this was easily met when he made the decision to name dr. tomrice as a new secretary of health and human services. dr. price is uniquely qualified to step into this leading role during this time of reform in the life of health care in america. for nearly 20 years, tom price worked in private practice as an orthopedic surgeon in the atlanta area. mending broken bones, giving people the hold and help to lead their lives to the fullest. you passed on your wisdom by training generations of physicians at a local college and hospital. an impressive career in health care. your patients weren't the only ones who benefited by your leadership and example. you would carry your leadership qualities into the georgia state senate where you served for 8 years and became the majority leader of the georgia state senate and helping to steer a time of real reform and renewal. then it was on to congress, where i first met dr. price, he would serve in the congress for more than 12 years. it chairman of the budget committee, but without question, emerging as the most

the american people need dr. tom price applying his practical knowledge of the doctor -- as a doctor and legislator at the department of health and human services, an agency in great need of new leadership. this job is a big one. there's no doubting that. it requires overseeing some of the nation's most important programs like medicare and medicaid. and helping protect public health at the c.d.c. and helping find cures at n.i.h. and helping ensure at the f.d.a. that those cures can make it to the patients. it's a big job, but tom price is the right man for it. we shouldn't wait a moment longer to confirm him. as soon as we do, we'll turn to the nomination of steve mnuchin to lead the department of the treasury. i'll have more to say about mr. mnuchin tomorrow but let me say this. the last eight years americans had to endure an economy that failed to live up to its potential. part of the problem was the regulatory avalanche of the last administration. it's time to finally move toward a modern regulatory framework inst

but dr. tomice is seen ideal to address the problems of our health care system by republicans someone who has been a orthopedic surgeon, served here on capitol hill. understands the intricacies of health care and also the bureaucracy of washington. price offered ideas how republicans could replace obamacare. senator mitch mcconnell said on capitol hill that price is the right person for the job. >> the american people need dr. tom price applying his practical knowledge and legislature at the department of health and human services. an agency in great need of new leadership. >> republicans appear to have the votes to confirm price. they also appear to have the votes to confirm steve enough mnuchin to be treasury secretary his nomination is after dr. tom price. they shifted focus to labor nominee and drew puzder, from the fast-food giant that oversees hardee's and charles, jr.'s. democratic leader chuck schumer says puzder should withdraw. >> he has proven imself to be an enemy, not a champion of w

dr. tom price, republicans say he's qualified to address problems in the healthcare system. he's worked as a orthopedic surgeon. he's worked in the hospitals and medical system and a lawmaker representing georgia. he's offered ideas on how obama care could be replaced with a republican alternative. senator mitch mcconnell says price is the right person for the job. >> the american people need dr. tom price applying his practical knowledge as a doctor and legislator at the department of health and human services. an agency in great need of new leadership. >> democrats have brought up their concerns, but it appears he will have the votes to be the next secretary of health and human services, shep. >> shepard: i'm seems some of the democrats have shifted their focus to another nominee. >> no question about that. steve mnuchin the next one up for treasury secretary appears to have the votes and will get confirmed. democrats have set their sights on the nominee for labor secretary, andrew puzzner. senate democratic leader says he should withdraw. >> andrew puzder has proven himse

we are trying to get our person dr. tom price approved, as you know, the democrats are being for purely political reasons. >> bill: let me get you on the record here. 2017, can americans expect a tax cut? >> president trump: i think so, yes. before the end of the year, i would like to say yes. >> bill: can americans in 201717 expect a new health care plan rolled out by the trump administration? >> president trump: in the process, and it might take some time into next year, but we're certainly going to be in the process. very complicated.e obamacare is a disaster. you have to remember. obamacare doesn't work. you look at arizona, 160% increase, you look at minnesota, all of these places it's going through the roof. it doesn't work.ou >> bill: when are you going to have something ready? >> president trump: i'm going to be putting it in very soon. i think yes, i would like to say by the end of the year. at least the rudiments, but we should have something within a year into the following year. and by the way, we will have some

