in the previous congress, speaker ryan and senator patty murray introduced the bicameral, bipartisan evidence-based policy commission act of 2016. that commission was charged with studying and making recommendations related to access and use of evidence to support policymaking. and believe it or not, they finished in about a year. the commission on evidence-based policymaking released their report september 7 of this year. the commission made 22 recommendations on how to improve evidence -- on how evidence is accessed, produced, secured and maintained by the federal government. on september 26, 2017, the house committee on oversight and government reform held a hearing entitled "recommendations of the commission on evidence-based policymaking." at that hearing, four members of the commission explained the intent of the recommendations and the need for more evidence to improve policymaking.

i want to especially thank senator patty murray for her willingness to work together on this issue. we may be on different sides of one isle, but there is we passionately agree on and that is what the government does, it should do it well. the taxpayers' money should always be protected. and that is exactly why we came together to write this bipartisan legislation. so what does this bill actually do? it protects privacy. it improves transparency. it ensures that federal agencies are protecting the data collected by the government. the american people deserve to know and they deserve to understand we passionately agree on and that is what the government does, it exactly whae government is actually collecting. and they deserve to know that the strictest safeguards are placed on that data. the driving purpose of this legislation is very simple. we're requiring federal agencies to prioritize evidence when they are measuring a program's success. go figure. here's what we're talking about. let's just take poverty, for example. instead of measuring success based on inputs, instead of measu

heidi, now claire mccaskill and patty murray both saying that they are joining the senate majority leader's call for an ethic's investigation into their fellow democrat al franken. >> you've got a combination here of leadership and of these more vulnerable democratic senators. i think the party realizes that no one in this town can cast stones. we're all in a glass house. it's both parties that have a problem. and that they are going to set the tone for how this party responds to their own problems by immediately calling for this investigation. but also i wanted to mention andrea that these women senators who are now going to speak up, they're the women, including patty murray, who came into this congress in the year of the woman in 1994, which was a direct response to the clarence thomas hearings and anita hill controversy. so these women are going to feel a special responsibility to take the lead on this when it's in their own party. >> we now refer to the year of the woman ironically because it was thought to be but then of course it didn't turn out to be. and going back to garrett haake

>> well, you look at what people like patty murray are trying to do. patty murray, the senator from washington state, and the affordable care act. she's reached across the aisle with lamar alexander to stabilize the marketplaces. because we should be mending not ending the affordable care act. that's what democrats want to do. but unfortunately on tax, i'm not calling it tax reform, because it is a tax giveaway to wealthy people, but they do everything in silence. >> do democrats try to work with republicans on tax reform? >> we have -- we have proposals, both in health care and taxes that would help the people who need it most. one of the things we don't need to do is give more tax breaks to the 1% who don't need it. let's help working families who are struggling to make ends meet. let's help middle-class families get the tax cut they deserve. >> tom perez, after a long night, we appreciate it. >> no problem. pleasure to be with you. >> you, too. >>> heading oversea, president trump in the middle of the most critical part of his asia trip. in china fo

he and patty murray have proposed a bipartisan mix that gives extra money for insurance companies that have high patients. >> alexander says it will stabilize premiums. donald trump asked him to negotiate that, but he's wavered on whether or not he's for it. now some moderate republican senators are saying if we're going to vote for the tax bill, we need that alexander/murray bill to stabilize obamacare, and senator alexander is hoping he can persuade president trump to give the thumbs-up finally and get that into law at the end of the year. >> john harw. >>> elsewhere chip maker marvell technology is buys its small are rival. that's where we ge tonight's market focus. marvell said it's going to buy network equipment maker cavium, for about $6 moil. it says it wil and diverse fit the revenu and all to offer more services to its customers. it rose 6% to 21.59. shares of cavium popped. >>> dish network subscribers are at risk of losing programming as early as this evg if they don't reach an agreement. cbs has warned that a possible plaqueout would happen and would affect the full slate o

