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Sessions, conferences, committee hearings. and weve got a lot of feedback from members over that process. our chairs, walden and brady, ways and means and commerce, got feedback on two provisions, whether we have a cap on the size of the credit or whether theres a cap on the exclusion. those two concerns were addressed in the latest draft of the bill, because again, this is a participatory process, this is a bottom-up process. those are the concerns that were brought to the committees of jurisdi...

This is a participatory process. this is a bottom-up process. >> dave brad is a republican congressman from virginia. hes also a member of the house freedom caucus. thanks for your time this afternoon. first of all before we get to the process, will the bill in its current form pass, are the votes there? >> no, i think theres a surprisingly large number of folks, were hearing from people across the board, across the spectrum saying theres no way they can get on board. its too many elements of ob...

Unstable people buy guns with no problems whatsoever. he cares about all those things much more than what president trump tweets at the tv each morning." so that gives you a little bit of insight into the thinking of the former president who really hasnt been that visible certainly as we are told has not had any conversations with this president since he took office, the two have yet to meet, the last time we saw the two together was shortly before then president-elect trump met with him here in...

Washington back to doctors and patients. back to states. this is what good conservative health care reform looks like. it is bold and it is long overdue. and it is us fulfilling our promises. so i encourage everyone to go online and read our bill at readthebill.gop. are there any questions? christina? [ inaudible question ] >> as you know, we have this bottom up process thats been over a year long. last year we assembled working groups from committees of sxwlkz a jurisdiction and any republican ...

It repeels obamacare spending and mandates and creates a vibrant market where insurance companies compete for your business. where you have lower costs, more choices and greater control over your health care. it returns power. this is most important. this returns power from washington back to doctors and patients, back to states. this is what good, conservative health care reform looks like. its bold and it is long overdue and it is us fulfilling our promises. i encourage everyone to go online a...

Briefings, listening sessions, conferences, committee hearings, and weve got a lot of feedbecome from members over that process. our chairs, walden and brady and ways and means and commerce got feedback from members on two provisions. whether we have a cap on the size of the credit or whether theres a cap on the exclusion. those two concerns were addressed in the latest draft of the bill because again, this is a participatory process. a bottom-up process. those are the concerns that were brought...

Shouldnt i be part of the process? i was elect today represent my state and im not allowed to read the working progress so i comment on it? >> why not putting it out there? >> i think it will be put out there. typically we get a bill to review as its about a couple of days from what they call mark-up, the committee level. you generally are not going get a bill before that. i think the difference here is given what nancy pelosi in the past, feeling burn on vote on it and then you can read it, wha...

Conservative movement which eventually led to the tea party. do you see similarities now? >> yeah, i mean, you know, dissent is part and baked into the american political system. thats a good thing. we want to have that. and in fairness to the republicans out there, and in fairness to paul ryan and leadership, this has been a bottom-up process. unlike with due respect to the affordable care act, when it went in straight line party vote, little debate and sort of read it and you can discover what...

Earlier, is this outpouring of citizen action. the marches we saw in washington and new york, all around the country after trumps inauguration, it was just a powerful sign of people wanting to be involved, saying, hey, this is our country too. yeah, there will ab fight in the senate and it will be pretty predictable but more of a bottom-up process for the democratic party. democratic party needs new leadership. there are tired and familiar faces on chiapitol hill and i think that process of chan...

Our allies on this rogue regime. so i think its a little early to say exactly what the response ought to be until we get all of the facts in hand. but it does clearly look like this is what took place. >> one of the complaints from democrats is that youre putting forward this repeal bill before you put forward the alternative it promised. why do that? why not just put up an alternative? >> just wait. >> you were asked about your agenda for this year, the tax reform and health care replacement th...