challenges of state officials in programs like medicaid was easily met when he made the decision to name dr. tomprice as the new secretary of health and human services. dr. price is uniquely qualified to step into this leading role during this time of reform in the life of health care in america. for nearly 20 years tom price worked in private practice as an orthopedic surgeon in the atlanta area, mending broken bones, giving people the hope and health to lead lives to the fullest. you passed on your wisdom by training rising generations of physicians at a local college and hospital. an impressive career in health care. but your patients weren't the only ones that benefited. by your leadership and by your example, you would carry your leadership qualities into the georgia state senate where you served for eight years, becoming the majority leader of the georgia state senate and helping to steer a time of real reform and renewal in the state of georgia. then it was on to congress where i first met dr. price. he would serve in the congress now for more than 12 years. chairman of the budget committ

>> reporter: republicans rave about dr. tom price for his background, for his knowledge of budgetary matters after serving on the house budgetary committee for years. his gop allies say dr. price is the perfect person to lead at a time when they're looking to repeal and replace obama care. >> that's what the next hhs secretary is facing. you might say an humpty dumpty like task of picking up the pieces and rebuilding from the ground up. as we consider this nomination i think it's appropriate to ask ourselves if we need someone who will focus on the needs of patient, why not pick a doctor? >> reporter: up next for senate confirmation, steve mnuchin monday night. then after him, veterans affairs. then linda mcmahon for small business administration. that vote will happen tuesday morning, heather. >> heather: so it was a party line vote, talking about price again. so why did some democrats not vote for him? what are they saying? >> reporter: well, some democrats warn they fear he may try to change those health care entitleme entit

if there is anybody who wants to make sure medicare works for the senior citizens of the 21st is dr. tom price of georgia and he'll do it as secretary of health and human services. secondly there have been l a lot of things impugning tom about investments he made. i introduced tom to the senate health education labor and pensions committee. i went through his application. i've seen everything on it. everything he's being accused of doing he disclosed in his report. they are just using a technique trial lawyers use called desperate impact. you take two facts, put them together to make a negative rather than a positive. it's all in how you explain it and how you describe it. it's not how the act took place. as the chairman of the ethics committee and the one that administers the stock act for this body i know what we have to submit and make public. i know what we don't. and every single thing he's been accused of doing is information taken out of his own disclosures that anybody who owns a computer can get today to make it look like he's a bad guy. i told the senate finance committee when

ladies and gentlemen, dr. tom brown. [applause] dr. brown: thank you for that very kind introduction. thanks to the american civil war involvedd the center in this program. dedication orders like to declare the common soldier monument formed a tradition that dated back to antiquity, but there are relatively few precedents and europe or the united states for what became so common after the civil war. that is monuments where rank-and-file soldiers lay buried or monuments put up by communities are institutions went to war. to the best of my knowledge, none of the american precedents predates the obelisk in massachusetts, installed on the town green, inscribed with the names of local residents who died a quarter of a century earlier in the opening engagement of the revolutionary war. almost four decades passed before the town of concorde placed a similar outlets, which gained national attention through ralph waldo emerson's dedicatory program. -- "where once the embattled farmers stood and fire world." heard round the the biblical allusion

applause] pauldent trump: and i tell ryan and all of the folks hard, dr. tomy guy, but i talented tell them from a purely single l standpoint, best thing we can do is nothing. let it implode completely, it is carriers mploding, the are all leaving, disaster. two years, don't do anything. come to us and beg for help, they will beg and it is their problem. is not the right thing to do for the american people, not to do.ht thing e inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years, of it, $20 trillion, it's doubled. a foreign policy marked by one disaster after another. don't win anymore. what was the last time we won? did we win a war? win anything? do we win anything? we're going to win, going on win ig, we're going to start winning again. [chanting "usa"] president trump: but we're taking a firm, bold and decisive measure, we have to, to turn things around. era of empty talk is over, over. now is the time for action. you about the actions that we're taking right deliver on our promise to he american people and on my promise to make america great again.

