georgia, in recent years, adopted its own music therapy license bill. and and the bill's adoption can was classicottlenecking. upon introduction, georgia bill senate 414 went to a committee, they had a hearing at which time the only people to testify on bea half of this bill this support -- behalf of this bill, in support, were music therapists both from the national and the state organization. legislators received a packet of information in which they had letters of support from other music therapists, letters of support from consumers, from a professor from georgia college who was a faculty member in music therapy. at no time did anyone testify against the bill. at no time was any empirical evidence ever introduced demonstrating a significant threat to public health and safety. and at no time did a single legislate to have or anyone else ask a challenging question or express any skepticism about the bill. and now the if you want to work as a music therapist in georgia, you will do the following: you will earn a bachelor's degree or higher from an approved program. and the program has to be approved by the music therapist association, the same pe

georgia. senate bill 414 went before the committee. they had a hearing and the only people that could testify in support for music therapists both from the national and the state organization. they received a packet of information. those that support from consumers or georgia college or those that are a faculty member in music therapy at no time did anyone testify against the bill. at no tim time was any and all evidence of her introduced demonstrating a significant threat to public health and safety and at no time did a single legislator or anyone else ask a challenging question or express any skepticism about the bill. and now if you want to work as a music therapist in georgia, you will do the following. you will earn a bachelor's degree or higher from an approved program and the program has to be approved by the music therapist association. the same people that lobbied for the bill. he will pass a national examination that is offered only by the music therapist. you'll pay more than $300 for the privilege and complete 1200 hours of

senator, tell me about that meeting, whate happened? >> hey, bill, great to be on with you. senator david perdue of georgia i went to meet with trump. we had a productive meeting, talked about steps he has takenu what we're going to have to do in tandem with congress and thea president, especially on obamacare and tax cuts, to get the economy growing even faster, create more jobs, in particular, legislation that david perdue and i have that would try to reorient our legal immigration system away from mass unskilled immigration which has had such an effect on working-class wages in america and moving toward high skilled and ultra high skilled immigration as president trumpil has said he wants to do. >> bill: we will get to thatat in a little while. did you ask president trump if he had any information he would like to give you as a member of the senate intelligence committee backing up the assertion that president obama tapped the trump tower? did you ask him about that? >> no, bill. we talked about the economy, obamacare, taxes, and immigration. >> bill: were you curious about that? >> our inquiry and our

senate. it is being marked up today into house committees. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. evelyn in lawrenceville, georgia, a democrat. what do you think the bill's chances of passage in congress are? caller: i think you should be withdrawn as opposed to being passed because of it appears not to incorporate the lower half of the spectrum. that is the people who do not moneyccess to the type of that the framers have when constructing this bill in an deconstruct a bill that was the obamacare that was advantageous to the vast majority. what i think should happen is sit down. with draw the bill, sit down, cooperate -- incorporate the lower half. so that wille half be representation of the entire section of the nation so we can have a healthy society based on our input of having excellent health care. shirly? caller: sir? host: yes, ma'am. caller: i wanted to write a comment or two. i am almost 80 years old and see a lot of presidents be elected. thankfully this is the first time i have ever seen such a mess as it has been because of who was elected. it is so discouraging, disgusting. i really wish the two parties would get together, work together, an

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georgia, california. five republican senators, the heritage foundation. you've got to be kidding me. first of all, trump should not stomp on this. if they ask him a question, what's in the bill, he would have no idea. bob pointed something out. there are a lot of conservative groups that don't like this. >> meghan: we are both in agreement that if the republicans blow it, there will be ramifications. can't overemphasize how important it is. if i were president trump, i would invite everyone from the freedom caucus. rand paul, mark sanford, all the people, the major players. what do we do to make this work? none of us want to hand over our political capital to the democrats. this lives and dies in the hands of the freedom caucus. >> eric: the freedom caucus came out yesterday afternoon and said here's what want to do. repeal. we will about replace later. there are a lot of people is that you've got to do them both. >> brian: he said let's repeal it then for two years, will work on it. everything stays in place until we change it. you know the markets better than anybody. the markets aren't going to love the uncertainty for the next two years in between stimulus packages, infr

