ms. johnson, our thoughts and prayers are with you. mr. johnson, let me start with asking you your reaction that the u.s. attorney is now investigating as you had requested and your wife requested, they're now looking into your son's death. what is your reaction? >> we are happy they're reopening the investigation. that puts us one step closer to the truth. >> and you believe the truth is what, sir? >> my son was murdered. >> ms. johnson, i said to you the last time no parent should ever experience what the two of you have, whether accident or not here. but you've had to deal with this lack of closure as your husband stated and you told me you believe that kendrick -- that your son was murdered here. why would authorities there cover this up if that is the case? >> that's what we are trying to find out. we don't -- i don't understand why. that's why we're waiting for the truth. >> what did you see in the video -- i know that the portion that we've shown our audiences is an edited portion. what in this video you believe confirms that somethi

ms. johnson is referring to is? as far as i'm concerned, it was her sugar daddy. mr. eggleston, it has been determined by this court that you... my mom told her that he was my father. i don't think before i talk. before you speak... you know, i got a bad habit of that. this is our only family that we got. those words are daggers in their heart. we all wish we could rewind the past. but we can't. all the natural energy found in peanuts? caramel works. payday. crunchy, roasted peanuts and soft, delicious caramel come together to give you sweet energy. payday. fill up and go. to take a paternity test? if so, call 855-tv-dna-23. that's 855-883-6223. i'm not the biological dad, okay. you see these beautiful twins be born, why, why, doubt? rodnea: he didn't want us till he found out he was gonna be getting $900 a month. what more else i got to prove? what else i got to prove? judge lake: let me have some order. mr. eggleston, did anybody, anybody ever tell you, specifically that these young girls are not your children because a white man is their father? rodney: no. no. i j

ms. johnson, let me start with you here. you've not rested. you've not been silent since this happened in january. what convinced you this was not an accident as authorities had deemed it? >> we know how kendrick is. we know he never would have crawled up in no mat trying to retrieve no shoe. >> the details, ma'am, didn't make sense to you? >> no. >> mr. johnson, when you first got the information from authorities of what they believed happened there, again, why did you not accept their explanation? why did that not rest with you, sir? >> because it was disrespectful, and it didn't make any sense. >> when you were contacted about kendrick's death, what did you -- what was the first information school officials or authorities gave you? how did they explain it to you, sir? >> we hadn't had any contact with the school. i had contact with the authorities. the theory they come up with, it just didn't make any sense at all. >> we have some images of the crime scene, and i want to brace our audience for this because there was actually -- cb, let me b

ms. eddie bernice johnson. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 3080 and want to express my appreciation to the committee leadership, both the chair, ranking member of both the full committee and the subcommittee. the senior texan on the transportation-infrastructure committee, i applaud the chair, chair and ranking member for advancing this legislation to this point. and while i ultimately support the passage of this bill, i'm concerned about the streamlines and provisions in this bill. if properly funded, necessary projects can be completed with appropriate environmental considerations and public participation. i'm discouraged that the environmental protections are being weakened under this guise. within this bill, i supported language to increase commercial navigation capabilities for the texas ports and waterways with the expansion of the panama canal, these improvements would allow for an increased role in global trade and interstate commerce. the increased economic benefits

ms. johnson: instead of approving the senate-passed funding bill, house republicans have placed politics before people, while important decisions on government funding and the debt ceiling await votes. mr. speaker, i rise today with excitement to express my support for the patient protection and affordable care act which has already significantly improved health care for americans. in my state of texas, families have saved $46.3 million in insurance company refunds. medicare beneficiaries in the doughnut hole have saved $420.7 million in prescription drugs. more than 40,000 americans and 17 million american children with pre-existing conditions gained insurance coverage through the affordable care act. because of a health insurance marketplaces, in my district about 204,000 individuals will have access to quality, affordable health care coverage. the affordable care will grow stronger and expand access to quality care for all americans. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek

ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my strong support for the patient protection and affordable care act. in the past no group has been affected more negatively than the rising health costs of seniors. because of the affordable care act, some of the financial burdens have been alleviated. the affordable care act has already helped to close the medicare part d doughnut hole by saving $6.6 million seniors more than $7 billion on prescription drugs. it also provides a free annual wellness visit and coverage for key preventive services that many seniors avoid because of the high cost. as for waste and fraud in medicare, affordable care act strengthens the system and gives more effective tools to identify and remove the unnecessary cost. the care act not only provides essential quality care, it does so while lowering costs for our aging population. i'm proud to stand with my colleagues and the president to support the affordable care act. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore:

ms. johnson: as a seepor texan on the commr transportation and infrastructure, i'm concerned about the transportation issues created by the republican government shutdown. for example, aviation safety is in peril as the federal aviation administration has furloughed 780 safety inspectors and drastically limited aircraft maintenance. these type of safety risks created by the republican government shutdown are intolerable. further, the national transportation safety board has been forced to furlough more than 90% of the staff. as a result, it has not been able to continue investigating deadly transportation incidents nor initiate new investigations of accidents that have occurred sense the republican government shutdown began. mr. speaker, the political games being play by the republican leadership are causing serious harm to transportation safety for all americans and it is totally unacceptable. we do have a spending problem created by the two republican wars. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from cal

ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. the republicans have forced government to shut down, and it's a disservice to the hardworking professionals in the federal government and to the american people. our federal agents have a long history of working hard on research and education programs that return huge payoffs to the american people, both in economic growth and societal benefits. unfortunately, 97% of nasa employees are being furloughed, and all public nasa events and activities will be ended. the national science foundation will make no payments for the duration of this shutdown. the department of energy will furlough nearly 7% of their employees, jeopardizing research done all over our national laboratories. most research activities at the national institute of standard and technology, and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration will be suspended. weather research, united states geological surveys will also shut down. as ranking member of the committee on science, space and technology, i want to highlight

ms. sebelius and i think she bears the plame. >> she's the ron johnson of health care. she put in this major, major program. >> come on, man. >> that didn't test market it, didn't work. >> you -- >> just how it is. >> you can have as many problems you want with health care law but to say -- >> a major initiative, why don't you test market it in markets to see if your technology works? it wasn't done. it's the same issue. you go with the major venture and you have no idea what issues could be. >> so then, why don't we start talking about in the near term what matters, eventually this is probably going to get resolved i don't think you want to buy stocks on this basis for the near term. you have to believe this is a longer term structural change in health care. i think hmos are going to hang in there well. look at someone like aetna, a wellpoint which have self-help issue going on that will help to bridge the gap before we get some of this -- these technologies situations fixed. now you go to earnings and earnings are going to be actually so far okay, right? we have a big

johnson's recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. tavenner, thank you for being here.ve been hearing from folks back home who rightfully so are very serious about their concerns and fears about their health care. steven from plano tried to purchase insurance through the exchange but ended up more confused and frustrated. operators on the 1-800 line didn't have answers to his specific questions, they simply reiterated that anyone could sign up for the exchange, but he should wait until later that evening or the next day to apply since the systems were having technical difficulties. worse, a single father and police officer in plano went to renew his 11-year-old daughter's plan. she has no medical problems, yet her premiums doubled, doubled. those are real stories of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have to live with a law that up til now has completely failed them. ms. tavenner, the administration delayed the employer mandate for one year. the treasury witnessed before the committee -- witness before the committee testified the reason the administration granted

johnson's recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. tavenner, thank you for being here. you know, i've been hearing from folks back home who, rightfully so, are very serious about their concerns and fears about their health care. steven from plano tried to purchase insurance through the exchange, but ended up more confused and frustrate tors, operators didn't have answers to his specific questions. they simply reiterated that anyone could sign up for the exchange, but he should wait until later that evening or the next day to apply, since the systems were having technical difficulty. worse, a single father and police officer in plano went to renew his 11-year-old daughter's plan. she has no medical problems, yet her premiums doubled. doubled. those are real stories of fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters, who have to live with the law that up to now has completely failed them. ms. tavenner, the administration delayed the employer mandate for one year. the treasury witness before the committee testified the reason the administration granted big business a one-year delay

johnson of texas and mr. levin. for consideration of the house amendment and the senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference, messrs. southerland and ms. fudge. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members will take their conversations from the well. and take their conversations from the floor of the house. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 4 of rule 22 i move that the house take from the speaker's table the senate amendment to the house joint resolution 59, recede from its amendment and concur in the senate amendment to open the government now. the speaker pro tempore: under section 2 of house resolution 368, that motion may be offered only by the majority leader or his designee. mr. van hollen: parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may state his parliamentary inquiry. mr. van hollen: the standing rule of the house is rule 22, clause 4, is that correct? the speaker pro tempore: that is correct. mr. van hollen: and the standing rule of the house reads, mr. speaker, when the stage of disagreement has been reached b

johnson space center in houston where do they go to the delegation? i could go through the nasa center. everything you say i agree with ms.lakey you need to put a fire under your executives. >> i just want to express gratitude for your public service i know it is difficult to have an enterprise matt but under the sequester it was terribly difficult as difficult as it is for me at home it is challenging to be there so thank you one on behalf of the committee i am concerned is something we have been talking about over a number of weeks that remaining competitive with respect to the next generation could you offer some insight with professional decision making a young promising scientists may have to go through with respect what they do for a living? >> senator warner made the point very well we are already an a position losing science and our ability to attract the best and the brightest to join america's scientific community is getting harder and harder. as our competitors invest more and more coming those for the scientists who came here either stay where they are or go to other places they see the tremendous stress of th

senators, jeff sessions, has already called johnson's nomination, quote, deeply concerning say that the department of homeland security is perhaps the most ms. manaism in the country. >> here we go again. thank you. >>> slowly but surely the federal government is coming back to life after being dormant for at least 16 days. furlough employees begin to take on what is probably a huge backlog of work. popular tourists sites are 0ing their doors to the public. cnn's rene marsh is with us. she's at the national zoo. good morning, rene. >> that washington wheel is turning but turning slowly. in just a matter of hours, the gates will open at the smithsonian national zoo. across the country, all of those local businesses that depend on the federal workers dollars are gearing up for crowds once again. it is so clear, like you said, it will take some time before everyone kicks it into high gear. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: tourists lined up as the nation's parks, museums and memorials re-opened for business, from the florida everglades to the smithsonian air and space museum. >> how does it feel to be inside. >> ask him. >> r