again, i talked about patty murray before and lamar alexander. once again, in a smoke-free private room, this is where they came up with their plan. you know, the question that was asked i think the second last question by the press is exactly what i pointed out before. we've been to this movie before in the bush administration and it didn't produce the results that you promised it would produce. that's why i think the american people are very skeptical moving forward. you know, when we talk about job creation, let me give you one data point that i invite you to fact check, which is if you go back to when ronald reagan was president, and you look at net new private sector job growth. that is jobs gained minus jobs lost in the 20 -- now almost 21 years of republicans in charge, there were roughly 17 million net new jobs gained in the private sector you look at the 16 years of democrats in the white house, clinton and obama, and there were over 32 million net new jobs created so this notion that we have to move into republican orthodoxy of supply s

after the health care debacle and the feeling that there was an effort with lamar alexander or patty murray with our depiction of health care so they get momentum that my sense is it that effort and then do this in a way to make us more competitive -- competitive so with a lack of fiscal responsibility is such a and embarrassment for all the things that we say and switch back and forth those members in charge we might get better policy. >> since you brought this up that package that raises the debt if it passes without a single democrat. you were complaining about the process you mentioned obamacare but is that a positive comparison in the end? said how do you personally think of the situation?. >> i think both sides of the aisle through the years to have reconciliation it was never intended to be what it is and reconciliation is one side of the aisle has control with just the 50 plus one vote. it is not good. the rules are confining if you were under regular order. >> but the 60 votes are needed and then you don't have the burden rule and all those things those are incumbrances that keep y

and under the leadership of lamar alexander and patty murray, they for two weeks held bipartisan hearings in this room -- in this room. and they brought in governors, bipartisan across the country. they brought in insurance commissioners, bipartisan from across the country. they brought in health economists. they brought in health insurers. they brought in providers for health insurance. and the theme that emerged and had what they were trying to focus on is how do we stabilize the exchanges? which i think our president is intent on destabilizing. but their focus is how do we stabilize the exchanges to bring down the cost of coverage. and the exchanges. and there is general agreement that there are three things, if we would do them, that we would stabilize the exchanges. we would have more insurers offering insurance and it would bring down prices significantly. sometimes some folks said by as much as 30 to 35%. they basically gathered -- there seemed to be a consensus three things we ought to do in order to stabilize the exchanges. number one, make it clear that these csrs, cost savings

that comes as to surprise to democratic senator patty murray. >> if republican leaders hadn't gottenthe message voters made it clear last night they reject the deeply harmful partisanship we have seen on health care. >> meanwhile joe biden tearing in. he was asked for his blunt take. he slammed the president's response at the white supreme cyst rally. >> did any one of you ever think that you would see, in one of the historic cities in america, folks coming out from under rocks and out of the fields with torches carrying swastikas literally reciting the same exact anti-sem met ic bile we heard in the '30's. this is eating at the fabric of this country. it is wrong. and i think what happened last night all across the country, including with republicans, is tired of this. it's undermining the social fabric of the nation. >> biden was asked if he would have defeated trump in the 2016 election had he run. he was saved by the bell as his wife jill jumped in saying we've got to go, while the crowd laughed and applauded. but something tells me this is not the last we will see of joe biden.

i do have to say that i wonder 20 years ago if patty murray and dianne feinstein dianne feinstein andusan collins had stepped forward and challenged bill clinton if we would be further down the road. at the end of this, we will be better. >> mark: to go back to what you were just saying there, in the '90s, we were explicitly told that character doesn't matter. what's changed? >> there is a reckoning because we have ignored this and because we have ignored the decay, it's been allowed to flourish. it's a serious issue as the mother of a 20-year-old, i think all of us want better for our children. we thought that days of this were over. some of us knew better, but it's not and it's real. i want my $14 million taxes that were paid for payouts for congressman to get paid back. i would like to see them explain to their wives what happened to the money in their paychecks when it's garnished back to the american people. >> mark: that seems to be pure madman where it's recognized that male members of congress let their wandering hands wonder where they may and taxpayers will pay for it. let m

recently the affordable care act, and it was susan and i that signed on with patty murray and alexander, and which mitch mcconnell puts it on the floor it will pass. >> let me infuse cynicism in this at the optimism coming up on the show. you see what is going on with taxes. there seems to be stakes out of the gop, and how do you deal with the problems? >> i think we will see a very healthy debate on overhauling our tax code, which is desperately needed and has not been done since 1986. we do need to provide tax relief to hard-working middle-income families and to small businesses. this bill appears to accomplish some of the goals. we are still waiting for it to be unveiled. here's the difference. the tax bill unlike the health care bill is going to go through a full markup in the senate finance committee. both democrats and republicans will be able to offer ideas to debate the issues and to amend the bill. that's the way the process should work. and that's very different from the way the health care bills were crafted. >> chris, this is the first time in the history of the united state

