The first couple of weeks i would nominate him for sainthood as he kept his patients. I got off to a slow start. It is basically fixed. In the last quarter of 2013, you helped 2 Million People in the face of the confusion, you helped them enroll. Doors,lk through your they reached out for you. You made a difference. You answered questions, walk them through the enrollment process. More than 5 Million People have signed up for the drive and health plan. [applause] are not event we counting gained access to health care by signing up for medicaid. [applause] imagine if every governor did the right thing and signed up for medicaid. [applause] i am convinced, as a practitioner of the art of they will not be able to sustain the heat. [applause] heres the deal. None of this would have happened without you. The fact is, Community Health centers are the resource for so many people out there. Placeve been the only millions of folks have been able to go for basic care. In the process, you have eased many concerns about the Affordable Care act. You have over, language barriers. You have been so successful because people trust you. Of all the places in the world to go, doctors, nurses, hospitals, you guys, who will say this is a good thing, let me help you, this is how it works. They count on you. They know what you have done in the past. That is why you are our most valuable resource. Is alwaysstration valued. We have always valued, never doubted the services you provided. The president put me in charge of the recovery act. That was almost a trillion dollar piece of legislation that pulled us off the boring brink. We invested 2 billion 2 billion towards Capital Financing and operating costs for Community Health centers centers. Health in the face of the most godawful recession in the history of the United States. It cost millions of people to lose their job. They lost their Health Insurance. We knew at the time of the incredible uncertainty and we knew they would come to the one place they could always count on. You. That is why we invested another 11 billion in Community Health centers. You know what that means. [applause] you know what that means on the ground. More dedicated staff like physicians and nurses. Renovations you needed. So that folks could receive the services that you provide. These investments and Health Centers you have added 35,000 new fulltime workers. You have served 4 million more people in 2012 then you did in 2009. It will continue to increase. It is incredible. That is why we believe in you. Onewere with us on the day because you believed that health in politicsve been a long time. I was vilified in my home state learning by the other team i saidthought health care was a right. That was an amazing notion. Think about how far we have come. From the beginning of my career it,the first two thirds of there were still a group of people out there, another party said health care is a privilege, it is not a right. My opponent and the president s opponent talked about these people they expect this help. What an outrageous notion. Think about it. It was the centerpiece of the debate. The most incredible thing about the Health Care Bill this is the first time in American History we have legislatively ended the debate. Health care is a right, not a privilege. [applause] you know as well as any group of people the peace of mind that that could be restored for millions of people knowing that they have coverage. Because of the Affordable Care act, 105 million americans have gained coverage for at least one free Preventative Service such as Blood Pressure screening, colonoscopies. 129 Million People with preexisting conditions can no longer be denied health care because of this act. More than 3 million young adults are able to stay on their Health Care Parents health care until the age of 26. It is no longer permissible to have Insurance Companies cut off services because you have reached your limit. The most vulnerable point in the life of any family and to be told sorry, your insurance has run out. Can noce companies longer charge women higher premiums. Pregnancy is no longer a preexisting condition. Think about it. You are among the most trusted advocates of the Affordable Care act because your mission has healthcreasing access to care and giving folks a fair shot and a fair shake. You understand the change in progress comes from the community up. People trust you. That is why i want you, so we can finish the job. We need you. That is why we invested around 200 million to help train and higher around 11 million staff to help bridge language and cultural challenges. You deliver. [applause] you know that already. You see it every day. We only have about 10 days left in the enrollment. Insurance is about peace of mind. It gives you a chance to live your life with more security. Everyone of you mom and dads out there should be pointing out something to kids out there who think they are invincible. Conferences, in all communities, i spoke to a group of young advocates, i dont know how many thousands there were. I said remind your friends that even though they think they are invincible, they owe it to their parents to give them peace of mind. Bit of a guilt trip, but it is real. That your mother is going to bed worried, you over. I mean it. You owe her. It is true, think about it. The second thing, this is all about choice and opportunity. You how many people i have known through my who as a public official have told me they stuck with a deadend job that does not pay well, they have stayed in a community they did not want to live in for one reason they had health care coverage. Guess what . They are free. They can look for a better job, move to another community, look at how many people you know who stayed where they were in the job they did not like and were underpaid because they were scared to death that if they moved, they had a preexisting condition, or other circumstances, they