We continue our efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. This promise is just too important and the consequences of inaction are too dire for american families. We cannot just give up. That is why over the last couple of weeks, we have encouraged members from across the conference and you see many of them represented here today, we encouraged members to find consensus. In particular, i want to thank kevin brady and greg walden. While we have work to do to get there, we have made Real Progress this week. Thats why we are here today. We have come together on a new amendment that we believe will lower premiums and provide added protections for those getting access to care. This brings us closer to the final agreement we want to achieve. This idea was offered by gary palmer and Dave Schweikert and has been embraced by a broad swath of our conference. I would let the authors speak about it, but let me say briefly, this amendment would create a federal risk sharing program. It will lower cos
We continue our efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. This promise is just too important and the consequences of inaction are too dire for american families. We cannot just give up. That is why over the last couple of weeks, we have encouraged members from across the conference and you see many of them represented here today, we encouraged members to find consensus. In particular, i want to thank kevin brady and greg walden. While we have work to do to get there, we have made Real Progress this week. Thats why we are here today. We have come together on a new amendment that we believe will lower premiums and provide added protections for those getting access to care. This brings us closer to the final agreement we want to achieve. This idea was offered by gary palmer and Dave Schweikert and has been embraced by a broad swath of our conference. I would let the authors speak about it, but let me say briefly, this amendment would create a federal risk sharing program. It will lower cos
So this is the mayor and this is a county commissioner. [inaudible] thank you. Thank you all for coming. You dont think its on . You are probably right. Is this matter likes all right. Thank you. Welcome to my townhall meeting. I do want to thank the mayor for letting us use the city hall. Weve done several town halls here. Were going to be very interactive for the next hour or so. I have a few announcements. All these cameras you see around the room are from cspan television. They are not televising it live but they are going to tape it and show it sometime saturday. So you might be a cspan celebrity this weekend. We have some rules about our townhall. Thithis is a conversation betwen you the constituents and me the congressman. This is not a debate between the gentleman on the front row and the lady over there with the American Flag tshirt. If somebody says something you like, you can apply and probably some of you have signed your going to hold up saying you agree or disagree or wha
Away from the hill right now for the two week easter recess, but they have been working hard through the recess to find the government through friday. They had indicated that they had been making progress, but there are still some significant problems such as talks of funding for president trumps proposed border wall as well as payments for the Health Care Law. There are still issues to work through with very little time to complete them. You are writing about Mick Mulvaney, in the headlines your piece is that mulvaney sharpens white house demand for border wall funding. What do they want out of it . They want roughly a billion dollars for the construction of the border wall. It is unclear if they will get any funding, because democrats have been clear for weeks that it is a nonstarter. They see it as an inefficient way to secure the border, and they are unlikely to support a bill with that funding in it. However, the white house has been pushing hard in the past few days, making noise
He is cosponsoring an amendment that would create a federal program for risk sharing. Other topics at the town hall concluded equal pay for women come a tax reform, and federal spending. This is just over an hour. [applause] palmer before we start, i just want to thank the police and detectives who are here tonight. We have taken them away from their families, and i do not take that lightly. I do not take that for granted. Lets thank the city for putting on this event and for doing such a good job with the sacrifices they are making. [applause] palmer well i typically do is were still getting some feedback up my pacemaker or something if we you if you raise your hands, we will get a microphone to you for your questions. We will start over here with the lady in the gold sweater. What i will do is work side to side, that, back side to side and backback and back up. I want to thank you for being here. I really want to talk about the Affordable Care act. I heard you were in favor of. Igh r