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bill: that's a key point there. republican senator tom cotton saying the gop made an error in trying to move too quickly. and we go to atlanta, georgia, sir, thank you and welcome back to "america's newsroom." > good to be with you. supported in the end or not? >> yes. we were supporting this. it was good policy and something we worked on for a while and something we felt would do what we promised repeal and replace and provide americans the stant and the assurance to know we're working to get rid of something that's disastrous, obamacare. >> bill: you're colleague jim jordan is against it and your colleagues and friends -- he contends only 17% of americans even knew what was in the bill. i don't know how 17% of americans would even know what's in the bill because none of it was even talked about. is he right on that point? >> the biggest thing is making sure the members of congress knew what was on the bill and jim was very much a part of that. i think he was part of the percent that knew what was it in. he'd come to the table and there were negotiations and they were able to receive things they wanted. that's part of the legislativ

and to my friend, senator chambliss, we are worked on 0 lot of farm bills together and thank you for your service as chair and somebody advocating for georgia. and representative scott, welcome as well. we have a lot of work together with our colleagues in the house to get the next farm bill done so we look forward to doing that. it's clear that agriculture and rural america need to have a seat the table. we always do. but it's clear that we need to make sure that is happening with this administration. looking back at our history, our president's knew that farmerred were the foundation of the country. that's why president lincoln called this the people's department because he understood that agriculture is a cornerstone of our economy and that the department has special relationship with the people it served. america's farmers and ranchers grow the saveest affordable speed nye in world. food security is national security. because having a food secure nation makes our country safe. our food and agriculture sector supports 16 million american jobs. it's usda's job to make sure we can grow things in every state and that means celebrating the d

challenges georgia state since it was the first of you to be illegally invaded and that's something that's territory occupied in an ongoing disruptive way. i just want to mention two bills in the senatehat unguarded bipartisan support for those who have any concern about the absence of bipartisanship here. the counteracting russian hostilities act as 10 republicans and 10 democrats cosponsoring a bill would make russia pay the price for its illegal annexation of crimea, for the ongoing violence in eastern ukraine, for the support of assad murders regime and a meddling in our election less over. the russian review act would make certain congress has to wait in before sanctions against russia could be weighed. i'm proud of ethical spot as are many on this subcommittee of these bills. we continue to believe that the transatlantic alliance is essential to force, for stability in the world, to making the world order we work together to go over the last seven decades. let me ask a few questions if i might. there's been a rumor proposal by the administration to cut by as much as 37% our state department and usaid, which are center for the funding of many of the programs that we've been talk

challenges that georgia has faced since it was the first of you to be illegally invaded and have some of its territory occupied in an ongoing disruptive way. i want to mention two bills in the senate that have garnered bipartisan support. for those who have any concern about the absence of bipartisanship here. the counteracting russian hostilities act has ten republicans and ten democrats co-sponsoring it. it would make russia pay the price for its annexation of crimea, for support of the murderous assad regime in syria and their actions in our election last november. the other bill led by senator graham would make certain that congress has to weigh in before sanctions against russia can be waived. i'm proud to be a co-sponsor as are many on this committee on these bills. we continue to believe that the trans atlantic alliance is important to maintain the world order we worked together to build over the last seven decades. let me ask a few questions if i might. there's been a rumored proposal by the administration to cut by as much as 37% our state department and u.s. aid which are essential for the munding ff many of the programs we have been talking about. what would the absence

challenge is that georgia faced since it was the face of you to be illegally invaded and to have some of its territory occupied in an ongoing disruptive way. i wanted to mention two bills in the senate that garnered bipartisan support by those who have concern about the absence of bipartisanship here. the hostilities act has ten republicans and ten democrats co-sponsoring it. it would make russia pay the price for wiillegal annexation . and their meddling in our own american elections last november. the russian review act would make certain that congress has to weigh in before sanctions against russia could be waived. i'm proud to be a could sponsor as are many on this subcommittee, of these bills. we continue to believe that transatlantic alliance is labsly essential. a force of stability in the world. to maintain the world order we work together to build over the last seven decades. let me ask a few questions. there a rumor proposal to cut by as much as 37%. our state department and usid are essential for a lot of what we have been talking about. what would the absence of american leadership mean for your countries? would you feel safer with russia if we cut back like radio for eu

and to my friend, senator chambliss, we worked on a lot of farm bills together, and worked well, and thank you for your services, chair, and as somebody advocating for georgia, and all of the interests in agriculture. it's great to see you. and representative scott, welcome, as well. we've got a lot of work together with our colleagues in the house to be able to get the next farm bill done. so we look forward to doing that. it's clear that agriculture and rural america need to have a seat at the table. we always do. but it's clear that we need to make sure that's happening with this administration. looking back at our history, our presidents knew that farmers were the foundation of the country. that's why president lincoln created the usda and called it the people's department, because he understood that agriculture is the cornerstone of our economy in that had a special relationship with the people it served. america's farmers and ranchers grow the most affordable food supply in the world and we should be proud of that. i always say that food security is national security, because having a food-secure nation makes our country safe. our food and agriculture