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harris making administration case on wednesday. >> theres no question we still have work to do but its important to note these numbers do not fully reflect the recent drop in gas prices. average national gas price have fallen everyday nearly 30 days. since mid-june, prices are down 40 cents a gallon. paul: republican constant kevin brady of texas, top republican on the house ways and means committee. welcome mr. chairman. you heard the vice president say this is out of date, the number...

>> thats why this is unconstitutional and just so wrong. are you surprised? was i surprised today? no. its a shameful act and women are scared by the actions and continued actions of this administration. but heres why were going to win. its -- you cant do that. the basic principles say that we get to exercise religious freedom, of course. and the law and the supreme court recently set this clear in hobby lobby. there are already existing protections for religious freedom under the law, that prot...

Deny care to women or to other employees. thats just wrong. and thats whats really scary. the idea that somebody, an employer, could make a moral objection that would deny women access to needed health care really opens up to a scary degree any number of options and again, its why i sought to file directly in court this afternoon and to seek an immediate order to stop this rule from going forward. as i say, president trump is showing to be at war with women in this country. he needs to be stoppe...

Any number of ways and needs to be stopped. >> briefly, what are one or two of those ways? >> well, the first thing it does is a violation of equal protection clause. you have a situation where the administration has offered a rule that discriminates against women. it only affects women. therefore, it violates equal protection. ari, you are a lawyer. you understand the establishment clause. here we have a situation where its the boss getting to impose his religious beliefs on his workers. a wome...

Promises. so we were ready to go today, because we know how high the stakes are. how serious this is. youre talking about womens access to preventative health care services that as neera says are so effective and so important, and so widely used by democrats and republicans alike. this is and should not be a partisan issue. this is about health care. so look. we have sued the trump administration before. we have been successful. well continue to make our case every day. this is about the constit...

Nixon, i actually think its unfair to richard nixon. and the reason i say that is because richard nixon had some degree of seriousness about policy. he even signed bills to go to neeras point of working with democrats, signed a lot of bills that democrats put on the desk like to create the epa. with donald trump, there is nothing like that. there is no seriousness about the job or about policy. hes gone on both sides of daca within a few days. some days he wants to expand health care beyond obam...

Objection, ari, as a reason, they offered a separate rule today that said the boss gets to basically lob a moral objection that would allow the boss to deny care to women or to other employees. thats just wrong. and thats whats really scary. the idea that somebody, an employer, could make a moral objection that would deny women access to needed health care really opens up to a scary degree any number of options and again, its why i sought to file directly in court this afternoon and to seek an i...

Neeras point of working with democrats, signed a lot of bills that democrats put on the desk like to create the epa. with donald trump, there is nothing like that. there is no seriousness about the job or about policy. hes gone on both sides of da kra within a few days. some days he wants to expand health care beyond obamacare. other days he doesnt care as long as obamacare is repealed. and so, i think hes somebody who even its said he has this solid base. but nobody out there really knows if he...

Because its unconstitutional. it violates the constitution in any number of ways and needs to be stopped. >> briefly, what are one or two of those ways? >> well, the first thing it does is a violation of equal protection clause. you have a situation where the administration has offered a rule that discriminates against women. it only affects women. therefore, it violates equal protection. ari, you are a lawyer. you understand the establishment clause. here we have a situation where its the boss ...

Protection. ari, you are a lawyer. you understand the establishment clause. here we have a situation where its the boss getting to impose his religious beliefs on his workers. a women and her family. thats wrong. >> lets -- >> women should be able to exercise the freedom to make the choice. >> lets pause on that. thats a great thought. the religious freedom part is something that appeals to people on paper. for the reasons you just mentioned, though, it makes no sense here because if you say, we...