they are not in the mood to propose too much in the way of this even if the proposal came from tom coburn and others last week.

colleague of mine who is missing today, a great friend of mine who i came into the senate with, senator tom coburnm's going through some tough times right now, but i love him dearly, even though we're from different parties. and he's a little closer to louis' political perspective than mine, but he is a good man. you know, i'm keeping him and his family in my prayers all the time. so just a shout-out to my good friend tom coburn. [ applause ] so each time we gather it's a chance to set aside the rush of our daily lives, to pause with humility before an almighty god, to seek his grace and mindful of our own imperfections, to remember the admonition of the book of romans, which is especially fitting for those of us in washington. "do not claim to be wiser than you are." so here we put aside labels of party and ideology and recall what we are first. all children of a loving god, brothers and sisters called to make his work our own. but in this work, as lincoln said, our concern should not be whether god is on our side, but whether we are on god's side. and here we give thanks for his guidance in our

john mccain is an example, tom coburn.s hurt himself with his conference, with republicans and democrats in the house and senate making it much tougher for him to be effective as a senator. do you want to be a national figure and let people pay attention to you? or do you want to be effective as a legislator? >> what a calling card on the most hated man in washington. >> exactly. he's made a decision and i can't imagine he will be around for decades. he's going to run for president. rand paul bringing up the impeachment. cruise is really trying to save your public and sold you out and there is power out there. he probably takes an ohio, or new hampshire. i don't think ted cruz is a good new hampshire candidate and it's only going to take 22%-25% to win. >> is a big difference in the two styles. whether you agree or not, rand paul has picked his battles carefully. he has picked some fights that expand his base on privacy or national security and he's done so in a way that shows him to be a little bit more effective. he work

a new report by senator tom coburn shows it will be even more than that way more. en 31,000% more. how does he know? senator coburn joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you hard to understand. >> that's the history how good we are at estimating costs. you just take what the cbo said this year versus what they said when the bill was passed. we are now twice as much as what they said. >> you go back to 1966? >> no. i'm talking just about the affordable care act. a trillion dollars. >> that's 31,000%? >> no. well, that's a doubling of what they thought it was going to cost over the life of the program. the point is we are not any good at estimating costs and that's the study that we just put out that's up on our web site. it's showing here is what we said weather he we started the program and here is what it costs today's. in cases of medicaid 31,000 percent from the time it started in 1966 to 2012. in other words, they missed it by 310 times. >> i guess in looking at your study, i would feel a little bit better if sometime we estimated it wrong in our favor.

tom coburn is attacked by these folks they are no longer willing to take that. they are running mainstream candidates. actual ideas and actual creative solutions to governing. that is direct result of the -- >> schieffer: i'm seeing a yes. i didn't think we were going to see that. >> look, maybe governance happens, maybe here and there. i think that's right. debt limit decision has been an important one and building on the budget agreement and hopeful that there is government action needs to solve some problems. >> just to give a little blast of ice water here -- >> schieffer: i was going to say -- >> these represent a return to conventional politics enone day. on process questions, debt limit fund mentholly a process limit. the heat of the matter is ideological. i don't really see either the two parties or the two factions region the republican party revolving the issues. let's not over interpret basically process cool could you lakes. >> schieffer: i think there is something here in washington that think maybe congress already done everything it's going to do.

may be vulnerable this out of a report just released by senator tom coburn the details the report details the federal government's track record on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure the mistakes made by key u.s. agencies are alarming most of them seem to be careless and sloppy here are some common cyber failure as revealed agencies have failed to set adequate passwords by using obvious words words you can easily gas like the actual word password failure to change those passwords update software and install fire wall these weaknesses according to the report put everything from the electric grid to the financial markets at risk well this is unsettling for the very offices that are supposed to be in charge of security we are after all talking about the department of homeland security and other agencies like the nuclear regulatory commission and the i.r.s. colburn hopes that the report will shed light on some of these vulnerabilities so agencies can make the appropriate changes. now over in pakistan the number of u.s. drone strikes have dwindled over the past two months according to of

