jayapal: alex azar is industry front people. they are interested in preserving the system as it is so that insurance companies and pharmaceutical drug companies can continue to make profits while people die. what we know is that the medicare system can be expanded to everybody and that in the end, we can take out the waste, the administrative waste of insurance companies. think about this. united healtlth ceo is making $82 million in take-home salary, profit. all of these ceos are making enormous amounts of money and pharmaceutical drugs and simple procedures cost so much more in the united states than anywhere else. they have to try and scare people i into thinkingng that somehow this system is going to hurt the e people in ththe existingng system, which we know is not the case. we arere just expanding the exexisting sysystem. most importantly, wewe are going to keep cost down. this is about t coverage b but also cosost. why is i t that the medidicare system p pays 80% morore for presescription drugs than the va? it is because

jayapal: yeah. so definitely a single payer system, not government run in that we would use the same underlying system of hospitals and doctors that's currently there. what medicare for all does is it says, let's do what every other industrialized country in the world does and provide universal coverage for everyone paid for by the government. so it takes the existing medicare system which people generally are very satisfied with though they don't think it includes enough. so we actually expand the range of benefits to include things like vision and dental. we include long term supports and services. and then we expand that to everybody. soledad: so if a democrat does not support your plan or does not support bernie sanders' medicare for all plan, does that become a litmus test for them , that this is problematic if you want to be a democratic contender or if you even within their own elections and not necessarily a presidential election that this is going to be a problem? rep. jayapal: well, i thin

jayapal of washington. the chair: the gentlewoman from washington and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from washington. ms. jayapal: i come to the floor today to speak on this amendment that simply requires unpaid government employees to comply with the same ethics rules as paid employees. president trump has exploited this ethics loophole for his daughter and his son-in-law jared trump who both work in the white house, requiring your daughter and son-in-law to be subject to the same laws as everyone else is common sense. it is core to our democracy and to our national security. the purpose of ethics rules are to ensure that conflicts of interest do not interfere in the operations of our government. this is critical so the america cap people trust that the people guiding our country's laws and president trump's hiring of his daughter and son-in-law as unpaid advisers have raised serious concerns. shortly after the 2016 elections, ivanka trump participated

now, jayapal doesn't talk about how she's going to pay for it. but the sanders bill definitely talks about moving to medicare level payments which means that doctors get paid 40% less. hospitals get paid 40% less. maybe you can do that over a period of time but in the short term, that's very difficult duty. you can't accomplish that in two years. >> our guest with us, mr. antos represents the american enterprise institute in washington, d.c. joining us from boston is the president of physicians for a national health program, dr. adam gaffney. our first call comes from joe in michigan. good morning. go ahead. caller: just a couple of quick things. i was born the year social security was passed as a law. that means i'm 83. in fact, i have a doctor's appointment at the v.a. this afternoon. without the v.a., i would not have any insurance. i'm old enough to know people who died, who passed away because they could not afford a doctor. i remember when doctors used to limit the number of physicians graduating from medical school to keep the costs up. th

guest: represented a jayapal has no -- representative jayapal's plan has no exclusions. the sanders plan is similar. that is basic for all these types of proposals. focusing on expanding coverage ,o everyone without exception but they are not focusing on how you pay for it. dr. gaffney how you pay for it and how does the treatment take place if there is no pre-existing conditions? guest: i certainly don't think people should be discriminated against by virtue of being unlucky because they have type 1 diabetes or in the xina -- or emphysema. i think that is barbarism. doing such a great job of controlling health care costs. the deductibles that ordinary working-class people were having to pay in this country are beyond their means in many cases. there was a number that came out last year that found the average u.s. family has $5,000 in liquid assets. how do you tell that family you also have a $5,000 deductible? that is like being uninsured. it means that people ration their own health care use. hear constantly about the fear mongering, about government rationing of healt

jayapal: do you agree with that statement? mr. vought: i agree with cutting fault and waste but not cutting 2%. ms. jayapal: you have disagreed with the president of the united states. both of those statements were made by donald trump. he tweeted, the u.s. spent $716 billion this year, crazy. and he told the cabinet to, quote, get rid of the fat, get rid of the waste and suggested a defense budget of $700 billion, a 2% cult over the previous fiscal year. strange, strange support, bipartisan support between what president trump said and what some of us have been saying for some time. so acting director vought, how much did the president cut total national defense spending by in his 2020 budget? the budget you have before us today? mr. vought: we are increasing the budget by 5%. can i respond to the comments the president made? ms. jayapal: no, let me get through and if i have time at the end i'll let the chairman let allow you to answer. so you're proposing an increase of 5%, not the decrease of 2% the president said he wanted. di