trump: and i tell paul ryan and all of the folks we are working with a very hard, dr. tom, very talented guy. but i tell them from a purely political standpoint, the single best thing we can do is nothing. let it imploded completely, it is already imploding. you can see the carriers are all leaving, it is a disaster. two years don't do anything. the democrats will come to us and beg for help. they will beg, and it is their problem. but it is not the right thing to do for the american people. not the right thing to do. [applause] pres. trump: we inherited a national debt that doubled in eight years. think of it, $20 trillion. it has doubled. and we inherited a foreign policy marked by one disaster after another. we don't win anymore. when was the last time we won? did we win a war, did we win anything? did we win anything? we're going to win and we're going to win big, folks. we are going to start winning again, believe me. >> usa. >> usa. >> usa. pres. trump: we are taking a firm, bold and decisive measure to turn things around. the era of empty talk is over. it is over. n

then the trump administration, dr. tom price can move forward with executive action.o move and move quickly in march. neil: now separately as you know, sir, treasury secretary steve mnuchin hasn't indicated that an august development when we get the tax cut thing going, i assume what he is saying by that there is agreed to tax-cut package, one presumably take 7:00 to 3:00 rates, cut the corporate tax in half, et cetera. i don't believe he think he meant to vote it on it and, i miss something? >> the goll for the house to have it done in august? neil: really. >> i hope we can do that, using budget reconciliation it has to be revenue neutral. that is certainly the goal to provide relief for this economy. by the time we go home for the august recess, the affordable care act will be done and tax reform will be done. neil: all right. now, the appeal of using reconciliation process i guess you just need a majority of votes, especially in the senate. so, it solves a lot of problems there, but again there is also the thorny issue of being revenue neutral. i talk to some conse

dr. tomce has experience as a medical doctor, someone who knows the medical field and the system and has a keen understanding of bureaucracy in washington after serving in the house of representatives, one of his home state senators praised dr. price for being willing to serve and to work to make healthcare better for everyone. >> dr. price will work to end washington's takeover of our healthcare system and know he will work tirelessly for a healthcare system that compassionately improves the lives of every american. >> no more confirmation votes in the senate today. steve mnuchin's vote will come monday. linda mcmahon will get a confirmation vote late tuesday morning. >> melissa: democrats hate him. i don't think that's too strong a word. what are chief among their complaints? >> they're warning obviously he is going to lead the charge to dismantle obamacare and one democratic critic talked about dr. price and says he is going to go after those healthcare entitlements. >> congressman price h

. >> reporter: republican leaders are emphasizing dr. tomnfirmed by the senate early friday morning so he's just getting started on the job. again, they say they are on track. melissa? >> melissa: all right mike emanuel, thank you. a fox news alert. the office of government ethics is now asking the white house to investigate counselor to the president kellyanne conway over her remarks surrounding the president's daughter ivanka trump. the office stating there is strong reason to believe that miss conway has violated the standards of conduct and that disciplinary action is warranted. the director of the office recommending the white house investigate miss conway's actions and consider taking disciplinary action by february 28th. you'll recall conway commenting about the controversy around trump and nordstrom's suggesting during a television interview that viewers go out and buy ivanka trump branded products. the growing questions as to when the trump administration knew about michael flynn's conversations with russian ambassador leading to hi

has tweeted about obamacare saying despite the long delays by the democrats and finally approving dr. toml and replacement of obamacare is moving fast. >> could he be watching "early start?" >> as fake news, who knows? >> bite your tongue. >>> on the heels of president trump's conference, administration officials head overseas to he's concerns of the administration. for a lot less than you might think. with a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz, you can enjoy legendary safety, innovation and performance at a price you can afford. and that's a pretty sweet dream. visit the certified pre-owned sales event, now through february 28th. only at your authorized dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. don't pay hundreds more for taxes and fees on your wireless bill. introducing t-mobile one. now with taxes and fees included. get 4 lines of unlimited lte data for 40 bucks each. all unlimited. all in! switch to t-mobile today. i'm vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. i'm the money you save for retirement. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you ap