cybersecurity it looks like the us may be vulnerable if that ever poured gas released by senator tom coburn the decal therefore decals of the federal government's track record on cyber security and critical infrastructure. the mistakes made ninety us agencies are alarming. most of them seem to be careless and sloppy here are some comments i ever failed years revealed agencies had failed to send adequate passwords by using obvious words words you can easily gas like the actual word password. failure to change those passwords update software and install fire wall and then these weaknesses according to the report that everything from the electric granted to the financial markets at risk well this is unsettling for the very offices that are suppose to be in charge of security. we are after all talking about the department of homeland security and other agencies like the nuclear regulatory commission and the iran's covert hopes other approvals shed light on some of these vulnerabilities so agencies can make the appropriate changes. nowhere in pakistan the number of us drone strikes have dwindled

tax code hasn't gone unnoticed in two thousand and twelve oklahoma senator tom coburn outlined that the n.h.l. and f.l. loan would generate over ninety million dollars annually for the federal government has made several efforts to amend the tax code in congress but has failed to even bring it to a vote this latest attempt the pro sports act has been sitting in the senate finance committee since september of last year but robbery under the guise of sport support isn't just happening at the federal level city governments a lot stick taxpayer funds excuse me to build massive sports stadiums take for instance the current super bowl champions the seattle seahawks their home stadium century link field came with a price tag of five hundred sixty million dollars seventy percent of which was paid for by seattle residents and more often than not a local government's commitment to their team will go far beyond building the stadium we're talking about maintenance operations waste utilities so while professional sports seem like merely a lighthearted distraction from the world's economic woes don't

a great friend of mine who i came into the senate with, senator tom coburn. m is going through some tough times right now, but i love him dearly, even though we're from different parties. he's a little closer to louie's political perspective than mine, but he is a good man, and, you know, i am keeping him and his family in my prayers all the time. so just a shout-out to my good friend tom coburn. so each time we gather, it's a chance to set aside the rush of our daily lives, to pause with humility before an almighty god to seek his grace and mindful of our own imperfections to remember the admonition of the book of romans which is especially fitting for those of us in washington. do not claim to be wiser than you are. so here we put aside labels of party and ideology and recall what we are first. all children of a loving god, brothers and sisters called to make his work our own. but in this work, as lincoln said, our concern should not be whether god is on our side but whether we are on god's side. here we give thanks for his guidance in our own individual fai

colleague of mine who is missing today, a great friend of mine who i came into the senate with, senator tom coburnmes right now, but i love them dearly even though we're from different parties. he's a little closer than louise political perspective than mine, but he is a good man and i am keeping him and his family in my prayers all the time. to just a shout out to my good friend tom coburn. [applause] >> so each time we gather, it's a chance to set aside the rush of our daily lives, to pause with humility before an almighty god, to seek his grace, and mindful of our own imperfections to remember the admonition of the book of romans, which is especially fitting for those of us in washington. do not claim to be wiser than you are. so here we put aside labels of parties and ideology, and recall what we are first, all children of a loving god, brothers and sisters called to make his work our own. but in this work, as lincoln said, our concern should not be whether god is on our side, but whether we are on god's side. and he we give thanks for guidance in their own individual faith journeys. in my lif

they are not in the mood to propose too much in the way of this even if the proposal came from tom coburn and others last week. many were saying that they could do this or that but it is just a proposal. even though some say that if republicans were serious they would offetheir own proposal for how to write a health care show. lou: to the point about a republican alternative to what we have is a law that is obviously disastrously unworkable and it is right now an additional burden on working families in this country except for the lowest quintile of income earners in this country under $21,000 per year. what is to happen here? this is devastating. the studies and the reality perhaps even more so because of the ensuing months as we had to election day for millions of americans. lou: absolutely. it's not enough for republicans to be against obamacare. we no obamacare is a disaster and others not a smidgen of authority. and this is going to take a legislative fix and republicans better get their fix to the american peopland lay out a plan of what they are going to do especially in light of t

this after three senate republicans introduced their own alternative though led by tom coburn who willtiring soon. so this is the replace part of repeal and replace. i think it is important. neil: they have a lot in common when it comes to everyone. so wooden and the president's interest interest to say let's bring your plan over because republicans interpret that as democrats are saying their way or the highway. >> five years after obama for obamacare comment they actually are putting forth the plan becaus i don't think it is time to go back to the utopia of the health care system that we had. neil: they did have plans. the president and want to take a lot of them because it incled tort refm and the like. >> the health care law obviously isn't perfect. i think there should be tort reform and i'm a big dubious about what this will be. i think they have plenty of portunities to put those fora. and i think that we should look at it. it's not that easy to ensure a lot of people have pre-existing conditions covered and not have an individual mandate which was in the mitt romney plan. so if

