reason why when you look at what the stakeholders that deliver health care in america, the american nurses association, the american hospital association, the aarp and finally the american medical association have looked at this bill over the last two weeks and they have universally pleaded with the congress to block this measure, to slow down the rush to judgment which is going to deprive people of one of the most elemently basic needs that all of us share. we're not immortal. we're not immune to getting illness and disease. it is something that affects every single american. and to pass a bill which will wreak that kind of havoc, again, is irresponsible and takes this country in the absolute wrong direction. so, again, i would plead with my members and i would ask anybody watching this speech, go to the kaiser foundation website. find where you live. think about your uncle or your children or people that you know in your neighborhood and really plug in that data and information and thin akout what in fact we're being told is in fact a wonderful health care bill and something that won't hurt people a

the american public, are very concerned. the gentleman further knows, i'm sure, because i'm sure he's seen the letters, the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association, even the consumer union and hundreds of other groups representing providers, patients, even insurance companies, have expressed deep, deep concern about the adverse consequences of the passage of the american health care act that was marked up in the dead of night. we were criticized -- the gentleman can -- apparently doesn't agree with that, but the facts are the facts. they are not alternative facts. you started marking them up on wednesday morning. there was some delay during the day as you know because we were very concerned about how fast you were moving that. less than 48 hours after it was introduced. it was marked up. no hearings. no witnesses. no ability to read the bill. s a matter of fact, shockingly mr. brady voted against an amendment which said, read the bill. what was shocking about that is that that was mr. brady's amendment that he offered back in 2010. he voted against the amendment that said read the bill. i don't think anybody really had much opportuni

the aarp, the american hospital association, the american medical association, the american nurses association have all come out against the bill. not any surprise to me. i don't think these groups think that health care and health care legislation is primarily about ladling out big tax breaks for the fortunate few, but that's what this so-called health care bill does, and it's financed by raiding medicare, by gutting medicaid and by hurting older and sicker and lower income americans. there has been a lot of happy talk about why you ought to support this bill, but what i have tried to do is lay out this afternoon the broken promises. this weekend, for example, the new secretary of health and human services said, and i quote, i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that we're going through, understanding that they will have choices that they can select the kind of coverage they want for themselves and for their families. that statement from the secretary of health and human services is just disconnected from the facts. the simple math shows that trumpcare forc

the american public, are very concerned. the gentleman further knows, i'm sure, because i'm sure he's seen the letters, the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association, even the consumer union and hundreds of other groups representing providers, patients, even insurance companies, have expressed deep, deep concern about the adverse consequences of the passage of the american health care act that was marked up in the dead of night. we were criticized -- the gentleman can -- apparently doesn't agree with that, but the facts are the facts. they are not alternative facts. you started marking them up on wednesday morning. there was some delay during the day as you know because we were very concerned about how fast you were moving that. less than 48 hours after it was introduced. it was marked up. no hearings. no witnesses. no ability to read the bill. s a matter of fact, shockingly mr. brady voted against an amendment which said, read the bill. what was shocking about that is that that was mr. brady's amendment that he offered back in 2010. he voted against the amendment that said read the bill. i don't think anybody really had much opportuni

including the american medical association, the american hospital association, and the latest, amongst these, is the american nurses association, which represents more than 3.6 million nurses. joining me is pamela sip rereon, she's the president of the nurses association. thank you for being with us. back in '09, the former president of your erorganizatio becky patton, stood with president obama, the rose garden of the white house, as he announced health care reform. >> we are going to get this done. becky and i were talking in the oval office. becky pointed out we need to buck up people a little bit here. that's what nurses do all the time. they buck up patients. sometimes they buck up some young resident who doesn't quite know what they're doing. you look at becky, you can tell she knows what she's doing. what she's saying is it's time for us to buck up. >> all right, pamela. this week, you sent a letter to lawmakers se s telling them, th american health care act threatens affordability, access and delivery, end quote, for people across the nation. tell me why you said that. >> ali, we're really concerned. when w

outpouring of criticism against the plan from groups like the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association and the aarp. the white house is not giving in. president trump is holding a campaign rally next week to fire up the base in tennessee. vice president pence is going to deep-red kentucky to pitch the health care bill. republican leadership is not fwi giving in either. today paul ryan had a conservative message for critics who want to go back to the drawing board. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. the time is here, the time is now. this is the moment, and this is the closest this will ever happen. we told people in 2016 what it would look like when we had the chance to replace obamacare. that was our better-way plan. that's what this is. >> the last 24 hours we have seen supporters of the trump-backed plan change their pitch to wary conservatives. their argument is that this bill is just the beginning. in other words, support this bill now and we will fix it later. >> are you confident this can get through congress before april 7t

