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About transparency, i think many are calling for that and the question i have for you is do you think that doj should be more transparent about what happened? there is a lot of dangerous surmising going on and many on the far right saying that this raid, they call it, was a declaration of war. should the doj explain what is going on? >> mika, as i've said, and i'm not going further than this, the doj, the department of justice, is going to conduct its investigation independently. and we at the white house are not going to direct this in any way. >> all right, and anita, let me ask you finally,...

With china which republicans were against for a while, and then the largest expansion of v.a. benefits in more than two decades which republicans were against for a while and finally caved. it would achieve the goal of slashing prescription drug costs, slashing prescription drug costs and allowing medicare to negotiate for prices directly and capping the amount that recipients pay out of pocket each year to $2,000. we talked about $500 billion in climate and energy programs. so this is really big and you look at the inflation reduction act, you look at what it means for americans and what thei...

Pharma. i'm sure you saw the ads running around the clock in washington, d.c. they were trying to stop us in our tracks. they didn't like they were lifting a ban they put in place 20 years ago into law, written into law that medicare can't negotiate less expensive drugs like the v.a. can right now on behalf of our courageous veterans. and we stood up to them, and as the democratic party, moved ahead and were able to lift this ban. i would have done more, i would do more drugs. senator sanders and i have joined forces on this in the past and will in the future. we would like to move more quickl...

Health care bill that provides potentially life-saving health benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits like the congressman in iraq and afghanistan. it had initially passed the senate by a wide margin, then passed the house which had to make a minor tweak to its language. 25 republicans then voted against the bill. they had previously voted for, blocking it from final passage. earlier this morning, we asked the chair of the veterans' affairs committee democratic senator jon tester of montana whether there were any changes made to the bill that would have prompted the senate republicans...

Deficit spending and we don't need more of that. veterans don't want to be used as some sympathetic figure to score cheap political points. just stop it. do the bill, do it clean. do it right. and stop with all of this over-the-top name-calling. do you like the clean version of the bill. >> i do like the clean version of the bill. look, it's more expansive than i would like to see when now you have got veterans who have high pressure potentially qualifying, it's really going to increase the pool of veterans who are able to access veterans services probably one in five. and what's likely going ...