skipped speech altogether, michigan congresswoman debbi dingell, congresswoman, always a pleasure to see you, thank you so much for joining us. >> good morning, match, good to be with you. maria match give us your reaction of the state of the union last night? >> it really depressed me, it was the most partisan state of the union i have seen witnessed i had hoped somehow, you know, maybe i'm a dreamer, can't stop dreaming, come in and try to pull us together, issues that we have to work on like lowering prescription drug prices and the chamber was not a chamber. maria: did he not try to pull us together talking about the really positive performance of the u.s. economy of some of the progress that this administration has made, do you think that the american people are really sick and tired of seeing things like nancy pelosi ripping up the script and all of the women wearing white, you know, people are tired of the games at this point?

it was a striking contrast between the clip you just played of debbie dingell and the president.he thinks it's been one of the worst weeks, it's been a great week, maybe the best of donald trump's presidency. the day add the aftermath of impeachment he comes to charlotte, and he showcases opportunity, opportunity zones. they had an opportunity summit in my hometown, and he was as upbeat as ever. really great. lou: the opportunity zones are part of the campaign promise he has been delivering on from the day he walked into the oval office. that's bringing prosperity to all americans, irrespective of economic circumstances or ethnicity or geography. he's moving this country, its capitalist free enterprise success to every american. that's got top astonish even you to see how completely and fully he's delivering on economic promise. >> he is, lou. the state of the union address. i have always been a fan of ronald reagan. and he was a great communicator. he began bringing people into the gallery to symbolize the points he was making. after this state of the union i tweeted out, ronald

we welcome democratic representative debbie dingell from michigan.he serves on the house energy and commerce and national resources committee. she joins us from capitol hill. thank you for joining us. you heard president trump. in the 2018 elections the democrats retook the house by emphasizing health care. is there a danger the democrats -- is there danger the president will steal that issue from the democrats? rep. dingell: it is difficult to talk about last night because it is the night that worried me. the divisions i worried about in this country were so evident in the house chamber last night. it scares me right now, quite frankly. i think we have to work together on health care. points thatis the he made are categorically not true. this administration has been working to undermine protection for people with pre-existing conditions since he became president. they are in court on it right now. when he talks about the affordable health care plans, they are jump plans that do not give people coverage on preventative health care, and are a lot of p

it was a striking contrast between the clip you just played of debbie dingell and the president.he thinks it's been one of the worst weeks, it's been a great week, maybe the best of donald trump's presidency. the day add the aftermath of impeachment he comes to charlotte, and he showcases opportunity, opportunity zones. they had an opportunity summit in my hometown, and he was as upbeat as ever. really great. lou: the opportunity zones are part of the campaign promise he has been delivering on from the day he walked into the oval office. that's bringing prosperity to all americans, irrespective of economic circumstances or ethnicity or geography. he's moving this country, its capitalist free enterprise success to every american. that's got top astonish even you to see how completely and fully he's delivering on economic promise. >> he is, lou. the state of the union address. i have always been a fan of ronald reagan. and he was a great communicator. he began bringing people into the gallery to symbolize the points he was making. after this state of the union i tweeted out, ronald

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joining us is the democratic representative debbie dingell of michigan who questioned human health secretary alex azar, and based on the testimony, is the administration prepared to handle the threat of the coronavirus? >> well, i don't want to start any kind of panic in this country, but i think that we are asking a lot of questions. we are worried about this supply chain. yesterday, in testimony before the senate, he talked about masks. two different kinds, and how many would be needed and what the availability would be in this country. we need to worry that if we have an increase, an significant rise, do we have what we need for the medical professionals? we need straight guidance of when you need to wear a mask and when you don't. if you are an ordinary citizen like someone like me. so we have to make sure that we are not discriminating against people, and asian communities are talking about hate incidents now, and they are not going to restaurants, but we have to use common sense, and we could start with making sure that we wash our hands frequently, and that anybody who has not had the

