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This is what i either think or hope. you decide. i hope that trump has been told that the relationship between the united states and russia today is exceedingly dangerous, including on a nuclear level. hes been told that a new day tant datante is necessary and its in the republican tradition of eisenhower, nixon and reagan and that he trump, for the sake of american national security, should move in that direction. if thats the case, i dont know trump or anyone around him, my response would be s...

Backyard of the white house. what are you hoping the first family, including the first lady, sees and gets out of your message and the march today? >> i mean, veterans are not political toys. he needs to know us. lawmakers across the political spectrum need to wake up, start being accountable to our people. we have muslim men that served, openly gay, latino marines. where do you see that, where do you see our stories. where do you see our needs if you are not seeing us. so it is imperative we be...

Coverages like checkups at the doctors offices. do you think health insurance coverage should provide for that? >> i think as we mentioned with choices for patients to be a able to select the kind of coverage that they want instead of somebody else decides for them, its important we remember that the center of these discussions is a patient. and the patient knows best what he or she needs. thats the imperative that i would bring to you that im committed to making certain that patients have the c...

Availability of accurate information for consumers, but im concerned the administration is not clearly or consistently communicated with the food and agriculture industry regarding new or changing requirements. will you commit to working with the secretary of agriculture and other relevant agencies, not to mention the committee i serve on and similar in the house, that your department is issuing science-based guidance and taking into consideration other regulatory burdens when establishing compl...

>> and they quit. >> they have no more gray hair than you or i have. and when that happens, we lose incredible intellectual capital in our society that can care for people. >> is what can we do about that? >> i think the thing thats imperative is to find out what things ought to be determined and checked and the metrics that are used that they actually correlate with the quality of care thats being provided opposed to so many things required now of the physician or provider that make it they are...

Americans with substance use disorders who have gotten insurance through medicaid expansion just like ashley did will not lose their health insurance? >> i think that i enjoyed our conversation as well and the subjects we delved into. its imperative we make sure every single individual have access to the kind of mental health and substance abuse challenges that they have. >> is that a guarantee that you will find funds to provide the treatment? >> its a guarantee that im committed to making cert...

The patient. whether its decreasing access to coverage, whether its increasing premiums, whether its higher deductibles. something is going badly wrong out there. and its imperative, i believe, for us to recognize that and then to put in place the kinds of solutions that we believe to be most appropriate. >> and your plan that were likely to see in february will include recommendations for how to do that? >> should i be given the honor of leading health and human services along with the presiden...

Whether its decreasing access to coverage, whether its increasing premiums, whether its higher deductibles, something is going badly wrong out there and imperative for us to recognize that and put in place the kind of solutions we believe to be most appropriate. >> your plan were likely to see in february will include recommendations for how to do that? >> should i be given the honor of leading health and human services along with the president we look forward to working with congress to come fo...

Doctors office, do you think health insurance coverage should provide for that? >> i think that as we mentioned with choices for patients to be able to select the kind of coverage they want instead of someone else deciding for them. it is so a very important we remember that the center of all of these discussions is a patient. the patient knows best what he or she needs, and that is the imperative that i would bring to you that i am committed to vacation that patients have the choices available,...

Concerns that you have with regards to these -- what i would call -- four rationers with all due respect of what theyre trying to do with good intent? >> yeah. i appreciate that, senator. i think that its imperative that as we move forward that we recognize, again, that the patient ought to be at the center of this, and anything that gets in the way of the patient and their families and physicians making the decisions about what kind of health care they desire is -- we ought not go down that roa...