what tom coburn and orin hatch and i tried to do. how do we make health care affordable for all americans regardless of the income and whether they have an income. >> they say not 2.throw million who will lose jobs tis the full- time workers will choose to work part- time. what do you think of that argument? >> i think any time you have an incentive for people less productive and individuals 300 percent poverty and below to help them purchase insurance. and eliminate the employer and individual man date and create a marketplace which has at the lost a 15 percent reduction in the affects of premium cost and empower individuals to go in the marketplace and pick a plan that meets their age, their income and health conditions which i think puts them in charge of their health care. and we extend the same benefit to individuals on medicaid that are not pregnant women and elderly and disabled. let them take the tax credit and purchase coverage in the private marketplace. >> i know three republicans with the idea. do you have any democrat co

sound like small fish but when you're 17 trillion bucks in the hole they do not to oklahoma senator tom coburnwe get these spending details and everybody shakes their heads but it adds up to hundreds of millions upon billions and we just shrug our shoulders and say, there they go again. >> this is a problem of leadership. it's set at the top by creating an environment that says we're not going to spend money that is not absolutely necessary, and when we spend it we're going to have good justification for it, and by the way when we spend it we're going to make sure it's competitively bid and we're going to listen to the career employees when they see the waste. this is where most of this came from. career employees. and so we have a lot of federal workers that know what is happening that don't like it, and then they're treated harshly by the departments they work for, for raising the question about it and so it has to start witness leadership, hat to start with agency heads and department heads,, and we just don't have it. we didn't have it under the republican administration and don't have it

tomorrow on the show, we have a medal of honor recipient, oklahoma senator tom coburn, and gun controlady. the portrait of thomas jefferson here on the wall, this has been a real privilege for me and all of us on msnbc. we want to thank you for that. and turn to my colleague, ronan farrow now with a look at what's on "ronan farrow daily." >> hello, andrea. that was an incredible interview, very moving stories. we'll be coming back to some of the sound bytes of that interview. thank you for that introduction. we'll be talking today about a lot of other news, chris christie defended his handselling of hurricane sandy at a town hall this morning. we'll have a new jersey political insider's take. and we'll take you all the way to afghanistan where our troops are reacting to today's news about their fate in the country and on the two-year anniversary of trayvon martin's death, we'll dive deep into the community in the heart of his story. stay with us. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins. across the country, the cold is the big story, but we also have a rainstorm headed into california, which

the great example with senator tom coburn whose own oncologist was not included. is that going to change? >> it's not going to change and here is why. in a quasi market-based system where you have a choice among different plans, the premiums are going to be lower for those who have a lower network of doctors. the problem with obamacare is not that the narrow of the networks for doctors are narrower. it's that you're paying a higher premium and having a narrower choice and a higher deductible. one thing about the politics, here's the thing, the democrats are going around saying it's a good thing that the labor force is shrinking. that's an incredible -- >> that is incredible. you are so right. i'm glad you raised it. that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard in all my political years, which goes back several decades. i cannot believe it. it will give them time to pursue their dreams. yeah, right. >> taxpayers are going to be paying so other people can pursue their dreams by quitting the workforce? that's crazy. >> thank you very much. i've got to get out of here.

senator tom coburn got national attention after he signed up for obamacare under the federal exchange and learned that the oncologist treating his cancer was not in the plan. and we learned about a woman who previously was denied with a pre-existing condition. good news, except for when she went in for numbness in her arm, her doctor would not cover the plan,or the next one or the next one. of course, if she was watching "the kelly file," she would have seen this headline from the doctor based in california. >> so what happens for those who find themselves with no option but to join the exchange? >> well, we're dealing with the option because of physicians who are not participating, the plans, only covered by certain doctors. if you put enough people in the plans and you don't have enough doctors participating you end up with a bottleneck, which is not what this was all about, improving access to medical care. >> trace gallagher has more. >> and megyn, so the mantra might be now if you thought you kept your doctor you may want to doub doublecheck. and we have all the documentation sho

