central bankers. but they have been stuck at zero, they don't like that. precisely because they have nowhere to go, except negative, controversial, another topic for another day f. things a bit, if they get it up they have room to come back down if things turn the other sorttion and this point in of the economic powerful signal. reportingrd schneider for reuters, joining us, thank you for your time. guest: thanks. our show, allr of 26 minutes or so, we want to only, o republicans specifically ask you about the republican healthcare proposal republicans on the house, what you think of it, do oppose it as it stands? perhaps you think it may need changes. only, if you support the plan as you see it, 202-748-8000. oppose it, 202-748-8001.

in tennessee last night president trump talking to the rters, talked about replacement legislation introduced by congress and what he hopes to see from it and how being debated. president trump: the house egislation does so much for you, it gives the states medicaid flexibility and some of states will take over their healthcare. overnor rick scott in floridaed, send me the money, they run a great plan. dprat, it tes doing gives great flexibility. thank you, folks. thank you. billions hundreds of of dollars in obamacare taxes. credits to tax people to purchase the care that theirs, the bill i will ultimately sign and that will be a bill where everybody

to get into the room and we're going to get it done, obamacare and of make healthcare better for you and for your families. [cheering] trump: once this is done, to ep further, we will try put it in phase three, i'm going o work on bringing down the cost of medicine by having a bidding competitive process. [cheering] pres. trump: we welcome this and its e debate negotiations ande' going to carry it out and have been out in the full light of day, unlike the way passed.e was remember, folks, if we don't do anything, obamacare is gone, it

like, gee, it will be wonderful in three years, it's gone. it's gone. it's gone. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: again, your thoughts, republicans only on the proposed health plan by the g.o.p. and thoughts on it, too. it.-748-8000 if you support 202-748-8001 if you oppose it. ken, silver om spring, maryland. says he opposes it, tell us why, ken. caller: yeah, hi, thank you for taking my call. i think anything of this will get prove posal tweaking and we know that will happen anyway. i think that the best way to do right is to make sure that the people who are involved have some skin in the game. and i think there is a big disconnect between those of us live with the plan and those who i think who are making the plan. i know a lot of people in the overnment and they have a lot

of health insurance options already and they love their plans. wayally think that the best to get the best plan out of this, literally, tell everybody to vote against it, which ght now, i want to tweak you get to go on the new plan, whatever it is, you don't your government plan because that is perfect for them, they don't have any skin in the game. i think that the best product that will come out of his would be if they look at from their own family's perspective, what would i do if have a savings account and if i had to go back the women in my life, or the women in my neighborhood didn't have these that option, i honest to god think they should be with whattold to live we're suggesting for the nation. nd i think that way we'll get the best plan together. that was my thought.

piedmont, south carolina, pose as republican effort. hi. love that man's thought. i've always thought that way. millionaires can't tell the rest need.what we mine is, i'm a cancer survivor on medicaid and they explaining to me where my money is going to come discombobalate medicaid. i will die. i mean, i got skin in the game. won't explain that to me. they talk about they will do it n two or three stages, they can't get the first phase through, they will never get the second or third. ntil people understand that, they are mroeing smoke. thank you very much. host: the house budget committee today to take a look at their consideration of the what has been introduced by that budget committee hearing is at 10:00, you can see it live on c-span2. may remember, also,

c-span.org, and c-span radio app. last week the republicans hela the look and markup of the proposal by the republicans, representative joe barton, vice chair of that committee, this morning, talking hosted by cq, talking about the status of the plan and if it can pass in form.t here is what he had to say. >> can the house package pass the house? first question. ell, we got a lot of witnesses here, i have to be careful what i say. cameras.v. >> i'm part of the whip team and basically the two bills energy committee and going to budget committee i think today. there are a to say, no's.f undecided and depends on what the president

ecides to do and how strongly he decides to support the package, as is. we make no changes to it, i would say, it will not pass the house. this joe barton from morning. you can see that event at c-span.org, republicans only. want to get your thinking if you support or oppose what has been introduced by house a replacement for affordable care act. it.hy in texas, who supports hi. caller: hi. how you doing this morning? you.: fine, thank caller: well, i was not exactly i said, okay, but see what happens. well, now i don't have insurance because number one, i can't afford insurance and the do have, i've never been able to use it because my tripled.le i've got to do something. i can't i'm informed afford it, i have to pay a fine,

know tax, i don't even what it is called anymore. i liked my oldnsance, i like the fact if ike my carrier, i could change it and go to a different one, -- peopleactually had would call and say, you are not happy with your plan, here, what do with you over here. extend ink that if you the amount of companies that are your business, just like with car insurance, used to be very, very expensive, now car insurance is usually affordable everyone. because everybody gets, has skin in the game. listening to the young man talking about being a cancer survivor. survived cancer twice, asked myself, if something really, really happens, i might to actually sell some possessions to go to the doctor.

