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He has a history with putin. he has arm wrestled with putin. >> really? >> literally at a bar in d.c. and this is who he is. >> that's quite a way to end it with the arm wrestle. joining us from buffalo, new york, member of the trump transition team and executive committee republican congressman chris collins. congressman, great to have you with us this morning and thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> let's talk about obamacare. the repeal and replacement of it. you say we are voting to repeal it like we did six months ago. what are you going to replace it with? repeal we have said many ...

His democratic base. he is strengthening chuck schumer with the people you see around him right now, the people that he works for in the united states senate and with nancy pelosi. so he is actually playing into chuck schumer's hand and making him stronger. the best way to hurt chuck schumer is to say, i like this guy, can get along with this guy. yeah, maybe he is saying some nasty things about me but i can make deals with him. >> i totally agree and i think on infrastructure and tax reform that is possible. on health care, i just think we talked earlier about the left pressure on schumer and...

Administration understand and they understand that not only will measures not, quote, crying out for relief from obamacare, they certainly know who the republican base is but they also understand where they won, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania. there are a lot of working class voters that drive around with pickup trucks, with trump make american great again bumper stickers on them that have obamacare. and what they see as, yes, some problems with obamacare, they also see that costs are getting under control, that health inflation may continue to slow down even moore. and also that the ...

We are going to bring in individuals. we are going to bring in medical groups to have, through our hearings, both on energy and congress, on my health subcommittee and also on ways and means, to make sure we do not screw this up. >> this is harold ford. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. >> what you are saying sounds very different and far more appealing than those who are serious about this policy. you're saying that nothing will happen until 2019 to anyone that has any aspect of the affordable care act providing health insurance. the second question, why reit now if everything is go...

Replace obamacare and that was our message today and it will be our message on capitol hill. >> the health care system has been ruined, dismantled under obamacare. the answer here is not to ignore the problem. we will help americans crying out for relief from obamacare. >> why still no plan to replace it? >> we, we have a plan to replace it and plenty of ideas to replace it and you'll see as the weeks and months unfold what we are talking about replacing it and how to get better choices with lower prices by not having the cost of government take over the health care which is causing all of thi...