. >> we have the american nurses associations, we have the american medical association on board becauseca's doctors and nurses know how badly we need reform. the aarp supports this policy and agree with us that reform must happen this year. >> that doesn't settle the debate but those kind of groups are helpful and they all currently oppose this new republican health care proposal. the chief medical officer for the centers for medicare and medicaid opposes the bill. it's led some to say to republicans, yes, this is hard. we told you so. health care of any kind, more coverage, more rules, more subsidies, more state control, whatever you want to do, it's difficult. we told you so. that was the message. one of those people who knows a lot about this joins us next. at gnc's lowest prices of the season sale. great products for every goal at this seasons biggest savings. plus free cash back rewards. change begins here. sale ends march 20th. one new gnc when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, yo

the american hospital association, the american medical association, the american nurses association, aarp -- and those are just four examples of literally hundreds ,nd hundreds of organizations national and state, who have lined up against this. the insurance industry is not even in public in favor of this law. there is honest no one standing with president trump and speaker ryan saying, "we endorse this law." the u.s. chamber of commerce, the medical device industry because they are getting a tax cut -- you go after that, and there is nobody him and not even the far right groups like the americans for prosperity and the heritage action. even they are against it. it is really extraordinary how this legislation has brought together organizations all across the country from both ends of the political spectrum, the very much the people in the health care sector who focus on patients, medical care, are almost unanimously lined up, strenuously against this republican agenda. amy: john mcdonough, thank you for being with us, causing many to call this. a health care bill, but a wealthcare b

the aarp, the american hospital association, the american medical association, the american nurses association have all come out against the bill. not any surprise to me. i don't think these groups think that health care and health care legislation is primarily about ladling out big tax breaks for the fortunate few, but that's what this so-called health care bill does, and it's financed by raiding medicare, by gutting medicaid and by hurting older and sicker and lower income americans. there has been a lot of happy talk about why you ought to support this bill, but what i have tried to do is lay out this afternoon the broken promises. this weekend, for example, the new secretary of health and human services said, and i quote, i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that we're going through, understanding that they will have choices that they can select the kind of coverage they want for themselves and for their families. that statement from the secretary of health and human services is just disconnected from the facts. the simple math shows that trumpcare forc

. >> the american medical association and the american nurses association say your bill will harm millions of americans. president trump and speaker ryan, do you think you know more about what's best for patients than do doctors and nurses? >> this is a bad bill. that's why republicans can't even get their own members to support it. >> and with no democrats planning to vote for the bill, republicans can't lose more than about 22 of their own members if they expect to pass it in the house. >>> london police say nine people are now in custody in connection to the deadly attack outside parliament. overnight the counter terror chief announced two more arrests. it's unclear how they are connected but police say they are significant arrests. four people died and dozens of others were hurt when the attacker plowed his suv into a group of people. >> those affected include a real [ indiscernible ] from 12 nationalities. the attack on the capital reaches around the world. >> the suspect khalid masood was shot and killed. >>> time now 6:08. working to make repairs. how long it's expected to take to f

the american hospital association, the american -- association of american medical colleges, the catholic health association of the united states and the childrens hospital association, along with the american nurses association, the american medical association and aarp have all come out against your bill. so if we are talking about the medical community, nurses, hospitals, faith community, they are all looking at this and given what their position is on the frontline and they don't like it. so it isn't just bureaucrats in washington -- which by the way we're all elected to represent our constituents back home here and try to figure out the right way to legitimate. these are the folks representing those people on the frontline. >> i yield the balance of my time to the ranking member. >> i just wanted to follow up on a few of the points that mr. kennedy made. first of all, if the federal government didn't step in and these are thing that is you actually agree with now, we would still have preexisting onditions, we would still have lifetime caps, we would still have annual caps, we would still have -- we wouldn't have the children up to 26 on a policy. so to say that there is no need somehow for th

