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Activitys. >> but the president tweeted this. the president is the one who's actually put this information out. >> i think there's public record that talks about surveillance, that talks about unmasking. we know those practices take place. i think if you're asking about specific instances, you'd have to refer to those agencies. >> can i ask one follow-up on china. the president tweeted, obviously, the other day that the chinese had failed to change the situation with respect to north korea. i just wonder, in light of that, given how he had put china at the center of his north korea strategy, w...

To get to 50 votes, to get to consensus, to get to something we can pass to help the american people who are suffering under the american health care law, the costs ares of tr astronomic. we need to give people freedom of choice and there are ways to deal with so many of these issues without giving money to planned parenthood. >> assuming there's a vote before july 4, there will be no senate hearings on this, right? >> we have had over 30 hearings on the finance committee and the health committee, and there's going to be plenty of opportunity for amendments on the senate floor, it's a complete...

Dictate how they do it. we have tried to be as helpful as we can throughout this process by highlighting the need for repeal and replacing a failed system. and we'll continue to do that. but it's not for me to get up and talk about how their process works through each of their respective chambers. >> follow-up on steve's question on russian sanctions. just very plainly, does plump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections. >> i have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing. obviously we've been dealing with a lot of other issues today. >> generally sp...

>> well, somebody drafts a bill and they bring it out and then it's brought into public view. there's hearings. you get expert input. you get a chance to amend it. there were over 300 amendments offered. i understand -- i wasn't in the senate then. i was in the house of representatives, but i understand in the senate, that there were well over 100 republican amendments incorporated into the measure. so there couldn't be a sort of starker difference between the process back then and the process right now. >> sure. >> that's why we're taking to the floor as i did last night to say that the ameri...

Bill up, the president worked feverishly to make sure that he did everything he could to get it over the finish line. i think we'll do the same for all those other scenarios. >> i'd like to follow up on health care. you were around when republicans were criticizing democrats back in the day of obamacare for it being, as you put it fairly recently, jammed down people's throats. you said it was rushed and secretive. how is this happening now with this bill getting frankly passed behind closed doors any different? >> i think we wanted to be part of the process back then. >> are democrats part of ...