my great friend, our tax expert, senator wyden. senator wyden: senator schumer has said it very well. let me highlight a couple of additional points. the first is what has been released today makes a total mockery out of the president's pledge that he wanted tax relief to be for the working class and it wouldn't be for the wealthy. the fact is we know the ultrawealthy get $100 billion handout each time the corporate tax rate is cut by just one percentage point. back of the napkin estimates show that the trump plan on the corporate side will result in $1.8 trillion in tax cuts for the multinationals and the powerful c.e.o.'s. then let's turn to the pass-through issue that the two of us feel so strongly about. this completely new, lunar - crater sized new loophole, in effect takes a page out of gordon gecko's playbook. pass-through status democrats have said again and again is enormously important to small businesses. a cleaner, a garage, a restaurant. that's not what the republicans are talking about. they are talking about a whole

wyden: thank you, mr. president. i'm going to take some time this afternoon to respond to the remarks of the president's top economic advisor, mr. gary cohen, with respect to this administration's approach to taxes. and let me be clear right at the outset, the president and hicksf millionaires are illustrating a middle class con job and i'm going to be very specific as to why i reach that judgment with respect to what they're saying about taxes. now the president said, i don't benefit, very, very strongly. i think there's very little benefit for people of wealth. those are the president's exact words. he also said it's not good for me, believe me, the president said in a speech unveiling the tax reform blueprint on wednesday. now unless the president pays zero tax, the president is going to benefit enormously from his tax plan. his family would save billions if the estate tax is eliminated as he's proposed. his more than 500 pass-throughs will be able to take advantage of the new grand canyon-sized pass-through looph

senator wyden has a few more questions to ask and then that will be it. sen. wyden: mr. chairman, i will and again,id man these are the kinds of questions that you and i agree should be asked at this hearing. sen. hatch: sure you reared sen. wyden: let us talk about flexibility, put into context of the nation nations's senior citizens to read i watched all of these older people as a director of the center raise their families, build our communities, but growing old in america costs a lot of money so today, senior citizens have a guarantee that medicaid is going to cover the cost of nursing home care. this is hugely important because medicaid picks up the bill for two out of three senior citizens in nursing homes in america. that is a guarantee for nearly millions of older people. this proposal, that graham cassidy proposal, i call it the next version of trumpcare, and that guarantee. it turns it into a guarantee that effectively in name only the red this is not about bending the curve or all of this hocus-pocus about state flexibility, we are talking about the types of c

wyden on the nomination of ajit pai deserve another five-year term as fcc chair. senator wyden spoke about his opposition as it relates to net neutrality and rural broadband issues. his remarks are followed by senator roger wicker. this is 20 minutes. in >> mr. president, i rise todayst in opposition to the presidents nomination of ajit pai to head the federal communications commission. my view is that in particularl mr. pai will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet, net neutrality, and i'm going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for our country. mr. president, after we came to use internet and see what an extraordinary asset it would be to our country, really beginning late in the 1990s, we laid out what i still consider to be the legal foundation for the internet. c in other words, was a lot of joking about who could the internet. the internet was being used, how beneficial it would be, and on a bipartisan basis, big effort, out really layout what were the foundational principles of the net. there

wyden: thank you, mr. president. i'm going to take some time this afternoon to respond to the remarks of the president's top economic advisor, mr. gary cohen, with respect to this administration's approach to taxes. and let me be clearht

wyden: mr. president, thank you. mr. president, i rise today in opposition to the president's nomination of ajit pai to head the federal communications commission. my view is that, in particular, mr. pai will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet -- net neutrality -- and i am going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for our country. mr. president, after we came to use the internet and see what an extraordinary asset it could be to our country, really beginning late in the 1990's, we laid out what i still consider to be the legal foundation for the internet. in other words, there was a lot of joking about who created the internet. the internet was being used and to see how beneficial it would be. and on a bipartisan basis, the senate and house to really lay out what were the foundational principles of the net for a variety of them. mr. president, we wanted to make sure that folks weren't hit with multiple and discriminatory taxes, a tax on access to the intern

