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He said, yeah, we are not taking the hyde amendment off. hyde's going to be on. it has to be. it has to be. that's dead on arrival if it's gone. i know this is personal for you. you shared your experience with abortion in congressional testimony this past week. can you vote for a bill that has the hyde amendment in it? >> no. >> so what happens? how do you compromise on that? >> let's just -- this is a negotiation. we've got to continue to move this forward but the hyde amendment is something that the majority of the country does not support. 1 in 4 women have had an abortion and need to have ...

Meaning people that can afford it won't get the benefits. >> means testing doesn't target it more but creates a lot of administrative burden and cost. >> is that a no? >> it's not what i want to do. i had a staff member do a paper on why means testing is not a fiscally prudent thing to do or a policy prudent thing to do. let's see. the negotiation is just starting. >> senator joe manchin said this weekend that this reconciliation bill, the bill we are talking about, must include the hyde amendment which bans federal dollars to go for abortions. he said, yeah, we are not taking the hyde amendme...

Administrative burden and cost. >> is that a no? >> it's not what i want to do. i had a staff member do a paper on why means testing is not a fiscally prudent thing to do or a policy prudent thing to do. the negotiation is just starting. >> senator joe manchin said this weekend that this reconciliation bill, the bill we are talking about, must include the hyde amendment which bans federal dollars to go for abortions. he said, yeah, we are not taking the hyde amendment off. hyde's going to be on. it has to be. it has to be. it's dead on arrival if this is gone. you shared your experience with a...