jayapal says under the medicare for all, americans would have no co-pays, premiums, or deductibiles.ut the proposal has republican lawmakers worried about the financial impact it could have on taxpayers. vice president mike pence attacked the plan. he fears it pushes the nation toward socialism. what medicare for all really means is quality health care for none//more taxes, more spending, more government and less freedom republican congressman john joyce of pennsylvania is a medical doctor people aren't looking for taxes to be increased to fund a pie in the sky plan. joyce says healthcare is the reason he ran for office, and he has a different approach. association health plans which are something that are affordable, allow people to have low deductibles importantly cover pre-existing conditions and allow people to use the pharmacy in their community. congressman joyce says america just cannot afford a medicare for all health plan. in washington. morgan wright. (ken) a tahoe snow plow operator got more than he bargained for when he encountered a car buried in snow. new video of what

does notative jayapal talk about how she will pay for it. the sanders bill talks about moving to medicare level payments which means that doctors will get paid 40% less. hospitals get paid 40% less. maybe you can do that over time but in the short-term that is very difficult. you can't accomplish that in two years. does it and just runs the american enterprise institute in d.c.. theing us from boston is president of the physicians for a national health program is dr. adam gaffney. born the year social security was passed as a law. that means i am 83. i have a doctors appointment in a few days in the afternoon. without the va i would not have insurance. i am old enough to know people who died who passed over because they cannot afford a doctor. i remember's doctors used to physicians graduating from medical school to keep the costs up. republicans kicked and screamed about the g.i. bill. saying it will bankrupt the country. we have been bankrupt by people dying because they cannot afford health care. i come from a farm. i grandparents couldn'

jayapal: mr. chairman, better information allows us to develop better policy solutions and that's all this amendment does, collects more information to address an unacceptable inequality. by mandating that the studies conducted by the department of labor explicitly address and include women of color in particular, we can ensure that no one is left behind. i urge all of my colleagues to support the gathering of this valuable information and vote yes on this amendment. mr. chairman, it has been a long road to get here, but today women across the country of every race and ethnicity can stand tall and know that we value your work equally. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. chairman. we believe women should not be discriminated against. we don't want women discriminated against. women of any category in this country. and that this amendment is not necessary. neither is h.r. 7. i urge my colleagues to v

guest: represented a jayapal has no -- representative jayapal's plan has no exclusions.he sanders plan is similar. that is basic for all these types of proposals. focusing on expanding coverage ,o everyone without exception but they are not focusing on how you pay for it. dr. gaffney how you pay for it and how does the treatment take place if there is no pre-existing conditions? guest: i certainly don't think people should be discriminated against by virtue of being unlucky because they have type 1 diabetes or in the xina -- or emphysema. i think that is barbarism. doing such a great job of controlling health care costs. the deductibles that ordinary working-class people were having to pay in this country are beyond their means in many cases. there was a number that came out last year that found the average u.s. family has $5,000 in liquid assets. how do you tell that family you also have a $5,000 deductible? that is like being uninsured. it means that people ration their own health care use. hear constantly about the fear mongering, about government rationing of health

jayapal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the state of washington is recognized for two minutes. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.con. resolution 24 to express the sense of congress that special counsel mueller's report be made available to the american people and to congress. we cannot impugn the integrity of the american people by keeping this report silenced. for nearly two years special counsel robert mueller and his team have investigated serious and credible allegations about obstruction of justice and collusion at the highest levels of our government. and to date, mr. speaker, the investigation has led to the public indictment of three companies and 34 individuals, including the indictment of president trump's former campaign manager, personal lawyer, seven guilty pleas,' and one conviction following a jury trial. the allegations range from election interference to lying to the f.b.i. to conspiracy to defraud the united states. now, mr. spea