devos, jeff sessions for attorney general, dr. tom price for health and human services, and steven mnuchin for treasury. the more consequential fight will come over the nomination of judge neil gorsuch for the supreme court. today the judge reached out to more democrats. gorsuch met with a senator from montana. and he met with the top democrat on the judiciary committee, dianne feinstein part also california democrat maxine waters was confronted about tweeting her greatest desire was leading president trump right to impeachment. >> i have not called for the impeachment yet. he is doing it himself. eventually we've got to do something about him. >> it put nancy pelosi in an awkward spot. >> i'm not here to talk about impeachment. >> house democrats talking impeachment two weeks into a new administration tells you how toxic things are in congress right now. the nasty tone is having an impact on everything. >> bill: mike emanuel, thank you. stocks were down. dow lost 19 points. s&p 500 finished down 5 and the nasdaq gave back three point

when i first heard that president trump nominated dr. tom price to serve as secretary of health and human services, i was reassured to know that one of the most capable, well-prepared individuals that president trump could have chosen would fill such an important post. health care is highly complex, highly specialized, and it has a significant impact on our nation. of our federal government's involvement in health care has changed dratically over the last few decades, and that change has accelerated in the last few years. health care makes up one-sixth of the economy, and the department of health and human services has a tremendous impact on all parts of all sectors of health care. who better than a doctor to head an organization that covers the wide variety of major health care programs. let me mention just a few that a doctor should be in charge of. one would be medicare. another is medicaid. and then there's our vast biomedical research functions at the national institutes of health, referred to as n.i.h. then there's our dough mirving an

dr. tom price is that man and tom price is also my friend. we served together in the house of representatives. he's a good man. that's why during his time in public service, he's earned the respect of his colleagues as he's worked his way up the ranks, chairman of the republican study committee, chairman of the house republican policy committee, and most recently chairman of the house budget committee. he studied our health care system from top to bottom and he's no stranger to the health care battles the last eight years. you could say his chief qualification for the job of replacing obamacare is he had the good sense to oppose it in the first place, but tom price didn't just vote no. contrary to what you've heard from the democrats, he also offered his own alternative, the empowering patients first act. you may or may not like that bill, but i think you have to admire that he was willing to make a serious proposal. that's the kind of leadership we need at the department of health and human services. and so i want to express my support for t

applause]d president trump: and i tell paul ryan and all the folks we are working with very hard, dr. tomrice, very talented guy -- [applause] president trump: but i told him from a purely political standpoint, the single best thing we can do is nothing. let it implode completely. it is already imploding. you see the carriers are all leaving. i mean, it is a disaster. but 2 years don't do anything. the democrats will come to us and beg for help. they will beg. and it is their problem. but it is not the right thing to do for the american people. not the right thing to do. [applause] we inherited a: national debt that has doubled in eight years. think of it,. 20 trying dollars trillion. and we inherited a foreign policy with one disaster after another. we don't win anymore. do we win a war? do we win anything? do we win anything? we're going to win, we are going to win big folks. we're going to start winning again. believe me. [chanting "usa"] president trump: but we are taking a firm, bold, decisive measure, we have to, to turn things around. the era of empty talk is over. it's over. [chee

despite long delays by the democr democrats, finally approving dr. tomrepeal and replacement of obamacare is moving fast. eamon javers joins us with more. >> the president is talking about obamacare moving fast yesterday in his news conference he said obamacare repeal would be announced by the white house in early to mid-march. that would come before tax reform. so you get a sense of the way the train cars are being stacked in the train. obama care later in the year. healthcare reform in this country has been a quagmire for a number of presidents. it takes longer than they expect going in. more politically fraught than they expect going in. we'll see if this white house can dodge some of those bullets. but that could be something to keep an eye on. also something to keep an eye on is news that we got overnight that robert harward, the retired vice admiral, now an executive at lockheed martin and a former navy s.e.a.l. has turned down the president's apparent offer to be the national security adviser. remember, mike flynn was fired earlier this week. the

