This is similar to what existed at a prior time. I suppose that is debatable. If i am understanding what you are saying, i agree with what he has said. Obviously, significant legislation is to be debated ki Medicare Part d includes the Risk Corridor Program and a source of funds for the program. But as i read the Health Care Legislation that is not the case. And based on a lack of appropation it is my understanding the Insurance Company cant make payments to cover the program. This is supported by the current process and i would like to submit this to the record. In december, i asked the secretary of health and Human Services on if it was legal to make the changes to the state and she didnt answer and we are not here to talk about this. But i would hope that the Supreme Court will address this and show there is a lack of law to move forward with aproperation that hasnt occurred. Mr. Green is now recognized for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And thank you for having this hearing
Ive learned quite a lot. I, too, w like to associate as myself with the remarks of our chair about how enraged i think we all are when we hear some of the things that weve heard today. I think that just leads us all want to go forth and make sure we do everything we can to cooperate with you to minimize these issues that are out there, if not eliminate them entirely, and i do agree, too, that the role of the internet no doubt has been really important in magnifying the problem multiplying the problem perhaps in many instances, too, so thanks for being here today and i want to thank the chair again for having this hearing. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Mr. Ryan, thank you again for being here. We really appreciate your leadership. Appreciate your commitment to this country and our kids. We join you in that effort, and we look forward to continuing our relationship in that dialogue you spoke of and doing everything we can so that families can build better lives for themselves. With that, se
Programs that you otherwise actually support. In fact, those are more drastic remedies, and frankly they wont remedy the problem. They wont force the executive to faithfully execute the laws. If all you want is congress is for the executive to faithfully execute your laws, peaceful judicial resolution may be the most tailored and appropriate response. So all of this reveals a glaring deficiency in those who criticize the committees draft resolution. States can sue to preserve their power. The executive branch it sue to preserve its power but somehow magically congress cant. I guess under this logic congress is some sort of institutional orphan thats uniquely incapable of being injured enough to establish standing to sue. The absurdity of that position is belied by extensive case law that recognizes that subdivisions of congress in the form of committees have standing to assert institutional injury caused by the executive branch. These cases, most of which have been litigated here in th
It is the renaming of a post office. You dont want to talk about your record in the congress when it comes to protecting the elderly because you were one of the very few democrats to vote to nund mine Social Security by raising the retirement age and reducing the cost of living adjustment. This is an example of the way, colleen, you have been operating which is to try to talk about every single thing that you can come up with except your record in the congress and except my record in the senate. Brian, ill talk to you any day about my record especially in the areas where it comes to preserving jobs and creating jobs. Lets be also very clear about your problem. You keep saying i opposed this governor. He never did. Brian, i read every single testimony that was given and you never opposed the governor. You actually stood with him. I cant bring my picture in here, but people remember my picture and you said we have to do hard things. The bottom line is, you are always willing to balance t
Fit with reality. Congress general capacity over funding the executive branch of the government gives Congress Lots of authority to rein in the president. President s have used their Statutory Authority in very large ways. The framers of the constitution came close to giving us a legislatively centered government. But in august of 1787 in a very dramatic period at the very end of the Constitutional Convention led by governor morris of pennsylvania, rufus king of new york, they gave the president independent authority. They gave the president for the first time the authority to negotiate treaties. They gave the president the power to nominate judges, which previously had been the purview of the senate in earlier drafts. They created an independent executive branch because they saw that this government was going to be entrusted with large responsibilities, and you needed a strong executive. Thats what weve seen through washington and lincoln and roosevelt and others, that this country se