including the american hospital association, the aarp, the national physicians alliance, the american medical association, and the association of american physicians and surgeons. the national nurses united. a group representing over 150,000 registered nurses wrote to congress urging us to oppose he american health care act. registered nurses care for americans in their most difficult hours. but my first breath of life to our final. nurses are integral in the delivery of health care in our country. more than any other profession, nurses see the personal effect of a flawed health care system and the hospital -- in the hospital every single day. i know, mr. speaker, because i was the first former registered nurse in the house. i have a firsthand and valuable perspective and insight nurses have into our health care system. we should take their he'd -- heed alongside the public outcry about the danger of this so-called replacement bill. these are not paid protestors going to town hall meetings across this contry. these are our constituents -- country. these are our constituents participating democratically but telling their representative they want to keep and improve the current law,

who don't support the affordable care act, but also i want to point out the ama and the american nursing association, the american hospital association, aarp and virtually every disease related organization has come out opposed to the american health care act. they don't see this as a viable option to the affordable care act. health savings accounts are wonderful for people with money. if you don't have several thousand dollars to set aside, then hsa's me nothing to you and the vast majority of the people we are trying to help either through the american health care act or through the affordable care act don't have several thousand dollars to set aside. finally, i want to point out that what we are talking about here almost entirely relates to the individual insurance market. market is basically affecting 5% of the american people. thethe vast majority of american public, the health care system is working pretty well, medicare, indicate, employer-based insurance. we are talking about a small sliver of the public. but are important people, we should not try to of the end and entire health care system

the american medical association is opposed to this bill. the american hospital association is opposed to this bill. and now the american nurses association is also opposed to this bill. these are nonpartisan organizations that work day in and day out in the health care system and they have summarily said that the bill forces people to pay more for less health care coverage, for less health care benefits, and for less peace of mind. now, those groups that i just mentioned aren't the only ones who think that this bill is a hot mess. i would like to just let folks know about some of the republican members who are not enamored of this bill, either. representative brooks said right now the speaker of the house does not have the votes to pass this bill unless it's got substantial democrat support and i am not seeing that democrat support materialize. senator rand paul said quote, it won't work, it will not pass, conservatives are not going to take it. senator mike lee said quote, this is not the obamacare repeal we have been waiting for. it's a missed opportunity and a step in the wrong direction. and governor john kasich said the

the american nurses association, the alliance for retired americans, the american cancer society, cancer action network, the american diabetes association, the american federation of state, county and municipal employees, the association of reproductive health professionals, center for mental health law, community catalyst, consumers union, families u.s.a., international union, united automobile, aerospace, implement workers of america, u.a.w., national council of la raza. the national education association, national partnership for women and families. national women's health network, raising women's voices for the health care we need and the services employees international union all oppose this legislation. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the distinguished member from minnesota, mr. lewis, a member of our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lewis: i thank the gentlewoman from north carolina for her leadershi

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care, aarp is against it, the american academy of pediatrics is against it, the american hospital association is against it, the american medical association, the american nurseociation is against it. even sarah palin is against it at this point. why is it that paul ryan is continuing to push a bill that republicans hate and every single one of these organizations hates too? >> absolutely. listen, joy, i have no idea what is on paul ryan's mind. you didn't add the koch brothers. they're against it too. the bottom line to it is the republicans are trying to use a vehicle, the reconciliation vehicle, and they see a small window through which they can get this done. and so they have hastily put together a really bad bill. and, you know, they're going to pay the price for that. >> when you say the reconciliation pace, that is only allowing them to repeal the tax portions, things that affect taxation and fiscal. they can't repeal, for instance, putting your kids on -- having your kids stay on your health care. >> absolutely. what they're trying to do is get rid of the individual mandate. that is like their ultimate goal. and so they're using this vehicle. they hav