>>congresswoman debbie dingell and jan schakowsky are blasting the trump administration's proposed changes to medicaid the administration is gutting medicaid funding and allowing states to cut benefits. the administration plans to give states a onetime chunk of money for medicaid funding called a block grant. but democrats say the plan will cap medicaid spending and strip millions of vulnerable americans of their health care. >>we know what this means the loss of coverage for seniors the disabled and our children we need to protect medicaid not cut it. democrats passed a resolution condemning the trump administration's decision on thursday. >>but most republicans like congressman paul mitchell called the non-binding vote a publicity site. >>this is a media opportunity to let me at this point in time express my opinion exercised by first amendment rights by simply saying. >>georgia republican buddy carter says block grants are the right solution because they give states the flexibility they need to run the program successfully. >>states would be able to take that federal money and more effi

i think congresswoman debbie dingell might have summed it up best. >> everybody wants to get out of town today. i think this has been quite frankly in my career not just here but in my professional career one of the worst weeks that i can remember. >> laura: [laughs] now we all know why the ladies were wearing white during the state of the union. they are already surrendering. and that's the angle. joining me now is tom bevan, real clear politics. doug schoen, bloomberg 2020 pollster. tom, jim carbo, he offered damning indictments of democrats all week long. it was insane. he went bananas. he basically said you are missing america, missing ameri america. >> carvel had really, there were two things driving him nuts. that the democratic candidates and the bays are getting pulled to the left on issues that he said were distractions, things like free health care for illegals and other things. the other thing that really had him upset is the disconnect between the elites and the sort of mainstream regular working class people. he talked about, it's the deplorables, the folks on cnn who are la

democratic congresswomen debbie dingell had this to say. >> a really depressed me. it was the most partisan state of the union i have seen or witnessed. i had hopes that somehow -- maybe i'm a dreamer, i can't stop dreaming that he would come in and try and pull us together. there are issues we've got to work on like lowering prescription drug prices. and that chamber was not a chamber that was brought together last night. >> harris: dagen? >> dagen: was partisan because of partisan dangles leader, thou speaker. i would think nancy pelosi -- or at least i thought until last night -- that she was politically smarter than that. she won that bag because of moderates in this country. she couldn't pro a potter prospy those voters are feeling because what president trump has done. she sat there and couldn't applaud a 9-year-old girl getting a scholarship. instead she chose to lick her lips like she had lipstick on her teeth. i will say this, president trump called nancy pelosi a third-grade politician. this was back in october, the last time that they spoke. last night, s

. >>> to talk about that and more, i'm joined by debbie dingell of michigan. nice to have you here. i know you don't like it when people ask you this question about bernie sanders, especially this week, i've seen your responses, but i wonder if you could respond to what we heard from all those fellow democrats that are freaked out what a bernie sanders nomination might mean down ballot what it might mean in the state of michigan. >> i think everybody needs to take a deep breath. i think every candidate running for president now are better than president trump. they do not want to divide this country with fear and hatred. they know how to show leadership. they will fight for workmen and women. they each need to, as you led into me, i think the debate the other night was a total disgrace. they went in there trying to kill each other, had lines trying to to destroy each other and they forgot who we are trying to beat in november. i'm not going to get caught in this, oh, my lord, i'm going to support whoever is the nominee and work hard because i know that our nominee will be fighting f

. >> dana: debbie dingell, congresswoman from michigan, talked about these divisions today.e a listen. >> this has been quite frankly in my career just here but in my professional career, one of the worst weeks i can remember. the division, the hatred. it really, really disturbs me. we've got a start remembering that we are americans. >> dana: there is that and then today we had jobs numbers, the economy clipping along with 225,000 jobs added. the employment rate at 3.6%. it feels like i would imagine they feel like they are being squeezed. it's very interesting. look at david brooks, his column today, the first line was, "are democrats going to give this election away?" >> congresswoman dingell. look at the impeachment votes that we've had. one democratic member who felt so much pressure to go along with the progressive wing that he switched parties. look at the senate vote. i would wager alabama senator doug jones didn't think it was a very wise thing to vote to convict trump. estate trump won by 28 points, ? this guy is up for reelection. it was made very clear to him by

even michigan congresswoman debbie dingell admits it was a rough week for her party. >> i think thiste frankly, in my career, not just here i but in my professional career, one of the worst weeks i remember. the division, and the hatred, it really disturbs me. we have to start remember and we are americans. >> harris: the power panels back. judy miller, dan henninger. dan, as you look at this, the strategy going forward for president trump with all this going on? >> the strategy for trump, as we were talking earlier, expand his base and make it more difficult for them to compete. at the very time the democrats are showing that they are incompetent to run an election -- and i think they have a larger competence problem. there's got to be a reason the president's approval has been running up as it has not gallup poll. i think a lot of voters out there are having real second dos about whether the democratic party or is willing or able to not only execute an election, but these policies they are proposing like medicare for all. >> harris: i want to say it again, it's 49% for the presiden

