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He wants to undo obamacare. he wants to block grant made cade. he didnt vote for the childrens health insurance program. this is a person who made a career out of systematically dismantling the social safety net. youve been a hawk on climate for many, many years. scott pruitt is not qualified to lead the epa. theres never been a person even on the republican side, who wants to do such violence to the mission of the epa. >> are you as of now a no on all three? >> im a no on all three and those an...

That is very important. on the other hand, we have to be careful that on the other extreme we dont have a bailout of the entire pension industry and bankrupt the guarantee fund. but, i commit to work with your office, i understand these issues, i understand the sensitivities of these issues and share your concerns that cutting truck drivers pensions an other peoples is a very significant outcome and we should go to great lengths to figure out if there are other solutions before we do that. >> si...

Treasury, to be asked to do with difficult things. in essence, isnt it true what you did here is take these companies, put them offshore so you could help your clients you were making money from avoid u.s. taxation? >> no, thats not true at all. >> you just described that the purposes of creating these offshore entities were to help pensions and other entities -- and the only reason to go offshore as senator grassley said when he was i think the chairman of the committee is the difference betwee...

Civil war in 1887, montgomery maintenan mains, the general quartermaster, who also did arlington cemetery, was commissioned to design this. and it was purposeful because there were pensions that were going out to the union soldiers but there was no place for them to collect. so this was the original spot and thats the significance of having it here. theres a friese outside that was done by an italian sculpture that depicts various segments of the civil war so its historically an important place....

Difficult things are challenging things that they understand that there is a system. in essence, isnt it true that what you did here is take these companies, put them offshore, so you could help your clients, who you were making money from, avoid u.s. taxation? >> no, that is not true at all. >> then why would you, you just described, you just described that the purposes of creating these offshore entities were to help pensions and other entities, and the only reason to go offshore, as senator g...

>> senator, let me explain to you -- >> just a "yes" or no answer, did you just have a post office? >> hopefully some other senators will defer some time so i can answer this for you, because i think its an important issue. >> i think you should go ahead and answer it right now. thats a legitimate question. you go ahead and answer. >> i, like all other hedge funds and many, many private equity funds set up offshore entities that are primarily intended to accommodate nonprofit and pensions that w...

>> would you support moving the embassy from tel aviv into that consulate? >> absolutely. not only is that what israel wants but this congress has also said that thats what they support. >> you guys want to end the expansion of medicaid. that has people in minnesota scared out of their mind. >> the concerns that were expressed by the senator are valid concerns. the conclusions that he drew on the policies that i promoted and will continue to promote are absolutely incorrect. >> last night trumps...

Its a complicated issue. >> can you just answer the question? >> the short answer is yes. as i said before, i think that i would work with the irs and with congress, as ive said. it makes no sense that we have all these requirements to set up these offshore entities, which again didnt benefit me but did benefit certain nonprofits and pensions, and we should address the issues for nonprofits and pensions and understand why they need to invest through these offshore funds. i wouldnt want to do any...

He wants to undo obamacare. he wants to block grant made cade. he didnt vote for the childrens health insurance program. this is a person who made a career out of systematically dismantling the social safety net. youve been a hawk on climate for many, many years. scott pruitt is not qualified to lead the epa. theres never been a person even on the republican side, who wants to do such violence to the mission of the epa. >> are you as of now a no on all three? >> im a no on all three and those an...

Virtually impossible for many individuals to gain that kind of coverage. we, on the other hand, i believe its important that we work together to put forward a system that actually allows come again, every single american to have the opportunity to purchase that kind of coverage they think is best for themselves and their family. >> so -- >> they call this the senate health committee, health, education, labor, and pensions, and the members of that committee quizzing dr. tom price, congressman, th...