John Dingell

Companies have no right to enforce that view on the customer.

Rather than trying to secure and to scare and confuse seniors, I would hope that we could work together...

Now, Madam Secretary, I want you to submit for the record a statement of what it is we can do about insurance companies that run around canceling the policies of their people.

So if an insurance company is no longer offering a certain plan, that's because that insurance company made a decision to change their policies, and that caused them to take away the grandfathered status from the insurance purchaser; is…

Now, the primary threat to coal is not EPA's mythical war against coal; it is cheap natural gas that is being used as a substitute.

Despite the initial problems with the Web site, have consumers still been able to enroll in the health insurance plans? Yes or no?

This is what the debate is all about. There are problems. But we have time to fix it.

I urge my colleagues on the committee, this is a time when we can work together on something good.

I hope they will continue to forget it, because we have a chance to see to it that the American people get health care as a matter of right, not as a matter of financial privilege.

I note the problems are not surprising, given the fact that there has been considerable obstruction to the program going forward.

Do you all commit to working with CMS, Congress, and all the stakeholders until the Web site is fixed and functioning as intended? Yes or no?

I urge us to use our best efforts then to see to it that this new law goes into effect and works.

This is unacceptable. It needs to be fixed.

If they want to open up the government, not just the Park Service but all of the services that government provides, they can just have a simple vote to have a continuing resolution.

The real challenge here for the majority is to make this system work.

I have voted 16 times to bring up the Senate clean continuing resolution opening the government with no strings attached.

Well, this is the people's government, and the United States Congress is entrusted with having it operate for the benefit of the people.

The solution has been and still is simply to pass the continuing resolution crafted in the Senate, refund the government with no strings attached.

As of tomorrow the government shutdown will be the second longest in our Nation's history.

That would be a significant act they could take, instead of going down and having all the drama down at one of the sites.

the failure of the majority to govern, to keep this government open and to make sure it works for the people.

We have to reverse our course. We have to pass a clean CR, reopen the government with no strings attached.

As two proud World War II veterans, blessed also to serve this great Nation in Congress, we consider it our bipartisan work together in helping to create a National World War II Memorial to be among our greatest accomplishments and a true…

If this Congress truly wishes to recognize the sacrifice and bravery of our World War II veterans and all who have come after, it will end this shutdown and reopen our government now.

Does the Navigator training include information as to how to protect the privacy and security of consumers? Yes or no?