets. far too many americans who were happy and satisfied with their health care coverage on january 1 of this year have had the world's turned upside

the gentleman from michigan, mr. upton, and the gentleman from california, mr. waxman, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and on ude extraneous remarks the bill. 13r0eu7 without objection. mr. ryan: i yield myself three minutes. rise -- i rise on behalf of the bipartisan budget agreement. s the first time since 1986 that a divided congress has done what we're about to do. here's what the bill does. it reduces the deficit by $23 billion. it does not raise taxes. and it cuts spending in a smarter way. we take temporary, across the board cuts, and replace them with targeted, permanent reforms. and these reforms, they take place immediately. first, we cut waste. we stop paying medicaid bills that deadbeat dads ought to cover. we stop sending unemployment checks to criminals. second, we go after corporate welfare. we eliminate a government ram for energy companies. we eliminate a carveout in the student loan

this time of record as the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton of michigan for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. america's energy picture is rapidly changing. america's energy regulators have got to keep pace. long held belief in american energy scarcity have given way to a new era of energy abundance, especially in regards to oil and natural gas. like many policies and attitudes are still rooted in the outdated assumptions of shortages and rising imports. with the potential to strike the opportunities before us. ferc is in the middle of many of those debates. for example, america's new abundance of oil and natural gas requires new infrastructure to meet demands and keep prices affordable. we've got to build this architecture of abundance quickly, given that america's role has been rising every year in -- nearly every new project is met with stiff resistance at every step of the process. components are enabled by an archaic federal register process that can be manipulated to cause years of delays for pipelines, power lines, lng export pro

i know my friend mr. upton does not do anything for peet trick research. you'll have an opportunity to vote for it. vote to get rid of the sequester, vote to invest in the national institute of health, not to cut it. that will make a difference. >>> dana bash watching the vote for us right now. where does the vote stand right know? >> it's a slow vote, but right now only 14 democrats have voted yes, 124 republicans yes, so we're waiting to see a lot more people vote, but it looks as though if you have the number two democrat, as you heard, steny hoyer, and others actively, not just saying they're against it, but actively whips or twisting arms, it does not look good for this bill. you heard very clearly the reasons democrats gave, brook. they believe this is window dressing, a political stunt, because what republicans are saying is that this is money that they are taking out of or doing away with from federal funds that are supposed to go to political conventions. and authorizing that or redirecting it toward p

. >> the chair thanks the gentleman and recognize the rece chair of the full committee mr. uptonfor five minutes to. >> every day we are hearing from folks and families across the country about how the president told care bill has wreck havoc on their own healthcare coverage with millions receiving cancellation notices, millions more are facing premium rate shock and others to wonder if the future of the program somewhat say maybe government, the future of the program and could put coverage at risk for thousands of beneficiaries in 2014 and many more in the future. according to the report by the kaiser family foundation, more than half a million beneficiaries would lose their existing medicare beneficiary plan next year which would then force those seniors and disabled americans to switch their current plan or return to a traditional fee-for-service plan. more than a hundred thousand beneficiaries enrolled in medicare advantage and 2013 201l not be able to enroll in a medicare advantage plan at all in 2014. likewise, for thousands of americans the most vulnerable if you like your

now recognize the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton, five minutes, for opening statement. >> thank you. everyday we are hearing from folks and families about how the president's health care bill has wreaked havoc on their own health-care coverage, with millions receiving cancellation notices, and millions more facing premium rate shock, and others left to wonder if their applications on healthcare.gov or even successful. this morning where going to focus on how the health care could be affected by the changes in the president's health care plan. the president's health care law cut over $700 billion from the already struggling medicare program to fund the flawed new entitlement. included in the cuts were over $300 billion in direct and indirect cuts to the medicare advantage program, and many of these cuts start in 2014. medicare's managed care program currently provides coverage for more than 14 million americans, over a quarter of all medicare beneficiaries. these patients choose medicare advantage plans over traditional medicare for

