hold the system prisoner or are they prisoners of the system? it the eir fault or is system's fault? and in the end, after analysis, conclusion, it is interaction of both. eastern night 8 p.m. on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: it is open phones to end our program today. can talk about any public policy issue you want to bring up. phones by ff open mentioning speaker paul ryan's column in "u.s.a. today." here is our healthcare proposal is the headline of the column. is the by saying, here choice we face, do we stay with obamacare and unsustainable quo, or repeal it and replace it with something better? act keeps althcare our promise against the cleanup and the mess obamacare has made a better system for all americans. we must deliver.

ouse republicans moving ahead with that process today. in about 45 minutes, they'll egin two hearings in the house ways and means committee and the house energy and commerce committee. viewers both of those, both online, you can also watch the ways and means ommittee on c-span 3 at 10:30 when it happens. we want to hear from you. we talked about that legislation talk about , we can that or any other topic you want to bring up. enny, north carolina, line for republicans. good morning. caller: hey, good morning. want to question i sk, i want to say about the obamacare, i hope everybody works on it. i hope they get together, i wants a lot of suggestions to make it better, i really think he's for the people think he's trying and people need to give him a chance. to you was, you know, for investigations and

stuff and all the hacking and everything, i was just wondering, what ever happened to muslims that have hacked the government that worked for the government, they 161, 62,000 dollars hired with no job and was by that pelosi was telling the turn around and say, tell them you're a muslim, tell them that a muslim, whoever guy was, he's the one that hired hese three and they were fired for hacking. whatever came of that? what happened? what are they hacking and how we're not hearing about that? i would like to hear about the slush fund. fan, everybody is -- host: what slush fund? caller: uh-huh. fund?what slush caller: the slush fund out there f like bank when is banks were supposed to have fines for giving the money to

it didn't go , back to the government, it went back to the democrats, maybe you to look up what the slush fund is, but yeah, the money people andack to the didn't go back to the taxpayer, democrats k to the and so -- host: okay. that.: look into host: stephanie, line for independents, you're up next. good morning. caller: yes, hello. versus back on trump hillary clinton. if anybody has done any in-depth study about for a guy ould vote threes basically gone for wives and has a trophy wife on all the der on his arm ime versus a woman who has worked for women's rights and children all her life.

amazed that she, i think she didn't each get 50% of or got low 50% of the women and have you done any on that? i mean, what is wrong with women? no wonder we don't get any place, there is a glass ceiling, if women couldn't support hillary clinton, i don't know what women they could support. host: do you think hillary has a place to run for another office down the road? caller: i think she's probably point, but how view the two and not choose hillary is just beyond beyond me.ally host: interesting scene yesterday at the white house hen president donald trump dropped in on a white house tour place.s taking the pictures of where he was

standing showed he was standing next to the portrait of the former first lady and former of state hillary clinton. there is the shot that is on the "wall street the journal" this morning as president trump points to some greeting them yesterday. ost: joannrochester, good morning. caller: good morning to you. want to go over a thing about medical insurance and everything that i experienced years ago. my doctor's office to pay my bill and found out it was usual.than so i asked him about it. words se were his verbatim. i will pay the same, get the extra money from the company, so not only did i pay the same, i was now an insurance premium and the only people that were

walking in rom me that door was my doctor and the companies, they are a big business, they -- the the rs have benefited, pharmaceutical companies have benefited, the insurance benefited and the rest of us are left holding the and paying all of the expenses for our medicine, even donate to like the cancer society and all this, we prices e lowering the that people pay when they went to the hospital because people donate. we don't win and i think doing placesurance in the first was probably not a good idea and stop it now, to there are hundreds of insurance companies that would lose people would lose their jobs, doors would close, has been enigma, i don't know what the solution would be, and

i think if we , id the democrats had not named the insurance bill obamacare both parties credit for working on that bill together, if they just called it a.c.a., we would not have a people thinking for one man is getting a what they all did and i'm a democrat. host: you think democrats -- caller: it is stuck in their all these years. host: do you think democrats obamacare out e there? i lost you. simon in germantown, an simon, good morning. caller: good morning, thank you for the show. it y i wasn't able to make during the previous segment, but i did want to comment on the healthcare ion with and i think there are two

hings, right? either we're capitalist country and we embrace that and say, look, service, we'll allow for competition. nd if i go somewhere, montgomery count and he get my car serviced, if it is over $25, provide a written estimate. i don't know how it is in other arts of the country that, is completely reasonable for fixing a car, i think it is absolutely essential for fixing the person. something that should be enacted, you couldn't charge people without telling them what you are going to charge them, that is the first part, that costs, that will open things up to competition and when you have competition, we ll understand in this country that improves quality of care and drives down the crisis. seems so erican, it bvious f. we have a socialist trend that rocking the country every once in a while, maybe we have that other option and we can have that