joining me now, debbie dingell of michigan. great to see you, congresswoman. 2016, we talked about this many times, when so many other democrats were saying trump couldn't possibly win, there is no way, you saw the strength in his message that he had in michigan. you predicted he could win and you saw it on the ground in your district. what are you hearing and thinking today, now, when you see, i don't know, the tale of these two weeks and what we have seen recently when you look at 2020. >> so i'm going to sort of react to that question in a couple of different ways. because i also want to say to you i think last two weeks have been some of the saddest i've seen in my professional career. at the division that we even see in this capital dome. the state of the union, both sides, it was just -- it is supposed to be a time of coming together as americans. and it is clearly been a difficult week. so having said that, right now, i don't ever tell people what i don't think. so i think president trump could win again. but i think it is a long time between now and no

join amy congresswoman debbie dingell, thank you very much for being here.at intro and those different data points on the president as we head into the address tonight, what goes through your mind? >> i'm not going to be negative with you tonight, none of us wish the economy wasn't doing well, i'm glad the economy is doing well. i know what a volatile last few years we have had and it's a long time between now and november. what i care about right now is how divided this country is. it has been divided with fear and hatred and i hope tonight he pulls us together somehow. that we understand going forward we've got to work together to do something about lowering the cost of prescription drugs, really do something. we will see her where were going to go tonight. >> martha: do you think if he puts out that all of branch to say to democrats, let's work together on infrastructure, work together on bringing down drug prices, nancy pelosi is going to be sitting there behind him, do you think she is willing to bury the hatchet and start to move forward on some of the

even debbie dingell refer to it as a disgrace. that's her party. in the nation, by the way, wrote that there were no winners, only survivors. in case you missed all the fun, is a perfect recap of last nig night's democratic debacle debate, take a look. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> we've got to open this up. universal health care. >> donald trump -- [inaudible] >> klobuchar. >> new topic. senator klobuchar. if you could honor the rules of the debate, thank you. >> sean: it was pretty much like that all night but during the rare occasion when these petulant losers were able to say a few uninterrupted words, it was even worse. we will start with a clear front runner and that would be bolshevik bernie sanders. last night the old soviet style socialist really got back to his communist routes. he didn't have a single positive thing to say about america, but once again he goes out of his way to praise cuba's oppressive socialist government. you know, the one where they killed people, stole the property, and put pretty much all their citizenry in pover

debbie dingell is the lead. it passed there. passepassed in the house, sith h mcconnellya desk. i think what he was referring to was the violence against women act. and he was the original author of that. but i think there was some confusion eye don't know why he chose to engage in that fight but such is life. i thought the bigger point was mine. if we keep fighting lke this as a party for the next four months and tearing each other apart we're going to see four more years of donald trump tearing our country apart. and so that's why today, i chose, yes, i picked a fight with bernie because i think we need to make that clear to the american people and our party understand who would they be putting at the top of the ticket if they chose bernie sanders over me. but for the most part, i thought that i would focus on substance instead of fighting with everyone else. n> senator, you have been campaigning as someone who can win back the heartland, who can win back those trump voters. but think about bernie sanders at the top of the tirkt as you just mentioned. how concerns are you on a

even democratic congresswoman debbie dingell referred to it as a disgrace. it's her party. in the nation wrote that there were no winners, only survivors. in case you missed all the fun, here's a perfect recap of last nights democratic debacle debate. take a look. [all speaking over each other] >> bernie, bernie. senator klobuchar -- >> new topic. if you could honor the rules of the debate, thank you. >> sean: it was pretty much like that all night but during the rare occasion when these petulant losers were able to say if you want uninterrupted words, it was even worse. the clear front runners bernie sanders beer last night the old soviet style socialist really got back to his communist routes. he didn't have a single positive thing to say about america but once again he goes out of his way to praise cuba's oppressive socialist government, the one where they killed people, stole their property and put all citizenry in poverty. take a look. >> what i said is what barack obama said in terms of cuba. the cuba made progress on education. [audience booing] >> really? what i sai