organizations that don't like this plan have an issue with this plan, the american medical association, american hospital association, american nursesssociation, and the list goes on, bill crystal. >> that's exactly right. i think the bill is going to fail and they're not going to get the votes even in the house let alone the senate. probably all these groups will come out against it. it is hard if you're a republican congressman. you go home, the hospitals are gents it, the doctors are against it, half your conservative constituents are against it. why exactly are you going to go -- and the senate is not going to adopt it anyway. think about obamacare. i don't like obamacare. i wish it hadn't been passed, et cetera. how did it get passed? president obama spent six months schlepping the country for it. rahm emanuel, chief of staff and others, called in the insurance companies, the hospitals, the doctors, a lot of liberals didn't like it but they basically had deals with a lot of these people. they had to knock heads and say, i'm sorry, you can't have single pair payer, you can't have medicare nor all. they finally got a bill that co

the health care that will be in this is a it is not good. doctors and nurses associa out. american medical association, the largest group of doctors. it has the lobbying dollars. it features national nurses united and conservative players like the association american physicians and surgeons. it told breitbart it was sotoo similar to obamacare. aarp. a lobby that maybe you don't know. it represents the interests of millions of older americans. a powerful lobby starting with the big social media push against the plan. the three hospital associations are against it. the families usa represents consumers. and new report from s&p global finds as many as 10 million americans could lose coverage. we are waiting for the congressional budget office to score this. that is a non-partisan arm of congress to help congress understand the affects of the legislation. you are seeing in washington downplaying that number. >> it is amazing the lack of outreach to get these groups on board. you need support from the groups ahead of this. >>> republicans taking fire for suddenly dismissing the importance of a score as christine mentioned from the congr

you have the ama, the american medical association, the nurses, the hospitals, all of them saying, this't work. this doesn't improve health care for americans. chris: we ask you for questions from the panel and we got a bunch from people who were upset about the disarray that we are seeing and we have seen on the show about repealing obamacare. someone named common sense, i think i'm going to take the name, one this is for republicans, what have you been doing since it was passed, back in 2010, two, why weren't you ready to go on day one for president trump? jason, how do you answer common sense? >> one problem is the democrats have been slow-walking a lot of the nominees that trump has put forward. he habit had a lot of time to work with his team in place and now that he does have a team in place things are moving along. chris, conservatives have to decide whether they're going to do what's achievable or pragmatic here or perfect enemy of the good here. the reality here is that a lot of the stuff in this bill paul ryan doesn't like. he doesn't like medicaid expansion, he doesn't like u

the american hospital association, the association of american medical colleges, children's hospitals association, federation of american hospitals, national association, the psychiatric health system, the ame, the american medical association, the nurses union, aarp, and at 5:53 this morning one of our colleagues in the senate, tom house healthed " care bill can't passed senate without major changes. to my friends in-house, start over, get it right, don't get it fast." this other article was just written that reads "gop leadership releases their plan to repeal and replace obamacare and they are getting quite a bit of pushback on their own side of the aisle, not to mention from the american cancer society. here is a running list of conservative organizations and politicians speaking out against the market health care act." for prosperity, freedom works, public and study committee, tea party patriots, senators shelley moore, lisa murkowski and rob portman. a plan thatsupport does not include stability for medicaid expansion, population, or flex ability of state. senator ted cruz, representative louie gohmert, presented of jim jordan, governor paul lepage, mark meadows, rand paul, mark stanford, and with that because we have been here fo

you have "the american medical association," nurses, hospitals, all of them saying this doesn't americans for the panel, and we got a bunch from people who are upset about the disarray that we are seeing. about repealing obamacare. someone named common sense, i think i'm going to take that name, tweets this for republican leaders. what have you been doing since it was passed back in 2010, and two, why weren't you ready to go on day one for president trump? >> one problem is that the democrats have been slow-walking a lot of the nominees. he hasn't had a lot of time to work with his team in place. now that he does have his team in place, they are moving on. conservatives have to decide whether they will do what is achievable and pragmatic care, or whether they will make the perfect enemy of the good here. the reality here is that a lot of the stuff in this bill, paul ryan doesn't like. he doesn't lik expansion, he doesn't like giving tax credits or tax deductions. if you were building a system from scratch, they wouldn't be in there. but he's not building it from scratch, he's building a s

