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>> yeah, but the democrats will support the children health insurance program, as well. >> no, they will support it, you're correct, but they want other things added to the cr as well, not just -- >> well, why not just have a clean bill on the -- >> we're not objected to that -- >> you would support them? >> yes. >> and not include other extraie extraneous stuff? you agree the president would support that and sign it into law right away? >> he has supported it, he has. >> let's talk a little about the next step. where do you see the next step? you're the legislative director, is it going to be...

And we need a strategy, not just to achieve c.h.i.p., but for the d.r.e.a.m.ers, for the community health centers, for disaster relief. each of these tasks is a fundamental obligation. and we need a strategy that combines them, not just pick one of them or a couple of them along with a continuing resolution that enables the government to keep going. >> you heard mark short -- i've got to leave it at this. you heard him say, the president want to keep the d.r.e.a.m.ers. he wants legislation to allow the daca legislation to go forward. he supports the c.h.i.p., the children's health insurance pr...

Is reauthorized. as you'll recall, what happened in the previous administration, it was ruled by the courts that those cautionary reductions were not ever appropriated by congress, and therefore, illegal. the obama administration continued to pay them, we felt they were illegal, and we stopped. but in order, because of the grander amount of the tax relief bill, repealing the individual mandate, we felt that was a transaction to make with senator collins. we look forward to fulfilling that commitment. the president has said when that bill gets to his desk, he will sign it. >> she said in that s...

Congress, principally on the republican side, to attack the fbi, fbi agents, and the deputy fbi director to attack the investigation itself, and mueller personally and others around him. so this kind of concerted and coordinated attack on the special counsel is an indication that there is coordinated effort. and senator warner's warning today was powerful and eloquent. and i think it will attract a lot of support. >> what type of action is senator warner referring to? what does he have in mind in setting this red line, if the president were to fire mueller? >> i think that there would be a leg...

Senators to try to come to a consensus bill that would put in statute, in law, the protection that the daca beneficiaries, about 800,000 of them, previously enjoyed. we've got a lot of other end-of-year issues here that haven't yet been resolved. we have about 9 million children who benefit from the children's health insurance program. that ran out three months ago and states are going to have to begin shut down health care benefits through that program. community health center funding has run out. that's also something that needs to be extended. and there's a program that helps our intelligen...