Of the other branches. Mr. Speaker, i want you to listen to whats coming out of this white house when we talk about this lawsuit the house is considering filing. Is this what you hear . Is what you hear from president barack obama in 2014 the same thing you heard from him as candidate for president barack obama in 2008 . The most important job of the Supreme Court is to guard against the encroachment of the executive branch. That is all this house is asking the court to decide. And we didnt choose a controversial issue, one that we might disagree with the president on whether or not it should be implemented. We chose his own Health Care Bill to say, mr. President , i know youre proud of this Health Care Bill and so lets do it. Lets implement it. Lets not pick and choose. Lets do the whole thing exactly the way you signed it, exactly the way the house and Senate Passed it. Lets do it that way. You dont get to make those decisions on your own. The president knew that as a senator. In fac
Today is the recall of disproportionate share funds to Public Hospitals who take care of uninsured and underinsured individuals. Mr. Kingston if i could, i want to ask you a question , on page four a little bit on the end of page 3, but the authority under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer nonpersonnel related administrative expenses. It seems pretty straightforward. My understanding is within the budget for the appropriation for the National Institute of health there is something is thats called the h. H. S. Path, that is 2 to 3 of the moneys appropriated for the National Institutes of health actually come back to the department of health and Human Services and used whatever purposes the secretary of the department of health and Human Services sees fit. Am i correct about that . You are. Its actually 2 1 2 , the administration wants to increase to 3. 2 . What our bill would do is put it at 1 . But the
Ever closer to our national calling of equal justice under the law. Send that same spirit upon the members of this peoples house, that they who have been entrusted with ensuring this great calling might fulfill that great promise and it will truly come to pass that justice would roll down like a river and righteousness like an ever flowing stream. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from florida, mr. Garcia. Mr. Garcia i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, e nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for oneminute speeches on each side of the aisle. For what purpose does the gentlelady from North Carolina rise . Ms. Foxx i ask unani
Im not sure that they really realize that more people are going to be hurt by this, especially seniors who do not fall in that doughnut hole anymore. I fell in that with my husband who is terminally ill. Because we fell in that doughnut hole, a onemonth, we had to come up with 2000 for his medication to keep him alive. If we had the bill in play, i would not have had to come up with that money. You can imagine that 2000 out. F one months income yes, it was december. , january, we would have gotten a new start, but he had to have his medication. We had to let Something Else go, like the house payment of the car payment. I wanted to put that out there. Thank you. We go to maryland. Independent line. Caller hi. Im from baltimore. Im really upset. Shuts downrnment september 30, how will i pay for my bills . It is not fair to us that they are cutting everything, cutting my medical. I just got papers the other day. They are cutting my transportation and overthe counter medicine. It is not fa
Doing a live shot this morning. Police are actively looking for the gunman. Schools in the area are on lock down. There is disturbing video of the event circulating on social media right now. Alexandra field is here, Brian Stelter. Both are following the story this morning. This just broke, what, 6 45 eastern this morning. It wasnt like a bad neighborhood. She was the morning reporter for the station. This is a 24yearold woman, allison parker. We have video that captured the live shot this morning. It is some of the disturbing video you will see. It deeply shakes you. This is a young woman out there in the middle of a water park doing a morning report. All of a sudden you hear this burst of gunfire. You hear the young woman react. We counted about eight gunshots alone just as this video plays. You can see the photographer loses control of the cam, it pans to the ground. You dont see anything beyond that, just the chaos erupting. The people who are back at the station watching this live