why am i so critical of the house of representatives? not because of the traditional rivalry between the chambers but because yesterday the congressional budget office took a look at the bill that passed the u.s. house of representatives three weeks ago by two votes. it was all republicans voting for and passed by two. a number of republicans refused to support it. it had no support from the democratic side. it was an unusual bill because it went out of the regular order of business. the regular order of business suggests that when you're going to do something that might have an impact, a large impact on america, you should go to an agency that is nonpartisan, expert in the field that will analyze your bill and tell you what impact it will have. most of us think we have pretty good ideas for making america a better place to live and good ideas for legislation, but luckily we have something called the congressional budget office which sometimes brings us back down to earth and says it might not work exactly as you thought it would work. a

house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise alongside my good friend, congressman mike johnson, to recognize dr. david raines, a louisiana ledgend in the field of gastroenterrol gy. he's worked with patients across the united states, including a gastroenterology fellowship serving our veterans at the walter reed army medical center here in washington. he's a pioneer in the field of gastroenterology and almost single-handedly responsible for bringing freestanding endoscopy to louisiana, because of him patients can get these important lifesaving procedures in a cost efficient and convenient outpatient basis. he's admired among the pearce, me being one of those. mr. abraham: not only for his professional accomplishments but also for the way he has cared

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on may 16, 2017, at 9:40 a.m. appointment, health information technology advisory committee, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to sclause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4 los angeles mayor an transportation officials from oklahoma and virginia will testify. you can see that live here on c-span when it gets under way at 3:15. right now, a conversation from this morning's "washington journal." s. host: congressman mike doyle, democrat from pennsylvania, joins us now, one of the senior democrat on energy and commerce committee, one of the key committees that republicans moved their health legislation through. just on this reporting yesterday from the --

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president trump has been celebrating at the white house after the us house of representatives passed a healthcare bill, bringing his pledge to repeal and replace so—called 0bamacare a step closer. he vowed to "finish off" barack 0bama's signature health care law which offered medical insurance to millions more americans. but president trump's plan may well face a tougher ride in the senate where republicans have a smaller majority. here's our north america editorjon sopel the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the moment at just after two o'clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. shame, shame, shame, shame. outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, "shame." this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today's debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health costs? no. does trumpca re provide better healthcare? no. does trumpca re prote

it's a win in the house of representatives. julie pace is the chief white house country for the associated press. cnn inside politics contributor. julie, we understand the president was watching the vote come in with some of his top aides in the oval office? >> which isn't a huge surprise, considering this president is frequently watching television. so this time he was watching something actually pass, which is a change for him. but, you know, for this president, this is kind of a reversal. after the first healthcare bill never even made it on to the floor, he was willing to walk away. he said he wanted to move on to tax reform. i think what you saw happen is it really sunk in for him and for other republican leaders this is something they promised. and the impact of having full control in washington and not being able to pass an obamacare repeal, at least out of the house, could have been potentially devastating for them. >> was there any real fear based on everything you heard over there that this could go down to defeat? >>

and yet, it passed the house of representatives. and so today people say to me in illinois when they have town meetings, we're listening to you, senator, but what do you want to do about health care today? what would you change in the current system? let me tell you first, i voted for the affordable care act. i believe in it. the number of uninsured people in america, the percentage, has been cut in half because of the affordable care act. is it perfect? forks not. does it --ing of course not. does it need to be changed? yes. i can give you two or three specifics, and i will. first, we've got to do something about the price of drugs in america. pharmaceuticals. you see what's happening. hedge funds are buying the rights to drugs and raising the prices two, three, four and ten times because they have an exclusive drug. i have a family i've come to know who has a young son who is in high school in chicago, and enhas diabetes. he's an amazing kid. he's going to be a great success in life. he's fought diabetes for years and years and hi

the chairman of one of the most important committees in the house of representative accident tifs. s /* a lot going on right now. kwet sb why are you leaving congress by the epd of june? >> at some point you have to get off this crazy train. there is always somebody doing something stupid somewhere so there is always something to look at and investigate. but you have to say, i spent more than 1500 nights away from my family. i happen to love my wife and adore our kids. we are about to become empty-nesters and look at the prospect of spending another 200 or 300 nights away from my wonderful wife, julie, it is over the next 18 months, i just didn't want to do it any more. i just want to make the transition. i always promised i would get in, serve and get out. this is not supposed to be a lifetime appointment. i don't want that potomac fever and too caught up in myself or anything else and get more after balance back in my life. i decided, end of june we will hang up our cleats at this chapter of our life. >> constituent are disappointed. you ran for a two-year term and now you're lea

