mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 7. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. blackburn: pursuant to house resolution 465, i call up h.r. 7 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: before the clerk reports the title of the bill, i ask that everyone take their conversations off the floor. he house will be in order. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 7, a bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 465, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee precipitation 113-33, is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. he house will be in order. the bill shall be debatable one hour, equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary, the committ

mrs. blackburn: thank you, madam speaker. i find it so interesting that we have an argument that talks about privacy when just two weeks ago we brought to this floor a bill that chairman pitts brought from energy and commerce that addressed the privacy issues and concerns of all americans that have had to go to the healthcare.gov site. i would remind my colleagues that there were 67 members of their caucus that crossed the aisle and voted with us. privacy is an important issue. and we are concerned about that issue for all americans. i would also remind my colleagues who are required about the possibility of an i.r.s. audit, we have seen many of those come out of this administration. i would remind them when they say, we are remembering our history as women, that we all stand and we remember that the first guarantee, the first right is the right to life. we have a responsibility as members of the people's house to make certain we do the will of the people and over 60% of all americans say do not use my money, all money we hav

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. when is this administration finally going to start paying attention to the warning signs? when career staff at o.m.b. warned the administration that solyndra wasn't ready for prime time they moved forward anyway. and lost hardworking taxpayers a half billion dollars. when private consultants told the white house and h.h.s. officials last spring that there were problems with healthcare.gov, they moved forward anyway. when c.m.s. sent a memo just four days before healthcare.gov went live and warned about inherent security risks, their terminology, the administration moved forward anyway. so their failed policy of forward is costing us money and is getting people into trouble. this is what we are hearing from an expieron report. america's personal information is at high risk on healthcare.gov. there is a great opportunity for data breach. this is something we can stop. the bill today does that. it is simple. it addresses the problem. what it does very simply, and i commend the gentleman

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. when is this administration finally going to start paying attention to the warning signs? when career staff at o.m.b. warned the administration that solyndra wasn't ready for prime time they moved forward anyway. and lost hardworking taxpayers a half billion dollars. when private consultants told the white house and h.h.s. officials last spring that there were problems with healthcare.gov, they moved forward anyway. when c.m.s. sent a memo just four days before healthcare.gov went live and warned about inherent security risks, their terminology, the administration moved forward anyway. so their failed policy of forward is costing us money and is getting people into trouble. this is what we are hearing from an expieron report. america's personal information is at high risk on healthcare.gov. there is a great opportunity for data breach. this is something we can stop. the bill today does that. it is simple. it addresses the problem. what it does very simply, and i commend the gentleman

mrs. blackburn, voted against providing these resources are it no wonder they don't want to talk about their successes. guest: among those who don't like it on twitter -- let's go to rogers waiting in south carolina on the line for democrats. good morning. >> good morning. i have two things i would like to talk about. is solar energy. congress passed a road to deregulate imports of solar panels. that is one of the reasons solyndra failed. the other thing i would like to talk about is nuclear. we have nuclear loan guarantees. they're building two plants in georgia and two in south carolina and two in tennessee. these were loan guarantees by hassame program and no one mentioned these things here. can you talk a little about that. let me talk about the first thing first. one of the reasons solyndra failed is that it's is this model did not anticipate very cheap solar panels being dumped in the united states i china. means when a country will come in and underprice a good to kill its domestic competitor in and take over the market. in fact, the commerce department and u.s. trade is working with

mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for the great work that he's done on this bill. mr. terry has also done great work on this bill. you know what is so interesting and one of the reasons we find it necessary to come and address these issues, secretary sebelius told us, told us in december, 5,000 people a day were getting access to health care that they had not had before. the other side of that story, which was not told, 74,000 american families a day were getting cancellation notices. . they looking at one another across the dinner table and saying guess what? our insurance has been canceled. it has had a devastating effect. and as we try to do oversight and due diligence and continue to push for that oversight and due diligence, and carry it out even this morning at energy and commerce committee, where we have had mr. cohen, what we have found is that it's very difficult to get information. even when where sometimes hearing from employees they are admitting what they told u

mr. chairman. >> thank you. we'll now turn to the vice chair of the full committee, the gentle lady of tennessee, miss blackburn for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you all for the time this morning. i want to pick up where the subcommittee chairman left off, talking about the responsibility of the fcc and what it would look like going forward. i think that it's fair to say -- and mr. powell, i will address this to you. i have heard you say aol was on top at one point when you were -- on top of the game and where are they now, i think, was the comment. anyway, looking at where the fcc would be and as we look at the telecom act, should we look in terms of the fcc being more enforcement rather than regulatory in its scope or in its -- really in its scope? mr. powell and then mr. wiley, i would like to hear from you. >> i think some aspects of that deserves a fresh examination. i was a huge supporter of, served there with great people. it does an enormously great public service. int introspective management. it is one of the last of the new deal agencies that has regulatory power. that is, the a

