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the republican-controlled house, some on the left are calling the bill a complete waste of time. joining us is a parent on the forefront of the fight, ian prior, and executive director of fight for schools. talking off camera about this. likely to pass the house after a rigorous debate but not likely to go in the senate. is this more of taking positions for 2024? >> well, look, i think clearly house republicans have been listening to parents over the past two years, and clearly democrats have not been. i mean, what does this bill do, right? more transparency on classroom lessons, classroom curriculum, books in the library, books in the classroom library. more accountability on safety issues. if a child goes to school and wants to identify as another sex, they have to get consent from the parents. the fact that democrats are opposing this while you have rachel levine saying we are going to escalate the push for
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people seem to be caught up quite frankly on semantics, repeal and replace. what exactly does this bill do, does it repeal or replace? >> it's fixing. that's what we should be focused on. there are other things, other issues with the affordable care act that are going to need to be addressed moving forward but these are issues that in the short term will help to bring down premiums and other things will have to work on in the future but this is a great compromise plan, democrats and republicans came together to make care more affordable. arthel: and it's billed as the first and only bipartisan health care plan. congressman reed, what is the pressure here because now you have to succeed so that your efforts become that template for working across the aisle and getting back to a business used to be transacted in congress? >> that's one of the biggest successes out of this outside of healthcare.
force, and that brings me to the issue of the military relying on the civilian grid. what would your bill do, at least for the people in texas? >> well, for the military installations in texas and the people of texas, our bill would move us towards an ever-increasing level of survivability of our electrical grid. and since the military installations use the same electric grid that the civilian population and manufacturing and industry does, it would provide a protection in the event of either type of threat. so that the grid would be recoverable or would continue operating in the event of a threat. >> and texas, and i love texas, and you guys are very often the lead in a lot of things, but if your bill passes, if texas makes the decision to independently harden its own grid, then
force, and that brings me to the issue of the military relying on the civilian grid. what would your bill do, at least for the people in texas? >> well, for the military installations in texas and the people of texas, our bill would move us towards an ever-increasing level of survivability of our electrical grid. and since the military installations use the same electric grid that the civilian population and manufacturing and industry does, it would provide a protection in the event of either type of threat. so that the grid would be recoverable or would continue operating in the event of a threat. >> and texas, and i love texas, and you guys are very often the lead in a lot of things, but if your bill passes, if texas makes the decision to independently harden its own grid, then
america safer from cyber attacks and cyber disasters has spawned discussion about the kwr-rpbt kill switch, particularly gaining a lot of attention because of what's taken place in egypt and libya. the government working with the private sector needs to make sure that there are rules and regulations developed for how to protect critical government -- >> gregg but what i'm asking, what would this bill do, would it give the president the authority to shut down the entire internet in the u.s.? >> the bill was reintroduced this month and language was added to it to say that the president is not authorized to shut down the internet. i think there are some issues that mark is raising in terms of what the actual effect of the language would be. but that is what spawned the controversy and the senators have reacted saying they don't want to authorize and this bill will not authorize the -- >> gregg but mark you're not wild about this. why? >> i think the senators have taken steps to try to improve the bill. obviously, there was a problem with the version