for the viewers that are watching this, i'm going to suggest to you that james hoffa, a liberal democratection of president obama and harry reid and nancy pelosi, who said in writing that obama care is destroying the 40-hour work weeks. >> elements of it. >> i'm quoting from another portion, that it is destroying the foundation that is the backappoint of the american middle class -- >> actually i googled it myself, and actually it was talking here's the thing that i think we have to be clear about. yes, a brand new program, a brand new website that got more hits than twitter got in its first 24 months in a week have had some problems. if you look at california, i think 30,000 people have been able to enroll. new york, 40,000 people have been able to enroll. medicare d, that rollout was bumpy. nobody is complaining about that. romneycare, everybody loves it. my question, yeah, you're demagoguing the problems. when this is a standard part of our country. insurance company can no longer dump people or deny people, are you requesting to acknowledge. what are you going to tell people when ins

. >> and i'm curious, if you think it was right wing histrionics when james hoffa the president of themsters said that obama care is destroying the health care of millions of hard-working men and women in this country. >> i have heard that mr. hoffa has said that your using that quote is inappropriate and out of context. >> okay. [ overlapping speakers ] >> hold on. the nice thing about "crossfire" we can have some back and forth. >> we're going to come back to this in a minute. we have to break. keep it out. we'll give you a chance after the break. i do want to suggest something surprising that i think probably senator whitehouse will not agree with. i think the president should be sending thank you cards to all the republicans, including senator cruz. i'll explain why next. i was made to work. make my mark with pride. create moments of value. build character through quality. and earn the right to be called a classic. the lands' end no iron dress shirt. starting at 49 dollars. try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the

you have james hoffa, the head of the teams sisters union, no friend of mine, saying it's destroying the. >> what terrifying me, and i know we have to go to break, it seems like you haven't learned anything. what was all this for? you said it was about obama care, you didn't repeal it, you couldn't even steal the health care from your staffers. what was all this for? >> don't worry. president obama gave an xemps for members of congress and state of while he's saying everybody else, regular hard-working families have to live until the law. in fact people that go to the exchanges spent over $600 million t. doesn't even work. the president is willing to shut the government down. >> we've got to come back in a little bit. hold on, everybody. we are still waiting for the senate to begin voting on the deal. the last 48 hours have been so wild and wooly, i think speaker boehner faces a major strategic decision. i'll go thus his options, next. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night before it even star

president, it is sad that when you have james hoffa, the president of the teamsters, saying obama care is destroying the health care of millions of working men and women in this country, and the families who depend upon them, that the u.s. senate says we're closed for business. the washington establishment has excepted itself so the problems of suffering, america is not the problem of the establishment. that is sad but at the same time, i am optimistic, i am inspired by the millions of americans who have risen up. if the american people continue to rise up, i am confident that in time, the u.s. senate will follow the lead of the house of representatives and listen to the american people. that is our job. that is our responsibility. this is a terrible deal today. but it is a terrible deal for the american people. at the same time the path forward if the american people rise up, we're going to turn this around. we're going on restore jobs, we're going to restore economic growth. we're going on restore the ability of people struggling to climb the economic ladder and to achieve the americ

because i'm a republican, maybe they would trust james hoffa, who is the president of the teamsters. he said in writing that obama care right now is destroying the health care of millions of working men and women. he used the word destroying. i agree with mr. hoffa. >> he wants a subsidy for collective union bargaining health care benefits. >> let's be clear. what he's saying is his workers are at risk of losing their health insurance. that same thing is true. it's why u.p.s. just a few weeks ago sent a letter to 15,000 employees saying you're losing your spousal coverage. all your husbands and wives are losing their health insurance right now. now there was a time when president obama said if you like your health insurance you can keep it. we need to make that commitment. we need to honor that commitment. >> i want to talk about the politics of this. president obama gave an interview to the associated press recently and he had this to say about new senators. i think you'll recognize or think this might be about you. my attitude was when he was a freshman senator i should keep a low

senator cruz and other conservatives have pointed to statements by labor leaders like teamsters james hoffa in the a.f.l. ceo's richard trumka expressing concern with some parts of obamacare to try to make the republican point that there is labor opposition to the law the president hoffa has come out and asked ted cruz to stop misquoting him for the record but so how do unions really feel about obamacare for more on this as well as the latest in the labor movement i'm joined now by leo gerard international president of the united steelworkers. it's great to have you with the second great to be with you good to be true thank you. first of all. they congressional republicans kim jong il obamacare you know what were the unions at actually look at the. ted cruzes the kim jong il of the republican party number one. and the reality is that there are some concerns that we have a boat the affordable care act but they're not concerned we're saying crash the act we're saying these are things we need to work out over the coming months and years just like we did when we had medicare just like we did me

