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years to make the affirmative case for democrats. so, we can get that gavel back. and get to the business of alleviating hardship. and of advancement. of actualize-ing justice through policy. but in the meantime, i'm certainly not going to stop fighting. i don't have the luxury of apathy or cynicism. we need to govern, democrats need to govern, fight, and lead. i think this week showed the clear contrast between us and them. and we have to continue to show that contrast between republicans and democrats. republicans, are playing with peoples lives, democrats are changing and saving lives. we're governing with compassion for the american people. and republicans govern with chaos and content for the american people. and i continue to do the work of working with this white house, when we have a democratic white house, on the executive action agenda.
using and leveraging every tool available to me including my state house and my city hall to make sure that i'm advocating on behalf of the people. then when it comes to washington, let us not lose sight that we do still have the white house. and i worked very closely with the biden/harris administration on things like repealing title 42, canceling student debt, a moratorium on the federal death penalty. that work will continue that we push for an executive action agenda. >> well, the two parties could not be more different in the senate, but especially now. it couldn't be more different. congresswoman, i mean wow, thank you so much. >> they don't have any necklaces like that? >> if they had them, they would have wore them wrong, just to do it wrong. thank you very much, congresswoman. happy new year. >> thank you, joy. >> thank you. and still ahead, george santos
idea of executive action. >> we're trying to push as hard as we can for anything we can get through. we'll keep doing that legislatively. that's also why we rolled out an executive action agenda. we're moving both tracks. i'm very optimistic on the executive agenda front. i am still hopeful on the legislative front and we're not giving up. >> look, you make some big promises when they took over a unified government with a narrow majority. by every measure they've underdelivered. democrats are heading into a mid-term election with campaign promises unfulfilled and asking voters to give them another two years running congress. a big one unfulfilled is the prescription drug issue. with me is leann caldwell, democratic pollster and cornel belcher and senior fellow
something can get through. where are you? >> well, i think we are on a two-track strategy. we're trying to push as hard as we can for anything we can get through and keep doing that legislatively, but that's also why we rolled out an executive action agenda at the beginning of january. we started talking about it, rolled it out a few weeks ago. we've already ticked off five or six of those items on that executive agenda list that will raise wages and lower costs for the american people. and so those are things that the president can do unilaterally with executive action. they're not as good, chuck, as legislation so i'm not trying to make the argument that they are. but i am trying to say that these will just continue to add to the ways in which we bring relief to a lot of families still struggling across the country. and so we're moving both tracks and i'm very optimistic on the executive agenda front. i am still hopeful on the legislative front. we're not giving up. >> can i -- i want to channel something that i've heard. i've been traveling a lot more
that the president-elect made was to repeal and replace obamacare. as he said this morning in a tweet, it will be important that we be careful as we do that, that we do that in a way that doesn't work a hardship on american families who gained insurance through this program, doesn't work a hardship on our economy. and as i told the house republican conference today, we're working on a strategy in concert with the leadership of the house and the senate for both a legislative and executive action agenda to ensure that an orderly and smooth transition to a market-based health care reform system is achieved. the speaker of the house used the word "stable," and we will do that. in his famous speech in philadelphia, the president-elect spoke about an orderly transition. and it will be that. but make no mistake about it, we're going to keep our promise to the american people. and we're going to repeal obamacare and replace it with solutions that lower the cost of
a tweet, it will be important that we be careful as we do that. that we do that in a way that doesn't work a hardship on american families who have gained insurance through this program. doesn't work a hardship on our economy. as i told the house republican conference today, we're working on a strategy in concert with the leadership of the house and the senate for a legislative and executive action agenda that a transition to a market-based healthcare reform system is achieved. the speaker of the house used the word stable and we will do that. in his famous speech in philadelphia the president-elect spoke about an orderly transition and it will be that. make no mistake about it, we're going to keep our promise to the american people and we're going to repeal obamacare and replace it with solutions that lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. now there is a broad range of
as he said this morning in a tweet, it will be important that we be careful as we do that, that we do that in a way that doesn't work a hardship on american families who gained insurance through this program. doesn't work a hardship on our economy. and as i told the house republican conference today, we're working on a strategy in concert with the leadership of the house and the senate for both a legislative and executive action agenda to ensure that an orderly and smooth transition to a market-based health care reform system is achieved. the speaker of the house used the word stable. and we will do that. in his famous speech in philadelphia, the president-elect spoke about an orderly transition, and it will be that. make no mistake about it. we're going to keep our promise to the american people. and we're going to repeal obamacare and replace it with something that lowers the cost of health insurance without