the last couple of days, every interest on every side of this debate, the american medical associations, the hospitals, the nurses, the aarp representing older americans, have all come out against this bill on the belief that it will withdraw coverage from too many people who were covered under obamacare. i think in the end that is going to be more the crunch point than people like senator de mint who are complaining it doesn't undo enough. initial estimates are that about half the people who obtain coverage under obamacare may louis lose it under this bill. that will be the hard point from republicans from swing states to accept in the end. as you've said, they've already basically squandered the opportunity i think to have any of the democrats work with them. right now democrats are pretty confident that none of those ten senate democrats in states that president trump won and that are running in 2018 will feel compelled to support this bill. >> let's talk about the white house strategy, amanda. to sell this thing, he has your old boss over to dinner, how do you think it went last night with senator ted cruz, d

the plan. doctors and nurses associations to speak out. american medical association, the largest group of doctors. also liberal leaning groups, national nurses united. conservative players like the american physicians and surgeons. it opposes it because it told breitbart it is too similar to obamacare. there is pushback from sdr industries. aarp. the three hospital associations are against it. families usa. it represents consumers. all of these big name health delivery groups and senior groups. aarp. if you are on social media, you have seen the ads over the past couple days. >> you talk about the lack of outreach ahead of the bill. even americans for prosperity and heritage and club for growth. how to manage to get them on board. let's discuss this with cnn political reporter tal kopan. live in the washington bureau. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so let's start on steve scalis. his ploy and messages. are you with nancy pelosi or trump? does that push? >> i think it does. i don't know it will, but generally it can. you know, let's break

the american hospital association, the american health care association, they cover nursing homes andisted living facilities. they're all against this bill. doctors oppose it, too. the american medical association put out a dramatic statement saying that they see patients from the cradle to the grave and they don't want to see anyone lose coverage in the future. so that is looking really tight. business groups on both sides of the aisle trying to move the ball. back to you guys. >> yeah, all of that last-minute lobbying going on. thanks, ylan. a lot of those people lobbying now, bertha. >> hospitals in particular have been a little bit like the heartbeat monitor. you take a look with the doubts that the ahca will pass tonight, you've seen tenant health care breaking a five point losing streak. they're all higher. despite near term in positives that would come out of the bill for them. the bill would repeal near term $43 billion in obamacare hospital cuts and for the next couple of years it would add some extra money in transitional medicaid funding for states like texas and florida th

the press, but many individual groups. among them, aarp, american medical association, american nurses association, american hospital association, among others who said they oppose this plan. some of the other critics, lawmakers, many members of the freedom caucus will be meeting here at 12:30 today to have lunch with president trump, individuals that expressed criticisms and concerns publicly, indicating they are questioning whether or not they believe this act will lower costs and premiums. andrea? >> peter alexander, thank you so much. >>> now the other major story today, stunning claims this morning from wikileaks founder julian assange in london accusing the cia of devastating incompetence, saying the agency lost control of its cyberweapons. it would be, if true, a devastating blow to the cia. >> the cia developed a giant arsenal, what appears to be the largest arsenal of trojans and viruses in the world, didn't secure it, lost control of it, and then appears to have covered up that fact. >> the cia telling nbc news today, julian assange is not exactly a bastian of truth and integrity. despite the efforts of assange, the c

aarp, the american medical association, the hospital association, nurses and physicians, patients, insurers and consumer groups all oppose the g.o.p. bill. the more we learn about the proposal, of course, the more we see it as a plan that will make americans pay more for less. any questions? yes, sir. reporter: thank you. on sunday's "meet the press," president trump's director of national intelligence said the agencies he oversaw, c.i.a., f.b.i. and n.s.a., to his knowledge, there was no evidence of conclusion between members of the trump campaign and the russians. do you agree with that? ms. pelosi: he's talking about his -- no, we haven't had the investigation that we need to have and that's what we're saying is follow the facts. follow the facts. so i also heard him say that he didn't think there was any reason to believe that the president, president obama was tapping donald trump. but what we're saying is follow the facts. we think there's plenty of evidence that shows for sure that the russians were disruptive of our election. follow the facts. the personal, political and financial c

the alliance of nurses, the american lung association, american public health association, national medical association, asthma and allergy foundation of america, and others, have all signed a letter that i just submitted to the record in opposition to this bill because this bill threatens the health of the american people. last congress we considered a bill called the secret science act, which was nearly identical to this bill. that was a bill i submitted the cost of a billion to. if the gentleman from georgia as any evidence of this bill will cost less i encourage him to bring it forward. this bill, frankly, would force the e.p.a. to be dishonest, to not use the best available science, and threaten the privacy of the american people. our goal should be the healthy agencies -- should be to help the agencies we charge to protect our health to do the best possible science, dot best possible job they k we should not be throwing up roadblocks and red tape and bureaucratic mazes that hurt the quality of work and the science that we base our protections on. we need to protect american lives from

