doggett noted. i'm not going to trespass into domestic politics in the uk, but i think just having observed 3,000 miles away, the prime minister during his election cycle, he actually suggested a much more radical transformation of the health care system in the uk that he was actually able to deliver on, and i understand that because that's just the reality of what happens. but i think as a follow-up to what mr. doggett pointed out, i think what the prime minister discovered is that the health care system in the uk was pretty popular. is that a fair same? >> yes. you have to understand from the standpoint of the uk, in this area it's quite different from where you are here. there's no question the health service because of its basic principle which is that no matter what your means, you will always be able to get treatment at the point you need it without any requests or requirement for money. so that is a -- and that is a big change. so that's ingrained in people's psyche and that's a very emotiona

. >> coming up in 20 minutes, we'll talk to lloyd doggett, a senior member of the house ways and means committee and later jason chaffetz will join us live. let's go to ali velshi. >>> a record heat wave fading and floodwaters are rising, flash floods in the mid-atlantic, stranding 30 cars on the interstate in north carolina. the government says the past 12 months were the hottest ever on record in the mainland u.s. and that's not even countg july, more than 2,000 heat records alone broken or tied so far this month. for more on that, let's go to meteorologist alexandra steele in the weather center. >> good morning, ali. the preponderance of those were east of the mississippi river. look at these records, 113 in vegas, 108 in boise, 99 in reno,

break it down with steve king of iowa, romney surrogate and utah congressman jason chaffetz and lloyd doggettbama is calling on mitt romney to show us the money. at least his money. but all of his money. the president insisting his republican rival should be more transparent to the american people. he and other democrats demanding governor romney release his financial records, including more tax returns. >> is it your belief it's unpatriotic for someone to have a swiss bank account? >> well, you know, i think what's important if you're running for president, the american people know who you are, what you've done and you're an open book. you know, that's been true of every presidential candidate dating back to mr. romney's father. >> in january mitt romney disclosed his 2010 tax filings and an estimate of his liability for the 2011 tax year, but for his campaign's part, they're saying that these attacks against him and the release of his tax returns are, quote, unseemingly and disgusting character assaults on a successful businessman. >>> an arkansas democrat is ending his congressional campai

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>> @ doggett cooper said of chamberlain, as lord mayor of birmingham, his previous position, nobody had ever broken their word to him. he could not imagine hitler breaking his word. he was a very good chancellor, chamberlain, but as you see from the edwardian mustache and umbrella. he was unable to face up to the cleaning ruthlessness of the regime. >> if you had to pick one human being out of this that you could write a book about, who would it be? who would be your first choice? >> too many people have already written about churchill. i would not attempt to do that. i did not see myself as necessarily a biographer of that particular period. i have always been fascinated by eisenhower, his qualities and some of his weaknesses as well. he is a fascinating character. one sees these various limitations of leaders at a particular time. i have always been struck by the way that many of these commanders, particularly on the allied side, not in the armies of totalitarian regimes, the commanders had spent most of their time in complete isolation and anonymity. suddenly the cannes film stars. -

doggett, who also served on subcommittee on health during the health care debate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. doggett: i have lived through a terminal illness while struggling to get well and struggling to get and keep my insurance. ivan been denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition, i have lived this. it is very real for me. today i breathe a little better. life is good because now i have hope. that was the reaction of my constituent, aaron foster, to the approval of the affordable care act by the supreme court. and today's legislation ought to be called the take-away aaron foster hope act because that's what it is. replacing the affordable health care act with only tax breaks for tylenol. in a few days thousands of texans will be receiving checks of almost $200 each, almost $200 million in rebates from private insurance companies that overcharged and abused them. this bill should be called the return to sender act because it says those abusive health insurance companies get their money back if this act became law. there a

i would like to turn it over to the ranking member, lloyd doggett. >> thank you for your courtesy.f we can perfect our taxes system so that it does more to reward work, we should do it. if we compare it out any of the use of existing preferences or credits, that are not being property -- properly used, we should do that and take corrective steps. i must say that it is my belief that the focus of this hearing and the focus of the overall work this year, last year of the ways and means committee is misdirected. let's look at the facts. the richest 1/5 of americans own 84% of the wealth of this country. while the bottom 40% are estimated to own about 3% or 4%. the congressional budget office reports that over the last three decades, after-tax income, it soared by 277%. while two-thirds of the income gains slowed to the top 1% of households. the focus of this hearing is not on the 1500 millionairess who paid zero income-tax, and it is not on those corporations who not only paid zero such as in some years, and general electric, wells fargo, and in some cases received money back in credi

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doggett. i'm so sorry. it doesn't get better, does it?no, it's actually gotten better but it was a hard year and you know what i had to do? i decided to stay working even though i was needed somewhere else because i was juggling the fought in my mind that what i am doing here is for her but what she needs me -- it was a hard decision and it's not a popular one. i think the article worked because she stopped. i'm not sure she could have written the same article. and that's something we need to be more honest with ourselves about and more understanding to each other about, and i hope maybe somebody in this room would understand why i made the decision that i did but it was a hard year and there were a lot of times i was doing this, and that's really hard to say. but if we don't talk about the sacrifices that we have to make even of our own kind of sense of judgment of ourself as mothers, we will never get along all money and we all make different decisions. we all stay home and work at home full time with kids and that is as valid and diffi