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Showing Original Post only (View all)PALLONE: "No, I Will Not Yield To This MONKEY COURT Or Whatever This Thing Is" [View all]
During the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Affordable Care Act federal exchange website on Thursday morning, Representative Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) severely castigated Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) for inaccurately describing a privacy requirement in the law, eventually calling the entire hearing a "monkey court."
Barton had just questioned Cheryl Campbell, the senior vice president of CGI, one of the two primary contractors that built the federal exchange website, about whether the privacy components of the site were compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which in part regulates privacy concerns in the health care industry.
"I started out in my opening statement saying there was no legitimacy to this hearing, and the last line of the questioning certainly confirms that," Pallone said. "HIPAA only applies when there's health information being provided. That's not in play here today. No health information is required in the application process. And why is that? Because pre-existing conditions don't matter. So once again, here we have my Republican colleagues trying to scare everybody"
"Will the gentleman yield?" Barton interrupted.
"No, I will not yield to this monkey court or whatever this thing is," Pallone responded.
"This is not a monkey court," Barton replied. "Protecting American citizens is a legitimate concern of this committee."
"There is no health information in the process," Pallone continued. "You're asked about your address, your date of birth. You are not asked health information. So why are we going down this path? Because you are trying to scare people so they don't apply, and so therefore the legislation gets delayed, or the Affordable Care Act gets defunded, or it's repealed. That's all it is, hoping people won't apply."
Barton had just questioned Cheryl Campbell, the senior vice president of CGI, one of the two primary contractors that built the federal exchange website, about whether the privacy components of the site were compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which in part regulates privacy concerns in the health care industry.
"I started out in my opening statement saying there was no legitimacy to this hearing, and the last line of the questioning certainly confirms that," Pallone said. "HIPAA only applies when there's health information being provided. That's not in play here today. No health information is required in the application process. And why is that? Because pre-existing conditions don't matter. So once again, here we have my Republican colleagues trying to scare everybody"
"Will the gentleman yield?" Barton interrupted.
"No, I will not yield to this monkey court or whatever this thing is," Pallone responded.
"This is not a monkey court," Barton replied. "Protecting American citizens is a legitimate concern of this committee."
"There is no health information in the process," Pallone continued. "You're asked about your address, your date of birth. You are not asked health information. So why are we going down this path? Because you are trying to scare people so they don't apply, and so therefore the legislation gets delayed, or the Affordable Care Act gets defunded, or it's repealed. That's all it is, hoping people won't apply."
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PALLONE: "No, I Will Not Yield To This MONKEY COURT Or Whatever This Thing Is" [View all]
Segami
Oct 2013
OP
just put the name tags infront of these guys!--"Mr. Barton", "Mr. Issa", "Mr. Gohmert" etc.
lastlib
Oct 2013
#39
I think that when Rep Grayson speaks out against the stupid, it will inspire others to do the same.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#23
Caling Bartn and Gomhert shit-for-brains is an insult to perfectly good and useful shit
Nanjing to Seoul
Oct 2013
#46
Congressman Pallone, thanks for responding to people who might be afraid to go on the website
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#28
GO FRANK_KAY! Mr Pallone is IN THE HOUSE!!! Large and in charge. Take that all you fact-sectomies!
Tigress DEM
Oct 2013
#57
Woman in the yellow sweater's eyes about popped out when Barton said "This is not a monkey court!"
alcibiades_mystery
Oct 2013
#62
So Joe Barton, the guy who apologized to BP's CEO for Obama guilt tripping him into giving
Downtown Hound
Oct 2013
#67