AND LOWER PREMIUMS, NOT THROW 22 MILLION PEOPLE OFF OF HEALTH
INSURANCE. >> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WHY NOT
LET IT GET TO THE FLOOR SO THAT THROUGH AMENDMENTS YOU CAN TRY
TO FIX IT, EVEN SENATOR SCHUMER SUGGESTED THAT SINGLE PAYER MAY
BE AN AMENDMENT OPTION. >> WELL, YOU DON'T FIX IT BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS. ONE OF THE OUTRAGES BEHIND THIS
WHOLE PROCESS IS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ONE-SIXTH OF THE
ECONOMY REGARDING HEALTH CARE, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ONE PUBLIC
HEARING. SO WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THIS
MOTION TO PROCEED SHOULD BE DEFEATED, SHOULD GO BACK TO
COMMITTEE. WE SHOULD HEAR FROM DOCTORS AND
NURSES AND HOSPITALS. RIGHT NOW, VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, THE AMA, AMERICAN HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION, CANCER ASSOCIATION, THE AARP, THEY ALL DISAGREE WITH
THIS LEGISLATION. THEY WANT IT TO BE DEFEATED.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ONE DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD DO FOR HIS OR HER PATIENTS.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DEFEAT IT AND TAKE IT BACK TO COMMITTEE
AND HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA JOINS THE REST OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORD AND
GUARANTEES HEALTH CARE TO ALL PEOPLE AS A RIGHT, HOW WE NO
LONGER CONTINUE TO PAY BY FAR THE HIGHEST PRICES IN THE WORLD
FOR HEALTH CARE AND FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF DISCUSSION WE NEED.
YOU DON'T DO LEGISLATION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BRING IT TO THE
FLOOR WITHOUT ANYBODY EVEN KNOWING AS OF THIS MOMENT.
THIS BILL HAS COME BEFORE THE FLOOR IN TWO HOURS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS AN ABSURD PROCESS, A DESTRUCTIVE BILL, IT'S GOT TO BE
DEFEATED AND WE'VE GOT TO START OVER AGAIN.
>> RAND PAUL HAS SAID HE WOULD VOTE FOR THE MOTION TO PROCEED.
SENATOR McCAIN HAS FLOWN ACROSS COUNTRY ONLY DAYS AFTER HE'S H D
BRAIN SURGERY, DISCOVERING THE BRAIN CANCER.
AN HEROIC EFFORT BUT COMING TO CLEARLY VOTE WITH THE
LEADERSHIP. SO IS THE MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE
NOW? THERE WAS PRESSURE FROM THE
PRESIDENT ON SHOWING MORE CAP TA IN WEST VIRGINIA YESTERDAY.
>> WELL, THEY HAVE THE POLITICAL MOMENTUM BUT THEY CERTAINLY
DON'T HAVE THE MOMENTUM FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT ONLY THAT EVERY MAJOR HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION IN THIS
COUNTRY, ANDREA, WANTS TO SEE THIS DISASTROUS LEGISLATION
DEFEATED. IT'S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE LAST POLL I SAW FROM USA TODAY HAD 12% OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SAYING IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO THROW MILLIONS OFF HEALTH
INSURANCE AND GIVE HUGE TAX BREAKS.
THIS IS ENORMOUSLY UNPOPULAR, THAT THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS MAY
END UP WINNING. THAT DOESN'T SHOCK ME.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECOME A RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST PARTY
FOLLOWING THE KOCH BROTHERS IDEOLOGY AND THEY WANT TO CUT
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS, IF
THEY SUCCEED IN THIS PROCESS OF MAKING MASSIVE CUTS TO MEDICAID,
MEDICARE WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND AND THEN COMES VETERANS AND THIS
IS A PROGRAM THAT WORKING FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE OTHER DRAMA GOING ON.
YOU'VE GOT JARED KUSHNER ON THE HOUSE SIDE AND PAUL MANAFORT WAS
OVER AT SENATE INTELLIGENCE. THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING AND
PRESSURING AND LEAKING AGAINST HIS OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL.
DO YOU SEE A PATTERN HERE WHERE THE PRESIDENT MAY BE PREPARING
TO TAKE -- MAKE MOVES AGAINST THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER BY GETTING RID OF SESSIONS?
>> ANDREA, I HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT
HAVE A VERY HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT TRUMP DOES
TODAY LET ALONE WHAT HE WILL DO TOMORROW.
OFTEN HE CHANGES HIS MIND COMPLETELY.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN INTENSIVE
INVESTIGATION TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS
COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.
THAT'S AN INVESTIGATION THAT HAS GOT TO GO ON AND IT'S GOT TO GO
ON IN A METHODICAL AND NONPARTISAN WAY AND I SUPPORT
THAT VERY STRONGLY. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TO THE BOY SCOUTS.
SURPRISING A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU AND YOUR BROTHER LARRY WENT
TO BOY SCOUT CAMP WHEN YOU WERE A KID FROM BROOKLYN.
A LOT OF US WERE INVOLVED WITH SCOUTING.
AND THE SCOUTS PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT THEY ARE
NONPARTISAN AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, WHICH WAS SO
POLITICAL BY ANY MEASURE THAT IT CROSSED A LOT OF LINES.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. I WAS A BOY SCOUT.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
I LEARNED A WHOLE LOT. TO GIVE A POLITICAL SPEECH TO
KIDS WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE JAMBOREE, IT IS OUTRAGEOUS AND
WHO IS HE MAKES HIM VERY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. SO, NO, NOTHING THAT TRUMP DOES
SHOCKS ME BUT