narrow win in the house of representatives. gloria, you're anxious to react to what we're seeing. >> i just think we're seeing symmetry here in a lot of ways. you have both parties playing to the base. you heard nancy pelosi say this is, you know, this is a tax break for the rich, which obviously it plays to the democratic base. jake and i were communicating with a republican consultant, he said if we don't do this, if redon't repeal this it's the whole cycle. if we face voters withouti doin it we can -- >> because base voters will not win out. >> it's about their base. there's a little bit of historical symmetry here. obamacare passed by one vote. party line. what happened today. this passed by one vote. party line. history repeating itself just with different parties in charge. healthcare is and will repamain partisan issue and both sides are doing what they feel they have to do for their base, only the democrats are believing right now they can use this to get the majority back and republicans are saying, you would have gott

of the passage of a bill in the house of representatives only. we have never, ever seen that before. members of congress do not go up to the white house to celebrate the passage of a bill til the bill is ready to be signed by the president. in other words, until it's passed the house and the senate. the bill signing at the white house is the first and the last celebration of the bill at the white house. the republicans have so little confidence that there will ever be a bill signing at the white house that they decided to have their big celebration today. at the end of the first inning. the bill that passed the house today now goes to the senate. the senate is absolutely not going to pass the bill that the house just passed. >> is there any chance for an up or down vote in the senate on the bill as written to get it quickly passed and move quickly past the issue for republicans? >> no. >> zero. >> i love talking. that's not the way it's going to work. >> if some kind of obamacare repeal and replace bill does get through the senate, the bill, the

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ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the message. receive a the secretary: mr. speaker, i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a essage in writing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize embers from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to highlight a truly wonderful business k.c.f. technologies. i had the honor to go to k.c.f. as they hit a milestone of hiring their 50th employee. it was founded by three penn i and researchers, gary, w frank. it's a

it is passed this first hurdle in the house of representatives. why are you so keen to see the repeal of 0bamacare? well, what people have missed in this debate is there's been a lot of focus on the roughly 20 million people who gained subsidised coverage for health care through 0bamacare, but what has been missing is the focus on the 25 million, at least as many if not more, people who have not got any subsidies but got hit with the enormous increases in premiums, and then loss of coverage. those people are self—employed people, small businesses, and those are the constituents behind the republicans' effort to repeal and replace 0bama care. those are the ones who put donald trump and the republicans in office is based on their promise to do this, so obviously those people aren't going to be very happy, or at least see that progress is being made. just yesterday, and said... we had another indication of the problem is those people are facing in the state of iowa. they keep losing money under the 0bamacare regulations, and that could leave selfâ€

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. scott wilson, capitol hill presbyterian church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious and loving god, send your spirit once again to these halls of power where so many have come to participate in the difficult but glorious process of governing by consent of the people. be especially with those blessed with this awesome authority that they may wield it with humility and grace. amid the many voices of our world and our culture, may we strain to hear clearly a word from you, the one who desires justice and mercy and may we also be atuned to listen to one another, to hear each other with wisdom and understanding and to that end, lord, be with those who are in their home districts. grant them peace as they dialogue with their neighbors, whether they be friend or foe. help us to be strengthened by the good we see in others and help us to seek a way that is pleasing to you. amen. the speake

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why am i so critical of the house of representatives? not because of the traditional rivalry between the chambers but because yesterday the congressional budget office took a look at the bill that passed the u.s. house of representatives three weeks ago by two votes. it was all republicans voting for and passed by two. a number of republicans refused to support it. it had no support from the democratic side. it was an unusual bill because it went out of the regular order of business. the regular order of business suggests that when you're going to do something that might have an impact, a large impact on america, you should go to an agency that is nonpartisan, expert in the field that will analyze your bill and tell you what impact it will have. most of us think we have pretty good ideas for making america a better place to live and good ideas for legislation, but luckily we have something called the congressional budget office which sometimes brings us back down to earth and says it might not work exactly as you thought it would work. a

