>> that was john shimkus. we're joined right now i investigate reporter lee fang of the intercept. explain. >> thank you for having me. republicans have long argued that the affordable care act's consumer mandates, for example, in the affordable care act there is the essential benefits package will stop this rule that mandates all health insurance plans offer a basic basket of coverage items, including prenatal care, pregnancy care, mental health, hospitalization, it er drugs and lab work. package isial included in every health insurance plan so that when you go to the doctor and you are covered, your health insurance plan actually covers some of these basic needs that everyone essentially has. now, in the bill we're looking at today that the cbo scored yesterday, this is only phase one of the plan. the bill that paul ryan has proposed is essentially a budget plan. it does not touch most of these consumer safeguards. it does kind of rollback some consumer safeguards for medicaid, but for the larger health care market, for individuals and employer-based plans, there are not many cha

speaker, at this time, i now yield to congressman john shimkus of illinois, the dean of our republican delegation, as much time as he may consume. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. to my colleague and friend, congressman lahood, thank you for having this time tonight. bob michael was a giant here in washington. and he left this world in a manner in which he probably would like to have. without fanfare. without parades. just going home. was said, bob michael was active in this house for 38 years. he loved the house of representatives. he cherished this chamber. and he cher herbed this institution. he served as minority leader for 14 years and as he lovingly called the people's house. in this institution, he -- in this institution he dearly loved. few are left in this chamber who actually served with him. it's my hope that minority -- that minority whip hoyer gets to the floor, served with him. and i think steny also tries to represent that era of time when agreed s people who without being disagreeable. who would work across the aisle. and i look forward to hearing steny's remarks. b

. -- ecently wrote a piece "whenticle begins republican congressman john shimkus expressed outrarage durg a house commitittee hearing wednesday about m men having to purchase prenatal care in their health insurance, the video clip of which caught fire on social media as an example ofof misogyy and cluelessness, he was not going rogue. he was just getting ahead of party leaders who have not publicly announced their next steps quite yet." is john shimkusus making commenents after beieing questid by m michael doyle. >> what mandate in the obamamace bill does s he take isissue wit? cecertainly,y, not with pre-exig conditions w were capsps on bens are letting your child policies dental 26. i'm m curious, what are we mandating? >> what about men having to purchase prenatal care? >> w what? >> i'm just -- isis that not correct? >> reclaiming my time. >> and should they? >> that was john shimkmkus. we're joined right now i investigate reporter lee fang of the intercept. explain. >> thank you for having me. republicans have long argued that the affordable care act's consumer mandates, for exa

illinois republican congressman john shimkus is reporting that legislating is hard but the future is not a flaw of our constitutional republic. he continued, while i'm disappointed in the outcome, my commitment to provide relief from obamacare is as strong as ever. minnesota republican jason lewis tweeted it's apparent some prefer the status quo. i will continue to work to restore markets, lower premiums and increase healthcare access. just before the democratic press conference, we were showing a conversation with treasury secretary steven mnuchin who spoke yesterday. >> we are going to do tax reform as absolute. we are reforming the personal and the corporate side. we are not cutting this up and doing little pieces at a time. >> so this will be comprehensive. >> absolutely. >> that is the objective. >> you are optimistic about passing that. >> i am. >> as you plunged in, what is the most egregious tax break in the u.s. tax code? >> i've never even thought of it that way. even the word egregious, we have a tax code that is very complicated and creates different rules for different p

exchange from democrat -- you know where i'm going -- mike doyle of pennsylvania is talking to john shimkus of illinois. he asks what part of the existing obamacare his colleague -- let me say that again. what he was asking is what part of obamacare is a mandate. take a listen. >> i'm curious, what is it we're mandating -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> yes. >> what about men purchasing prenatal care? is that not correct? >> chree laming mile time. >> should we? >> reclaiming my time. >> there's such thing as ala cart insurance. >> that's the point. we want the consumer to go to the insurance market and be able to negotiate on a plan -- >> you tell me -- >> where do you fall on that? do you agree with congressman shimkus? >> absolutely i agree with congressman shimkus. if you think about what obamacare did. it says, here's one size fits all insurance. you have to buy it. the premiums have skyrocketed. we have 70% of the counties in texas now that only have one carrier. if that carrier drops out. insurance markets, those people are hosed. they've got nowhere to go because they have to buy t

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john is recognized. mr. murphy: i want to associate myself with the words of mr. shimkus. a lot is being said and done, but more is being said then done in this committee. i agree with him when things like this are put out, i do not believe it is being done in let's helpsay, hey, veterans. that is why we have a veterans administration. but the whole purpose of much of this, despite what people have said -- hey, let's work together, there are problems with the affordable care act -- i have not seen amendments for here is how to fix it. it's more like, let's stick it to the other side. i am offended using veterans this way. i felt as a psychologist that the navy needed a psychologist to deal with veterans suffering from ptsd. one of the things that veterans appreciate is being quietly appreciated. his they do not appreciate people using them for political purposes. i know that mr. shimkus apologize for some of the mood that he had, but he did not apologize, and he shouldn't, for what he said because that's very important. i would like to yield -- i guess order would go to mr

shimkus. good morning, carley. >> the internet is hopping mad over this one. steve: being called at crazy fat kid. >> not only mad at johnrorism. press outlet released a statement addressing all of this saying such guys as john mccain and ted cruz may a provocation tantamount of provocation of war against the north korea. the dprk will take steps to counter it. disastrous consequences to be disastrous consequences to be entailed by their tongue lashing. steve: tantamount of declaration of war. then we are at death copy 12. >> john mccain saw that statement and has responded. a lot of people think what he has to say pretty funny. what do they want me to call him a crazy skinny kid? supreme are not only calling him a war hero but a twitter hero. brian: ivanka trump take as job. heard the critics. i want to take the job. i'm not going to get paid but be the white house advisor to my dad. >> she released a statement addressing this situation head on. i've heard the concerns from some have with my advising the president in a personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules. that walls the question there. an