under the leadership of lamar alexander and patty murray, they for two weeks held bipartisan hearings in this room and they theyht in governors, brought in insurance commissioners from across the country, they brought in health economists, they brought in health insurers, they brought in providers for health insurance. the theme that emerged and what they were trying to focus on is how we stabilize the exchanges which i think our president is intent on destabilizing. weir focus is how do stabilize the exchanges to bring down the cost of coverage in the exchanges? there is general agreement that there are three things, if we would do them, that we would stabilize the exchanges, we have more insurers offering exchanges and that would bring down prices significantly. some folks have said by as much as 30% to 35%. there seem to be a consensus that three things we ought to do in order to stabilize the restore -- make it clear these cost savings reductions which are a way to bring down co-pays and adoptable's for folks with flowing,, make sure that is not going away. -- we need some kind of

under leadership of amar alexander and patty murray commended for two weeks in this room, in this room in nevada governors, bipartisan across the country. they brought an entrance commissioners across the country. they brought in health economist, health insurers, providers for health insurers. and what they are trying to focus on what probably stabilize the changes to which i think our president is intent on destabilizing. but there focuses heavily stabilize the exchanges to bring down the cost of coverage in the exchanges? there is general agreement that there were three things we would do that we would stabilize the exchange program launcher is offering exchanges in the competition would ring down prices significantly. some folks have said by as much as 30% to 35%. they basically gathered three things we have to do in order to stabilize the exchanges. number one, restoring make it clear these cost savings reduction to bring on the cost of co-pays, deductibles for folks with low income. make sure that's not going away. number two, we need some kind of reinsurance program. make it cle

and the senate health committee, which is very ably headed by senator alexander and senator patty murray, is beginning to look at the costs of prescription drugs. we spend $325 billion last year on prescription drugs. that's about 10% of all health care costs. as chair of the aging committee, i did an in-department investigation with senator priceill into the cost of of drugs for which there were no generic competitors and you might recall that martin was one of the infamous characters for which -- in which he played absolutely no role in the r&d and the development of these costs. and literally overnight, hiked up the cost by 4,000%. and that caused me to do an investigation and to look at the fact that we have a hard time getting generic drugs to the market and that we have these marketplace failures where generics do not appear and we could have ma nip lation. there is one new development that i want to bring to your attention before we switch to your questions that i find truly outrageous and it was brought to my attention by a group of pharmacists and there was a network investigati

that stands for lamar alexander, republican, and patty murray, democrat, this is move to put subsidies to insurance companies back in. that is the price to pay for getting rid of the obamacare mandates. is that a worthy price to pay for that? >> you know, i don't think so. i don't know why you would put subsidies back in either. it doesn't make any sense. it will just raise the cost to everyone by the amount of the subsidy. people aren't getting it any cheaper, david. david: is it a deal breaker for art laffer if they put subsidies back in, if the alexander-murray amendment passes, would that make it unpassable in your mind? >> i'm not a voter in the senate, david, i'm really not. how i would vote if i were senator i would have no idea i think i really like the corporate tax rate reduction. david: but you want it now. you were going to talk about phase-in. this happened in the 1980s, rather than officially putting in tax cuts reagan wanted in 1981, they phased them over two or three years. look at that down bar. we had a recession, a very, very severe recession, negative 1.9% in 1982.