it is sad that when you have james hoffa the president of the teamsters saying that obama care is destroying the health care of millions of working men and women in this country and the families who depend upon them, that the u.s. senate says we are closed for business. the washington establishment has exempted itself so the problems, the suffering of working america is not the concern of the washington establishment. that is sad, but at the same time, i am inspired by the millions of americans who have risen up. if the american people continue to rise up, i am confident that in time, the u.s. senate will follow the lead of the house of representatives and listen to the american people. that is our job. that is our responsibility. this is a terrible deal today. what is a terrible deal for the american people. the path forward if the american people continue to rise up, we are going to turn this around. we are going to restore jobs and restore economic road. we are going to restore the ability of people who are struggling to achieve the american dream, and we are going to stop the number one

we need to answer the call of teamsters president james hoffa to put in writing that obamacare right now is destroying the health care of millions of working men and women, destroying is the word mr. hoffa used. i think the united states senate should respond to the concern mr. hoffa raised, and we should stand with millions of working men and women. we should protect their health care so that the -- the hundreds of millions of americans who have health care right now don't lose it. all of the people across this country are getting letters in the mail saying you are losing your health care because of obamacare. we need to listen to them, so let's fund our government, let's fund our vital priorities and let's listen to the american people and stop the number-one job killer in this country that is obamacare. mr. president, i urge that this body work together in a bipartisan manner to listen to the american people. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i think there is one thing that every one of us

. >> and i'm curious, if you think it was right wing histrionics, when james hoffa, president of the said obama care is destroying the health care of millions of hard working men and women in this country. >> i have heard that mr. hoffa has said you're using that quote is inappropriate and out of context. >> out of context. >> a fiery discussion to say the least. now you can watch "crossfire" tonight at 6:30 p.m. eastern right here on cnn, guest is former montana governor brian schweitzer facing off arizona david schweikert on the right. schweikert says the debt debacle is a false crisis they'll be talking about that and no doubt the inconvenient similarities in their names. we' we'll be right back. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can't rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don't unstuff your nose. they don't? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. what a relief it is. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tort

james hoffa said it would hurt working americans.icago tribune," neil, the president's hometown paper, has twice endorsed him for president, has said delay the entire law. so this is something that everyone in the country knows except the president of the united states. he says no, i just want to delay it for parts of america, not for all americans. >> congressman, it's always good to have you. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. >>> this was the week that was when it all started and we had a selloff, right? some are blaming the debate back and forth. others are blaming something that the president said in the middle of this. what he said that rattled a lot of folks after this. check it out... over 20 million drivers are insured with geico. so get a free rate quote today. i love it! how much do you love it? animation is hot...and i think it makes geico's 20 million drivers message very compelling, very compelling. this is some really strong stuff! so you turned me into a cartoon...lovely. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fi

president, it is sad that when you have james hoffa, the president of the teamsters, saying that obamacare is destroying the health care of millions of working men and women in this country and the families who depend upon them, that the u.s. senate says we are closed for business. the washington establishment has exempted itself so the problems, the suffering of working america is not the concern of the washington establishment. that is sad, but at the same time i am optimistic, i am inspired but millions of americans who have risen up to eight if the american people continue to rise up, i am confident that in time the u.s. senate will follow the lead of the house of representatives and listen to the american people. that is our job, that is our responsibility. this is a terrible deal today. but it is a terrible deal for the american people. but at the same time the path forward if the american people continue to rise up, we are going to turn this around, we're going to restore jobs and economic growth. we're going to restore the ability of people who are struggling to climb the economic

let me remind this body of the words of james hoffa, the president of the teamsters who said obamacareis destroying the health care, and he used the word "destroying" -- destroying the health care of millions of working men and women in this country. if you don't believe me, perhaps james hoffa, who put it in writing that it is right now destroying the health care of millions of working men and women and will underscore what this fight is about. all the seniors, all the people with disabilities, all the people who are right now getting notices that they're losing their health insurance, that's what this fight is about. and at a minimum, we ought to agree on common priorities. we ought to come together today right now and fund the v.a. we ought to come together today right now and fund our reservists in the national guard. we ought to come together today right now and fund our national parks, open our memorials, stop barricading and sending police officers to prevent world war ii veterans from coming to the world war ii memorial and woman right now to fund the national institutes of hea

theme remind this body of words of james hoffa who said is destroying health, using that word, destroying the health care of millions in this country. thisu don't believe me, will underscore what this fight is about. the people who are right now getting notices that they are losing their health insurance, that's what this fight is about. minimum, we ought to agree on common priorities. we have to come together today right now and funded the va. we ought to come together today and find our reservists and national guard. we need to open our memorials and stop derrick aiding and sending police officers to prevent world war ii veterans from coming to the memorial. everyone agrees on that. the decision to hold those priorities hostage because they ont to force obamacare everyone, it is not related to them. them. nothing to do with it's all about political leverage. we should be listening to the people. we should make them listen. .hank you, mr. president [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] spoke.ral other senators is