we're interested in the views of doctors, the american medical association, nurses, providers, we're interested in hearing from hospitals. as it turns out, haoeul the ink is -- while the ink is just barely dry on the house of representatives, aarp tells us they are not excited about it. maybe they are excited about it but not in a good way. they say the change in structure will dramatically increase premiums for older consumers. in their example, the aarp tells us about a 64-year-old person earning about $15,000. they would see their premiums go up by $8,400. they're making $15,000 a year. and i don't know how they pay for much of anything else with that kind of increase in their premium costs. that's a concern for me. it is certainly a concern for folks at aarp and the people they represent, the millions of people they represent. do we have any other charts there that we might take a look at? there we go. trumpcare. the house has come up with, it has different names. some will call it obamacare-lite. obamacare 2.0 or .5 or something. this chart -- some people over here call it trumpc

ask unanimous consent to put ence spondent -- correspond in the record from the american lung association, the alliance of nurses for a healthy environment, asthma and allergy foundation of america, the american public health association, the national medical association, the health care without harm association, the physicians for social responsibility. and the american thoracic it association. a -- thoracic association. along with the clean water action, earth justice, league of conservation voters, natural resource defense council. as well as the league of conservation voters. i now yield -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. johnson: two minutes to the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. ms. schakowsky: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. less science, more pollution. that's unbelievably the republican plan. i want to just refer to my colleague said. this is not long ball time. this is emergency time. where we have to deal with a worldwide environmental crisis. and this bill is just the latest attack on

aarp, the american medical association, the hospital association, nurses and physicians, patients, insurers, and consumer groups all oppose the g.o.p. bill. the more we learn about the proposal, of course, the more we see it as a plan that will make americans pay more for less. any questions? yes, sir. reporter: thank you. on sunday's "meet the press," president obama's director of national intelligence said the agencies he oversaw, c.i.a., f.b.i. and n.s.a., to his knowledge, there was no evidence of conclusion between members of the trump campaign and the russians. do you agree with that? ms. pelosi: he's talking about his -- no, we haven't had the investigation that we need to have, and that's what we're saying, follow the facts. follow the facts. i also heard him say that he didn't think there was any reason to believe that the president, president obama was tapping donald trump. but what we're saying is follow the facts. we think there's plenty of evidence that shows for sure that the russians were disruptive of our election. follow the facts. the personal, political and financial conn

aarp, the american medical association, the hospital association, nurses and

you look at the list, it is probably every notable and important and influential group who represents doctors, hospitals, nurses, senior citizens as well as independently the american associatione, diabetic association, american lung association. even offshoots, particularly the acp, why? because there is nothing about e proposed bill that represents a move towards universal health care. this is supposed to be health care reform when almost line item this is regression. absolute regression. >> so, covering less people? >> switching medicaid to the per capita funding model, taking away the subsidies, the income-based subsidies, defunding planned parenthood. think about all the women that's going to affect. planned parenthood serves, you know, underserved and rural populations. more importantly, the prevention and public health fund is going to be eliminated. they fund so much of the cdc. i stell feel like i'm in a little bit of a nightmare i'm not waking up from because i don't understand what parts of the bill appeals to our populous. i really, really don't. >> it hasn't been scored by the cbo. it hasn't been scored by the cbo yet, but from appearance of it, ali, tell me what

talking about hospital groups, nurses groups, doctors groups, including the american medical association, and of course, the very influential aarp. it's a formidable list for any lawmaker to contemplate. meanwhile, the president met tonight with a number of conservative organizations, groups that gop lawmakers also pay attention to get together. it ended a short time ago. our jeff zeleny joins us now with more on that. but first, this breaking news on wiretapping president trump and former president obama. what's the latest? >> reporter: we know that these two presidents have not spoken since saturday. and actually, since inauguration day, anderson. but i am being told tonight that their chiefs of staff have spoken since saturday. the former obama chief of staff, denis mcdonough, reached out, i am told to the trump administration's chief of staff, reince priebus, on saturday, to talk about this extraordinary allegation that was made on saturday. i'm also told that other advisers from both administrations have been having conversations. now, we don't know exactly what these conversations

