A time when i sat through this is too much i dont think this is for me but then i thought whats the one whos done something on quit halfway i want to i want to take it to the end so when im speaking about it im going to be speaking from a position of authority. She didnt. Because i was. When my cousin said phoning me to come by is going to. Pitts name is. Nice only when its all that i wanted to go into politics she refused he said no no no. As a joke you pray for me shes here she said noise you want bree ok no problem. Shes a prayer warrior she lives in the church. I take it to god in prayer. Is my strength my mom is my inspiration now because she says she knows we got how we always have our own we argue with. What my strength from because she was. For me. Never raised. No problem what i love i love had today even though growing up she used to beads the whip they had lots of me she knows shes here she used to be speed to be. My sister the one who came up to a few years she is happy its just spoiled i want spoiled. Me i received the roads every road thats why im tough too dont try or obviously. I dont care how long i have known you would dont bring it cause i want a kid just be yourself with me and well be fine way you want to bring it you bring it and ill bring. We interrupt this programming to go live to the u. S. Where u. S. Democratic Vice President ial candidate coming out heresy is questioning amy kone at the Senate Judiciary committee before her nomination is put to vote lets listen in 2. 1000 of our fellow americans who died and millions more including the president republican members of this committee and more than 100 front line workers here at the capitol complex have been infected this pandemic has led to an historic economic crisis causing millions of workers to lose their jobs without war and 12000000 americans have lost their employer based Health Insurance the senate i strongly believe. And needs to be laser focused on you the American People to help you get through this anthemic to do so the senate urgently needs to pass critical Financial Relief for those who are struggling because of this pandemic and many are struggling. People need help they need help to pay their rent or mortgage parents need help putting food on the table that millions of American Workers who have lost their jobs need help making it through the end of a mom and Small Businesses need help so they dont have to close their doors for good. But sadly Senate Republicans have rushed to hold this Supreme Court confirmation hearing rather than help those who are suffering Health Crisis not a bigger making. As i think yesterday these priorities are not the American Peoples priorities since president obama signed the porthole care act into law Senate Republicans number one priority has been to tear it down. And remember before the taping Affordable Care act Insurance Companies health virtually unchecked power over our Health Care System they can refuse to cover basic medical expenses like Maternity Care mammograms prescription drugs or hospitals to its worst of all if you were sick they could deny you coverage all together there is nothing you can do about it. Over the last 9 years republicans in congress have tried 70 times 70 times to repeal or roll back the a. C. L. U. In the United States congress in 2013 Senate Republicans were so desperate to stop its success thanks to shut down the entire government for weeks. After President Trump was elected Washington Republicans spent nearly a year trying to repeal. But i will always remember that thousands of americans from all over our country and all walks of life who crowded into the halls of the United States capitol to require that lawmakers see their faces and understand how they would be hurt if there was a repeal of the portable care act brave activists in the Disability Community stage citizens. Seniors protesting to keep prescription drugs affordable mothers and fathers walk the halls with their children in strollers to Show Congress the face of those who depended on the law and doctors and nurses protested to protect their patients access to the care and they desperately need together with many of my colleagues i joined the civil rights and Community Leaders to speak to the thousands of people who gathered outside the capitol and they pleaded as they begged lawmakers to do the right thing. All of these dedicated americans demanding that their voice is heard they made a difference a major difference history will remember. That late night down moment when the great great john mccain. Did night republicans the opportunity to repeal the Affordable Care act. And now for a decade of failure washington and publicans have realized that the Affordable Care act is working too well and helping too many people to repeal it without facing serious political consequences. They didnt ring after suffering the backlash they provoked by targeting the law in congress but he decided instead of just circumvent the voters and try to strike down the Affordable Care act through the courts right now the Trump Administration and Senate Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to strike down the entire Affordable Care act and all of its patient protections republicans are scrambling to confirm this nominee as fast as possible because they need one more judge on the bench before november 10th to weigh in and strike down the entire portable care act this is not hyperbole. This is not a hypothetical that. This is happening. And heres what you have to know people are scared people are scared of what will happen if the Affordable Care act is destroyed in the middle of a pandemic. There are more than 100000000 americans with preexisting conditions like asthma and diabetes Heart Disease they could be denied coverage or are charged more by Insurance Companies if. It successful in getting rid of the book their act and because of the coronavirus more than 7000000 people have now a preexisting condition that they didnt have earlier this year those who depend on the cia are afraid of their lives being turned upside down if the Court Strikes it down but you know what could happen and i will share it with you and the American People. No protections for preexisting conditions higher costs for health care for women and people over the age of 50 young adults kicked off their parents insurance more expensive prescription drugs for seniors Insurance Companies refusing to cover Mental Health care Insurance Companies refusing to cover Maternity Care no free mammograms cancer screenings or Birth ControlInsurance Companies reinstating annual and lifetime caps and more than 20000000 americans losing insurance at the worst possible time again in the midst of a pandemic. Including nearly 2000000 texans 607000 north carolinians 288000 south carolinians 227000 iowans and 4200000 california. And the pain of losing the protections disproportionately felt among the 9000000. 00 africanamerican latino asian and native americans coverage under the Affordable Care act. Well this isnt about statistics this is about millions of real People Living real lives who deserve their government and its institutions to see them and to heed their call. And i know a republican member of this Committee Said earlier today that the people who will Lose Health Care are somehow not relevant to this hearing i disagree. Helping these people is supposed to be why we are all here. Why we ran for office in the 1st place and im your fight for people like true leadership. In this is her. Pollution is a writer a public speaker and. From something california and now she. Is included arthritis as well and a rare autoimmune disorder that caused tumors that wrapped around her optic nerve and part of her brain. Her life depends on periodic cancer fighting infusions that cost 160000. 