Will you commit to making Mr. Zients available to our subcommittee for our questions?
Michael Burgess
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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.
Many of us on the Subcommittee of Oversight Investigations in Energy and Commerce were not as comforted as you by that selection.
The failures of the healthcare.gov Web site are just the beginning of the dysfunction that is to come as the implementation of President's signature law moves forward into 2014.
I just came to my attention that on CNN's Web site, that the site was hacked just last week.
At this point, I'm not even sure who is in charge of this program because no one knows what is going on.
I just have to say, here we are 3 weeks into the open enrollment period, and I can't think that anyone on this panel this morning would think that that is acceptable that this system would still work so poorly regardless of the State…
We can't undo the past, but certainly they can make the argument they were having a hearing a month late, but the reality is that for the prescription drug program, the benefit is 40 years late, and the seniors who signed up for Medicare…
Nobody believes this thing is going to get fixed when we keep getting answers like this.
I'm not trying to be harsh here, but you are continuing to bill the taxpayers for the fact that your code did not work or your product did not work as advertised, regardless of whose fault it was.
Consumers will be able to go online. They will be able to get a determination of what tax subsidies they are eligible for; they will be able to see premium net of subsidy; and they will be able to sign up. Those were the words spoken by…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Food and Drug Administration historically has been one of the bipartisan efforts that this House has enjoyed. In fact, a little over a year ago, the Food and Drug User Fee…