i think that the bill they have is good. don't think it is perfect. perfect now there is a deal that will suit everybody's needs at all. host: okay. our opposed line, butler, pennsylvania. ahead.o caller: hi. yes, i'd like to say, i oppose the bill. for donald trump. host: why do you oppose it? i just feel, for one thing, i feel the cost of addressed has to be early on and i also feel that aatio that is set ithin to determine the cost, premium cost for people and right now it is set 1 to 3, to pay more, ave of course i understand that, but plan, increase rom 1 to 3 to 1 to 5, older

people pay 5% more. that cost is set at unlimited it will be e i feel difficult for insurance states to deal with insurance companies if this e allowed to set having it ad of federally set. i just feel they need to look more into healthcare, the price of healthcare, especially prescription drugs. do that down ll the line, but will they when it ll comes, you know, or just be let go? otherwise, if they bring the healthcare cost down first, the will be for everybody lower from the get go. host: elly up next, indianapolis, indiana, supporter of the plan, hi. caller: hello. you're on, go ahead. caller: okay. good morning. to tell you something very, very important, who i see around me. healthcare.rump

living in governor building. apartment around me, everyone have a car, o, use taxis, small, very expensive -- and they have medicare, medicaid and care, on't care for themselves, usy know, oh, and to hospital, everything for government, please don't give any money for illegal o is under the drug, and to hospital, people who or smokers, the for themselves. supposed to care for

themselves if they don't? >> appreciate supposed to care . dan, republicans only on your thought on republican plan introduced. senators who has been vocal about the plan, rand paul, spoke to the press last night having a meeting with the house freedom caucus about the plan. from re some statements yesterday. >> i think we're in the re-negotiation stage, what i mean by that is if the house bill continues to rumble through there are enough votes, here will not be meaningful negotiation. the white house is open to negotiation. we are open to negotiation, i on't think there will be meaningful negotiation unless it becomes apparent that the house bill cannot pass. i'm hoping happens because i do not believe the ouse bill will lower interest premiums for everyone. i think it tries to go half as obamacare, saves money, gets rid of taxes, all good

tries to replace light.re, with obamacare as mark said, you measure success over whether or not the premiums come down. they will continue to rise under the house leadership bill. to take a pause and as they count the votes, they'll have to decide whether they will negotiate but conservatives want a seat at the table and we don't obamacare light, you know, people are saying we ran on this house leadership bill. didn't. i've been around since the tea rallybegan in 2009, every was for repeal of obamacare. they didn't say replace it with obamacare taxes, with some subsidies, they didn't mandate to he mandate you pay private company, instead of the government. we were for ay bailing out insurance companies, replacement, r what we do, empower the consumer.

want the insurance company executives to come on bended knew to the consumer and the consumer to have the power. do you do that? let every individual join a group and through that group get to have leverage to lower interest cost and get to get ed issue protected from pre-existing conditions. beginning this is the of the pre-negotiation and my hope is that conservatives stand be a real ll negotiation in about a week, aybe two weeks, we discover or leadership discovers not enough bill. to pass the host: los angeles times yesterday with story looking at enrollment of the affordable care act. by drop e that driven in enrollment after president office, total sign-ups fell this year for the irst time in new report released by trump administration wednesday, 12.2 million americans rollein a plan one of the marketplaces uring the 2017 open enrollment

period. a report provides tally of this year's signup, 2017 final figure, updates preliminary report last week down from 12.7 in 2016, enrollment had been running ahead of last year's pace until the president office on january 20. let's hear from tim, mountain arkansas, opposed to the republican effort. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. my call. for taking enrollment being down once you state forcing you to do it, of course people are something they didn't want in the first place. , ali bomber and stuck in new entitlement program when they see what for it and is in it later. shouldn'tl government be in the insurance company, two hings, there is gamble and it

is not a gamble if you can lay it out later by the taxpayer. business is supply and demand. put federal money into it, you demand ratio and and ruin the system. can do to ing that help is to get totally out of of it and let the free market go make its way back to a system where people doctors they liked, they had liked and at they worked for them, not something hat is mandated by bureaucrats who can't run themselves, everything they put money into is terrible, the college money system is ruined colleges, they indoctrinate, they don't teach anymore. ost: let's hear from paul, kansas city, missouri, supporter of it. hello. here.r: yes, yes, i'm host: you're on. caller: yes, thank you, thank you for taking my call.

to say i'm a million percent with donald trump. happy the american people somebody who knows what he's doing. now, about the healthcare. verybody has to follow the -- their own heart, if you don't want to get sick, you better alcohol, don't smoke, don't take drugs, don't don't waste your energy, you will never get sick. the government. the people of the united states, they have to take care of the individual, do not go and do all those things and then lay under get a cheaper healthcare. no. about hat do you think the republican in-fighting over the plan? caller: they don't even know doing, let donald trump, because donald trump never drink, never smoke, never

drugs, more things to take and will leave this country to said it.again, like he host: tim is next from brownton, plan.an, opposer of the hi. caller: hi. host: you're on. my er: thank you for taking call. can you hear me? host: yep. caller: okay. wondering if the stablishment dthey forget what happened in november? don't want ng, we healthcare that is -- hello. host: you're on, go ahead. okay, sorry. we don't want healthcare run by the government, we would like market healthcare run by private citizens. you know, we spent, you know, young, we used to have our doctor come to the one , he might have had nurse, he might have had a

