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harris making administration case on wednesday. >> there's no question we still have work to do but it's important to note these numbers do not fully reflect the recent drop in gas prices. average national gas price have fallen everyday nearly 30 days. since mid-june, prices are down 40 cents a gallon. paul: republican constant kevin brady of texas, top republican on the house ways and means committee. welcome mr. chairman. you heard the vice president say this is out of date, the numbers are out of date, what do you think that? >> they have no good news to talk about, maybe that's t...

>> that's why this is unconstitutional and just so wrong. are you surprised? was i surprised today? no. it's a shameful act and women are scared by the actions and continued actions of this administration. but here's why we're going to win. it's -- you can't do that. the basic principles say that we get to exercise religious freedom, of course. and the law and the supreme court recently set this clear in hobby lobby. there are already existing protections for religious freedom under the law, that protect religious institutions and the like. but that's not what this is about. this is about a sy...

Deny care to women or to other employees. that's just wrong. and that's what's really scary. the idea that somebody, an employer, could make a moral objection that would deny women access to needed health care really opens up to a scary degree any number of options and again, it's why i sought to file directly in court this afternoon and to seek an immediate order to stop this rule from going forward. as i say, president trump is showing to be at war with women in this country. he needs to be stopped and we are going to look to do it through the courts here through this action. >> neera, go ah...

Any number of ways and needs to be stopped. >> briefly, what are one or two of those ways? >> well, the first thing it does is a violation of equal protection clause. you have a situation where the administration has offered a rule that discriminates against women. it only affects women. therefore, it violates equal protection. ari, you are a lawyer. you understand the establishment clause. here we have a situation where it's the boss getting to impose his religious beliefs on his workers. a women and her family. that's wrong. >> let's -- >> women should be able to exercise the freedom to make...

Promises. so we were ready to go today, because we know how high the stakes are. how serious this is. you're talking about women's access to preventative health care services that as neera says are so effective and so important, and so widely used by democrats and republicans alike. this is and should not be a partisan issue. this is about health care. so look. we have sued the trump administration before. we have been successful. we'll continue to make our case every day. this is about the constitution and once again we have a president who doesn't seem to think that the rule of law applies t...