would be in trouble. Folks the freedom to follow their dreams regardless of where they live or what they do because now they will be covered no matter where they go. [applause] as i go around the country, the thing i find the most i hear is i cannot afford it. I cant afford it. To julie from young people particularly from young people. It is tough for them. They realize, i can get Health Insurance for less than it costs me to keep my cell phone. Think of how many very poor people come in and talk to you worried that they were not going to be will to afford what they needed and that they would not get any help. Makingy of four can be 95,000 year to get help, they are blown away. They have no idea. The most interesting thing for me is that the ultimate way this is going to work on the road is i am talking to your neighbor, finding out, you have this insurance and that is all it cost you. The cost is something you can break down the barrier when youre talking to people. It is affordable. It can be affordable. If the state takes advantage of the opportunity to expand medicare, and changes everything. That you talk to receive a tax credit. Many of them could gain coverage if the remaining holdout states take advantage of the opportunity to expand. Madee states that have not up their mind, we should be pushing as hard as we can without relenting. Deadline for signing up for private health plans is march 31. There are a few exceptions. The point of the matter is that we only have 11 10 days left. The bigger the number we bank, the more certain of the ability to turn his back, no matter what happens in congress and where this moves. In next enrollment day is november. This final point i would like to make is remember why youre doing this in the first lace. These last 10 days, push as hard as you can. Is what makes a gigantic difference. Security, itsocial the single it is biggest social initiative the country has taken since medicaid. Everybody to be able to have Affordable Health care. That lose by saying with the grace of god and the goodwill of neighbors, as my grandfather would say, were going to come out of march 31 with a significant pool of people already signed up with the pressure being put on governors who have not allow their states to take advantage of the medicaid coverage, that we are going to roll into november, a situation that many more people understand. Many more are afraid that they cannot afford it and we will see this thing continue to roll. You are the ones that feel that progress. You pushsaying is that as hard as you can the last 10 days. Moreigher the numbers, the certainty that this will last forever. This is one of those experiences that sounds corny. Youre going to be talking about it with your grandkids and great brain kid. You are part of putting in place something that 20 years from now everyone is going to wonder what is the big deal . Doesnt everybody in every country do this . , note conclude with saying only do we need you, not only have you done an incredible job, but we owe you more than we can possibly pay you. You very much. [applause] i hope this is the last time it will be necessary to take the time of the house to discuss the subject of the iran. The me echo the sentiments expressed by mr. Hamilton and thank him for the privilege of having served with him on the committee. It has been a difficult task. I think the committee has produced the product that the house can be out of. We are in the process of closing out our responsibilities. I would confirm what the gentleman from indiana indicated in conversations today with the senior officials of the white house, we have a commitment that as of january 31, they will have completed their declassification of those materials that the committee has voted to release. That if the my word white house fails to meet that i would join in with mr. Hamilton and coming back to the floor at the appropriate time to seek a further extension in the a lot the life of iran. Theolleagues on the side of aisle, the important thing is that as of the adoption of this resolution, the investigation is potentially complete, the committee will continue in march 31. Ntil as of march 1, the documents will be transferred to the archives and after that date, it will be up to the members of the select committee on it ran on iran. I think it is a good package. I think it deserves the support of the house. It satisfies the concerns that many of us have expressed in recent days. I am delighted we were able to work out this accommodation. I would ask the chairman to yield and join with me with respect to explaining what is intended in that paragraph and that deals with the committees closing out of affairs. Provides onen exception to the provision that the committee will have no further investigative power. Exception allows the select committee to receive materials in response to requests made prior to the date of the adoption of this resolution. With the gentleman explain what precisely is covered by this exception . At as i have previously discussed, there are two pending requests for information of which i am aware. I am not aware of any other requests. A house energy and commerce subcommittee looked at sports safety and brain injuries in football, hockey and other sports. Here is how university of nebraska explained it. American football is inherently violent sport. That is one of the reasons we love it. The forces encountered in football can be huge. Considering hit between a running back and a linebacker at full speed. We can show that the force each player exerts on the other exceeds three quarters of a ton. That is why football is called a contact sport. Two players who collide at full speed, helmet to helmet are experiencing the same force of their head that one of them would feel if he had a 16 pound bowling ball drop on his helmet from a height of eight feet. Concussionsledge of is in its infancy. Forces to the head