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Intention of keeping either promise. today the non-partisan scorekeepers have spoken clearly. trumpcare means higher costs for less coverage. the cbo report should be a knockout blow for republicans in congress. they should heed this warning and turn back from their plan that would be a disaster for the country. >> at the same time, you are seeing the report that they are taking $170 billion from medicare, shortening the life of solvency for medicare by three years. so, again, seniors have a lot to lose, as does -- as do all of america's families. any questions? >> what do you say to republica...

Keeping either promise. today, the non-partisan scorekeepers have spoken clearly. trumpcare means higher costs for less coverage. the cbo report should be a knockout blow for republicans in congress. they should heed this warning and turn back from their plan that would be a disaster for the country. >> and at the same time, you're seeing the report that they are taking $170 billion from medicare, shortening the life of solvency from medicare by three years. so again, seniors have a lot to lose as does do all of america's families. any questions? >> the republicans might try to discredit -- [ ...

Representing maryland, the only member of congress who is a ceo of a company who has an ambitious and really interesting plan by convincing corporations to repatriate their earnings. they can invest in the country. could he win over congressional republicans and become law? can you explain how this works?k >> we have a $1 trillion infrastructure program, funded by about $170 billion -- when you count on their money that goes through these projects, third-party capital borrowing, state contributions, he gets to about a trillion dollarsy . the way we come up with $170 billion, combining with int...

Where there is very little chance they'll pay it back. beyond that, the major parts of the law don't deal with lending. they deal with trading and derivatives. the fact is that by a series of mistakes made in the end of the last century, beginning of this one, this new brand of financial derivatives, credit default swaps and other forms of highly leveraged finance transagenctio were left unregulated. aig told the bush administration there were $170 billion, billion with a b, in debt on derivatives they couldn't repay. that is what this does. and the notion that the -- one last example, i wish ...

Whoer whose main concern was the banks. for all of the right wing objections to the consumer agency, i'm sure you'll note, and go look this up, they have not been able to point to a single instance of abusive behavior by that agency. nothing that the agency has done has been in any way impugned. we also, by the way, they talk about bailouts. under george bush, that was the law at the time, the federal reserve stepped in and paid $170 billion of the debt that aig couldn't make. we made that illegal. under the bill, if a large financial institution is so indebted that it can't pay off its debts,...