and ralph hall seems to get that.his jokes a joke. >> there has been 197 million dollars obligated. and that is -- to last through march of 2014. and as i said before about 104 million dollars has expended. >> i will try to be here on 2014 to make sure your testimony is correct, okay. i'm just joking with you. >> okay. >> yeah. okay. i suppose, a 90-year-old congressman joking about his life expectancy could be funny. i do think the audience was absolutely correct in holding their laughter until they were absolutely certain it was a joke. texas congressman joe barton is 26 years younger than congressman ralph hall, but he already speaks hall's language. >> there is a -- a famous movie called the wizard of oz. and in the wizard of oz there is a great line, dorothy, at some point in the movie, turns to her little dog toto and said, toto, we are not in kansas anymore. well, madam secretary wheel you are from kansas, we are not in kansas any more. some may say we are in the wizard of oz land given, the parallel universes

wasn't born in kansas which means she could not have run into the 90-year-old texas congressman ralph hall on a tricycle in meade, kansas. >> were you born in meade, kansas. >> no, in cincinnati, ohio. >> i was in third grade thought i saw you on a tricycle. >> who was the kathleen sebelius look alike in depression area kansas. we may never know. republicans moved on to the relative morality of an ad put out by a colorado nonprofit. >> do you agree with this advertising for obama care. >> i can't see it. >> a college student doing a keg stand. >> if the colorado exchange. >> do you approve of the advertising? >> i don't see it. >> pretty big picture of a keg. >> she took a pro-bro, and using the toby keith song -- >> some people like to drink out of a red solo cup. >> stepping in to carry the pro bro torch. >> correct me if i am wrong do men not have to buy maternity coverage? >> congressman billy long had other reason for boycotting the website? >> i could not bring myself to do that from what i have heard from john macafee. >> john macafee, the security mogul turned fugitive, certifiable

and i'm asking you what you-- >> there appears to be a temporary lull here while the congressman ralph hall asks his question and mrs. sebelius hears it. and one. themes that are emerging thus far? >> the most important theme is that millions of people are forced out of a plan they were promised they could keep and being forced into a health eexchange by the government. >> miss sebelius is defending that forced move to alternate coverage. with the paternalistic plan, you must get what we've chosen. >> and it came out clear from congressman dingell. >> and it's the insurance, stupid, who aren't offering the plans. stuart: who created the mess of the rollout. miss sebelius has taken responsibility, she says i'm responsible, blame me. she would not allow another young lady, miss snyder, i believe it is, would not allow they are to be blamed. >> the white house is lucky that technology isn't working, it's deflected from the bigger issue, the lie that you can keep your plan if you want it. all the focus would have been on that had the website would not have misfunctioned. stuart: and it's a lie

this is ralph hall, republican member for texas. >> 2014 to make sure that your testimony is correct, okay? i'm just joking with you. >> okay. >> were you born in kansas, mead, kansas? >> i was not. i was born in cincinnati ohio. i married a kansasan. >> i was in the third grade there and i thought i saw you on a tries california there one day. >> well, it was an illusion. >> have you ever rejected a financial bill from one of the contractors? >> sir, our accounting office does a routine audit and review of every bill that comes in before they do it. do i not personally. i want to be very accurate about i don't personally pay contracts, negotiate contracts, by law and by precedent, that's really illegal for someone who isn't a warranted contract officer to engage in the debate or discussion around federal contracts. >> how much has the administration spent on the exchanges in total, not just healthcare.gov but all of the exchanges? >> sir, i don't -- >> how difficult is that figure to give me or if you can't give it to me? >> i would like to get it to you in writing very quickly. >> m

ralph hall, a decorated world r ii veteran and in my opinion, the absolute nicest man in this congress, congressman hall for such time as he may consume. mr. hall: thank you for those comply mepts. you read them out just exactly like i wrote them for you. mr. speaker, i thank you, too, and thank you for being here when most everyone else is gone. obamacare was forced through the congress without a single republican vote. just think about that for a second, not one republican vote. i don't know if that's ever been done. i think charles krauthammer said it yesterday best and he said, i quote, from social security to medicare, medicaid never in the modern history of the country has major social legislation been enacted on a straight part-line vote. never. in every case there was significant reaching across the aisle and enhancing the law's legitimacy and endurance. obamacare which revolutionizes 1/6 of the economy, limits every aspect of medical practice and limits every citizen, passed without a single g.o.p. vote. mr. krauthammer is not alone in being concerned about this country. we ar

congressman ralph hall. he's 90 years old. a world war ii veteran.were wired shut, he grabbed his wire cutters, a bunch of other congressmen came down here and they were ready to commit an act of civil disobedience. the congressman tells me it's just not right. louis gohmer was here. they say this is knowing less than chicago thuggery. he said it's time for the president to stop this hissy fit. how did he happen to have a pair of wire cutters in his congressional office? he tells me after 38 years here at the nation's capital, he's got a little of everything at his office. he didn't have to use these or tucker you would have to bail me out this morning. >> i would be honored to do that, todd. >> thank you, tucker. i do want to add one other thing here this morning. we have congressman waldon here from oregon. his crew, they've got about 60 veterans that flew from oregon. they are honored to be able to tour this memorial. >> amen. >> thanks for the update, todd. >> put away the wire cutters. >>> we have other stories making headlines this hour. are yo