exposed by america's hospitals, doctors, nurses, the aarp, the american cancer society, the american diabetes association, national disability rights network, governors from both sides of the island and more of our republican colleagues in the house. this bill is not what the american people want. they have made that clear by showing how holes across the country. we can improve the affordable care act and we should. so i heard mrepublan colleagues to vote no on this bill and work with us the purpose of emotion. >> thank you, madam chairman i have a motion at the desk. >> the clerk will read the motion. >> emotion offered by represented doyle jeffries, mister doyle mister jeffrey the committee directed to chairman on request of the committee that the rule for consideration of the health care act they can order them in that would prohibit any provision of the bill taking effect until the secretary of health and human services certifies that relative to current law, its provisions and amendments result in an increase in the number of individuals without health insurance. more affordable healthcare as measur

the groups that are opposed to this. alliance of nurses for healthy environments this eamerican geophysical union. the american lung association strongly opposes this bill. the american public health association. the american thoracic society. the asthma and allergy foundation of america oppose this bill. clean water action oppose this is bill. earth justice. the environmental defense action fund. health care without harm. the league of conservation voters. the national medical association opposes this bill. the natural resources defense council. physicians for social responsibility. union of concerned scientists. all oppose this bill. the food policy action opposes this bill. i can go on and on and on. every organization that is an advocate for the health and well being of the american people opposes this bill. and are bringing it up for an up or down vote new york amendments, closed rule, and here we are. i would just say, mr. speaker, again, this is a bad idea. i guess if you're an ally of big corporations or of corporations that engage in pollution, this is a good idea. but if you're interested in protecting the health and

it is opposed by america's hospitals, doctors, nurses, the aarp, the american cancer society, the american diabetes association, national disability rights network, governors from both sides of the aisle and more and more of our republican colleagues in the house . this bill is not what the american people want. they have made that clear by showing up by the thousands at town halls across the country. we can improve the affordable care act and we should. but i urge my republican colleagues to vote no on this bill and work with us to ensure every family has access to quality, affordable health care. the american people deserve no less. thank you and i yelled back. >> thank you mister yarmouth. following a practice i ask unanimous consent that members have until the end of the day to make a statement for the record. without objection, so ordered. >> we will now proceed with reading, proceed with reporting the american health care act of 2017 to the house, and i want to remind the members mth tn will come at the conclusion of the vote on this procedure. i ask unanimous consent that the first reading be dispensed

that's why the hospital association and nursing homes and republican governors like governor sandoval are deeply opposed to this particular version. it is not better for the americanpeople. protecting people with preexisting conditions, which the current bill does, but only if they have continuous coverage, that's not better for the american people. because what if you lose your job or you can't afford benefits or you have a break in coverage for one month or two, and then you suddenly find you're not protected and your preexisting condition can be used against you to bar you from insurance for the rest of the your life? if you're unemployed and have a break in coverage, how do you afford a 30% surcharge on health insurance premiums like this plan proposes that insurance companies can sock you? that's not benefiting the american people. so in closing, mr. president, i'm just going to repeat something that 13 democrats put into a letter to republican leadership in january. we want to work together to try to make health care better. we're willing to sit down at a table and we have ideas for how to improve, not just the affordable care act, but prescription drug pric

nursing groups, all of whom can be influential on capitol hill. >> i want to look at who exactly is opposing this bill, not just conservatives, but medical associations, like the american medical association, aarp, and you can see the list up there. i'm joined now by michael steele, a republican strategist. whose fault is this? it's not just conservatives. doctor, fairly unanimously aren't happy with this. whose fault is it -- >> you've got to look at the republican leadership and the calculation they've made. bottom line is this is not lost on anyone. you've had at least six years to get to this point. it's not like all of a should obamacare came on the table last year and now you're dealing with it. you had the rupp way to set this up. so when you roll it out, you would think in listening to the speaker say we vetted this for 18 months and had all these meetings and everybody was behind it and for it, if that's the case, why are so many republicans, particularly conservatives upset about it? they've got an internal strategy problem. the white house is adding pressure on top of that because the president is like i'm not going to go ahead and sell this on my own, you g