mr. chairman. >> thank you. we'll now turn to the vice chair of the full committee, the gentle lady of tennessee, miss blackburn for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you all for the time this morning. i want to pick up where the subcommittee chairman left off, talking about the responsibility of the fcc and what it would look like going forward. i think that it's fair to say -- and mr. powell, i will address this to you. i have heard you say aol was on top at one point when you were -- on top of the game and where are they now, i think, was the comment. anyway, looking at where the fcc would be and as we look at the telecom act, should we look in terms of the fcc being more enforcement rather than regulatory in its scope or in its -- really in its scope? mr. powell and then mr. wiley, i would like to hear from you. >> i think some aspects of that deserves a fresh examination. i was a huge supporter of, served there with great people. it does an enormously great public service. int introspective management. it is one of the last of the new deal agencies that has regulatory power. that is, the a

mr. cohen, thank you for being here. responses to ms. blackburn you indicated that many americans have better plans cost.ower do you recall indicating that to her? >> yes. >> under oath? >> yes. many americans have better health coverage than what they had before and it's costing them less. think i mentioned at least one of them in my oral testimony. you actuallyid, mentioned a couple, one from my district, and i understand that. too, you would have acknowledge, under oath, that many americans have lesser a greater cost. isn't that true? >> no, that's not what i said. what i said was -- >> yes or no. i'm asking you a question, under oath. that many americans have lesser coverage under the care act at a greater cost than they had before, isn't that true? that. i don't know >> you don't know that. let me tell you i received an e-mail today from a constituent well,e who i know very his premiums in march are going his deductible is doubling. that's lesser coverage at a greater cost. so there's one. i will tell you that i have received numerous communi

mr. cohen, thank you for being here. in your responses to ms. blackburn you indicated that many americans have better plans at a lower cost. do you recall indicating that to her? >> yes. >> under oath? >> yes. many americans have better health coverage than what they had before and it's costing them less. i think i mentioned at least one of them in my oral testimony. >> yes, you did, you actually mentioned a couple, one from my district, and i understand that. also, you would have to acknowledge, under oath, that many americans have lesser coverage at a greater cost. isn't that true? >> no, that's not what i said. what i said was -- >> yes or no. i'm asking you a question, under oath. do you know that many americans have lesser coverage under the afford around care act at a greater cost than they had before, isn't that true? >> no, i don't know that. >> you don't know that. let me tell you i received an e- mail today from a constituent of mine who i know very well, his premiums in march are going to triple, and his deductible is doubling. that's lesser co

blackburn of tennessee. congresswoman let me begin with you. why wouldn't you want to extend unemployment benefits? what we would love to see happen is for the president and mr sper ling to say what can we do right now to create the environment for jobs growth to take place. i hear that the uncertainty that is coming from washington and what is happening with the new 40,000 pages of regulations that are coming out. people want to see less government over reach and they would like to have washington out of the way and get back to creating jobs and getting back to work. >> what do you say to the person who is going to be looking for the check that is not going to be there? they want to look at the politics they want to know how do i and what can i count onto pay that rent and put food on the table and try to keep the heat going in these near freezing and sub vero temperatures? >> you are right. and yeah, but what you need to be doing right now is in washington, the policies need to be what do we do to make it a priority to help individuals get back to work so they are in charge of that paycheck and they have a job that they like? i was talking to a guy last we

mr. cohen, and good to see you again. i'd like to start off by getting something clarified for the record. this relates to ms. blackburn's questioning. it's my recollection that what the president said was that after the affordable care act was implemented that insurance premiums, people would save $2400 a year. opposed to what they would have been spending, compared to what they would have been spending if it weren't for passage of the affordable care act. is that your rex length of what he said? >> that's my understanding, yes. >> not that people's insurance could cost $24 less. >> that's my understanding, correct. >> in fact, has has been alluded to earlier in the various questioning, health care costs are rising at a much lower rate than they have historically. so while the numbers may not be precise, there's evidence to suggest that the president was actually correct in that insurance would have cost more if it weren't for the affordable care act? >> i think there's no question about that, and i think it's also true that many americans are seeing actual reductions in what they are paying over what they were paying.