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You have paul ryan talking about marking this up in a matter of weeks and passing out of committee into the floor of the house. you have mitch mcconnell saying it will get a floor vote in the senate by april recess. thats five weeks. do you remember when the affordable care act got its floor vote in the house back in 2009? >> well, i wasnt here, so no i dont remember that. >> it was in november of that year. it was nine months of legislative process, including over 100 amendments and you guys th...

Racial bias. so for the system to be biased is one thing, but then for the system to endorse that kind of bias in our society is why this ends up being so dangerous. when people make decisions around safety and security and their home and their person, those decisions are informed by race. not everyone is racist. just all those decisions often times are informed by race and, unfortunately, were seeing awful consequences as a result of this. we have to continue the fight, and i sympathize with th...

Sandy hook parents coming in, they could have said this doesnt go far enough. some are saying that. >> yeah. they could be saying that. but basically, really to a t, they support a positive movement. we did not leave loopholes in the gun show or the internet. we didnt infringe on any individuals rights. we didnt infringe on any law-abiding gun owners rights. weve clarified. this has been a legislation, legislative process where all sides have been involved. when you talk about pat toomey coming ...

The process. its not whats in the content. but i think the legislative body is just a little jealous of making sure that the -- that congress works this first instead of the president moving on this. but if you look at it, at the end of the day, we do pass an immigration reform. a lot of the concepts are going to be very similar, both in the house and the senate. and what the president has been thinking about doing. >> when we look at what the white house immigration plan is specifically calling...

Republicans delayed an up or down vote until congress returns from recess coming up next week. but despite the holdup, hagels opponents are now conceding he probably will be confirmed. >> i dont believe he is qualified. but i dont believe that we should hold up his nomination any further, because i think its a reasonable amount of time to have questions answered. >> the obama administration, mean while, pushing back against claims the political fight over the nomination will permanently damage h...

Obamas plan. and they supported it. it has to come, originate from -- both from the senate and house. and thats why its so protected. theyre very protective of the process. and i can understand them. im actually one of those democrats that, you know -- i want to thank the president for being a leader on immigration reform. but this is something that he can back up, let the process work, let us work something out. and if it doesnt work, then he can come in. because theres a lot of sensitivities r...

Things in the wrong direction. this particular move, very counterproductive. >> this is the president torpedoing his own plan, and shows me hes really not serious. when they come out and adamantly say my way or the highway, and if congress doesnt ask, ill put it on the desk and say pass it now, thats no way to get it done. >> sir, is this strictly because president obamas name is attached to it, and it doesnt have the -- the white house nudges, so to speak. but because this comes strictly from t...

Percentage of our portfolio when we actually find out it is billions and billions, hundreds of billions of their portfolio that is knowingly misleading the public as to their risk and these are extremely risky loans. not only the economic consequences, but you talk about giving loans to people identities who would not qualify. what a noble wonderfully american goal but the problem is, you force people interest loans that they could never, ever pay back. and, so, then they end up in foreclosure. ...

>>guest: rick perry is doing what rick perry has to do and he did a good job taking the lemons and turning them into lemonade. here is the problem, it is still sour. you have to sweeten it and that is where he doesnt have a lost time. the biggest problem he faces he was not prepared for the national stage running for president when heaven idea in. most people think about there for years in advance and they plot and plan and then they make the early mistakes in front of no one because they are in...

Jordan, lets get started. we are ready to repeal and replace. what do you feel when you hear that? >> i think the president said it best earlier today. hes disappointed. he worked hard and gave the numbers to the freedom caucus as well as the house republican conference, the tuesday group study committee an opportunity to have their voice heard and put into the bill. he acted in good faith and went above and beyond. to hear him talk about the appeal process, it did start, and we had the opportun...