(CNN) -- At points, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius sounded downright Orwellian in her testimony before Congress on Wednesday, such as when she explained that "the website never crashed. It is functional, but at a very slow speed and very low reliability and has continued to function." Prolonged periods of minimum usefulness, perhaps, but don't call it a "crash," she said with a straight face. On the other half of the television screen, CNN showed a live shot of HealthCare.gov with the message displayed, "The system is down at the moment." But in the world of Obamacare, a mandate is an "option," expensive is "affordable," and now apparently failure is "function."
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Newt Gingrich: Sebelius sounded Orwellian when she said website never "crashed"
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He says millions are losing their health care policies despite promises
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Gingrich says they will be forced to try to navigate a dysfunctional website
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Sebelius should be replaced as health and human services secretary, he says
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