a big vote in the house of representatives for the republican passing their health care legislation package by a couple of votes. i am wondering about the politics and policy of this as it moves into the united states senate. in the senate, 10 senators face election in states that president trump won. what are your concerns as this legislation moves on? rep. defazio: this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. look this was a really bad will , -- which was immensely unpopular in polling. it was rejected by the american

house of representatives.] u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 423. the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will come to order. members, please take seats or remove conversations from the floor. he house will come to order. >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the gentleman the schedule for tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: tomorrow the house will vote on h.r. 1644, the north korean sanctions bill. i believe it's important that the house speak with one voice against the recent actions of the kim regime. next, as i said in our colloquy on friday, additional egislative items are possible. as soon as any

of the passage of a bill in the house of representatives only. we have never, ever seen that before. members of congress do not go up to the white house to celebrate the passage of a bill until the bill is ready to be signed by the president. in other words, until it's passed the house and the senate. the bill signing at the white house is the first and the last celebration of the bill at the white house. the republicans have so little confidence that there will ever be a bill signing at the white house that they decided to have their big celebration today. at the end of the first inning. the bill that passed the house today now goes to the senate. the senate is absolutely not going to pass the bill that the house just passed. >> is there any chance for an up or down vote in the senate on the bill as written to get it quickly passed and move quickly past the issue for republicans? >> no. >> zero. >> i love talking. that's not the way it's going to work. >> if some kind of obamacare repeal and replace bill does get through the senate, the bill, th

congressman neal dunn, what you doing before you joined the house of representatives? -- neurological surgery. i been doing that for 25 years or so. >> what was your practice and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? >> panama city, we chose it after careful thought when i got out of the army in 1990. we wanted to go to a place of us from a to the military. the country has not always been friendly to veterans but it is now. coast, era all along the the gulf close -- gulf coast of florida, it's always been printed a veterans of all sorts. >> and before you left the military you are a doctor in the military? >> that's right. dunn: i went straight into the military out of medical school and served on a number of different places around the world. and had a chance to see a lot of different types of surgeries. i settled on neurological surgery. kidney stones, prostate cancer. that became sort of my specialty. fell,hen the berlin wall they called all the surgeons in and said go home. find a job, the war is over. it was for six months only. then kuwait. city ens

tonight, obamacare on life support after a key vote in the house of representatives. republicans have used their majority to replace obamacare with a new health care package that critics say could take 20 million people away from the world of health insurance. we go to washington with the latest. france enters its final days of campaigning. the far right candidate marine le pen holding her last rally after a bruising tv debate left her behind in the polls. and the king of gas gives up his crown. prince philip retires from public duties at the age of 95. good to have you with us. tonight it is being hailed as a victory for donald trump. in the house of representatives lawmakers have passed a new health care bill drawn up to replace obamacare. health care reform was one of his election promises. it suffered a setback when republicans refused to support their own administration. the latest is a compromise to get republican skeptics on board. it has to pass the senate where it could face public and resistance. after the house vote a triumphant donald trump addressed repub

the house of representatives has narrowly passed the republicans' replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law — indeed, whether it does at all — is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment atjust after 2:00 this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, "shame." this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today's debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health costs? no. does trumpca re provide better healthcare? no. does trumpca re protect seniors and families? no. has panto season come to politics? yes. are we going to be men and women of our word? yes. are we going to keep the promises that we made? yes. or are we go

he did technically win in the house of representatives. he got the vote only by one that it is still a victory, a huge victory. it may not go through the senate but we may be looking for... 100 days no big legislative push through so this is something. you have to admire the businessman in him. he is hoping former mentor. what do you think he's going to say? laughter do you think the republican side shot themselves in the foot given that there are many aspects of obamacare that were popular. he is meant to stand up for the little man and women and that is what obamacare is for. i used to work in congress and what i learnt is that the percentage of congressmen who our re—elected is 90% or something like that. when the midterms election happen next year, although i think the democrats will ta ke although i think the democrats will take control of the house because of these anti—trump sentiment and therefore making a name donald duck 18 months from now, 12 months from now, nevertheless, ido 18 months from now, 12 months from now, neverthe

