looking at now for reference a -- an op-ed by gene spurling. he was head of council of economic advisers to two presidents, both president clinton and president obama, chair of that national economic council, i should say, is the proper title. in an op-ed on christmas day, the fifth paragraph, here's what he said in pertinent part, referencing you and your budget proposals. he said, quote, together, meaning the two -- the two areas of policy that you've -- you have a long record on, full repeal of aca and block granting of medicaid, which we know is trump administration policy, quote, would cut medicaid in children's health insurance program funding by about $2.1 trillion over the next ten years, a 40% cut, unquote. how can you answer the questions i just asked you about, making sure that number of uninsured children doesn't get worse under your tenure if that is the case with regard to -- with regard to your policies, the effect of what your policies would be, and now apparently contrary to what was said during the kaernlgs it's now the policy

we are looking for reference an -- by gene spurling, he was head of council of economic advisors to two presidents, president clinton and president obama, chairman of that economic counsel is the proper title. on christmas day the fifth paragraph here is what he said referencing you, he said quote, together meaning the two areas on record, full repeal and would cut medicaid in the children's health insurance program funding by about $2.1 trillion over the next ten years, a 40%ut unquote hu unkwoeu unquote, how can you answer that if that's the case with regard to your policies, the effect of what your policies would be and now apparently contrary to what was said during the campaign it's now the -- to block medicaid. >> it's because with respect to you and mr. spurling is because you are looking at it in a silo, we believe it is possible to put in place a system that allows for greater individuals, coverage that equals care, right now many of the individuals, the aca actually increased coverage in this country, the problem is that a lot of folks have coverage, but don't have care, so th

we are looking for reference a op-ed by gene spurling, head of council of economic advisors to two presidents, president clinton and president obama, chair of the national economic council is the proper title. in an op-ed on christmas day, the fifth paragraph, here's what he said in pertinent part referencing you and your budget propofls. he said quote, together, meaning the two areas of policy that you have a long record on, full repeal of aca and block granting of medicaid which we know now is trump administration policy, quote, would cut medicaid in the insurance health insurance program funding by about $2.1 trillion over the next ten years, a 40% cut, unquote. how can you answer the questions that i just asked you about making sure that number of uninsured children doesn't get worse under your tenure if that is the case with regard to your policies, the effect of what your policies would be and now apparently contrary to what was said during the campaign, it's now the policy of the trump administration to block grant medicaid. >> with respect to both you and to mr. spurling, it's because