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We have a narrow majority. the only way to get to yes is if everybody is willing to give some. the keys are focusing on issues, on principles that bring us together. two principles that bring us together that are the keys to getting agreement and getting the job accomplished are number 1, lowering premiums. premiums go down, that's a win for everybody. a win for conservatives, win for moderates and a win for the men and women we represent. number 2, another principle that unifies everyone is state flexibility. letting states have far more flexibility. with medicate. letting each individual sta...

This bill was marked up and passed in a previous congress in december of 2015. both house and senate passed a reconciliation bill. that became the platform for the bill that we had before our committee, and i thought the committee product after all of the work that was put in was a very good product. that's the one that got pulled from the floor because for some it was not conservative enough. they wanted that additional state flexibility for a state to say we don't want to do community rating. >> that's right. >> so that language was attdded. >> okay. i just want to establish this basic thing...

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