{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://nunes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=360133", "ObamaCare's wretched rollout", "2013-11-01", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Devin Nunes", "N000181", "nunes.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), testified to the Ways and Means Committee this week on the Obama administration\u2019s disastrous rollout of the ObamaCare exchanges and their malfunctioning website. Here are some examples of how her answers to my questions contradicted her previous statements:\u00a0 \n \n    Ms. Tavenner\u2019s conversation with Rep. Pitts during her August 1, 2013 testimony to Congress (Note that Rep. Pitts asked her about the ObamaCare exchanges, not the data hub):\n \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rep. Pitts: \u201cDo the contractors who HHS is paying to build these exchanges have certain targets or milestones that they have to meet?\u201d \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Tavenner: \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rep. Pitts: \u201cCan you tell us today that every contractor has met these targets and is on time?\u201d \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Tavenner: \u201cYes sir, I can.\u201d\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Tavenner\u2019s answer to my question about that conversation: \u201cIf I remember the questions correctly, what Congressman Pitts was asking me related to the hub, and the hub was progressing on time and on schedule, [it] still is.\u00a0 The\u00a0hub has actually operated pretty much flawlessly, and most of the questions were around the hub.\u201d\n \n    Ms. Tavenner\u2019s written testimony submitted for her October 29, 2013 appearance before the Ways and Means Committee: \u201cCMS has a track record of successfully overseeing the many contractors our programs depend on to function. Unfortunately, a subset of those contracts for HeathCare.gov have not met expectations.\u201d\n    \n    Ms. Tavenner\u2019s answer to my question about that testimony: \u201cI don\u2019t think I said that [the problem with HealthCare.gov] was due to a subset of contractors.\u201d\n \nTo sum up: Ms. Tavenner told Congress on August 1, 2013 \u2013 just two months before the exchanges became operational \u2013 that all the contractors creating the exchanges were meeting their targets and were on time. Then for her October 29 appearance before Congress, she submitted written testimony blaming the critical problems with the exchanges and the website on a subset of contractors. When I asked her about that, she denied having said it. Additionally, when asked by me and several other congressmen how many people have managed to get through all the HealthCare.gov glitches and actually enroll in the exchanges, Ms. Tavenner refused to answer, saying CMS would not release those numbers until mid-November.  \n\nJust for fun, let\u2019s end with one more quote, this one from President Obama himself:   \n\n\u201cThis is the most transparent administration in history.\u201d  \n\nFor more on Ms. Tavenner\u2019s testimony and the ObamaCare rollout, listen to my interview with John Batchelor here. And don\u2019t forget to check the Nunes Digest for your weekend reading here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://nunes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=360133"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6375200357288122, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}