mr. dingell: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and that further reading be dispensed with. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 420, the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. dingell: i thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. dingell: mr. chairman, this bill is a desperate solution searching for the answers to a problem. n july of 2013, before the committee, commissioner muller said that 90% of pirment applications to ferc are already approved within 12 -- permit applications to ferc are already approved within 12%. and 8% is due to the complexity of the projects or incomplete applications, something that indicates there's hardly any need for the amendment. in addition to that statement, there's been no record of any backlog of permit applications that justifies the need to

dingell. mr. dingell: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. dingell: madam speaker, i rise first to pay respects to the distinguished gentleman on the majority side handling the legislation to tell him that my affection and respect for him, but he's handling a bad bill. and i want to thank my good friend for yielding me this time. i have been to alaska many times. i have hunted there. i fished there. i have been to all the refuges and national forests and national parks and the b.l.m. lands up there. i have seen what a treasure it is. i have also supported actively the idea that this nation must make it possible for us to easily produce energy. but not at the price of throwing away things like our basic fundamental environmental protection laws. this legislation is not going to significantly increase production of oil. all it's going to do is throw away the things that are necessary to protect it against unwise use. this has been a battle that we have had in this bo

dingell. mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, is recognized for three minutes. mr. dingell: i express great affection and respect for my dear friend from michigan, the gentleman, mr. upton, who serves the house and his constituents well. however, this is a regrettable piece of legislation. it's nothing more than the kind of insurance policies which are being authorized by it that were sold by snake oil salesmen around this country which gave no relief, no help, no benefit to the american people. the sad situation is that this not only allows the -- some people to keep their policies, but it allows a lot of state salesmen to run around the country selling bad policies which undo almost all the protections which we have put in to the affordable care act. things like protections against pre-existing conditions. the fact a woman might be buying a policy she could be charged for, under this legislation or a new policy issue by some sneaky insurance c

. >> as mr. dingell has pointed out, it is in the washington post. before coming before this subcommittee this morning, as he peru's this document -- have you peru's this document? i have not. >> well, on page one of the it says the working group, whoever that is, extends the go live date should not be part of the analysis and therefore work within a boundary condition of october 1 as the launch eight. this meansglish what is that somebody decided we couldn't a late a start up date so we are going to assume it will go live on october 1. were you a part of the working group that made that decision? >> no. >> do you know who the working group was who made that decision? >> no. >> do you have any idea if it was the president ordered the human services or if it was somebody in the bowels of bureaucracy? >> i think it probably was a conglomerate of several leadership that came to that conclusion. >> did you have any decision- making authority yourself about when the start of date should be? >> no. >> that was not in your authority to put it off or make a

dingell, mr. waxman and ms. degette. we worked hard to gain consideration of this law and help keep our medicine safer in this ever-growing global supply chain. we also included provisions to address drug shortages. it enhances early notification of supply interruptions for certain medically-important drugs and directs fda to establish a tasks force and submit a strategic plan on drug shortage mitigation which fda submitted to congress haas month. early notification started as a result of an executive order in 2007 and was codified into law, and it has helped fda to prevent shortages and decrease the number of new shortages. i will close by saying that the bill is the product of strong bipartisan collaboration and compromise that strengthens fda's ability to safeguard the public health. what i outlined here today was only a snapshot of the promising provisions of the law. we strengthen both the agency and the public health by its passage while allowing companies to innovate in the process, and i'm proud of the work we di

dingell. mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from michigan, mr. dingell, is recognized for three minutes. mr. dingell: i express great affection and respect for my dear friend from michigan, the gentleman, mr. upton, who serves the house and his constituents well. however, this is a regrettable piece of legislation. it's nothing more than the kind of insurance policies which are being authorized by it that were sold by snake oil salesmen around this country which gave no relief, no help, no benefit to the american people. the sad situation is that this not only allows the -- some people to keep their policies, but it allows a lot of state salesmen to run around the country selling bad policies which undo almost all the protections which we have put in to the affordable care act. things like protections against pre-existing conditions. the fact a woman might be buying a policy she could be charged for, under this legislation or a new policy issue by some sneaky insurance c

the big five oil companies are making record profits -- mr. dingell: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. please remove your conversations from the house floor. the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. kirkpatrick: the big five oil companies are making record profits. they've made $250 billion in profits in just the last two years. and at the same time, they are receiving $4 billion in oil and tax breaks every year. u.s. oil production is at a 24-year high with the united states soon projected to be the top oil producer in the world. so before these big oil companies get even more drilling on public lands, taxpayer lands -- >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. the gentleman is correct. the house is not in order. please remove your conversations from the house floor. the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. kirkpatrick: so, mr. speaker, before these big oil companies get even more drilling rights on public taxpayer lands, they should give u

mr. mccolin ton, for five minutes. -- mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, we're now seven weeks into the implementation of obamacare. we know that in the first four weeks 106,000 americans placed health plans in their shopping baskets although it's not clear how many of them actually purchased plans. meanwhile, it's now estimated that some 5 1/2 million americans have lost the health insurance that they had, that they liked and that they were promised that they could keep. the inconvenient truth is that this law has dramatically increased the ranks of the uninsured. yesterday came word that college students are seeing their low-cost student plans canceled with replacement costs as much as 1,800% higher under obamacare. although the president recently assured the nation that the cancellations were confined to the individual market, we're now learning that his administration gives a mid-range estimate that 2/3 of the small employer plans and 45% of the large employer

. >> chair recognize mr. dingell from the great state of michigan. >> thank you for your courtesy. i have a few questions i'll ask you on behalf of congressman porter. i asked that i be permitted to extend my remarks. >> without objection. >> i would like to begin by thanking you and welcome you to a room in which your father served for so many years. i begin my questions by quoting from an expert for whom i have enormous respect. he said as follows. "as i mentioned earlier the new benefits and implementation are hard to perfect. rather than trying to scare and confuse seniors, i would hope we can work together as we go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we can make some changes to fix it. let us do it and let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too big a program and too important to too many people to do that. having said that it does appear that it is working. let us not keep beating a dead horse." my beloved friend who gave us the beginning of our efforts today. madame secretary, i see reports that consumers receiving plan canc

. >> the chair recognizes mr. dingell from the great state of michigan. >> mr. chairman, thank you for your courtesy. i will ask you a couple of questions on behalf of congresswoman shea-porter. i ask permission that i revise and extend my remarks. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to begin by thanking you, welcoming the secretary into a room in which her distinguished father, former governor of ohio served so many years. i begin my questions by quoting from an expert for whom i have enormous respect. he said, as follows -- as i mentioned earlier, the new benefits and its implementation are hard to perfect. rather than trying to scare seniors, i hope we can work together to go through the implementation phase to find out what is wrong with the program and if we could make some changes to fix it. let us do it and let us do it in a bipartisan fashion. it is too big a program and is too important to too many people to do that. but having said that, it does not appear that it is working. let us admit it, you know, and not keep beating a dead horse, my