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As protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. you've probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children who were there to actually again show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. >> that's a good point. republican house member tom cole made a point i've been making too, which i think ther...

And my plan had been to try to transition then to the affordable care act. because they don't discriminate for preexisting conditions. there are no lifetime caps. but with these bills that are under consideration, first the house and now the senate, would be a disaster for me and millions of people across the country who have significant preexisting conditions. >> and ms, there is a lot of experimental work being done. when you talk about $73,000 a year just for this medication, you don't know what comes next and what other medication you're going to need. you don't know what kind of assistanc...

Source of health care. >> reporter: another good example of this is joanna joshua wp her beautiful daughter, jasmine. one of the jungest patient here. talk about your story and why you came here. >> definitely. so jasmine has hypo plastic left heart. she has heart of a heart. and a lot of her organs are flip end in opposite sides of where they should be in her body. when ways four months pregnant, i found out that jasmine had this condition. and she's had two open heart surgeries with one to go. and she will need an event you' eventual heart transplant. >> what is your fear? >> my fear is she ...

>> it makes absolutely no sense to eliminate federal funding for planned parenthood. there already are longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion. that's not what this debate is about. >> there are many different issues keeping senators on the fence. senator john barrasso who helped write the draft said he thinks his colleagues are making good points and he will work with all of them to try to get there. >> bill: thank you, peter doocy with the setup from the north lawn. >> shannon: one of the biggest players in this effort saying it's no easy task. here is health and h...

>> i would disagree with kellyanne conway. be careful what you ask for, you may get it. if you cut medicaid and send it to the states, a bunch of part time legislatures like in the senator's state and my state are forced upon this thought of how do you restructure a health care system? well, with a cap on what you can spend on it, gee, careful what you ask for, you might get it. in other words what may be the long term consequence that i'm concerned about as a conservative is the country realizes, gee, we have this thing called obamacare that maybe we needed to adjust, but then we ended up wit...