house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the -- on this vote the yeas are 191 and the nays are 229. he amendment is not adopted. he committee will be in order. he committee will be in order. can we halt our conversations? he committee will be in order. lear the well, please. the committee recognizes -- for what purpose does the lady from florida rise? ms. castor: mr. speaker, i ask that i be allowed to address the house for one minute. the chair: without objection. ms. castor: mr. speaker, as the co-chair of the bipartisan congressional soccer caucus, along with my co-chairs, representative don bacon and darren lahood and eric swalwell, i'm pleased to inform the house that last night a group of bipartisan members came together to play in the fifth annual capitol soccer classic, a charity benefit for the u.s. soccer foundation, and children in underserved areas across the country. the u.s. soccer foundation transforms abandoned fields and vacant lots into state-of-the-art soccer fields to create safe p

the house of representatives narrowly passed the replacement obamacare. iraqi forces have opened a new front in their fight to dislodge islamic state from the country's second city, mosul. it isa the country's second city, mosul. it is a major shift in tactics as the battle has slowed in recent weeks. now it is time for our news review. le figaro leads with the french presidential election reporting emmanuel macron is the frontrunner, declaring him the winner in his final debate with rival marine le pen. the irish times reports us president donald trump has scored his first legislative victory after the house of representatives voted to replace the affordable care act, more widely known as obamacare. the new york times asks did uk tabloid newspapers help in persuading the british public to vote brexit? the paper says as the uk prepares to cut ties with europe many uk politicians are courting the tabloids out of fear they'll turn against them. the south china morning post says a war of words has escalated between north korea and china. the row, the paper s

house of representatives? >> guest: i was a surgeon in panama city doing your logical surgery, and i've been doing that for 25 years or so. >> host: and what was your practice, and why did you decide to go to panama be city to open it? >> guest: oh, is pan that city, my wife and i chose that after careful thought when i got out of the army back in 990. we wanted to go to a place that was friendly to the military, ask you remember -- and you remember that the country hasn't always been friendly to veterans. it is thousand. but in that area around bay county, all along the gulf coast of florida has always been very, very friendly to veterans of all sorts. and so we felt immediately at home in panama city there. >> host: and before you left the military, you were a doctor in the military -- >> guest: yes, that's right. >> host: tell us about your military career. >> guest: that is actually fun. i went straight into the military right out of medical school and served this a number of different places around the wo

and the good news is i'm surrounded by a team of excellence here in the united states house of representatives and in a bipartisan way we've already agreed that it makes no sense. you'll recall, mr. speaker, we brought a substantially similar measure to the floor. we passed it under a process called suspend the rules. it's a process we save for those bills that are relatively noncontroversial. it passed in a bipartisan way but didn't make it across the senate floor. we brought it back, again, mr. speaker, to this floor. we brought it under a rule as we're doing today, passed again in a bipartisan way, sent it to the senate. couldn't make it across the senate floor. mr. speaker, we added it to the farm bill that we passed here in the house which, again, passed in a bipartisan way. sent it over to the senate. it was stripped out on the senate side. mr. speaker, we have come together time and time again as a body to move this commonsense regulatory reform forward. it's my great hope that i'll get support from both sides of the aisle again today, not just on this rule but on the underlying legisla

in the credibility and the integrity of our committees and the house of representatives. of course, speaker ryan has shown he has zero, zero, zero appetite for any investigation of president trump. instead he appears to have minimized any oversight whatsoever. last night our chairman, representative chaffetz tweeted that he wants copies of the comey memos. he said, and i quote, my subpoena pen is ready, end of quote. the problem is that we have been waiting for months for the chairman to pick up his so-called subpoena pen and use it against the white house. in march, just a month after the president allegedly pressured director comey to drop the flynn investigation, chairman chaffetz and i sent a bipartisan letter to the white house requesting documents relating to general flynn. but the white house completely refused. the white house is obstructing our investigation coff, coverin for general flynn and refusing to provide not a single document, not a single syllable. nothing. is this what the white house has been hiding since march? were there conversations or e-mails wit

i want to remind you you're seeing on the right of your screen the house of representatives. we're about an hour away from a critical vote here in the trump administration. house republicans believe they finally have the votes to pass a key legislative priority of the gop repealing and replacing obamacare. they're going to do so without details about how much it will cost, how many people could lose their health care. a bit of the rush by the house leadership to get this done before lawmakers before they leave for the break. we'll bring you that interview. in the meantime, here is an interesting political fact for the republicans. they have wanted to do this since the day obamacare was enacted. look at our polling . it's actually fairly popular. 47% say they like the health care law. if you look at march 2010 perry made note of this before when it was passed because of the month long debate it was pretty unpopular. now that the american hear republicans might take things away, they might disrupt the system, this is much more dicey. she's retiring. she's not a rebel rouser. th