debacle took two or three times failing that was an effort given me a lot of lamar alexander, patty murray how can we put some together on health care and then it slowed down a little bit. if this effort on the finance fails, we ought to be able to do this in a way that makes us more competitive. the lack of fiscal responsibility is such an embarrassment. let's talk about this tax bill it would raise the dead by a trillion dollars over ten years and likely passed by a single democrat. curious how you think that could have gone differently. you were complaining about the process and you mentioned the obamacare process. is that a positive comparison even though it ended up being completely partisan in the end coming and how do you personally think that the situation could have gone better? >> of course we are not comple complete, but i think both sides of the aisle have through the years begun to take greater and greater advantage of the reconciliation of us never intendethat was neverintended tt is the process by the way where one side of the aisle if they have control of both sides can pas

i was standed a statement we got from senator patty murray.ship who said she is happy that al franken apologized. she said his apology doesn't reverse what he has done. she supports the accusations and hopes this is the latest example of the problems of this front. the spurs continued action to address it. pretty strong. >> it helps democrats that the minnesota governor would say a new senator if al franks en a democrat. >> they have no choice. not just because of the democratic base, but they want to continue pressing for more answers. they want it in step. >> i am told that the democratic leader, chuck schumer was supposed to have a press conference and cancelled it is saying there should be an ethics investigation. >> i think you are seeing something that could spiral more. >> you could end up with big ledge clagz and big oversight here. she is very tough and strong. let an apology take this away. >> we have democratic women who will not be afraid to stand up to it. >> they worry about the reputation of the institution. they don't want -- t

you might see a deal on csrs coming out of alexander and patty murray on the senate health committee. >> what's in this for the working class, for trump's base? how do you sell a corporate tax cut? and 13 million people are going to lose health insurance, how do you sell that to your bags? -- to your base? >> this is the toughest part of the plan. those are politically difficult. when you look at the polling on corporate tax reform, the majority of americans believe it's not something they want to see. they don't want to see rates lowered for korppingdss. they only care about their own taxes, but that's the argument republicans are making. notice when the president talks about this plan, don, he doesn't call it tax reform, he only fol focuses on the cuts. it's totally sealsmanship. people only care about their own taxes. >> i want to look at this poll, the public doesn't like tax cuts for the rich. if this bill does pass, what it will do to suburban voters and voters in new york, and new jersey, and illinois and california? keith, yeah. >> one of the problem systs is people who live -

we saw those early efforts with lamar alexander and patty murray and then they were squelched in september. althou lo and behold lamar and patty are meeting as we speak with about 20 bipartisan senators sponsoring the stabilizing of the current law, the affordable care act. 20 sponsoring that legislation. and here we go again. under the guise of tax reform. i thought that that issue was behind us and yet here we have it coming back. and so in my remaining 17 seconds, mr. chairman, i think that your provision to generate $338 billion to help pay for corporate tax cuts when the light of day is shined on this and people recognize what's happening, they're not going to like it one bit. >> well, thank you. senator toomey, you're next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so i want to get back to this issue, and let's get some clarification, because we've heard quite some extraordinary comments from the other side. mr. barthold, can you tell me wherein t where in the bill is the text that disqualifies people from medicaid? >> the chairman's mark had no provision related to medicaid. it was really just ta

not in there with lamar alexander and patty murray coming up with a health care plan.e's voting on federal judges who he wouldn't listen to when they ordered him to stop misbehaving on the alabama supreme court. come on. >> if he wants to be an effective senator. >> he's not there to be an effective senator. there to be a big, loud blowhard. >> a fire brand. >> yeah. >> i agree. >> imagine if not answering questions inality a alitabama, of question once in washington? and al franken. a different opinion whether franken should go? >> i respectfully disagree with michelle and i think we are actually in a situation where it's very important to make distinctions among different degrees of perpetrators here. some conduct is worse than others. roy moore's, i'm not even going to say alleged conduct. i believe the women. roy moore's conduct is worth than al franken's conduct. the consequences, you know, in the criminal law, consequences, everybody doesn't get the death penalty for every crime. everybody should not get the dealt penalty for the sin and wrong of sexual harassmen

and under the leadership of lamar alexander and patty murray, they for two weeks held bipartisan hearings in this room -- in this room. and they brought in governors, bipartisan across the country. they brought in insurance commissioners, bipartisan from across the country. they brought in health economists. they brought in health insurers. they brought in providers for health insurance. and the theme that emerge and had what they were trying to focus on is how do we stabilize the exchanges? which i think our president is intent on destabilizing. but their focus is how do we stabilize the exchanges to bring down the cost of coverage. and the exchanges. and there is general agreement that there are three things, if we would do them, that we would stabilize the exchanges. we would have more insurers offering insurance and it would bring down prices significantly. sometimes some folks said by as much as 30 to 35%. they basically gathered -- there seemed to be a consensus three things we ought to do in order to stabilize the exchanges. number one, make it clear that these csrs, cost savings r

