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Of obamacare envisioned this future. it's not what we want for the american people. i wish we had the consensus needed to pass and replace it. we don't have that right now. >> what about the political capital that was burned today. you have to keep the government open. the debt ceiling. you still want tax reform. you said this part was integral. how much capital did you burn on this today and how does that injure those other bills? >> our members know we did everything we could to get consensus. this is how governing works when you're in the majority. we need 216 people to agree with each othe...

But as speaker ryan has said, we've got to pull together and govern and reach that consensus. >> neil: all right. some have blamed -- on fox business, they said the president with the best of intentions might have complicated this healthcare bill when you talked about a remeal effort first, convinced that would easily be signed. because you have a republican president and then you could have done the replace vehicle. what do you think of that? that he -- again, with the best of intentions with trying to get a replacement going simultaneously complicated those efforts. >> yeah, i don't agree wi...

And defunding planned parenthood on top of that those were huge wins on the conservatives. some couldn't get there. we can't linger on that and have to move forward and work to find consensus on tax reform. >> neil: have you given up on finding consensus on repeal and replace? >> yeah. i don't think it's there. i don't see solutions that are better than this or that pull the conference together. so the president made it clear he's moving on as well. let's do that. >> neil: i know it's easy to say this now, sir, but do you regret starting off with the affordable care act? >> i don't think there...

Vote to repeal obamacare once the president-elect takes office. >> every mandate, every regulation, every single tax has to go, then we'll have a chance to have the market work and that's part of the replacement is simple getting rid of the repeal-- or getting rid of obamacare with repeal and bring down costs and provide affordable health care to families acros c. >> and yesterday's vote put pressure on republicans to what they're going to replace the affordable care act with. and insurance company under that law and premiums have shot up in recent months, democrats argue that something is bet...

Not a stop gap solution but a long-term strategy that gives the world confidence in a low-carbon future. here in paris, let's secure an agreement that builds in ambition where progress paves the way for regularly updated targets, targets that are not set for each of us by by each of us. taking into account the differences that each nation is facing. >> there you have what's going to be the main message from president obama of the united states, that progress can be made but then you heard that last phrase there which is the critical part of finding consensus. finding a balance with the individ...