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Understanding that the war on drugs was an abject failure. that america frankly has a crisis of addiction, and that putting the limited resources of our federal government into locking up people who suffer from a public health crisis is probably not the smartest use of taxpayer dollars. if confirmed, i would ask that you take a look at the more recent perspective on the drug crisis that is afflicting our country. i will move on. today -- >> can i say something in response to that? i was making t...

The border for that. so hes creating an appearance of a problem that isnt as severe as it was. >> weve all seen the caravans, watching that before the holidays. we all know that two children have recently passed as theyve made this treacherous journey. 12,000 children are being held by hhs because they came unaccompanied. >> neil: is it the children and the families issue, to be clear that change the dynamics? >> i think it is. >> neil: the caravan stuff and all, the president wouldnt be making ...

So our democracy depends on people feeling confident about their own economic well-being, the middle class. and so that. and then, of course, for me, as i said, my flagship issue as speaker before was the climate issue, we must address the climate issue as we build america in a new green way. i just want to close with one trinity story. when the bill was signed, the affordable care act, it was historic, president obama, our inspiration, our leader, just so fabulous. so secretary of hhs at the ti...

Drawn into it. so our democracy depends on people feeling confident about their own economic well-being, the middle class. and so that. and then, of course, for me, as i said, my flagship issue as speaker before was the climate issue, we must address the climate issue as we build america in a new green way. i just want to close with one trinity story. when the bill was signed, the affordable care act, it was historic, president obama, our inspiration, our leader, just so fabulous. so secretary o...

People feeling confident about their own economic well-being, the middle class. and so that. and then, of course, for me, as i said, my flagship issue as speaker before was the climate issue, we must address the climate issue as we build america in a new green way. i just want to close with one trinity story. when the bill was signed, the affordable care act, it was historic, president obama, our inspiration, our leader, just so fabulous. so secretary of hhs at the time, who helped to navigate a...

Rigor of government and governing. first of all, you had that cabinet meeting this week. you look around the table. how many titles begin with the word "acting" around that table, starting right there with the attorney general in the center of the picture. eric lip ton of "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior bowling executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior w...

In the center of the picture. eric lipton "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior boeing executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior will be run by a former oil industry lobbyist. welcome to 2019. and, bill, thats part of the optics, part of the problem. >> yeah. i mean, people like -- when rick and i would say to our republican friends, this is not going to end w...

Around that table starting right there with the attorney general in the center of the picture. eric lipton "the new york times" said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior boeing executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior will be run by a former oil industry lobbyist. welcome to 2019. and, bill, thats part of the optics, part of the problem. >> yeah. i mean, people like -- when rick and ...

>> no, i think whats going on here, and i reported about it a lot is there was essentially a vacuum in the trump administration. and these are the people who rushed in to fill the vacuum. he didnt have a real transition, or it was half a transition. >> he did and threw it away. >> couldnt get a lot of the regular republicans to serve. some, not many. who do you hire? the hired guns. ill come in and do a tour. and what happened was the permanent class filled the breach and rushed in to fill the c...

Things that would be traditional democratic priorities, infrastructure and government spending? things like that? >> the questions they will finally be able to ask, some of the questions on the table and i wonder how it plays out, elijah cummings sends letters to the head of the hhs, homeland security attorney general demanding age, gender, country or origin and location of every child separated from his or her parents under the immigration policy. will they be compelled to answer? is now the ti...