a great friend of mine who i came into the senate with, senator tom coburn. tom is going through some tough times right now but i love him dearly even though we are from different parties. he's closer to louie's political perspective than mine. but he is a good man. i am keeping him and his family in my prayers. just a shout out to my good friend tom. [applause] each time we gather it's a chance to set aside the rush of our daily lives, to pause with humility before an almighty god. to seek his grace and mindful of our own imperfections to remember the admonition of the which isof romans, especially fitting for those in washington. do not claim to be wiser than you are. here we put aside labels of party and ideology and recall what we are first, all children of a loving god, brothers and sisters called to make his work our own. but in this work, as lincoln said, our concern should not be whether god is on our side but whether we are on god's side. here we give thanks for his guidance in our own individual faith journeys. in my life he directed my path to chica

senator doctor tom coburn signs up for obamacare.ist treating his prostate cancer is not on the list. he's fortunate to be able to pay out of pocket. a lot of americans are not. >> americans are living -- 60% are living paycheck to paycheck. there are three shocks here. the first shock is their premiums are up 50, 60%. the second is their deductibles have tripled and that's causing these people not to be able to meet their payments. i mean, are they going to be able to buy a car or have disposable income? i don't think so. and on top of that, remember we talked, larry, a few weeks ago about the front end, which was a disaster, the back end disasters. we're getting now back to the back, back end. >> right. >> where this is where -- >> the actual decision making signups by the actual people. being okay. this is interesting and very important because we're getting stories like senator coburn popping up all over. some people are saying that one reason why doctors and hospitals are not in these programs is because of cost savings. they ha

he had tom coburn's idea to prohibit those who made a million dollars from getting benefits. to kill the bill. he represented illinois, which has the third highest unemployment rate in america. they are acting like a kidnapper who demanded a ransom, got paid, and are still keeping 1.7 million hostages. she wrote this failure and the food stamp cut and the attack on the obamacare is having the gop positioning itself as the "f" you party. this is a party that loathes social spending for the poor. maybe the economic harm that could come from not extending this program could be used to bash obama this fall. what's happened here is a large group of folks who used to work, needed help, and the rare americans rich enough to congress said, no, you can't have help while you look for work. they're too rich to know what it's like to fear losing your home. what's going to happen to these people now that they have lost their job and their benefits? what's going to happen to their children and the gop if they keep making it clear they're the party of the wealthy and they're not in d.c. to

as republican senator tom coburn pointed out in his 2012 wastebook, "in 2010 the registered nfl non-profitlion from its 32 member teams. it holds over $1 billion in assets. together with its subs sid areas and teams, many which are for-profit tax entities, the nfl generates an estimated $9 million annually." senator coburn teamed up with maine's king to co-sponsor a bill to strip the nfl of tax exempt status. the nfl as the rich east sports league in the world is will to reap the benefits of this tax exempt status but not willing to give lifetime health care to the players who risk their health and destroy their bodies for the league. today in an amazing moment during a pre super bowl press conference, a current nfl player showed up and challenged his own commissioner on that very issue. >> hey, roger. >> yes? >> vernon davis here. tight end for the san francisco 49ers. >> i know who you are, vernon. glad to have you here. >> thanks, roger. i appreciate it, buddy. roger, we play one of america's most dangerous and most lucrative games but still we have to fight for health benefits. we have

senator tom coburn got national attention after he signed up for obamacare through the federal exchange and learned that the oncologist who had been treating his cancer was not part of his new plan. they did a feature story on a woman who got a cover through california state exchange after previously being denied for a pre-existing condition. good news. except when she went to see a specialist for the numbness in her arm, the doctor would not take the cover california plan. neither would the next one or the next one or the one after that. of course, if she were watching "the kelly file" back in december, she would have seen this prediction from the head of the large doctor's group based in california. >> so what will happen, then, for those californians who find themselves with no choice but to join a program under the exchange? >> well, we're dealing with what is called narrow networking and it's coming about because a physician is making a decision whether or not to participate and by plans only contracting with a smaller number of doctors for some of the exchange products. if you put

first republican alternative proposal being done by another doctor, you interviewed barrasso, but tom coburnn hatch and others have been trying to create some kind of asslternati. it indicates there is a possibility the parties could work together to repair some of the flaws in obamacare. and the one last thing i'd say to you, uma, on this if you look back historically on social security, medicare, all those programs had fixes done by the bureaucrats in washington without getting the congress involved in every step of the way. but in the current polarized political environment where you have one side saying we want nothing to do with this law, and the other side dealing with the flawed rollout, you have them in a position where one side's saying, well, we're trying to just fix it as quickly as we can and looking like they are caught on a treadmill and kind of chaotic, and the other side saying na-na, we told you this wouldn't work. >> we just heard the president say he wants to work with congress, and at the same time he's saying i'm going to keep close -- you know, have the pen and the phon