host: he was on the floor of the house of representatives where our next guest went to the floor and call for the impeachment of president trump. here's a bit of that statement. [video clip] >> i arrived today with the sense of responsibility and duty to the people who have elected me, a sense of people to this thetry, a sense of duty to constitution of the united states of america i rise today, mr. speaker, to call for the impeachment of the president of the united states of america. justice.uction of host: are guesses representative al green, democrat from texas, who serves the city of houston. what led you to believe that this was the right thing to do? guest: first, if i may, let me tell you this. i think is important. this is not something i wanted to do. it is something i feel compelled to do. i feel that i must do this because the president has obstructed justice. when the president fired the fbi director, who was investigating him, and then went on to tweet what might be considered some threats or some strong admonitions, that was obstruction of justice. there are many other

in washington, the house of representatives barely replaced a bill that would repeal much of president obama's health care law. >> every democrat voted no. protesters heckled gop house members following the vote. opponents say the bill could threaten insurance covered for about 24 million americans. >> a lot of us have been waiting seven years to cast this boat. many of us are here because we pledged to cast this very boat. >> speaker ryan once called this bill an act of mercy. an act of mercy. there is no mercy here. inequality and inhumanity, that is exactly what trump care has in store for the american people.>> at a celebration at the white house, president trump plumbers the measure would lower premiums, the number of u.s. senators express skepticism. some local reaction to all of this. rob?>> reporter: the fight over the new gop healthcare bill is far from over. many say it needs fine-tuning and that it is also a better deal for the wealthy. [ applause ] as the new gop healthcare bill heads to the senate, many are left wondering what just happened? >> i think it is not right. we

paul ryan has schedule vote on the repeal of obamacare tomorrow in the house of representatives. this is the second time he has scheduled a vote. the first time he decided to cancel that vote at the last minute. and tonight why are some democrats hoping that they actually do vote on that in the house of representatives tomorrow and that it passes the house? and only the house? >>> but first, fbi director jim comey testified today that he never allows politics to influence his decisions. but someone who was in the room with the director when he decided to reveal to reopee investigation of hillary clinton's e-mail has said that politics definitely was a factor in the decision that director comey made and the decision he had to justify today at the judiciary committee. >> this is terrible. it makes me mildly nausea to think we might have had some impact on the election. but honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. >> today was painful. >> lordy has this been painful. >> he made a very, very bad mistake. >> tell me what you would do. would you speak or would you conceal? >> using a

the house of representatives in to conduct its business for the day. and then don't forget on the side, there is going to be the briefing on capitol hill, deputysenate side by the attorney general rod rosenstein, activities in the house, as fact the the president set to give a press conference 3:45 this afternoon colombian president santos of that country. the just about to go to house of representatives, they're going in now, we take you to them. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., may 18, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable roger w. marshall to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul

the form of the resolution is as follows -- expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the president shall immediately release his tax return information to congress and the american people. whereas in the united states system of checks and balances, congress has a responsibility to hold the executive branch of government to fair and equal standard of transparency, ensuring the public interest -- ms. sanchez: whereas according to the tax history project, every president since gerald ford has disclosed their tax return information to the public. whereas tax returns provide an important baseline of reasonable information, including whether the president paid taxes, ownership interests, charitable donations made and whether tax deductions have been exploited. whereas disclosure of the president's tax returns could help those investigating russian influence in the 2016 elections understand the presidential ties to the russian federation and russian citizens, including debts owed and whether he has any equity interest, joint ventures or lng agreements with russia or russians

house of representatives? >> i was a surgeon in panama city. i have been doing it for 25 years. >> what was your practice, and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? that wife and i chose after careful thought after i got out of the army in 1990. we wanted to please friendly to the military. the country has not always been friendly to veterans. it is now. the gold coast of florida has always been very friendly to veterans of all sorts. we felt immediately at home in panama city. before you left the military company were dr. in the military . tell us about your military career. >> straight into the military out of medical school and served in a number of different places around the world. had a chance to do all types of different surgeries and settled on kidney, bladder, and prostate. specialty. my when the berlin wall fell, they called all the surgeons in. they said help them, find a job, the war is over. it was for six months only, then we were in kuwait. in panama city, i had a lot of new friends. we had a great time raising our

