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It is not the completion of the proper cys process. there needs to be more changes in the senate. what we have from the governor's standpoint in arkansas is not manageable over the long term. we cannot afford the system. for example in arkansas and medicaid expansion, we estimate at 250,000 would be on the program. it is increase over 320,000. that is one of the things we started doing in our reform in arkansas. asking for waivers from the federal government that we could not get under president obama's administration. there needs to be change. it started in the house yesterday. it gives us mo...

Basically, you know, life giving elements of health care. what does he say when you talk to him about your position? >> well, the issues i raised with the president and with our house republican leadership are these. the medicaid provisions in the bill do not provide a soft enough landing. we should be consulting with republican governors who gave us a thoughtful proposal to make sure states have the flexibility and resources needed to care for people. there would not be a cost shift if we adopt their proposal. my suggestions on medicaid have not been particularly well received. the other issu...

But it needs to be done right. you voted against obamacare. it took them 14 months to come up with something you did not agree with, right? it's been a short period of time before this bill was rolled out. some would say it was rushed. for you personally what changes would you need to see in order to support this? >> a few things. one, i think we should pay close attention to what some of our republic can governors said who represent medicaid expansion in states like mine. john kasich, governor snyder. all put forward a proposal to us, a serious proposal on medicaid to provide a softer landing...

Virginia is in the committee. welcome. >> good morning. >> look, i want to get right to getting your reaction to what fbi director james comey said when he testified that they are indeed investigating ties between the trump campaign and russia. >> well, chuck, i want to talk about russia, as well, but we just saw the first half of this show talk about the failure of trumpcare take place. the reason was nobody talked about the details of the bill. it would have cost 24 million americans their healthcare, it would have raised prices for seniors, it was a major tax cut for the wealthy and an $800...

>> look, i want to get right to getting your reaction to what fbi director james comey said when he testified that they are indeed investigating ties between the trump campaign and russia. >> well, chuck, i want to talk about russia, as well, but we just saw the first half of this show talk about the failure of trumpcare take place. the reason was nobody talked about the details of the bill. it would have cost 24 million americans their healthcare, it would have raised prices for seniors, it was a major tax cut for the wealthy and an $800 billion cost shift for the states to pick up the medica...