12 ptionist, now they need nurses, 10 receptionists, they firm to protect them, we need tort reform, we to purchase insurance and that's lines not included in the bill, part 2 we haven't seen part 2 or part 3, like they are doing 2009, he democrats did in you know, in the dark of the night. scam us and ig to fighting is nd good, that is how government should work, we should not fall for this. part ofnt should not be the healthcare no way no how. you.k host: let me show you first video of the room the house budget committee will meet in as they markup their version, or thattheir take on the plan was introduced by the republicans. 10:00earing will start at

and you can see it and see what goes on as far as discussion. earlier was talking about concerns over it. you heard rand paul talk about it.cerns over see how that plays out as republican healthcare replacement plan gets marked up house budget committee 10:00 on c-span2, c-span.org, app.-span radio an from doverpla new york, opposes the efrt. hello, go ahead. do er: good morning, i oppose it. last week, watching the news, drama thing out a going from office to office to see if he could loretta lynch: the healthcare bill. as far as he was concerned, it appearancet, that is television gave us. they come up with legislation, worst think was the piece of legislation i've ever seen in my life. translates to a

top, sal tax break for the it is absurd, i honestly think a republican, but i think the republican party should be itself for ed of this kind of craziness, it is not helping anyone, it is just brat blatantly obvious this is hurting more people than helping. i can't see how anybody can possibly contort this thing into being something good and caring. profitf all, i think the motive in medicine is absurd. we pay more than anybody else in that is what we have to look at and basically that's my gripe. thank you. as far as going forward, could changes be made current situation, as you see it to satisfy you? should they scrap it and start somng else?ith what is yourhinking? other day go on aboutto sean the three-prong approach, i

proposal hink the should of been presented with follow-through was going to be to this bill because now, it is veryt harmful. change it's not going to a thing, except i think make more people uninsured, not that obamacare, but i mean if we can't do something to improve it, i don't know what is, i really don't. host: okay, next to terry, pauls valley, oklahoma, opposes the effort. hi. hello. host: go ahead, you're on. caller: okay. very simple is a hit this thing that would lawmaking it haveable to all people and every insurance company that is

including the ay orernment's insurance people if they're self-funded school people, all ance he unions insurance people, ave them print up what they're paying for, their employees and then the tax break that they are for their employees. that isybody in america -- their d buy the work, everybody else gets to pick. whoever they want out of all of the other insurance companies, instigate the -- i'm up with the t come horde. host: got you. got your thought.

hank you for calling off twitter, they say this, i think president trump should let on its own and let the democrats take blame for ruining usa healthcare system. go to the pages of the "washington post," the president thet uced initial budge morning. go to our website c-span.org, to find more information. the programs and specific agencies that will be cut. a lot made over the state carol morello writing some programs affected, change al climate initiative, $350 million u.s. countries to help invest in renewable energy and land management eliminated. with un green climate fund bama administration gave 3 billion pledge, including $500 million transferred days before inauguration, 's the budget assumes reduced u.s. contribution to the united countries other expected to chip in more. the united states is currently

operating cost, not just for headquarters, but related groups such as atomic energy agency, which monitoring iran compliance with the nuclear deal. by agencyrough agency and break down what could be affected with thiw budget introduced. can go to "washington post" foror fort worth, ee, texas, opposes the effort. "quit smoking challenge" hi, thank you for taking my call. i continuing is important to recognize, up to this point, our healthcare system has been based on a profit baring system, we ften hear analogys and comparisons people say, switzerland has this healthcare netherlands have this healthcare system. why aren't we like that? knowledge, nobody is leaving the united states to seek healthcare in those tons ofs, but there are people from around the world who come to the united states, laces like houston and john hopkins hospital to get world-class medical treatment hat is the result of our

profit-driven system, it encourages research, it encourages development, it innovation and those are things that tend to go away hen it is solely for the purpose of the public good. calling toorth worth talk about the reaction from republicans this morning. was introduced by the house g.o.p. reiterate, budget committee 10:00 on c-span 2, watch it. other events happening today, as go to c-span.org, not only can you see the budget of e talked about, a lot things happening, moving parts as we describe it, and to keep on, k of what is going including statements from house pe ker paul ryan, and pelz pelosi, as well, go to informationfor more on today's proceedings especially in light of healthcare. house of representatives just to come in for their session and we will take you to

them. hank you for watching this program today. another edition comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow morning and we will see you then. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. 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 morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in