i just saw debbie dingell the congresswoman from michigan and she is angry and judgey.ering, she was a lobbyist for the auto industry while her husband was representing detroit in the congress. there she is right there. i'm thinking you are literally a lobbyist while your husband was representing detroit. you have no moral standing to judge anybody. you should leave the room in shame, but, no. angry. >> the same point you made about mitt romney. these are individuals who have scooped up a bunch of class and play roles in this system. they, i think they simply believe, based on their party or who they think their constituents are, that if they are angry, somehow being angry means you are serious. but not really. americans know and the president, of course, has all the reasons in the world to be angry and to be upset. and he was actually restrained last night. he was happy, looking forward with an optimistic vision and that's the other thing you can't do when you are pe perpetually angry and mad and miserable. you don't see any way out. you don't see any solution because

michigan representative debbie dingell puts it this way. >> everybody wants to get out of town today. think this has been, quite frankly, in my career, not just here but in my professional career, one of the worst weeks i can remember. the division, the hatred. it really disturbs me. we've got to start remembering we are americans. >> harris: guy? >> well, there's a few things to say. sure, it was a good week for term space in a number of ways, but just for the reelection campaign of president trump and the country generally, if you look at the fiasco in iowa, the number one -- at least on paper -- rival to president trump really having a brutal time in iowa and falling in new hampshire. of course, joe biden. a huge gallup poll number, the president reaching his all-time high in job approval, also 63% on the economy. that was before the jobs report that came out today. so i think that overall, of course the president is having a terrific week. the white house, i would imagine there's a lot of smiles on people's faces. i wrote a column yesterday at townhall.com already calling it the s

harsh words from michigan congresswoman debbie dingell about her fellow democrats after their lateste last night in south carolina, a debate where senator bernie sanders was in focus for those trying to elbow him out of that top spot. >> i think i would make a better president than bernie. >> imagine spending the better part of 2020 with bernie sanders versus donald trump. think about what that will be like for this country. >> bernie sanders' analysis is right. the difference is i don't like his solutions. >> bernie, in fact, hasn't passed much of anything. >> i do not think this is the best person to lead the ticket. >> should you keep on going, we will elect bernie, bernie will lose to donald trump. >> today those candidates, they are back out on the trail, and joe biden's bid to win it all this saturday got a huge boost from influential south carolina congressman jim clyburn. >> i want the public to know that i'm voting for owe biden, south carolina should be voting for joe biden, and here's why. i know joe. we know joe, but most importantly, joe knows us. >> cnn's ryan nobles is

. >> debbie dingell, a democrat, just said last night's debate was a, quote, embarrassment for everyonehe agrees with klobuchar and we've got to stop fighting. allison cam rotty did an interesting voter panel this morning and there was one part that struck me. here is alex belk, a south carolina democrat. >> i think biden feels that blacks are going to vote for him just because of obama. >> that's a given. >> he thinks that's a given. we don't all think alike, so don't put us in a box. i feel like that's what biden is doing to blacks in south carolina. >> is it, tim, what he's doing to blacks in south carolina? >> you know, i'm going to defer to his judgment if that's his experience. i'll say this, i remember biden saying last night exactly the opposite. he said he's trying to earn those votes. he realizes that he has to earn those votes. but maybe that message didn't get across. you know, look, that's going to be a critical part of this electorate, looking at 2020. the only way for somebody to dethrone sanders is to get a coalition of white voters and voters of color. i think biden is

the state of the union, we are talk about the highlights and low lights, michigan congresswoman debbi dingellere. wait till you hear this one, back in a minute. maria: partisan divide on full display at the state of the union. president trump ignoring speaker pelosi's handshake before his address and once he finished pelosi ripped up the president's speech into pieces directly behind him right in front of the cameras, democratic lawmakers once again wore white to highlight women suffrage, some democratic members of congress skipped speech altogether, michigan congresswoman debbi dingell, congresswoman, always a pleasure to see you, thank you so much for joining us. >> good morning, match, good to be with you. maria match give us your reaction of the state of the union last night? >> it really depressed me, it was the most partisan state of the union i have seen witnessed i had hoped somehow, you know, maybe i'm a dreamer, can't stop dreaming, come in and try to pull us together, issues that we have to work on like lowering prescription drug prices and the chamber was not a chamber. maria: did

