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Another divisive policy, another polarizing policy. contrast that with what senate democrats did yesterday. we proposed a major roads, bridges, infrastructure program. that would put americans to work. we were talking about clean energy, getting rid of subsidies and promoting more good paying jobs in clean and renewable energy. i think the american people are going to be able to see through this. the finance committee, for example, we were told constantly that there would be a replacement for th...

A postcard. >> blow up k street, the lobbyists? >> yes. ive been trying to do this for years. im so excited we finally get a chance to do this because we had a house and senate and president with us on getting this stuff out of the tax code, cleaning it up and getting this thing cleaned up. if you can clean up the cesspool of the tax code and give us a pro-growth tax code, that is how you grow the economy. thats how you take power and money out of washington and give it back to the people and we...

>> i would like very much for the president to produce whatever evidence he may have and so that the committee over here that congressman cummings is the ranking member of can take a look into this. i suspect that congress would have a tremendous interest in doing whatever it can to prevent any such thing from occurring. what i would love to see, i would life to see the president come forward in his infrastructure program, whatever plan he brings up, lets include voting machines and apparatus in...

I know in my state, i am not comfortable with the reliability of the machines that we use. and i would love to see machines that allow for a paper trail. and i think that the infrastructure program that the president is proposing would be a very good vehicle from bringing a lot of integrit sboe the process. >> there are many who wonder if the president and maybe some of those who continue to say that there was voter fraud with no proof are de flecting from more serious issues concerning redistri...

Infrastructure plan. so we have to watch closely to see which way he bounces. who does he side with there? >> we had hugh hewitt yesterday. he looked at the leaders in the white house and he thought political, realignment. and when you look back at election, you saw trump win pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, you know old rust belt states, i also looked at the exit polls with union households he did better than any republican since ronald reagan back in 1984, made real end roads there. what are they...

Our principles and values. on the issues where his positions align with ours, infrastructure is one. if he really wants to do what steve bannon has talked about, a trillion-dollar infrastructure program hell have trouble with the republican side of the aisle. unlike the republicans who opposed obamacare even though it was originally their idea in the 90s, just because it was obamas idea, were not doing that. when its all either issues where hes against our values and against our principles, we h...

Repealing the law too quickly, republicans must it be careful in that the dems own the poor obamacare disaster. it was left to pence to expand on that thought. >> as he said this morning, in a tweet, it will be important that we be careful as we do that. that we do that in a way that doesnt work a hardship on american families. who have gained insurance through this program. >> reporter: in addition to health care, pence said the new administration would roll back obamas legacy through executive...

Infrastructure program. while trump still gives many republicans heartburn, they see pence as a far steadier hand. arizona senator, jeff flake, is one of pences oldest friends in congress, who has been critical of trump. >> mike spence 12 years in the house, four years as governor. hes extremely knowledgeable about the legislative process and a policy wonk. >> reporter: the imprint of mike pence can be sooneen across the trump administration. but republicans here on capitol hill also tell me the...

Im not sure how ford would know for sure it wasnt connected. weve seen trump do this before with lockheed and boeing. he plays both ends. is he leveraging ford against gm here? >> honestly, thats possible. that fits a pattern of behavior we certainly see. but id step back and say, what is the real world implication of this going to be. can this president, company by company, bring back jobs to the u.s.? i would argue no. 700 jobs here, 800 jobs there actually doesnt make a sustained jobs recover...

Also said we should see this as a vote of confidence in president-elect trump. that was what the ford ceo just said. he said this is in part to the existence of the incoming president. >> and what im interested in is, what does it mean to have a pro-manufacturing environment? what i think business leaders are thinking about when they think of pro-growth trump policies are tax cuts for corporations and the ability potentially for corporations, big multy national corporations to repatriate cash in...