. >> dr. tom price delete health and human services.ext week will start with an agreement on steven mnuchin, linda mcmahon to head the small business administration. >> there is nothing, nothing, and mr. mnuchin's records to suggest he could stand up to wall street. >> our friends are trying to slow walkers. clearly, we should have a cabinet in place by now. under normal circumstances, we would. that would allow us to be back on the legislative calendar. >> among the other deadlines, the debt ceiling due to expire in mid-march but can have some flexibility. government funding is due to run out february 28, congress will need to pass another continuing resolution for the remaining bills. then there is reauthorization of the federal aviation administration come up, must be signed into law with another goal of moving toward a next-generation aviation system added to it. and individual members of congress have their own priorities as well. >> there are a lot of things we want to work with the administration on, we want to work with them on

that allowed the nominations of steven mnuchin for treasury and dr. tom price for health and human services to be voted out of committee. after the vote, chairman orrin hatch blasted the democrats. >> it's another way of roughing up the president and his choice of nominees. we had a full hearing here. we have not been treated fairly. >> the panel's top democrat cried foul. >> >> seems to me the basic proposition of breaking the rules so that you can, in effect, look the other way, in the face of strong evidence, serious ethical problems for two nominees is exceptionally troublesome. >> jeff sessions nomination to be the next attorney general was also approved by the senate judiciary committee. at that hearing, tempers flared when minnesota democrat al al franken. >> he should be here. >> let him make his case and we will go back to you. >> i object. we are here to talk about the nominee, not a colleague. >> on the senate floor, rex tillerson was confirmed to be the next secretary of state. the final vote was 56-43, carried by republican support. the tempe

and i tell paul ryan and all of the folks that we're working with very hard, dr. tom price, very talented guy, but i tell them from a purely political stand point the single best thing we can do is nothing. let it implode completely. it's already imploding. you see the carriers are all leaving. it's a disaster. but two years, don't do anything. the democrats will come to us and beg for help. they'll beg. and it's their problem. but it's not the right thing to do for the american people. it's not the right thing to do. we inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years. think of it, $20 trillion. it's doubled. and we inherited a foreign policy marked by one disaster after another. we don't win anymore. when was the last time we won? did we win a war? did we win anything? do we win anything? do we win anything? we're going to win. we're going to win big, folks. we're going to start winning again. believe me. [ crowd chanting "usa" ] >> but we're taking a firm, bold and decisive measure, we have to, to turn things around. the era of empty talk is over. it's ove

the vice president busy this morning, swearing in the president hhs secretary, georgia congressman dr. tom price. >> president trump has made it top priority of this new congress to repeal and replace the affordable care act with healthcare reform that will lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. >> therein lies the real challenge. you want to have something new without growing the size of government. we, of course, would be remiss if we did not mention the president's twitter reaction to the ninth circuit court decision on his travel pause. president reading today: entire opinion, the panel did ""lawfare: "remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this -- the statute." a disgraceful decision!" meanwhile, his spokeswoman took a bit more measured approach. >> this ruling does not effect the merits at all. it is an interim ruling, and we are fully confident that now that we will get our day in court and have an opportunity to argue this on the merits that we will prevail. >> the argument certainly will continue, we are looking

that includes jeff sessions for attorney general this evening, dr. tome for health and human services, and steve mnuchin for treasury secretary. earlier mitch mcconnell encouraged his colleagues to support senator sessions. >> in his home state he fought against the forces of hate. in the senate he developed a record of advocacy for crime victims but also for the fair and humane treatment of those who break our laws. both when they are sentenced and when they are incarcerated. reporter: the senate has been meeting round-the-clock since lunchtime on monday. democrats have been burning the clock up to 30 hours per each cabinet nominee. democrats spoke late night why he is opposing sessions. >> nobody here is questioning jeff session's love of country. nobody here is questioning his kindness and his collegiality. sometimes love requires telling the truth. love requires not being silent. love isn't politic. sometimes love breaks traditions. reporter: only power democrats have when you count the votes is to delay but democratic sources tell me that basically

cheers and applause ] and i tell paul ryan and all of the folks that we're working with very hard, dr. tomrice, very talented guy. but i tell them, from a purely political standpoint, the single best thing we can do is nothing. let it implode completely. it's already imploding completely. the carriers are leaving. two years, don't do anything. the democrats will come to us and beg for help. it's their problem. but it's not the right thing to do for the american people. it's not the right thing to do. we inherited a national debt that has doubled in eight years. think of it. $20 trillion. it's doubled. and we inherited a foreign policy marked by one disaster after another. we don't win anymore. when was the last time we won? do we win a war? do we win anything? do we win anything? we're going to win. we're going to win big, folks. we're going to start winning again, believe me. [ crowd chants "usa" ] but we're taking a firm, bold, and decisive measure. we have to, to turn things around. the era of empty talk ais over. it's over. now is the time for action. so let me tell you about the actio