you need that passed by the house of representatives. mitch mcconnell, who i think for the time being is not going to be amongst the three that is going to join us -- [laughter] sen. murphy: republicans had successfully overturned those except for this week. this week, they brought the cra overturning obama's regulating methane emissions. they brought it up for a vote and it failed. [applause] sen. murphy: three republicans joined 48 democrats in the -- lations which you do have republicans that are , maybe to work with that not on a standalone bill in paris but maybe on others. question: did morning. good afternoon, actually. my name is joe williams, from stanford here with my wife patricia. i want to thank you for what you are doing for us. your hard work is evident. we've seen it on new shows. we appreciate it. one thing with regards to health care i do believe democrats should have been able to fight the republican agenda as well as preparing plan to fix what the so thatle care act has you could presented to the american people on wh

house of representatives? >> i was a surgeon in panama city during neurological surgery and i've been doing that there for 25 years or so. >> and what was your practice? and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? >> oh, so panama city my wife and i chose that after careful thought when i got out of the army back in 1990. we wanted to go to a place that was friendly to the military. you remember that the country hasn't always been friendly to veterans. it is now, but in that era around bay county, all along the coast there of gulf coast of florida has always been very, very friendly to veterans of all sorts. and so we felt immediately at home in panama city there. >> and before you left the military, you were a doctor in the military. >> yes, that's right. >> tell us about your military career. >> i was actually -- i went straight into the military right out of the medical school and served in a number of different places around the world. and had a chance to do a lot of different types of surgerie

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 405, the nays are 2. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is pass -- the rule is -- the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, to suspend the rules and pass h r. 1312 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 61, h.r. 1312rks a bill to amend the small business investment act to require annual review of the annual business forum of -- that is held pursuant to such act. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or c

yes, the house of representatives will start that vote shortly. there seems to have been some glitch. we expected it in the last few hours. it isa expected it in the last few hours. it is a vote on president 0bama's most important legacy. president trump promised to get rid of it. in the end of those members of congress are taking a vote, not knowing how much the replacement bill would cost are many americans will lose their health insurance. here is a democrat and republican. any health—care bill that came to this floor should be about expanding coverage and lowering costs. we want to work with you on that. instead, you bring a bill that will rip out ca re you bring a bill that will rip out care away from tens of millions of people. how can you do this to the american people? how can you do this to your constituents? this is a terrible, terrible bill. you should vote no. if we want to talk about misleading the american people, it started seven the american people, it started seve n years the american people, it started seven years ago and it en

ryan, speak of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will altete

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through this vote today the way they could win back the house of representatives. >> republicans came together all of the sudden two days ago. it was like magic. >> welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [ applause ] >> the trickle-down crowd is now having a beer party in the rose garden. >> make no mistake. this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. thinking bill is a moral and intellectual dumpster fire. >> premiums will be coming down. deductibles will be coming down. >> this bill comes nowhere close to that promise. >> i know that our friends over in the senate are eager to get to work. [ laughter ] >> frankly haven't paid that much aenon >> the senate, there is so much spirit there. >> this is going to be toxic in the districts. >> you have every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. you will glow in the dark on this one. >> vote them out! vote them out!

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair now will recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. last night i had the honor of presenting the international republican institute's 2017 freedom award to great freedom fighters in my native homeland of cuba, the ladies in white. although my dear friend, the leader of the ladies in white, was not able to be there. why? because the cuban regiege re-- regime refused to allow her to leave the island. while we were lucky enough to have on

of representatives and the republicans and they're heading now down to the white house to celebrate with president trump. we'll be back. have a good day. >>> this has been >>> that was an abc news special report. the house passed a republican sponsored bill to repeal parts of the obamacare. it has to get through the senate, a tough battle, we'll analyze that this afternoon. of course, download the abc 7 news app for the latest. >> absolutely. enable push alerts when you do that. the weather. we have changes in the forecast. >> hopefully no questions after i finish this. >> yes, that's for sure. >> exactly. 65 at 7:30 when the warriors take on the jazz. going to be a nice day. nice time out there. we're going to win when you step out, 57, cooler than yesterday. i show sfo because the fog. the next couple mornings we'll have delays with the marine layer coming back. weekend showers, saturday, not a great chance, don't change the maps. seasonal highs next week. around robin, 65, what a difference a day makes. 8 it 2 downtown this time yesterday. san francisco, across the bay, flipping