one of the best senators ever, tom coburn. he believes there should be term limits for congress. thank you. host: let's take a look at twitter again. you can reach out @c-span wj. term limits would prevent politicians from amassing huge amounts of personal wealth and that of their corporate crony lobbyist. peg writes, without historical knowledge the same mistakes will be made over and over like the government shutdown. one more from twitter this morning, ken writes, you can talk about term limits all day but only congress can change the law and they won't do it. niece to talk about it. bonny is on the line from middletown, new jersey for democrats this morning. caller: good morning. term limits are a moot issue. lobbyist are powerless now because now there's the ability through citizens united if that's not amended, we're going to deal with the corporations writing our laws as they have in the states like wisconsin, koch brothers and alec and think tanks controlling our media and the information we receive and congress will be as feckless as it is now. the do nothings are being

tom coburn has proposed an amendment to the marketplace fairness act that would end the nfl's exemptionm tax exemption. before you start comparing the nfl to the american red cross, it is important to know why it is a tax-exempt organization. it is classified as a trade or that is organization under the 501(c) six code. angus king spoke about why he wanted to change this. [video clip] >> this is ridiculous on the first place. it is an organization designed brand.ote a particular i love going to games, i love watching the games. after this bill i may have to go to nfl games under the witness protection program. this isn't about the teams. they are their own entities, they pay taxes. this is about the league office, which makes $181 million per year and is a tax-exempt. ensure your listeners don't think of the girl scouts and the red cross and the cancer society as the same category of the nfl. it is a quirk of the law that ought to be fix. >> they fall under the 501(c)6 status. what type of business it is it reserved for? >> it is designed for trade associations or manufacturers. are des

you saw tom coburn and mark -- and excuse me warren hatch from utah had their own plan and sort of ane replacement. not going back to the status quo. i think the 2013 conservative think tank in washington is coming out with their own plan on monday. so there are a lot of new plans and i think it's going to be up to republicans to unify around general ideas. we're not for the status quo but we're not for this law which is causing all of this turmoil in the health industry and the economy. >> so listen, michael, we're nine months away. final question for you. how do you think obama care will fare over the next nine months. as you see greg just reported, the president is adjusting the rules, a move that many see as strictly a political strategy. >> well, he can delay some of the rules and some of the parts of the law as he's done i think 25 times before, but the problem is going to come when that large employer man date is implemented in october. when people already start to get their health insurance quotes for their new year in 2015, they're going to be high like the individual market

there is -- senator tom coburn, all three, a cancer patients who lost their coverage under obamacare?re they liars? i think not but monica crowley is here. let's dispense with the outrage about what the man said. i want to ask you why he said it. >> obamacare is a complete disaster and he knows it is lagging and democrats said their poll numbers, president obama's jobbapproval and all these candidates up for reelection in november by trying to put the best spin on this possible. he is accusing other people of lying when he is -- stuart: that is not the best spin on it. you go out and call a lot of women liars and you think that is going to bring democrats back into the obamacare fold? >> cancer patients, people with hiv who had their treatment interrupted or terminated completely because of obamacare. he learned about when you're in the box, deflects, demonize your opponent and projection, accusing your opponent of what you are guilty of. stuart: the other side of the coin, where is the sharp edge republican who shoots right back at him with something hard, where is that? >> there is

tom coburn, republican from oklahoma. charlie gasparino works here with us at fox business network.ou, charlie. those are stunning numbers, not just medicaid. what do you think? >> that is mind blowing. would look at this, look at rates of inflation, the cost of food has gone up 31,000% since '66. we would be germany, weimar republic, when people were carrying around, we would have wheelbarrows. >> that is the problem. listen, we should point out that you know, there are advances in medicine you pay for and there is normal rate of inflation would contribute to the increase but this is really scary because in many ways, obamacare is kind moved he willed off of this. you get a pool of people, right, that you want. you get, that put some premiums in the program and there are some subsidies as well. more healthy people pay for the less healthy people. that is essentially what you have with obamacare. not quite exactly the same, before media matters calls. not exactly the same but similar idea. bill: what coburn is saying already, obamacare has doubled in price. that is what he concludes

