mrs. burgess will now receive the armor certificate of appreciation. urgess junior. [applause] >> well, good morning. this morning i was doing my normal routine in an early ceremony director referred to me and i was working out in the sporting an agenda and a lot of folks were coming by, kind of interrupting my normal routine. but i didn't mind the fact that they were interrupting my normal routine. what i minded that said no one was referring to me as i can be. [laughter] however, one of my female employees came up to me and kind of hit it on the head when she said so your ending year army career the way he began, by doing pt. it struck me that she was right and that he used to open my remarks everywhere all the time with it's a great day to be in the army. secretary pineda who has departed, secretary mchugh, general doug c. congressman rogers the honorable john negroponte the honorable mike mcconnell undersecretary victories, general shorts, are both stephanie o'sullivan general keith alexander has thrown me on the bus by not wearing this uniform. dis

mrs. burgess is being presented with a bouquet of red roses, symbolic of the loving concern she has shown her husband's tenure as director. [applause] mrs. flynn is being presented with a bouquet of yellow roses to welcome her into the dia family. [applause] flowers are also being presented to mrs. mary roger jordan, mrs. julia hissinger, mrs. mary houston, mrs. regina deboard, mrs. helen flynn, mrs. jen flynn, and mrs. nicky flynn. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lt. general burgess and lt. general flynn will now join general caylor at center stage for the jfccisr change of command. as a subordinate organization of the united states strategic command the joint functional component command for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is responsible for recommending the allocation of isr capabilities to satisfy high priority combatant command and national operational and intelligence requirements. the director of the defense intelligence agency serves as the commander of the jfccisr. by direction of the commander, united states strategic command lt. general michael t flynn is hereby a

burgess the citation that reads as follows -- "the certificate is awarded to mrs. burgess for 38 years of distinguished service, taking care of united states military families and being the consummate advocate for numerous quality of life initiatives in the programs on behalf of our uniformed servicemembers in the department of the army and defense civilians. your care and compassion have significantly enhanced families and a great credit on yourself and the department of the army." [applause] >> mrs. burgess will now receive the department of the army's certificate of appreciation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lieutenant general ronald l. burgess jr. [applause] >> well, good morning. this morning, i was doing my normal routine in an earlier -- my normal routine. in an earlier ceremony, i was described as a gym rat. a lot of folks were coming by, kind of interrupting my normal routine. [laughter] but i didn't mind the fact that they were interrupting my normal routine. what i minded was that nobody was referring to me as "eye candy." [laughter] however, one of m

mrs. burgess will join sins forced -- secretary mchugh center stage. the secretary will award mrs. burgess decoration for distinguished civilian service. the citation reads as follows. the declaration for distinguished civilian service is awarded to mrs. marta burgess for 30 years of distinguished service taking care of the united states military family and being consummate advocate for numerous quality of life related initiatives and programs on behalf of the uniformed service members in department of the army and the defense civilians. your care and compassion has significantly enhanced family support operations and reflected great credit on yourself and the department of the army. [applause] [applause] >> mrs. burgess will receive the department of the army certificate of appreciation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lieutenant-general ronald burgess junior. [applause] >> good morning. this morning i was doing my normal routine. in an earlier ceremony director clapper referred to me as a gym rag. i was working out this morning in the gym and a lot of folks were coming by kind of

mr. burgess. mr. burgess: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, the hill newspaper published its special report a few years -- weeks ago bringing more attention to the very real threat of defense sequestration. many people are under the false impression that defense spending represents a significantly larger portion of the federal budget than it truly does. the current budget of the department of defense represents 15.1% of the federal budget. this chart shows that the key fence spending

mr. burgess: i would always show up. the difficulty is that sometimes the problem that caused the patient, although she was pregnant, the problem that brought her to the emergency room was something unrelated to pregnancy, a heart murmur, tonsillitis, i may not be the best person to take care of that problem, but it was almost impossible to find a specialist to treat that person, and you might admit someone who didn't otherwise need admitting to get them that care. an inefficient and expensive way to get that care. mr. harris: do you think that's the kind of health care the women of america deserve? mr. burgess: no, well, look, it doesn't have to be this way. that's what is so disappointing about every aspect of the affordable care kt act. i don't want to get too far into it but we know the law was written by the special interest groups, secret deals, the senate constructed deals, christmas eve before a snowstorm, to get out of town, this was constructed under the worst possible circumstances. should it be any surprise t