and neck cause concussions. Theyre getting bigger. Since 1920, the average weight of proalignment has increased to just over 300 pounds. These players have gotten about 10 faster. Combining factors of speed and mass to calculate kinetic energy, we find that the amount of energy dumped into the pit at the line of scrimmage on any given play has almost doubled since 1920. An exact opposition to this trend is that players are shedding their protective gear. Neat has that used to be centimeters thick bear a marketable resemblance to teacup doilies. Modern football helmets choose them for how cool they look. Another problem is the poor state of our medical knowledge. Trauma willof head not agree on the details of what concussions are what causes them. This means the diagnosis and treatment of concussions has a long way to go. As our understanding of these issues improve, we may find that injury rate due to the increasing energy of the game and the wholesale shedding of equipment have increased faster than we thought. Also at the hearing, officials testified about some of the safety steps they have taken. You can see that hearing today at 12 15 eastern and again tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Vladimir putin signed bills making crimea art of russia. That completes the annexation from ukraine. He also says there is no need for russia to further reality retaliate against u. S. Sanctions. Move was in response to additional u. S. Sanctions that president obama announced yesterday. George Washington University is hosting a discussion on the implications of crimea. Panelists include include professors. That is live at on cspan. Natos secretarygeneral called it the greatest threat to European Security since the cold war. We live in a different world than we did less than a month ago. Russias military aggression in ukraine is in breach of its International Commitment and it is a violation of ukraines sovereignty and 10 and and integrity. Integrity. The annexation of crimea through a socalled referendum held at gunpoint is illegal and illegitimate. And it undermines all efforts to find a peaceful political solution. This is a wakeup call for the euroatlantic community, for nato, and for all those committed to a europe whole, free, and at peace. We know that we cannot take our security for granted. We have seen other crises in europe in the past decades. The western balkans in the 1990s, georgia in 2008, but this is the gravest threat to European Security and stability since the end of the cold war. First because of its scale with one of the largest movements of troops for many decades. Second, because of the stakes, the freedom of 45 Million People and their right to make their own choice. And third, because this crisis is right on natos border. But ukraine cannot be viewed in isolation, and this crisis is not just about ukraine. We see what could be called 21st century revisionism. Attempts to turn back the clock to draw new dividing lines on our map, to monopolize markets, or simply rip up the International Rule book and to use force to solve problems rather than the International Mechanisms that we have spent decades to build. We have thought that such behavior had been confined to history. But its back, and its dangerous because it violates International Norms of accepted behavior. It exports instability. It reuses the potential to cooperate and build trust, and ultimately it undermines our security. Not just natos or ukraines security, but also russias. If the rules dont apply, if agreements are not honored, certainly russia also stands to suffer the consequences. Russia was among those who committed in 1994 to respect ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty. Russia pledged not to threaten or use force against ukraine. By turning its back on that agreement, russia has called into question its credibility and reliability as an international actor. And its steps to annex crimea are a clear violation of the United Nations charter. Russia must honor its International Commitments, cease all military activities against ukraine, and seek a peaceful political solution. Including through direct dialogue with the government of ukraine, because on its current course, russia is choosing increased international isolation. There are no quick and easy ways to stand up to global bullies because our democracies debate, deliberate, and consider the options before taking decisions. Because we value transparency and seek legitimacy for our choices. And because we see force as the last, not the first, resort. The only way to address such challenges is for europe and north america to stand together. This is what we have done from the start of this crisis. Natos clear position has been to condemn russias military actions in ukraine to stand firmly in support of the government in kiev and to make clear that president putins decisions to escalate the situation have consequences. As a first step, we have suspended joint planning for a Maritime Mission for the destruction of syrias chemical weapons. This would have been the first joint operation of the natorussia council. We also decided that no staff level, civilian or military, meetings will take place with russia for now. And we have put the entire range of natorussia corporation you should review. Nato Foreign Ministers will take decisions when they meet in brussels early next month. At the same time, we have kept the door open for political dialogue in the Nato Russia Council to give russia an opportunity to engage. We have also taken measures to strengthen natos readiness. They include more assets for our Baltic Air Policing mission, surveillant nights over poland and romania and heightened awareness. Allies have taken further steps to impose diplomatic and economic consequences. These are not our preferred choice. They are inevitable and appropriate consequences of russias choices. No one wants to turn away from our coop