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debbie dingell, here is what she said. >> it really depressed me.as the most partisan state of the union i have seen or witnessed. i had hopes that somehow maybe i'm a dreamer, but can't stop dreaming that he would come in and tried to pull us together. issues that we have to work on like lowering prescription drug prices. that chamber was not a chamber that was brought together last night. >> ed: respond to that. the president had an optimistic tone about the economy and future of america but also wasn't reaching out to democrats let's say. >> i heard it differently. i heard he was. >> ed: where? >> on infrastructure and healthcare. we have to have bipartisan support. you can deliver a house bill to the senate. it doesn't mean they'll pass it, richard. there has to be compromise which democrats aren't willing to do. >> ed: family leave. there were a lot of items free market conservative ideas. if you were a big government person looking for common ground there was a lot in that speech. >> i don't think it was a big government issue with family leav

maloney: i now yield 90 seconds to debbie dingell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, madam chair. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 3976, the bill sponsored by my colleague, mrs. lawrence, and by the members of the michigan delegation. this bill honors the -- honors the queen of soul. aretha franklin and her imnumerable contributions to music. with her father, reverend c.l. franklin. aretha's father was a good and dear friend to john dingell. helping him early in his career. and the two of them fought side by side in the 1950's and 1960's for civil rights legislation. aretha's career includes more than 20 grammy awards, the first woman inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame, and receiving the presidential medal of freedom. however, it's aretha's message through music of respect, love and faith that will stay with us for generations. today i stand with my michigan colleagues and urge every member to honor aretha franklin's legacy. her contributions to

> last question i have and i'll save this for secretary azar, a couple weeks ago my colleague debbie dingell and i sent a letter to the administration. you were copied on it. as it relates to the supply chain of companies with operations in china, specifically wuhan province. a lot of us are concerned about products that are made there. i know apple as an example, their stock price collapsed and led to the market trouble that we had here this week. what type of outreach -- have directed --e you have you initiated outreach to companies, large and small, particularly on the shortage question? because they may not want to tell you what they might not know. sec. azar: as chair of the task force, we directed the whole government outreach to manufacturers and suppliers across not just healthcare, but everywhere. dr. kadlec and dr. hahn have led the effort with regard to generic and biologic and device manufacturers in china and that's what doctor hahn was reporting on earlier, the result of that outreach. i'm proactive as you know with drugs. they have to report potential shortages. we are proacti

> last question i have and i'll save this for secretary azar, a couple weeks ago my colleague debbie dingell and i sent aletter to the administration.you were copied on it . as it relates to the supply chain of companies with operations in china, specifically wuhan province. a lot of us are concerned about products are made there we've got a lot of different things that are there. i know apple as an example, a fetch up their stock price collapsed and led to the market trouble that we had here this week. what type of outreach, have you directed, have you initiated outreach to companies, large and small , particularly on the shortage question as well because they may not want to tell you what they might not know. where are you all on this. >> as chair of the task force we directed the whole government outreach to manufacturers and suppliers across not just healthcare but everywhere and doctor hunt and doctor catholic led the effort with regard to generic and biologic and device manufacturers in china and that's what doctor hahn was reporting on earlier, the result of that outreach . i'm proact

i think anybody suffering from this from whether it's rush limbaugh or debbie dingell and her family, to show humanity and say a prayer. >> melissa: does it say something about where we are with civility? or is it maybe about social media and the idea that people react quickly and inappropriately? at times when we thought society was more civil we didn't have the access to sort of -- the instant knee-jerk thing you might say to somebody at work next to you that's inappropriate, but the whole world wouldn't know about it and it wouldn't live forever. maybe it's that. >> capri: that very well may be a case, but i think we are at a place in our society worries become so polarized that we see people of differing views and opinions as less than human. i think this is an example of that. >> dagen: some people are just empty on the inside, and that's how they fill themselves up and how they feel they are lonely, lonely days. i will say this to rush limbau rush limbaugh, blessings and endless pairs to him. but i hope he does talk about it. i've been down this road with my mother for five and