00 a year. Elisa is terrified she knows that without the Affordable Care act she could not afford ongoing treatment the treatment she needs to stay alive and here is exactly what she said and i will quote. My life is in the hands of people i do not know who do not know me who are essentially telling me i dont matter that my life doesnt matter that my health doesnt matter that the quality of my like doesnt matter. And thats really hard. Tragically and. Fears are shared by millions of americans the Affordable Care act and its protections in the. Supreme court and the outcome of this hearing. Before being elected. President trump quote will do the right thing im like oh she has a point he john roberts on obamacare. Judge breyer at 18 months later you criticized the chief justice for upholding the Affordable Care act when you concluded quote chief Justice Roberts question for all care act beyond its possible meaning to save the statute. Question is how many months after you published that article did President Trump nominate you to be a judge on the court of appeals. Senator has i apologize i dont remember the timing of that article i was nominated i believe my nomination to the court of appeals was announced in may of 2017 thats correct but i dont remember when the article came out they article was published in january of 2017 so that would have been 5 months later. Justice ginsburg who see you are seeking to fill provided a critical vote in a 54 decision but the Affordable Care act so lets lay this out for everyone whos watching as ive discussed previously one. Republicans have spent a decade trying to destroy the Affordable Care act to. Promise to name a Supreme Court justice and Supreme Court justices who would tear down the Affordable Care act 3 President Trump is before the Supreme Court right now arguing that it be struck in its entirety before the Supreme Court could be just one vote away from overturning the Affordable Care act and all of its protections including for everyone who has a preexisting condition or making for a preexisting condition in other words the Affordable Care act and all its protections and this seat and it outcome of this hearing and i believe its very important the american. At trump announced your nomination and the Supreme Court he tweeted quote obamacare will be replaced with a much better and far cheaper alternative if it is terminated in the Supreme Court and quo but in reality there is no alternative billions. Of horrifying truth is that President Trump and the republicans in congress are fighting to take healthcare away from the American People in the middle of the pandemic yes i have said President Trump has said that he wants to protect the American Peoples health care but the reality is right now he is asking the Supreme Court to get away period. Senator clinton char asked you earlier today it did not receive when they answer prior to your nomination were you who are the President Trumps statements committing to nominate judges who will strike down before the book here i think id appreciate a yes or no answer well senator has i want to be very very careful im under oath i am sitting here i dont recall seeing those statements but if i lets see i dont recall seeing or hearing the statements but i dont really know what context they were in so i guess i cant really definitively give you a yes or no answer what i would like to say is i dont recall hearing about or seeing such statements where i imagine you were surrounded by a team of folks that hear you for this nomination hearing i have had. What let me finish if you dont mind im going to start in form you know the president s statements and that this might be a question was presented to you during the course of this hearing. When i had my calls with senators it came up many of many of the Democratic Senators wanted to know about the Affordable Care act and to satisfy themselves that i had not made any precommitment to the president about it and so you then became aware of the president s statements are. Lets see senator here this. Question in the context of President Trumps comments perhaps so i think from my perspective the most important thing is to say that i have never made a commitment ive never been asked to make a commitment and i hope that the committee would trust in my integrity not to even entertain such an idea and i wouldnt violate my oath if i were confirmed and hurt that case. So just so im clear and then we can move on are you saying that you are now before i said but where are not aware the president maybe. To the United States senator here is what i was saying i thought you initially framed the question as whether i was aware before this nomination process began and i swear to you that question to you if you were aware were you aware before this hearing began there you said youre changing youre asking me now whether its where before the hearing began as a follow up question i am yes and what i said was that when i had my calls with Democratic Senators this question came up and i dont recall but it may well have been that it referenced those comments in the course of those calls even if so that wasnt something that i heard or saw or directly by reading it myself senator leahy asked you earlier today but i think it bears repeating do you think its important for the American People to believe that Supreme Court justices are independent and figure and impartial and that is a yes or no answer. Yes senator her its a number of my colleagues have asked you today whether you would recuse yourself from cases on the Affordable Care act you did not directly answer their questions and instead you described the process by which that would work or happen and so my question is isnt it true been at the end of the process regardless of that process that it would be you will ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you would recuse yourself that is true and i cant have you elicit a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong. Right and what ive asked you is that is it not correct the bet is the process that ultimately it would be you and you hold alone that would make the decision about whether you would be recused youve already opined on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care act and that position is satisfied the president s promise to only nominate judges who tear down the Affordable Care act and Senate Republicans rushed this process so that you could rule on this very case the reasonable question about your impartiality undoubtedly hanging over this courts ultimate decision in the Affordable Care act case if you refuse to recuse yourself i strongly believe that. Supreme Court Justices routinely consider the consequences of their decisions on peoples lives earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled against President Trump in his effort to repeal daca protections for dreamers children of course who of arrived in the United States many before they could talk or walk chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion for a 54. 00 majority that included the crucial vote of Ju