you would need that passed by the house of representatives. and you would need to get that on to the floor of the senate for a vote. mitch mcconnell, who i think for the time being is not going to be amongst the three that is going to join us -- [laughter] senator murphy: shocker. he has a lot of control about that agenda, so it is very difficult. you would likely have to have well more than three because you have to create a real tempest within the republican caucus that would cause mcconnell to set up a series of things on the floor that would bring that ultimately to a vote. remember, political gravity has applied to this administration. so michael flynn did eventually havfe to be forced out. jeff sessions did have to recuse himself. so it is not outside of the realm of possibility that as the story continues to unfold that there will have to be a special prosecutor appointed if we continue to keep the conventional pressure up. that did ultimately work with respect to flynn and sessions. it is not inconceivable that it would not work with r

the house of representatives. there is nothing wrong with worrying about re-election. we want every republican in the house of representatives to worry about re-election. [applause] this is one of the most fascinating questions in democratic theory. you often hear people saying all these members of congress care about is re-election. as if that is bad thing, right? you're actually supposed to be doing the things your constituents want so they will vote for you for re-election. you are also right there are sometimes decisions you have to make may have a short-term consequence but have a long-term gain and that is one of the hardest questions of representation. i'm not confronted with it every day, but probably every month i'm confronted with one of those decisions, a place where maybe my constituent are not totally with me right now but i know it is the right thing to do with respect to generational change. and so, you know, that said, i don't think there is any good way to answer that in the absolute. every sort o

, 23 from the house of representatives and 10 from the senate, currently serving in the united states congress. but just as importantly, there's 150 members of congress who experienced scouting. whether as a youth, perhaps in the case of 33 progressing to the rank of eagle scout, or currently, as myself, serving as an adult scout leader. scouting is important to many of us growing up and i think when a lot of us look back on our lives and say, what was one of the larger impacts we had, i can tell you in my case it was scouting. the same is true for my 24-year-old eagle scout son. my son and i, i can't tell you how many different camping trips we enjoyed together. what a great bonding experience for a father and a son connelling right up through cub scouts. so for all of those scouts today, as eagle scout pete

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 217, the nays are 213. this bill is passed and without objection theto reconsider is laid on the table. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> when that on the second try, the house approved the health care law replacement. more debate in a minute. but first, a look at c-span's live coverage coming you up tonight. president trump is in new york city to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the battle of the corral sea. we'll have live -- coral sea. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. and a look at a few headlines in reuters. u.s. house repeals obamacare. bill faces higher hurdles in the senate. and in "the hill," g.o.p. senators say we're doing our own health care bill. and in the "washington times," trump scores victory as house passes g.o.p. plan to trash obamacare. back to

against inor, 213 the republican-controlled house of representatives. the bill must now go to the senate. reviewing obamacare was a key campaign pledge for president donald ramotar -- repealing obamacare was a key campaign pledge for president donald trump. the american medical association has criticized this new bill, saying that millions of people will lose their coverage. white house correspondent philip crowther explains just how close today's vote was. philip: it is a tight vote. all democrats decided to vote against this bill and 20 republicans also decided to vote against it. these are largely republicans who are in districts where in 2018 when the midterm elections come along, they might be in a little bit of danger if this doesn't work out for them. in other words, if a lot of americans do end up losing their health insurance, because of this bill, if indeed it makes it to the senate and is validated by the senate and is been signed into law by the president. -- and is then signed into law by the president. the previous version of this bill was

the sources that i speak with in the house of representatives, corning to one senior white house official, told me there is a preference to deal with vice president mike pence and he himself was up here last night whipping votes himself and that is a dynamic i would continue to watch given the vice president's previous career as a lawmaker himself in congress. david: let's talk about leadership. there is nancy pelosi and many know who she is. people know about fred upton's knees but not fred upton himself. what does this say about republican leadership as to where we are today? >> that's a great point. this has been seen as a litmus test for paul ryan and his ability to get this through. we saw the spectacular failure only 48 days ago to get to a point of the vote, people wondered if paul ryan pulled a fast one on the president in taking on such a difficult issue. thisanalysts are saying was probably not the way to start for his presidency. on the flipside, the democratic don't see that many of the new generation of democrats able to really mobilize the fight. that's something we will hav