they are trying to show is the fact that many of these nominees, for example if you're looking at dr. tom price with hhs or steven mnuchin for treasury, they have potential conflicts of interest that they are on the wrong side of democratic values being that they are pro-wall street and not main street, are utilizing their powers for their own self gain in the context -- >> jenna: sorry to interrupt, but these are themes they tried to use during the election cycle, and they lost. are they making adjustments? >> i think that democrats, we are not there yet. one of the biggest challenges we have, and i believe we are on the right side of history with many of our values when it comes to issues of the economy and fairness and equality and pay equity, you name it, but that being said, some of the problems we have our our ability to articulate the message, connect that with the middle american voter folks that i represented for ten years in ohio, and i think we have an issue with the messenger as well. if any of you saw, for example, leader nancy pelosi the other night on another network that w

then after her you've got critical votes for confirmation for jeff sessions for attorney general, dr. tom price for health and human services and then steve mnuchin for treasury secretary. it promises to be a very busy week on capitol hill. sandra? >> sandra: another one. mike emanuel, thank you. another conservative speaker invited to speak at a major college ends up getting pepper sprayed by students who did not want to hear from him. it's the second time that this happened on a big city campus in just two days. when does free speech come at such a cost? plus president trump's immigration ban. the aclu of massachusetts is suing to have the order overturned. the latest from the courtroom coming up. >> this isn't the way to set law. we shouldn't be doing it through tweets. we shouldn't be doing it through separate orders coming out of different agencies. that's why we are asking the court to stop this in its tracks. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing.

trump claiming that senate democrats are slow walking confirmation of key cabinet officers, including dr. tomrice, the physician who trump nominated as secretary for the department of health and human services. still congressional republicans do appeared to shift their timetable introduce canning a successor health care system to replace the affordable care act. at a recent house energy around commerce subcommittee, democratic lawmakers ridiculed their lawmakers for spending seven years blasting obamacare without having their own plan ready to go now. >> i love you, dr. burgess, i had to laugh when you said the aca was hastily built upon. the chairman's bill runs off the page. i look, i took it this morning and i started to read it and then i got to title two, continuous coverage. it says, incentive placeholder. talk about hastily built? what is this, half built? reporter: speaker ryan told reporters last week he wants to quote, move the gop health care overhaul by the end of the first quarter of 2017. david? david: i don't think that congressman really loved that guy he was talking about. ju

. >> to name dr. tom price as the new secretary of health and human services. dr. quely qualified to step into this leading role during this time of reform in the life of healthcare in america. for nearly 20 years, tom price worked in private practice as an orthopedic surgeon, mending broken bones and giving people health and hope to lead lives to the fullest. you passed on your wisdom by training rising generations of physicians at a local college and hospital. an impressive career in health care. but your patients weren't the only ones who benefitted. you carried your leadership qualities into the georgia state senate where you served for eight years, becoming the majority leader of the georgia state senate and helping to steer a time of real reform and renewal in the state of georgia. then it was on to congress, where i first met dr. price. he would serve in the congress now for more than 12 years. chairman of the budget committee, but without question emerging as the most principled expert on health care policy in the house of representatives if not the entire c

now that we finally have tom, tom price, dr. tom price, it's a big thing.are going to be announcing -- i guess i'll do it at 12:00, a new secretary of labor who is really phenomenal. so, that will be at 12:00. and we're getting -- i mean, this is the slowest in history the approval of a cabinet, and these people are outstanding people. the man i'll be announcing for labor is a star, great person, great person. and so, i look forward to that. but i appreciate everything you've done. you've been fantastic, and i appreciate it. thank you. >> mr. president, good to see you, mike kelly. >> i know mike. >> pittsburgh, erie. thank you so much. what an exciting summer we had together. >> we did okay. >> we did better than okay. >> we took an area that wasn't typically republican and swamped them. >> 30 years erie finally voted for a republican, thanks to you. >> thank you. >> billy long, and i'm co-chair of the congressional study group on japan. i'm going to be leading the delegation to japan saturday, meeting with prime minister abe on monday. >> who is a great g