bipartisan efforts o efforts ofr of governors and people like senators lamar alexander and senator patty murray market place stabilization bill is the process for which it came together represents the way we can get things done. together with more than 20 cosponsors across both parties, they have the opportunity to make improvements on top of the basic measures of access to affordability and quality. i've been encouraged by entrepreneurs and leaders who've steppewhohave stepped forward oy system reform. while at hhs the start of a group called the healthcare payment learning action network. it was a public-private partnership to encourage the adoption of alternative payment models. more than 6500 people joined. they set their own goals in this race and i know that after i speak you will hear from my friend and colleague who is the head of blue cross and in a alumni who has stepped forward d in this space. today in american health care there is no shortage of complexities change or news. the reality is why i am so honored to welcome you to american university campus. it was a little over a centu

lobby to the president to sure up the obamacare exchange markets, specifically the lamar alexander-patty murrayosal, and this is on the heels of the senate including the repeal of the individual mandate in their version of the bill. julia: critical, because you have been watching which senators -- scarlet: susan collins would be a key member here. julia: and according to "the hill," senator lisa murkowski pas support thenot bill if they don't pass the bill to stabilize individual markets. scarlet: we will keep you posted. let's get to "options insight" with abigail doolittle. abigail: our guest is joining us from chicago. thank you for taking the time. happy friday to you. on this friday we have training and on the week, what do you make of the s&p 500 on pace for the first down week, 2 consecutive weeks, since august? >> a little bit of hesitation, abigail, but we have the russell catching up a bit here. you are right, we have consolidation here. we have the november expiration. we are seeing decent activity when you look at the likes of tesla, target, and a lot of activity on both names going

patty murray and lamar alexander is working on a bill to stabilize the markets.t the republicans have been trying to do is just repeal with nothing else. we need to amend obamacare not end it. and the voters in virginia especially sent a very clear message to the republicans that when you try to take away our healthcare, we're going to vote against you. so when we can find common ground, we try. but the current tax bill that has been put forth is not refoacial. it's a massive give away to revery wealthy people and corporations at the expense of middle class families. and working people. >> woodruff: so are you saying they should not work with the administration to try to shape that at all or what? >> no, judy. i'm saying quite the contrary. we have a vision for helping to bring about tax fairness. this is not tax reform, though. the challenge that we have, used eye, is the republicans don't want to work with us. this bill is a disaster for so many millions of americans. and they're just trying to ram it through before people can actually see the type print. >> wo

. >> but then there's a chance that this bipartisan bill that patti murray and lamar alexander might actually, in exchange for the repeal of the obamacare mandate, might get their bipartisan push through that would replace the subsidies and add more freedom for interstate, cross-state exchanges or health care across state lines. there's a lot of dealmaking going on and truthfully i would always bet on mcconnell. if mcconnell wants this to get done -- >> with health care -- >> he didn't need it to get done on health care and that's what we didn't talk about, he was going to keep the senate at that point in 2018 anyway because the deck was so in his favor that the national dynamic has changed now after virginia. republicans need to get this done. president trump is on the hill. by the way, he's never gone to the hill to push major legislative action. >> he's gone for meetings. >> but now he's up there telling them to vote for his bill. republicans absolutely need this to win. and so all things being equal, i bet on be if mcconnell wants it done, mcconnell gets it through the senate. >>

it was very interesting to see patty murray, for example, twin up with the senator from tennessee onhat we had not seen that for a long time, and that may be the beginning of something. but i think john mccain feels it's his duty now to keep the pressure on everybody including the white house. >> tom brow ka, it's great to see you and thank you for coming and spending time with us. >> up next, we're talking about this whole situation. you heard about this one. donna brazile saying she found proof that hillary clinton rigged the 2016 primary against bernie sanders. that report is coming up after the break. causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. for 100 years, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers

