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Moment. we want to let our viewers know in case theyre just joining us what they missed over the past hour. one of the things they missed, this is the vice president of cgi speaking right now, chris. she is the lead witness the other thing she said we acknowledge the environment was difficult for logging on but she said their aspect of the website worked just fine. and then she shifted blame on another company, blaming that contract for password issues this right left, right left, back again. i ...

Ahead where was oversight? say the contractors made a bunch of mistakes. say theyre fighting over who is to blame here but at the end of the day this is the presidents signature domestic achievement. why wasnt he and his top advisors, whether kathleen sebelius, others at health and human services making sure the contractors had their stuff together, frankly. i would also say there is drama boeing on in the hearing room but there is drama going on outside the hearing room on capitol hill, you had...

Him this morning. we expect that to get underway any second. we want to keep in mind though what is going on the hill as well, as the aca, or obamacare as the president himself has called it, is getting a serious grilling this morning as the contractors who were putting it into place are being questioned by the house committee as to what the delays were about, whether or not they communicated to the white house that there were problems with this website. and thats where youre going to see the he...

Funeral of our late colleague former appropriations chair bill young. he was a friend to all here and a mentor. on both side of the siel he will be deeply missed particularly in his legacy in the establishment of the bone marrow registry, something that will literally save tens of thousands if not more lives. today the energy and commerce committee continues our ongoing oversight of the healthcare law as we examine the many problems, crashes, glitches, system failures that have defined open enro...

>> we too were ready to process on 10/1. had done extensive internal testing of our processes and systems and our first awareness of difficulties with the hub was 10/1, the portal, im sorry, on 10/1 when we attempted to do key entry. >> so you didnt test it prior to october 1? >> no. no, sir. >> mr. waxman? >> thank you, mr. chairman. as we evaluate the problems with this website, i think its important that we focus on the facts. my republican colleagues have been predicting that health care ref...

Apply. in fact you can go to the community health center. you can go to the 1-800 number. you can go, there are many ways for people to enroll. all we talk here is the website because youre trying to make a case that people should not enroll. now i want to ask two questions, miss campbell, am i correct that cgi is doing work in several states in addition to the work on healthcare.gov? would you comment on that please in these states? >> that is correct. we. are supporting a number of states and ...

They told us the web site would work. they told us hhs was doing and excellent job of testing the product. they said there was nothing wrong and they expressed nothing but optimism. three weeks later we are still hearing reports of significant problems. i appreciate all the contractors coming today. i give them the benefit of the doubt when they say things are improving. but i want to stress for the affordable care act to work, these problems need to be fixed. and these problems need to be fixed...

For state medicaid agencies. the continuing appropriations act for 2014 included new requirements for the department of health and human services to insure the federally facilitated and state-based services applying for coverage and seeking premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions are eligible for these subsidies. equifax workforce solutions looks forward to sharing our vairpification service as they provide workforce solutions for the federal and state evenings chaiks. since the october 1...

Afford? i guess we start with you, miss campbell. you werent allowed or he chose not to use your opinion or make suggests but are you in a position to give me some words that i could give to these people to give them any hope that their government, that were doing our job here in congress, that youve done your job, that you were hired out to do? is there hope? >> so if i understand the question youre asking, is this system going to be there for them to sign up? >> i beg your pardon? >> what is, ...

Of dollars on prescription drugs. so what we need to do is separate the facts for us to reach a determination here. some have said fixing the website would take six months to a year. others have said that there are five million lines of code to rewrite. some have urged health and human services to pull down the entire system and start from scratch. miss campbell, i hope you can help us put these dire predictions in perspective. does cgi expect -- bill: weve been watching this the past 60 minutes...