debby stabenow, senator stabenow. senator ron wyden. senator chris murphy.o we are pleased to welcome them back. we are very, very proud of how they were trained on this side. [laughter] [applause] speaker pelosi: and one way they were trained, we will see if it works, is that on the house side, we speak for one minute. guided in our house by our outstanding freshmen class and with the leadership of course committee's house democrats, moving forward to hold legislation to do just what we have promised to the american people. in their name, we are moving forward with our legislation. last week, we passed representative annie kuster's protecting americans with preexisting conditions act, and we will hear from her. [applause] speaker pelosi: and we passed bipartisan legislation to move generic versions of prescription drugs to market. tomorrow, we will be strengthening the health care of lowering -- health care, and lowering prescription drug costs act with even more action to protect preexisting conditions and bringing our drug prices down. i want you to know,

. >> debbie stabenow of michigan a leader on all of these issues, and her committee in the congress. our speaker bill ruane of new mexico. that isn't a moved approximate of the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate up to this discussion. mr. defazio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron widen. we came with heft, with commitment, with knowledge, and with a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and. it was important for jobs and month fw-- and it was bipartisa. we had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >>> comments from both congressional democrats and senate today on the mueller report and various investigations. we'll continue to follow the story. we'll bring you updates when warranted. >>> right now, though, we'll take you live to the national press club here in washington where "60 minutes" correspondent scott pelley is talking about his memoir. >> i'm just making this up on the top of my head, when

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

[laughter] speaker pelosi debbie stabenow : of michigan, a leader on all of these issues. mexico, ourt speaker, mr. lujaw hiptinguished democratic wi ofthe house, the chair , and the topn democrat on the finance committee and the united states senate. we came with heft, commitment, knowledge, hopefully the shared vision of creating this for our in the 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 bipartisan. rayburn, then, sam house and senate, the president, dwight eisenhower, we had hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you very much. nct 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] wed at an event hosted by the center for american progress. >> house speaker nancy pelosi made more comments later in the day at t

last month i joined senator stabenow, wicker, a understand menendez to introduce the change act. this bipartisan legislation encourages earlier assessment and diagnosis of alzheimer's. screen, detect, and diagnose alzheimer's and related dementias in their earlier stages. it also establishes payment measures to incentivize detection, diagnosis and discussion of appropriate care planning services, including the potential for clinical trial participation. now, let's be honest here. a conversation along these lines on this topic is very difficult. early assessment and diagnosis offer the important possibility to the patient to be able to be involved in decisions regarding their own care. involve the people before they can no longer make that decision for themselves. i wish i'd been able to do that. i wish -- i tried, but i wasn't able to kind of get that answer that i was hoping for. that's a goal that senator stabenow, collins, markey, menendez and i had when we championed the hope for alzheimer's act back in the 114th congress. and it is a goal we achieved in 2016 when the centers

address this week comes from salmon democratic policy committee chair's committee chairwoman debbie stabenow. she talks about the importance of protecting -- importance of protecting americans with pre-existing conditions. >> i'm senator debbie stabenow. i'm proud to represent the great state of michigan. michigan families care about a lot of things. they want good jobs, to be treated fairly at work, to be safe in their homes and neighborhoods. they want to

. >> debbie stabenow, a leader in michigan. speaker from new mexico. our distinguished democratic whip of the house, mr. clyburn the chair of transportation infrastructure committee. mr. defazio. and the top democrat on the finance committee and the united states, senator ron wyden. so we came with heft, commitment, knowledge, and hopefully a shared vision of greeting this great jobs , iniative for our country the 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 had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you very much. we have been listening to speaker pelosi and minority doder schumer, and improv news conference where they responded to the earlier comments from president trump in the rose garden. there was supposed to have been a meeting between tho

debbie stabenow of a leader on all of these issues and her committees in the congress, ours are opposed assistant most people mr. and then a little high of a new mexico. i just english with of the house democratic whip of the house next to kyron. the chair of island chain share. this chaz but haitian infrastructure mmittee appropriate time to this discussion. mister defazio and and the top democrat on the finance committee and the united states senate 9 wide. so we came with with commitment with knowledge. but bush hope for the shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for a country and spirit of front of president eisenhower. when he instituted a highway. 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. and president of the united states to light eyes and how we had hoped that we could do something a comparable. unfortunately the president is it ready for that thank you off all right so that nancy pelosi and the rest of the democrats reacting to the president trump's