there was quite a breakthrough this year, and that was the lamar alexander and patty murray worked togetherto make some changes to the affordable care act focused on the exchanges, as you know. this is to allow cost sharing and some of the reinsurance and things we have seen helping in states like alaska and like in our home state of minnesota, where the doctor and i live. and right now, that bill got a number of us, i'mztñ a co-spons 12 democrats, 12 republicans. i think there's strong support. if it came up for a vote, it would pass. >> 75. >> a far cry from where we have been for so long. so now, the hope is that it gets part of one of the big bills at the end of the year and we can get it done that way. and that we move on from there. and of course, that's the beginning. there's other things we need to do on pharmaceutical prices, which we have done nothing about for years and years and years. you have seen this major escalation there. but for so long, it's just been either repeal it or keep it in place. we really haven't been working on long-term care or some of the other issue s we sh

he and his ranking member, patty murray of washington, have done a magnificent job, and what i want to emphasize is not necessarily the content of the bill which he has outlined expertly, but the process by which this bill has come to the united states senate because to me it's an example of how this place can and should work. there were a series of four essentially all-day hearings. there were workshops where all senators were invited and i think at least half the senate attended several of those workshops. we had a bipartisan witness list, we had governors, we had insurance commissioners, we had experts on the health services industry from around the country, and the result was a piece of negotiated compromise but -- negotiated, compromised, but thoroughly worked through piece of legislation that can do exactly what the senator from tennessee outlined -- lower premiums, end the chaos in the individual market, save the federal government money over the period of the next ten or 20 years, and really make a difference for the people of maine. but i particularly want to compliment and ex

according to an analysis requested by ranking member patty murray from congress's joint committee overall the republican tax bill that passed the house would cost college students an estimated $71 billion over the next ten years. and the senate bill is projected to add more than a trillion to the national debt which could lead to more cuts in pell grants and to higher student loan costs down the road. we could totally forgive every penny of student loan debt with the amount of money congressional reps are using and still have money left over. every penny of student loan debt. they don't plan to cut it to lower the cost of college. nope. they proposed use the money to give gigantic tax give aways to rich people and big corporations. i do not understand how we can focus on helping students access federal student aid while ignoring the republican plan to drive up the cost of college for millions of families, a plan that could come up for a vote this week. thank you mr. chairman. of. >> thank you senator warren. senator murray, do you have additional questions? >> i do. i am deeply concerned

market stabilization bill, that was being put forward by republican lamar alexander and democrat patty murray. that is a move towards bipartisanship. does that surprise you at all? >> it does. of course everything this guy does surprises me, jake. you're right, senator alexander, respected republican out of tennessee and senator murray, respected democrat out of washington. are among the few who have been able to put together bipartisan deals in the last few years in washington. i would say it's a very hopeful sign, but i would remind you that way back on october 17th the president said he was going to cancel the payments, the obamacare payments that apparently today he told the senate republicans he wasser for. he's a man of his most recent word but i wouldn't put a lot of stock in it. >> rana, there are ten democrats up for re-election in 2018 in red states, states that went for trump. do you think they're going to feel pressure to join republicans on the tax bill, join republicans when it comes to government funding? >> you know, i really don't think so. i just think that this tax bill is

just because i represent the state of washington, i guarantee you patti murray and i don't get to decide what happens at mt. rainier. i wanted to ask you. there's been so much discussion about whether this wildlife refuge and its purpose that it was created for can coexist with oil development on the refuge, can it, yes or no? >> i would answer no. as i said in my testimony when you look at the purposes in statute that establish the refuge that included wildlife and their natural diversity, references to wilderness, similarly the executive order establishing the range, the predecessor of the refuge in 1960 talks about those same sorts of values and outstanding resources. when you look at the 1987 report authorized by congress for the 1002 area, a very emphatic references to wilderness resources, to wildlife resources, those were also brought out in the more recent comprehensive conservation plan that was just completed for the refugee in 2015 after four years of effort to look at the new science, look at management options, look at the purposes of the refuge and the refuge administration

because i represent the state of washington, i assure you patty murray and i don't get to decide what happens at mount rainier park. when federal land is designated, we have a lot of discussions with a lot of representatives but you don't get to make the decision because you represent the state. i wanted to ask you, there's been so much conversations about the wildlife purpose can co-exist on the refuge. can it, yes or no? >> i would answer no. as i said in my testimony, when you look at the purposes in statute that establish the refuge that included wildlife and their natural diversity, references to wilderness similar to the executive order establishing the range, the predecessor of the refuge in 1960 talks about the same sorts of values and outstanding resources. when you look at the 1987 report that was authorized by congress for 1002 area, very emphatic references to wilderness resources, to wildlife resources. those were also brought out in the more recent conservation plan ccp just completed for the refuge in 2015 after four years to look at new science, management options, loo

