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Henry Chao, Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and others about the security of the Healthcare.gov website. Among the issues they addre…

Witnesses testified on the impact of Environmental Protection Agency regulations on the coal industry. Coal industry advocates from Kentucky, West Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania critici…

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the health insurance exchange which was provided for in the Patient Protection an…

Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO) talked about the problems’s with implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare.gov Web site, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic …

Government contractors testified on their role in building the various components of Affordable Care Act’s online health insurance exchanges, and Healthcare.gov’s subsequent user technical d…

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 3174 - To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to obligate funds for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused …

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

Gary Cohen testified on the readiness of health care exchanges required by the law to be set up by October 1, 2013. He was director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Overs…

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner testified on implementation of the online insurance exchanges as required in health care law.

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 1896 - International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (Sponsored by Rep. David Reichert / Ways and Means Committee…

The House voted 195-234 against its version of the farm bill, H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.

Gary Cohen testified about the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight’s progress in building the state health insurance exchanges as called for in the health care law. He to…

Witnesses from the government and the health sector testified that the law on disclosure of medical records was widely misunderstood and misused, resulting in innumerable situations where pa…

Mental health experts and advocates and parents with children suffering from mental illnesses or disorders testified at a hearing titled “After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence a…

House members spoke on the chamber floor on the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Roe v. Wade abortion case.

The House convened for legislative business and debated pandemic preparedness.