ms. pelosi: debbie stabenow of michigan, a leader on all of these issues. our assistant speaker, mr. lujan of new mexico, our distinguished whip of the house, mr. clyburn. the chair -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion mr. defazio and ron wyden. democrat.op we came with commitment and knowledge and shared vision of this and spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower, we thought we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you very much. [indistinct conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. [indistinct conversations] >> c-span's newest book, the president

ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. this coming sunday mothers and other special women who are mother figures and caregivers for our children across the country will be honored for the important work they do to nurture the next generation. many moms will receive cards and flowers. some will enjoy breakfast in bed or dinner out. a few lucky ones might get plaster hand prints or hand made mutions. i love those. -- handmade mugs. these gifts no matter what they are will be treshed because when it comes down it all moms really want are a couple of things. they want their children to be happy and they want their children to be healthy. unfortunately, thanks to this administration's continuing attacks on our health care, a lot of mothers can no longer count on that. just ask rachel whose daughter, alice, was born in detroit with a heart condition called shone's complex. when alice was only one day old she had her first open-heart surgery. thabz. she was one day old. four years later she has an artificial heart valve, a love o

ms. stabenow: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. i'm proud to be here on the floor today to join with leaders,enator baldwin, she and senator jones, on their resolution; with senator murphy. and i just have to say, senator murphy, before you put that down, i have to look that list and tell you, befe the affordable care act, i would get calls like this, someone calls me and they say, i paid into health care all my life and never gotten sick. and then i fine finally needed surgery. what do you mean it only pays for one day in the hospital? well, it never paid for more than one day in the hospital. but they didn't know it because they didn't get sick. so folks join the junk plans, and your list -- and thank you for your list. but they buy the junk plan being healthy and then will never know that it doesn't cover those things unless they get sick. and when they find out, it'll be too late. so that's why we are here, mr. president, because we know that the health care isn't political. it shouldn't be po