mrs. burgess as they begin a new chapter in their lives.e leadership, we pray for him and his family and the many men and women under his leadership. in the name of christ i pray. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. and remain seated during the remainder. apes lieutenant burgess passes the leadership to lieutenant michael t. flynn. the passing of the colors from one commander to the other is significant in many ways. the history, traditions, and accomplishments of the unit are embodied in the colors and will be what you see passed today. the colors record the glories the past, they stand guard in the present, and inspire for the future. we are honored, and friends and family and both lieutenant general and mrs. burress, and lieutenant general and mrs. flynn. i would also like to recognize the brass quintet for this morning's ceremony. at this time, mrs. burgess has shown compassion during the time her husband has been the cia director. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, they will now join the general at center stage fo

mr. burgess: mr.ker, almost a month after the supreme court has issued its decision on the so-called affordable care act, we have all had time to think and dissect their opinion and start to predict how this landmark ruling will affect each and every one of us. i respect the role of the court, the decision of the justices, but i can't help but tell you i was disappointed the entire law was upheld. i do believe it is detrimental to our nation. it's been a wet blanket on our economy and real threat to the future of medicine in america. since passing of the law over two years ago, we have seen the strain it has placed on our economy, the price tag continues to increase, sometimes staggeringly so. there are provisions which will discourage small business from hiring, not to mention the commensurate government regulations. today the congressional health caucus held what was one of its many panel discussions on the current state of health care. the president and chief executive officer of american insurance

mr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition. and i thank our witnesses for staying with us through this lengthy hearing today, but it is important. we hear a lot, you all mentioned it in your opening statements, about the collegiality and the importance of that. of course, the average american doesn't know what the nrc is and probably doesn't know, would not be able to name the commissioners. but for the average american, why should they care about collegiality on the board? aren't you just supposed to do your jobs anyway? >> certainly, we are supposed to do our jobs anyway. i think we do them better, and we do gain the trust of the american people when they do realize there is an nrc out there. we gain a stronger sense of trust when we do operate collegially. i think it's very important that we operate collegially just to make the process and all the decisions that we take work efficiently. >> i don't disagree with that, but, in fact, should not people be able to depend on your commission even in the absence of collegiality? >>

mr. burgess: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: the newspaper carried stories that only 31% of texas doctors are accepting new patients who rely on medicaid. in 2010, the last time the survey was taken, it was 42%. in the year 2000 it was 67%. the texas medical association conducted the survey in a tribute -- and attributes to dropping numbers for lowering reimbursements. doctors appear to be losing patients with government-funded health plans and government-run health care in general. shortly after the supreme court decision, all of the cable talk shows talked about its free riders that are driving up the cost of health care in this country. no, it is not. the biggest freeloader is the federal government with the medicare and medicaid programs being structured the way they are is actually causing the cost of health care to skyrocket in this country and that's something that needs to stop. they're free loading on an underfunded prog

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, as a physician, now as a legislator, i frankly do not understand the way our government continues to treat those who care for america's patients. earlier this month i introduced legislation, h.r. 6142, to provide a one-year extension for medicare physician rates. this allows patients to continue to have access to their physicians in the next year. this is no mystery. we all know the last patch is going to expire december 31. we all know that before december 31 of this year, somehow we'll cobble together and provide another patch. why not do that now? why make them wait until the deadline? they can't plan. they can't grow their practice. they can't expand because they don't know what the government is going to do to them. further compounding the problem this year is the specker of sequestration that occurs january 1. -- secretarier of sequestration that occurs january 1. let's do the right thing. we could pass this bill under suspension this afternoon. we could provide our nat

mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for the recognition. you know, mr. speaker, from the very inception this law was bad and remains bad for america. it was written in secret down at the white house. now we have -- our committee has exposed all the secret deals that went on literally three years ago this month that led to the formation and the writing of the legislation behind closed doors. the very doors that the president, when he was running for office, said would always remain open. this would be an open and transparent process. but when it came time to actually write the law, they invited the lobbyists in, they closed the doors and they wrote the law. we all remember the travesty of december of 2009, when the senate passed a bill out the day before christmas, right before a snow storm, and this bill that was hastily drafted, full of errors, full of problems was passed out of the senate and that's what was signed into law. it wasn't eastbound a good rough -- it wasn't even a good rough draft. it never came to the house, it never came to a conference