introduced by the committee chair carper and ranking member senator tom coburn they worked together toget the u.s. postal service out of the red. currently it is running a 5 billion-dollar deficit. >> thank you all for joining us today. we didn't take it the right route but i think what we want to do is finish up today and i want to thank everyone for the good work we have used taking on this challenge. it's not an easy legislation. i like to work on a bipartisan basis on the committee and doctor coburn i want to give a big thank you for getting us to this point in time. you have used the 8020 rule and also your partners you are taking turns on the committee and compromise on the policy principle and i think that we were willing to compromise on policy but not principle. principle is the most important thing to us and at the end of the day we work out a compromise to send it to the president that we can look to one another and say we can fix this problem. we haven't kicked the can down the road. it's not just to hang on the two people relevant and vibrant in the years going forward to

guest: over on the senate side, senators tom coburn and orrin hatch and richard byrd say they to startueprint conversation particularly among senate republicans. on the house side, there have been repeal and replace measures floated. what they did have was dozens of for placement ideas, none of which i've really got a consensus among the caucus around that -- none of which have really got a consensus in the caucus around them. the senate is kickstarting a debate which means there could be one gop repeal and replacement plan. the affordability and responsibility empowering act. this looks to keep several inponents of obamacare existence after it goes through. what is in and what is out? guest: it does. it feels a lot at least at first you like the federal health law. fe crafters at sunset and immediately try to tell people what is different about it. continue subsidies for people to buy private insurance. have adoesn't requirement for individuals to buy insurance or pay a penalty, he doesn't have a requirement that employers offer insurance or pay a penalty, which are forral t -- 2 key revisio

i believe it is senator tom coburn who said that it doesn't cover all the waste, fraud, and abuse in regular medicare. medicare advantage is run by insurance companies, and they might have a higher administrative cost, let's say 15% versus five percent, for example. they probably have a rate closer to zero for waste, fraud, and abuse. anyway, just to finish this, i live in rochester, new york. about two thirds of the seniors in rochester are covered by 2 very excellent medicare advantage plans run by "no nprofit insurance companies." i would like to hear your comment about the outcomes. are the outcomes better, and is it more cost effective than regular medicare? thank you. guest: right, so this goes back to the same debate that insurers have been happening with the federal government. insurers say that we are providing more services, we are better able to present -- prevent waste, fraud, and b's instead of just going after it after we think it has happened. which is how medicare approaches things. the federal government says you are still providing any much the same service, althoug

senator tom coburn of oklahoma, a very conservative republican and i decided to offer an amendment which said, if you are a farmer whose income is over $750,000 a year we will reduce slightly the government subsidy of your crop insurance. over $750,000 in income. we will reduce slightly the 62 per cent federal subsidy of new crop insurance. you will pay slightly more in premiums because you're able to. you're better off than most. this past not once but twice on the floor of the united states senate they had to turn out conferees primarily from the house hated this provision like the devil in solar water. and so they strike this provision from the bill. and that is unfortunate. not only did we pass it twice, the house passed an instruction to conferees to included on the floor. members wanted to be on record saying they like this idea. when the conferees get there hands on it. let me ask you to hold onto that thought for a moment while i get into another section of the bill the area where the house conferees really worked up an appetite was when it came to the supplemental the attrition

tom coburn , the ob/gyn-family practitioner from oklahoma, from musskegee, who i worked very closely work the doctors' caucus has worked closely with he and dr. borasso nd dr. john boozman and so the senate republican doctors and the house republican doctors' caucus have worked together and dr. coburn along with senator burr from north carolina and senator orrin hatch, one of the most senior and thoughtful and brilliant members of the senate from the state of utah, they have this bill, they call it the patient choice affordability, and responsibility and empowerment act. the acronym patient care act. patient care act from the senate. so we're right there, mr. president. with all due respect, we have ideas. we have doctor price's bill, we have dr. coburn's bill. we have other members of the doctors' caucus and the doctors' caucus in the senate is smaller but we -- we're here to help. we want to help. we truly want to bring down the cost of health care and maintain that quality that we're so proud of. and it can be done. it can indeed be done. let me talk a little bit about the economy