. >> debby stabenow of michigan, a leader on all of these issues in her committees in the congress. our assistant speaker, the whip of the house, democratic whip, mr. clyburn. chair of the -- i love saying chair. the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion, mr. defazzio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron widen. so we came with commitment, with knowledge, with hopefully shared vision of creating a great jobs initiative for our country and the spirit of. eisenhower when he instituted the highway -- the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and same rayburn and the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower. we hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >> well, it has been a war of words to say the least so far this morning. it started with speaker pelosi coming to a microphone and saying the president

i was talking to senator debbie stabenow last night. she said basically it's because nancy pelosi is a smart, strong woman. >> well, it may be. i don't really pretend to understand what it is, but she's got his number, and she gets under his skin, and she knows that she's getting under his skin. and this is a propitious time for her to have a fight with the president because she is trying to hold her caucus together and slow down the march to impeachment which she thinks is not ripe right now. and the best way to do it is to have these kinds of back and forths with the president. he has been totally cooperative. one thing i'd say is you don't look like -- he calls himself a stable genius. you don't look particularly stable when you march out five of your staffers and, you know, like captain queeg and the caine mutiny, question him about whether he seemed sane. and you don't seem particularly ingenious when you call the leaders of congress together to tell them if they don't stop investigating you, you won't do the people's business. so

michigan democratic senator, debbie stabenow we spoke earlier. >> can you walk us through what happened in the meeting with the president today. >> first, anderson, it's great to be with you. let me say, it was bizarre and also very disappointing. the reason it's disappointing is because the need to invest in roads and bridges and high speed internet and new electric grids all of these things are important and people want us to work together to get things done. the president walked into the room, all of our leadership, democratic leadership in the house and senate were there, the secretary of the treasury were there, there were other people in the room, instead of sitting down, he stood at the end of the table and proceeded to -- he was holding up an article or some news release and proceeded to talk about how he'd love to work with us but he can't because nancy pelosi, our speaker, had said something he didn't like in the morning, attacked him at a meeting earlier in the morning. said something he didn't like. he went on and on, we heard it many times, no collusions, he hadn't done any

baucus, senator reid, the former majority leader, senator schumer now in the senate, leahy, durbin, stabenow, cantwell. on the other side of the capitol, the list included speaker pelosi and chairman of the ways and means committee chairman neal. there's something else i learned in all my years talking health care policy with iowans at my annual 99-county meetings where i enjoy a q & a with whatever agenda my colleagues -- or my constituents call upon me to discuss with them. at the end of the day, iowans don't want the government prescribing lifesaving medications. iowans want to make those decisions with a physician who is treating them. last year 43 million out of 60 million medicare recipients were enrolled in the medicare part d program. that's the vast majority of medicare beneficiaries nationwide that don't have coverage through a past employer or similar coverage from another source. plans sponsors design different plan choices and compete for beneficiaries based on what those plans cover and what they cost. beneficiaries can pick from many options with over 3,000 plans offered acros

. >> debbie stabenow of michigan, leader on all of these issues in her committees in the congress. our assistant speaker, mr. luhan of new mexico, democratic whip of the house, mr. clyburn, chair of the -- i love saying chair. chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate up to this discussion, mr. defazio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron weisen. we came with hechlt ft, commitment, knowledge, with hope of a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country. in the spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the highway, 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 had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >>> welcome back to the program. you're watching the leaders of the senate and house. if democrats continue their

