I am very pleased to be here with the purpose of outlining to you the support that Senator Roberts and I have for Dan Crabtree as a result of President Obama's nomination of him to be a Federal district judge in our State.

I want to do my part to make certain that the judicial positions in our State and across our country are filled with highly qualified, exceptionally intelligent, wise individuals filled with character and integrity.

I want to stress it certainly was a warning to me.

My bill would have sunset the exchanges and the individual mandate if beneficiaries were unable to enroll starting October 1st, as promised.

Did an independent testing organization ever test the whole integrated system end to end?

I think that's really important, because a lot of them are just seeing 'Your policy has been canceled by Obamacare' and not being told 'Here is what your options are,' and we've got to really work on that.

I appreciate that. Thank you very much.

We have a law, the Federal Information Security Management Act, FISMA.

Well, if you're pretty sure, I want to be sure.

I'm going to focus, if I can, on the concern raised by Senator Isakson and Senator Alexander.

Well, you know, I'm pretty sure.

Will you submit confidentially to the committee the results of the independent testing?

My first question is why was the exchange allowed to go operational without the apparent clearance required by the Office of Management and Budget?

I appreciate the efforts of my colleague from Indiana bringing this before the House for discussion. The reality is, the staggering fact is that since the President's reelection through to the next debt limit vote, Washington will have…

Why were the plans these folks had good enough when you were the insurance commissioner in Kansas and when you were Kansas's governor, but those plans today aren't good enough for those hardworking Kansas families?

I think people are finding that it's not exactly what they are going to have worked so hard to find their way to as well.

So here we are, Mr. Speaker. We are 14 days into the government shutdown, the shutdown that has cost this country money, has created enormous anxiety on the part of the Federal workforce, the contract workforce, the entire country. In…

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon, Peter DeFazio, the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, this irresponsible, unnecessary, politically motivated…