it in a bipartisan way, the way that we did it in the health committee when lamar alexander and patty murray led an effort to pass -- to attempt to pass a bipartisan bill that would stabilize the individual market which is where most of the problems are and to do it in a way that's bipartisan. that is still before the senate. so only two ways to do this. the way -- one side tried to do it in the repeal, and the way we decided to do it together in a bipartisan fashion. i think we should focus on bipartisan solutions for health care. then comes the c.b.o. saying as you just noted, mr. barkhold, repealing the individual mandate would result in 13 million people losing coverage. senator mcconnell the majority leader said yesterday this would create "the opportunity to make permanent the corporate tax rate cut." and then of course c.b.o. also tells us premiums go up by 10% per year in the next 10 years. then we hear from joint committee on taxation that says that, quote, millions of low income and middle income people face a tax increase. so we have to ask what will happen in the context of both

president, our bill, the lamar alexander-patty murray bill would do a lot of good right now. if we take up our legislation now and passes it, families would see rebates this year and lower health care costs next year because our bill is designed that the greater benefit is passed on to patients and taxpayers, not horded by insurance companies. our deal would also invest in open enrollment and it would allow more states the flexibility to innovate as the affordable care act was always intended and it would mark a critical step away from this harmful partisanship on health care and towards working, under regular order, on solutions that make health care work better for the people we serve. finally, mr. president, this legislation would send a critical message to patients and families that when congress sets aside partisan difference and focuses on what is best for our country, we can deliver a result as chairman alexander often says. more than 200 groups representing doctors, hospitals, state officials, governors, and patients have endorsed our bill. the nonpartisan congression

according to an analysis requested by ranking member patty murray from congress nonpartisan joint committee on taxation, overall the republican tax bill that passed the house would cost college students an estimated 71 billion dollars over the next 10 years. and the senate bill is projected to add more than $1 trillion to the national debt which could lead to even more cuts in pell grants and a higher student loan cost down the road. just to put that trillion dollar number in perspective for everyone, we could totally forgive every penny of student loan debt with the amount of money congressional republicans are using to slash the corporate tax rate and still have money left over. every penny of student loan debt. but the congressional republicans don't plan to use that money to cut student loan debt or lower the cost of college. it may propose to use the money to get gigantic tax giveaways to rich people and big corporations. so i'm sorry, i do not understand how we can focus just on helping students access federal student aid while ignoring the republican plan to drive up the cost of coll

there is a bipartisan senate bill crafted by senator alexander and senator patty murray that the nonpartisan congressional budget office c.b.o. found last week would save money, stabilize the insurance marketplace, and reduce the debt by $3.8 billion . that's all that without anyone losing their insurance. we take up that bill? we never get an answer for that question. what is it about trying to take health care away from poor people or that we won't put a bill on the floor that has alt advantages and savings that we know and that is totally bipartisan? is it because the majority knows it will pass? our nation has urgent problems. our infrastructure's crumbling, education costs skyrocket. so high, so fast that it is unattainable to many students. we desperately need to stabilize our health insurance markets by passing the compromise by senators alexander and murray. that's what we should be doing here today. there are members on both sides of the aisle who want to see improvements to the board, but that's not what the bill does. it terminates it all together. it's the wrong approach at defin

compromise between lamar alexander, republican from tennessee and patty murray from washington, a democrat basically would reverse president trump's hope that obamacare would just die on its own. it would stabilize and lifeline for obamacare. my guess is there was horse trading here and exchange for her support on this tax bill, she will get a floor vote on this -- this health insurance. stuart: you see a lot of this kind of thing, it's called horse trading, sausage-making, call it what you want. >> i don't think it stands a chance in the house so it's not going to affect the president's agenda on obamacare. stuart: president trump wants flat out, he wants a republican win in the alabama election, he says we don't need a liberal in the senate, roll tape. >> i could tell you one thing for sure, we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat jones, i've looked at his record, let me just tell you, roy moore denies it, that's all i can say, he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. stuart: larry, he wants 52 republican seats and he doesn't care who they are, right? >> yeah, list