earlier, they were approved in their respective committees, jeff sessions, steven mnuchin, and dr. tom price for health and human services. the finance committee changed its rules to get past a democrat boycott. >> this is just another way of roughing up the president and his choice of nominees. we had a full hearing here, i stayed until the last question was asked, had multiple rounds per they've been treated fairly. we have not been treated fairly. >> also today, some sparks flew in minnesota democrat senator al franken criticized texas republican senator ted cruz who was not even in the room. >> but when describing this history, senator ted cruz misrepresented what happen. so i would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight. >> i objected that senator disparaging a fellow member of the committee here in his absence. >> he should be here first of all pure secondly, he disparaged me, senator . >> let him make his case then we will come back to you. >> i object -- we are here to talk about the president nominee, not our colleague. i object to disparaging a colleague on

and now that we finally have dr. tom price, that was a big thing, we couldn't get him. we're going to be announcing a new secretary of labor who is really phenomenal. so that will be at 12:00. and we're getting -- i mean, this is the slowest in history, the approval of a cabinet and these people are outstanding people. the man i'll be announcing for labor is a star, great person, great person. and so i look forward to that. but i appreciate everything you've done. you've been fantastic and i appreciate it. thank you. >> mr. president, good to see you. mike kelly. >> i know mike. from the pittsburgh area. what an exciting summer. >> we took an area that wasn't a republican area and we swamped them, right? >> 34 years since this area voted for republican thanks to you. >> billy long, co-chair of the congressional study group on japan. i'm leading the delegation to japan saturday, meeting with prime minister abe monday, so if you will tell me how many golf balls in florida, i'll know how many house of representatives golf balls to take. >> he did well. we played with ernie

and now that we finally have tom, tom price, dr. tom price, that was a big thing, we couldn't get him. we are going to be announcing, i guess i'll do it at 12:00, a new secretary of labor who is really phenomenal. so that will be at 12:00. and we're getting -- this is the slowest in history, the approval of a cabinet. and these people are outstanding people. the man i'll be announcing for labor is a star, great person, great person. and so i look forward to that. but i appreciate everything you've done. you've been fantastic, and i appreciate it. thank you. >> mr. president, good to see you, mike kelly, thanks so much. what an exciting summer we had together. we did better than okay. >> we took an area that wasn't a big republican area, and we swamped 'em, right? >> we did. 34 years since erie voted for a republican. >> thank you very much. >> billy long, i'm co-chair of the delegation to japan, on saturday. meeting with prime minister abe on monday. if you will tell me how many golf balls he lost. >> he played well, i'll tell you. we p

. >> after devos, jeff sessions for attorney general, steve mnuchin for treasury, and dr. tom price for health and human services are next up on the senate floor for a confirmation vote, so it sets up to be a very busy week in the united states senate next week. to be clear, jeff sessions could not go next, because they need him to cast a vote as alabama senator to help betsy devos become the next education secretary. >> jon: all right, mike emanuel there on the capital, thank you. >> jenna: evacuated from a famous paris landmark when a man with a knife attached a french soldier, we will have a lab report. using a chisel instead of a wrecking ball on obamacare? two g.o.p. lawmakers now say repairing the law may be the better option. we will talk to our panel about that just ahead. >> jon: a fox news alert, a man with machetes and shouting "god is great" in arabic attached french soldiers in the heart of paris, it happened at the entrance to a shopping concourse below the louvre museum, one soldier stopped the suspect, shooting them several times. benjamin hall live from our lo

mitch mcconnell want to see president trump publicly back the congressional republican plan which dr. tomthe health and human services secretary, has been helping put together. but some conservative republicans in congress seem skeptical. joining me now from capitol hill is republican senator rand paul of kentucky, he serves opt homeland security and health committees. senator paul, thanks for joining me as always. >> sure. >> you and your colleagues senator ted cruz, senator mike lee have expressed some concern about the congressional republican plan. what is your concern? >> well, you know, about a year ago every republican in the house and the senate voted for what we thought was about as much as we could repeal, and we don't want to vote for anything less than that. we don't want to keep obamacare alive. we don't want to add in new subsidies or new entitlement programs. look, the government's broke. we borrow a million dollars a minute so we want to completely repeal obamacare and we want to replace it with something, market reforms that will lower the cost of health insurance for eve