and that the burgess family will cherish more time with a husband and a father. mr. president, i wish general burgess and his wife marta the very best as he enters retirement. on behalf of a grateful nation and my colleagues in the united states senate, i thank general burgess and his family for his many years of faithful service and for a job well done. thank you, mr. president, and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the leader. mr. reid reid: and ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that on monday, july 16, at 5:00 p.m., the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 662, which is a nomination, that there be 30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yielding back of that time, the senate proceed to vote with no intervening action or debate on the nomination. the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the ta

mr. chairman, i know i'm almost out of time. thank you for the time he had >> at this time a recognition woman from texas, duck or burgess for five minutes. >> mr. frantz, let's stay on the subordination issue. the act of 2005 m. sure you are familiar with because you are one of the original hires at the long project office in 27 to administer this program in 1703 under subordination with the obligation to be subject to the condition that the application is not subordinate to other finance team. simple straightforward statement. even among boyhood like myself can understand it. the difficulty and i think mr. graham is exactly right. the difficulty goes that then the law does not go on to prescribe any penalties, civil or criminal in violation of days. so while i believe the secretary to have been a technical violation of this passage of the energy policy act of 2005, there is no penalty. for that reason earlier this year by introducing another bill, 5063 to prescribe the monetary penalty between 10 and $15,000 for people who violate the statute, the bill is based on the anti-deficiency act and provides administrative penalties fo

mr. henry stood up and started talking about the crown in 1765 and his rebellion against the stamp act. he certainly did not mince words with that. my guess is the burgessesen they were debating, whether we should have revolution, there are strong divisions between the likes of henry and washington on one side and some on the other side that took a modest approach. that is one of the biggest decisions ever taken in the history of the united states. having this discussion here, while we have differences of opinion between republicans and democrats, we also know that the buck stops and the governor's desk. we don't have the luxury of being able to borrow money in the way washington does. we have to balance our budget, 49 of us have that in our constitution. we cannot print money. we have various significant constraints that are put on everything from bar weighing to other things where we have to make very specific practical decisions. we now have a different approach and philosophy, the specific and pragmatic decisions that every governor has to make on a host of issues are important. we have empirical measures on jobs, on surplus or deficit, on medicaid po

mr. chairman, i know i'm almost out of time. i thank you for the time. >> thank you very much. at this time a recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgessfor five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition to mr. frantz, but stay on the subordination issue. the energy policy act of 2005 i'm sure you're familiar with it because you one of the original higher loan project office in 2000 administered this program. in 1703, the clause under subordination reach the obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinate to other financing, simple, straightforward statement on even a nonlawyer like myself can understand it. the difficulty that i think mr. green is exactly right in his life question is exactly correct, but the difficulty goes to them, the law does not go on to prescribe any penalties, civil or criminal, for violation of this. so while i believe the secretary to been in technical violation of this passage of the energy policy act of 2005, there is no penalty. so for that reason earlier this year, i introduced another bill, 5863, to prescribe civil monetary penalties between 10 and $50,000 f

mr. henry stood up and started talking about the crown in 1765 and his rebellion against the stamp act. he certainly did not mince words with that. my guess is the burgesses, when they were debating, whether we should have revolution, there are strong divisions between the likes of henry and washington on one side and some on the other side that took a modest approach. that is one of the biggest decisions everaken in the history of the united states. having this discussion here, while we have differences of opinion between republicans and democrats, we also know that the buck stops and the governor's desk. we don't have the luxury of being able to borrow money in the way washington does. we have to balance our budget, 49 of us have that in our constitution. we cannot print money. we have various significant constraints that are put on everything from bar weighing to other things where we have to make very specific practical decisions. we now have a different approach and philosophy, the specific and pragmatic decisions that every governor has to make on a host of issues are important. we have empirical measures on jobs, on surplus or deficit, on medicaid