majority i guess wins, but the same thing with pharmaceuticals fthey say the they are going to make money back on the american facts and the rest of the world an get whatever they can afford, that is nonsense. same thing should be the case getting your prescriptions anywhere they're made available around the 're made world, they should be able to be purchased. host: that is simon in maryland. sfr on twitter, with a comment about this healthcare debate. gets er government involved in anything, the prices skyrocket and quality tanks. et the government out of medical delivery system altogether. line k, naples, florida, for democrats. up next, open phones. caller: good morning. ahead.o caller: yeah, it's really othering me the so-called conservatives keep knocking ocialism when majority of them are either exmilitary and have

retired, , they're they have a pension, they have ocial security, they get medicare, i'm just wondering how they don't like socialism. the other thing, as far as the trump and between putin, i saw on the news again, into he asked them to hack hillary's and he was so happy they had done so. military got hit, it doesn't bother somebody who ought and their family died to protect his freedom of this country f. that doesn't bother in bad shape. thank you. naples, trick in florida. yesterday during the nomination hearing for the deputy attorney general, rosenstein, he was sked by ju dish iary committee diane feinstein's about a prosecutor to look into hacking concerns the caller was

just talking about. exchange.he >> given recusal by the attorney eneral, and the intense political interest in this matter, and the strong potential in the investigation will fact involve individuals associated with the white house, that this em situation also rises to the extraordinary circumstances that warrant a pecial council under the regulations. given all of this and the on htened level of distrust all sides, you support the ppointment of an independent special council to look into these matters? understanding of this based on media accounts, my understanding one of your a special called for council for something related to generalter and attorney lynch rejected the request and ased on media accounts said what i said, she had confidence in the career professional of

the department, but she had of information, she presumably knows the fact rejected that.he we have acting attorney general or the matter, appointed u.s. attorney by president obama and if there were need for special currently has full authority to appoint one. i don't know at this point if lynch or acting deputy attorney bente, are right wouldn't be in position to overrule them without access to the facts that are basis for their decisions. >> so i'm trying to figure out what your bottom line is. i interpret that as a no, is that fair? senator, i now, think the answer is, i'm simply to answer the on question, i don't know the information they know, the folks n the position to make the decision. when i am in that position, i don't presume that attorney lynch and acting deputy attorney general benteare

have a lot of respect for them, if i determine they are mistaken, i would overrule them. you.hank i understand. host: to watch the entire back to you can go c-span.org, a few minutes before the house comes in today. phones on "washington journal." lee in texas, a republican, good morning. caller: i'm 75 years old, in i went to the nd otor home rally in niagara falls and went to dinner and ontario, a couple from approximately our age, and his wife was deaf and he was me in great to detail she had brain tumors and have anyone in canada that could take care of sent her to -- and paid him to take her down there. said, you folks in the usa

issed a big deal when you turned downhillary care. had the same healthcare you had, where would you have taken her? that.ver did answer when i retired, we moved to my ida for a couple years, next door neighbor frfs england. he reason he was in florida, had serious heart trouble. to urned his business over his sons and he came to florida. everyd, i have to go home six months to visit my kids, i could not get healthcare in takes four months to get a doctor's appointment. since i'm over here, ki take my to england and they pay them. but i can't get care over there. the is the problem with government taking care of healthcare and trying to give want ody everything they at the government's expense. that is my comment. lee.: thanks, in texas, rachel in forney,

texas, independent. morning.good caller: good morning. i just want to make a comment. i heard about that duringal ryan was killed a mission, when trump came out mission started or the information came out with i knewma administration, it wasn't successful, we all now trump is going to take credit for everything and then they're coming out saying they did get information that would help, but we all know it didn't because trump is not going to anybody, but o himself and it was greenlight talking mp and we're about this insurance, my husband's insurance got so high he was that he decided going to go on his own and try to get some kind of insurance companies.urance every time he mentioned we had pressure,he would not cover us. he spent all day on the phone,

complaining about people not have insurance, try to get some. thank you. host: all right. just a minute or two before the house comes in for the day. retchen in new york, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. i love c-span to start my day you all everyday. i'm calling from the beautiful i'm ons and i want to say, disappointed today, you had no international women's day. thank you very much. have a wonderful day. alexander in ht, maryland, republican, good morning. to er: first i would like say that i don't know everything couple alth care, but a of things. first off is that one thing that with, the way em we eat here in america. as you look at dentals, we have to eatth, they are meant vegetables and fruits and things like that.

lott of us, you know, eat a of meat and things, don't get bodies.iber in our what happens, that causes all bodies problems in our and we have problems. ost: alexander, the house is coming in for the day. we'll be back here tomorrow eastern.at 7 a.m. coverage, live coverage of the house begins right now on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 8, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable ileana ros-lehtinen to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for horning hour