ideas ben carson and his and dr. tomrice, the doctors in congress and the senate that have good ideas for health care for america come if we give them a chance to go to work and get , we woulds out there be tremendously benefited by all of that. please give president trump a chance to do his work for the american people. let's be reasonable. host: organizing for action --nded by a president obama this is from "the new york post." they are distributed in a training manual to anti-trump activists. the manual published with indivisible advises protesters to go into halls quietly, grab ,eats in the front of the room spread out in pairs to make it seem like the whole room opposes the republican host's position. take questionso -- that is from the column in "the new york post." mike in annandale, virginia. independent. with obama problem care is that it did not control health care costs themselves. blame like to pharmaceutical companies and other things. oftentimes, it is doctors and hospitals themselves with conflict of inter

of state officials in the programs like medicaid was easily met when he made the decision to name dr. tomth and human services. and dr. price is uniquely qualified to accept into this leading role during this time of reform in the life of health care in america. for nearly 20 years, tom price worked in private practice as an orthopedic surgeon in the atlanta area mending broken bones, giving people the hope and health to lead lives to the fullest. you passed on your wisdom by training rising generations of physicians at a local college and hospital. an impressive career in health care. but your patients weren't the only ones that benefited by your leadership and by your example. you would carry your leadership qualities into the georgia state senate where you served for eight years, becoming the majority leader of the georgia state senate and helping to steer a time of real reform and renewal in the state of georgia. then it was on to congress where i first met dr. price. he would serve in the congress now for more than 12 years, chairman of the budget committee. but without question, eme

. >> the american people need dr. tom price applying his practical knowledge as a doctor and legislator at the department of health and human services. an agency in great need of new leadership. >> it's been a bruising week on capitol hill with several all nighters on the senate floor and democrats determined to burn 30 hours on each of the cabinet nominees. >> we continue to see the democrats in the senate trying to slow down everything, including picking fights and battles they will not win and they know it. >> all indications that republicans have the vote to get price and steve mnuchin confirmed by early next week, democrats have set their targets on fast food chief executive andrew pods are -- andrew pods in her >> i have to say i was deeply disappointed when andrew puzder's nomination was announced. >> chuck schumer has called on the nominee to withdraw. >> andrew puzder has proven himself to be an enemy, not a champion, a trickle of workers rights. nominating him to oversee the labor department is clearly having a

people just haven't been paying attention to dr. tom price all the time he's been in the congress or as budget director, hadn't paid attention to him as a practicing physician. another great nominee at a time when we really need to set a new course. we're going to see that happen in both the attorney general's office and the department of health and human -- h.h.s. and look forward to what we do as those move forward. i also look forward to what may not be the official maiden speech but what i think will be the first speech on the floor of our new colleague john kennedy and i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. a senator: thank you. i rise to support the nomination of jeff sessions to be the next attorney general of the united states of america. i'd like to explain why. it seems to me that most americans don't care about politics on capitol hill, and they don't particularly care about the politics in the senate, and they don't especially care about the politics in washingto

however, the recent appointment of dr. tom price threatens to roll back the progress and the progress made under president obama. dr. price as many of you know and has been documented and seen on television and cable news shows, was very hostile, extremely hostile and openly hostile to the affordable care act during the time that he was in congress. despite the law extending health insurance to close to 20 million americans that didn't have it before. that's what's so amazing that a doctor would take that view. because the -- because of the a.c.a., 2. african-americans gained coverage. d the uninsured rate among african-americans failed by 7% and in the district that i represent, 47,000 more residents now have coverage thanks to the a.c.a. and for the district that i represent, that's pretty significant. people here about the texas miracle and all the jobs and economic growth in the state of xas and despite in living in dallas-fort worth, have the highest uninsured rate than any congressional district in the country. it's a sh