. >> debbie stabenow of michigan, leader on all of these issues in her committees in the congress. our assistant speaker, mr. ben ray lujan of new mexico. our distinguished whip of the house, democratic whip of the house, mr. clyburn, the chair of the -- i love saying chair, the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate to this discuss, mr. defazio, and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron wyden. so we came with heft, with commitment, with knowledge, we hoped with a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country. and the spirit of president eisenhower, when he substituins 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, the president of the united states, dwight eisenhower, we had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >> well, joining me now, peter alexander, nbc's kelly o'donnell o

senator stabenow and i are continuing to work on the mental health and addiction treatment act, something that every time we have support testimony on that act, it always involved law enforcement who want more focus on mental health court, more focus on drug court, but particularly more focus on the ability of officers to deal with the situation in the best possible way when they come upon that situation. remembering those who have fallen, continuing to work for those who stand up for us and run to the side of danger as they shield us from danger is an important thing, and i'm glad to be joined today by my good friend, senator coons, from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, it is an honor and a joy for me to come to the floor today not just as the senator representing delaware but as the cochair of the senate law enforcement caucus, which i am very proud to have the chance to lead with my friend and colleague, senator blunt of missouri, as you've just heard. he has recited some of the many ways we have been able t

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

sherrod brown got 12% of trump voters, debbie stabenow got a share, bob casey got 12%, tammy baldwins. there are these voters who are not satisfied with trump, they are working people who will respond to the same arguments you're going to make to the democratic base, which is trump hasn't delivered for us, i'm -- thank you next, if i can quota reena grande. >> of course you can. here is the thing, those are all incumben incumbents, people that those voters were familiar with. when you are talking about running a nonincumbent, the democrat will be the nonincumbent, i have not seen evidence that very many -- with all due respect with my friends here who have taken a stand dense donald trump. this is a farmer who leads the african-american farmers and was talking about his fellow farmers who were not african-american. take a listen. >> we need tear trade. all i want is a decent price, a fair price for the commodity that is grown. why these farmers are still supporting the president, i don't know. >> i mean, you go out, you hear these interviews with the farmers saying my soybean crop is

. >> debbie stabenow of michigan a leader on all of these issues in her committees in the congress. our assistant speaker mr. luhan of new mexico. distinguished whip of the house, democratic whip of the house mr. clyburn, i love saying chair, the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion, mr. defazio, and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron wyden. so we came with heft, with commitment, with knowledge, we hoped with a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and in the spirit of president eisenhower when he instituted the highway, interstate highway system. it was important for jobs an mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the night, dwight eisenhower, we hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. [reporters shouting questions] neil: there you have it. the two branches of government, the executive, l

ofernately, senator stabenow vermont has reproduced a bill that would extend that funding and provideore of those pilot sites. host: you think those health clinics are working? guest: absolutely. host: so why is funding running out? guest: frankly, it was a pilot project. and it has been successful. thankfully, congress is recognizing that it has been very successful. andxpect them to fully fund expand it, because really, this oughtething nami believes to be available in every state, every part of the country. host: another issue federal lawmakers are looking at his mental health coverage, and what is being provided by insurers. this is a headline from lastmberg businessweek" week. as suicides rise, insurers find ways to deny mental health coverage. can you talk about the effort to make sure mental health is part of health coverage? is interesting because the affordable care act was one of the primary ways that this to morestarted moving coverage of mental health and substance use conditions. before that, individual and small group plans did not necessarily have to cover the hope at a

address this week comes from salmon democratic policy committee chair's committee chairwoman debbie stabenow. she talks about the importance of protecting -- importance of protecting americans with pre-existing conditions. >> i'm senator debbie stabenow. i'm proud to represent the great state of michigan. michigan families care about a lot of things. they want good jobs, to be treated fairly at work, to be safe in their homes and neighborhoods. they want to protect our land, air, and great lakes. they want quality, affordable health care, including prescription medication. these are not unreasonable requests. they are really basic necessities for all american families. everyone should be able to count on those things. familiestely, american are still waiting for senate republicans to act on these issues. the senate republican majority is blocking popular bipartisan bills to address critical issues , turning the senate into a legislative graveyard. in november, the american people sent a strong message at the ballot box. you want us to protect your health care. democrats hear you, and we coul

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 political. it's personal for every on