. >> joining me now, fred upton, a republican in that hearing today. mr. chairman good to see you. i want to 0 in on that one point we heard about kathleen sebelius maintaining services are free, free to the consumer. the point the congressman seemed to be raising was that there has been admission by some state administrators the price has been built into the premiums. some of which are raiseed and higher than they were. >> we know nudging is free. right? we're hearing from each of them, each member of congress across the country, hearing from hundreds of our constituents who are getting they're being forced out of their plan. we've got more people told they've lost their plans they're not able to sign up for this new president health care bill. and for those that are now signed up or newly enrolled, many of them are finding their premium is skyrocketing. >> she refused to admit. that she would not admit premiums are going up. architects of the law maintain while premiums may go higher subsidies going to make it lower. >> no. the premiums goring higher for so many people and deduct

mr. chow. say if there's a celebrity version of "naked and afraid," would you want to be a contestant? >> it's going to happen. they're definitely going to do a celebrity version. >> can you imagine kate upton or something? that would be awesome. >> not going to the good kate upton level. not going to be anybody want to see. ? abe bogota, naked and afraid! >> we have kevin nash, iconic figure in wrestling. >> i went and did a bit of research. stacy keibler number six. number two, candice michele. >> my favorite is

mr. chow. say if there's a celebrity version of "naked and afraid," would you want to be a contestant? >> it's going to happen. they're definitely going to do a celebrity version. >> can you imagine kate uptonat would be awesome. >> not going to the good kate upton level. not going to be anybody want to see. ? abe bogota, naked and afraid! >> we have kevin nash, iconic figure in wrestling.

mr. bailey's. why he could not answer that question is beyond me. gerri: every revelation seems to me to a shocked and appalled. i want to place some sound from this hearing. this is fred uptonnd the secretary of health and human services having a conversation. >> you announced the ig investigation yesterday. do you wish to get started that maybe this summer? knowing what you knew back then? >> i did not have cause task the ig to be involved. no, sir. gerri: what do you think? >> i mean, everyone who is paying attention started to get the picture very early on that this role was going to be very rocky. no pessimist could have predicted it would be is bad, but the secretary of health and human services should have been more on top of things. gerri: a little bit? a little bit? envy she should have known what was going on. >> absolutely. gerri: instead of saying, you know what to mike as crude which are the words he used in an interview with a major network when he was asked what was going on. he said, i'm desperate. the american people massacred. last word. >> well, you know, to me the problem is just metaphoric for what is coming down the road. we talk about 5 million people

mr. chairman, i first want to thank you for holding this hearing, earn chairman upton, and ms. ky and mr. waxman for agreeing to do t i want to thank our witnesses. this is a serious issue that has a lot of ramifications for the country. when i first got elected 30 years ago, there was no such thing as the internet. you could actually still send a tell gram -- telegram. i told about flying up here on american airlines this morning. members of congress still got two paid roundtrip train tickets to their district. ok. the world was completely different. if you wanted to make a bank deposit, you had to literally go to the bank. if you wanted to go to the doctor you had to literally go to a doctor's office. everything had to be done in person. now we have the internet and iphones and ipads and apps and all these things. just about the only thing you can't do anymore on the internet is play poker. and that is changing. as ms. schakowsky has pointed out, lots of states are eginning to allow intrastate poker and/or other games of chance. only two states in the union don't allow within

mr. speaker, i have no other speakers here on our side. again, i want to thank the gentleman from ohio. i want to thank chairman upton and ranking member waxman for expediting this very important bill and i urge all of our colleagues to support this worthy legislation. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i want to say thanks to my good friend and colleague, mr. tonko, for his support of this legislation. it may seem trivial to some, but trust me, it's not trivial to the many communities who are sitting on stockpiles literally millions of dollars worth of current hydrant technology that would have to be replaced. and that money just going down the tubes. i, too, urge a yes vote on h.r. 3588. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3588. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the -- mr. johnson: i request the ye