jayapal says under the medicare for all, americans would have no co-pays, premiums, or deductibiles.iles. premiums, or deductibiles. but the proposal has republican lawmakers worried about the financial impact it could have on taxpayers. vice president mike pence attacked the plan. he fears it pushes the nation toward socialism. what medicare for all really means is quality health care for none//more taxes, more spending, more government and less freedom republican congressman john joyce of pennsylvania is a medical doctor people aren't looking for taxes to be increased to fund a pie in the sky plan. joyce says healthcare is the reason he ran for office, and he has a different approach. association health plans which are something that are affordable, allow people to have low deductibles importantly cover pre-existing conditions and allow people to use the pharmacy in their community. congressman joyce says america just cannot afford a medicare for all health plan. in washington. morgan wright. (lawrence bay area weather) (grant) plus... a person infected with the measles virus trave

n woodruff: stay with us, coming up on theewshour: congresswoman pramila jayapal on her medicare forll bill. plus, the connection between happiness and economic inequality. but first, in a major victory for house democrats, a bill mandating universal background checks for gun sales is on its way to the senate. it's the first significant piece of gun control legislationpao the house in over 20 years. lisa desjardins joins me now to dig into the details. hello, lisa. so another busy day at the capitol after yesterday. what would these two msures do? >> all right, one passed yesterday and one passed tonight. first, the one that passed yesterday, this bill would basically require background ehecks for almost every gun sal or transfer in america, allowing exceptions for family members hunting, sporting, if you want to go to a shooting arrange, and law enfcement, that would not necessarily require background checks. this in the background check bill that pased today would allow 20 days total for a c backgroueck. that's a big change, judy, from the current, which is just three days. now, that

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pramila jayapal / -d- washington: the ball is back in our court in congress and in the judiciary committeeok at all of this information and make our own determinations on this piece, but also continue our investigations on the other pieces.republican allies of the president, eager to move on.the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, in a statement saying, "this case is closed."in washington, i'm karin caifa. democratic presidential candidate kamala harris is demanding the full public release of special counsel robert mueller's report. senator harris made her demand at a campaign event in atlanta. harris also wants the attorney general bill barr to testify before congress instead of just submitting a four page memo of what happened. <"let's speak truth that the american public deserves transparency and accountability, and the mueller report must be made public for a full accounting of what happened."> at a campaign rally at great meadow park at fort mason yesterday ... presidential candidate bernie sanders also demanded the full report be made public. we'll hear his remarks coming up

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in response, washington congressmember and progressive caucus co-chair pramila jayapal said congressionalnvestigations should determine the appropriate course of action and that evidence of a, quote, "consistent pattern of abuse of power or of obstruction of justice" would be grounds for impeachment. meanwhile, michigan congressmember rashida tlaib is expected to introduce articles of impeachment this month. algerian president abdelaziz bouteflika announced would no longer seek a monday fifth term after weeks of protests have demanded the ailing president stepped down. he has really been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. algerians took to the streets to celebrate. >> it is a good thing, but only if they change the government completely. if they bring someone just like him, it is not worth it. they have to change the whole government. amy: critics of the ruling government warned that bouteflika's announcement that the april election would be postponed could signal his intention to stay in power through 2019 or beyond. his announcement, read on air by a newscaster, also said

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jayapal: thank you, representative talib. i want to say how pleased i am leading this special order hour and, madam speaker, this is a fantastic group of individuals who've joined us here in congress. i couldn't be more proud to serve with both of you. and with others who are here as well. and the topic of this special order hour is so important. it's been important to me, of course, but to members of congress in general and to the community across the country and that is the topic of health care. and i wanted to just break this down a little bit in terms of where we are on this issue for people who are watching because this is one of the beauties of the special order hour. we get to talk about the issues that matter. we get to explain things. we get to put forward our proposals and our ideas. and i'm so proud to say on february 27, i and my colleague, representative debbie dingell, introduced the medicare for all ct of 2019, and we had 107 original co-sponsors. those are the folks that sign on right as it's getting introduce

jayapal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the state of washington is recognized for two minutes. ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.con. resolution 24 to express the sense of congress that special counsel mueller's report be made available to the american people and to congress. we cannot impugn the integrity of the american people by keeping this report silenced. for nearly two years special counsel robert mueller and his team have investigated serious and credible allegations about obstruction of justice and collusion at the highest levels of our government. and to date, mr. speaker, the investigation has led to the public indictment of three companies and 34 individuals, including the indictment of president trump's former campaign manager, personal lawyer, seven guilty pleas,' and one conviction following a jury trial. the allegations range from election interference to lying to the f.b.i. to conspiracy to defraud the united states. now, mr. spea