suggest the bipartisan obamacare bill from senators lamar alexander, republican from tennessee, and patty murraydemocrat from washington, was a prerequisite for her vote on the tax bill. i have consistently said that tosing the bill is important stabilize the individual markets and may be particularly so if the individual mandate is revealed as included in the draft reported by the senate finance committee last night. she said that in a statement by be assumedhould not it is a precondition for my support of the tax bill. alexander on the republican line from montana. good morning. are you there? caller: yes. host: go ahead. caller: i think the most significant story of the week was that the house passed the tax cuts and jobs act. it makes way for tax reform. i this bill gets passed, strongly believe there will be a lot of economic growth. because, when the ronald reagan and kennedy tax cuts happened, the aftermath was stocks went up and economic growth went up. i strongly believe that that would be the case. if the tax cut and jobs act gets passed. host: why are you so confident this bill, if pa

if you look just recently at the affordable care act, susan and i now signed up with patty murray andng to have the same situation, i believe, with tax reform. >> so let's get practical, senator collins, and senator manchin mentioned tax reform, which we're going to hear about today. what's the no labels solution there? what can change in our tax system? >> well, first of all, there's a matter of process. and we need to have ample opportunity for democrats as well as republicans to offer amendments. and that is going to happen in this case unlike the way the health care bills were brought to the floor. so that's an improvement to start with. it's going through the finance committee. there will be a real markup on the bill and an opportunity to change it. i think all of us have our views on what should be in it. the republican chairman's mark is going to be released today. that's what he thinks should be in the bill. and then next week you'll see the committee deliberating on the bill and ample opportunity for both sides to offer amendments. and then we'll take a look at what the commi

important elements of the northwest economy and just because i represent the state of washington, patty murray and i don't get to decide what happens at mount rainier national park just because it's in our state. when federal land is designated, we have a lot of discussion with a lot of locals, by, no, you don't get to make the decision just because you represent that state. i wanted to ask you there's been so much discussion about whether this wildlife refuge and its purpose that it was created for can coexist with oil development on the refuge. can it yes or no? >> i would answer no and, as i said in my testimony, when you look at the purposes in statute that establish the refuge that included wildlife and the natural diversity, references to wilderness, similar to the executive order establishing the range, the predecessor of the refuge in 1960 talks about those same sorts of values and outstanding resourc resources. when you look at the 1987 report that was authorized by congress for the 1002 area, very emphatic references to wilderness resource trors wildlife resources, those were also br

this, but what -- what they promised to do was to follow on with so-called alexander murray lamar alexander tennessee pattyublican alexander, murray glat to the sib indonesia teet insurance companies to cover increases in premiums for those below a certain income level, the premium yes premiums are going to continuing to up, the tax payers picking up the tab for those, below a certain income level, low income and moderate income people forced into the exchanges. >> i will take -- >> i think that is -- >> -- take that as a "no." >> market participant whether this is going to get done by december if complicates or convolutes the matter further market is anticipating something it has done this year could this kick the can into march should they not get formal decision whether they keep or take out the mandate? >> i think that is a quick decision, if -- my suspicion is hatch talked to some of the collins-murkowski, and mccain you also heard senator kennedy louisiana say i am for this so long as it doesn't bollix it up if they don't have votes they will move it out yeah no i think -- look their focused on one d

we saw those early efforts with patty murray and they were in september and low and behold lamar and patty are meeting as we speak with about 20 bipartisan senators sponsoring the affordable care act and sponsoring legislation and here we go again. i thought that issue was behind us. here we have it coming back and so in my remaining 17 seconds, mr. chairman, i think that your provision to generate 338 billion to help pay for corporate tax cuts when the light of day is shined on this and people recognize what's happening they are not going to like it one bit. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so i will get back to this issue. let's get some clarification. we have heard some extraordinary comments. >> it was really tax provision. >> there is no provision that disqualities people for medicaid? >> does it disqualify anybody for medicaid? how about medicare? >> no changes in terms -- >> no medicare? >> nobody is disqualified what so ever? >> that's correct. >> how about the text in the bill that denies people protection for preexisting condition? where is that text? >> the chairman's mark is a