thank you senator wyden for his leadership on the finance committee. i'm proud to serve with them in this fight. senator haskins who brings her personal passion to this and thank you. we have had to ask you to organize and galvanize and be here over and over again. we would love to be here celebrating how we strengthen and expand on what we are doing on healthcare, not how no one has to step up to stand up to getting healthcare. we would love to be doing. we are grateful that all of you are here. so we should be doing is focusing on the fact that the end of this week the children's health insurance program which provides health care for 9 million children runs out. what we should be doing this week is continuing community health center funding which runs out the end of this week. what we should be doing is taking -- by the way those are both bipartisan. we have bipartisan support on a bipartisan bill and we could do it now. we should be doing the bipartisan effort to stabilize the current health system to bring costs down. we could be doing that if the

wyden: mr. president, thank you. mr. president, i rise today in opposition to the president's nomination of ajit pai to head the federal communications commission. my view is that, in particular, mr. pai will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet -- net neutrality -- and i am going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for our country. mr. president, after we came to use the internet and see what an extraordinary asset it could be to our country, really beginning late in the 1990's, we laid out what i still consider to be the legal foundation for the internet.

wyden: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm going to take some time this afternoon to respond to the remarks of mr. gary cohen, the president's top -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. wide i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call --. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: thank you, mr. president. i'm going to take some time this afternoon to respond to the remarks of the president's top economic advisor, mr. gary cohen, with respect to this administration's approach to taxes. and let me be clear right at the outset, the president and hicksf millionaires are illustrating a middle class con job and i'm going to be very specific as to why i reach that judgment with respect to what they're saying about taxes. now the president said, i don't benefit, very, very strongly. i think there's very little benefit for people of wealth. those are the president's exact words. he also said it's not good for me, believe

wyden: mr. president, thank you. mr. president, i rise today in opposition to the president's nomination of ajit pai to head the federal communications commission. my view is that, in particular, mr. pai will do an enormous amount of damage to one of the foundational principles of the internet -- net neutrality -- and i am going to outline why that would be a horrendous mistake for our country. mr. president, after we came to use the internet and see what an extraordinary asset it could be to our country, really beginning late in the 1990's, we laid out what i still consider to be the legal foundation for the internet. in other words, there was a lot of joking about who created the internet. the internet was being used and to see how beneficia it would be. and on a bipartisan basis, the senate and house to really lay out what were the foundational principles of the net for a variety of them. mr. president, we wanted to make sure that folks weren't hit with multiple and discriminatory taxes, a tax on access to the interne

wyden and , hatch, boehner and pelosi, we put that package before.eporter: from is a question -- indiscernible] >> what is the position that you spoke so forcibly? what about that? ms. pelosi: i don't know. coincidence that you have the con expire tore torl mind. [laughter] reporter: some people thought there might be more conversation after gabby giffords and steve scalise and here we are and legislation on the floor next week. ms. pelosi: you are putting it -- reporter: that is what we are hearing. ms. pelosi: i was very proud of the common sense of our members injected into that discussion when they are calling it for hunters and sportsmen. they don't need what bill puts forth. i don't think they are advocating that at all hunters and sportsmen. but i never even thought of that. reporter: there is a cultural war against the nfl and the president's comments since last friday and continued every single day. ms. pelosi: the president is the deflector in the chief. any time he is going to lose until alabama, whatever it is, he is going to divert atten

thank you, senator wyden. >> thank you, senator warner. now we have gotten to the best part, and that's our witnesses. why don't we begin with you, ms. george. we will go down the row. the tradition of the committee is if you could highlight your testimony in five minutes. we'll make your prepared remarks a part of the record in full. please proceed, ms. george. >> thank you very much. good morning. my name is lianna george, and as was indicated i'm from north carolina. it is a very small rural county. thank you for the opportunity to be here today, to meet with you and to share my family's experience with the c.h.i.p program and how it impacts families like mine throughout our great country. i married to a wonderful man named jim who is a marine corps vet, and he did third year of electrician's training program to become a fully licensed electrician. i have three children, one who lives in a group home and my son caleb behind me. both are on the autism spectrum. caleb has adhd as well as a neurological condition. as you guys heard, he has

[cheers and applause] >> let's hear it again for senator ron wyden! [cheers and applause] >> senator wyden said they are coming after seniors. make no mistake. seniors in nursing homes facilities, most of them rely on medicaid for support. this is an attack on women, on young people, or disabilities, or who love someone who might get sick in the united states of america, and that's all of us! >> he's right. these delays did not happen through osmosis. it's because we resisted. when we started this fight, planned parenthood alone day and over one million new supporters. people are fired up. are we fired up or what? [cheers] are we ready to go? [cheers] let's give it up for our next durbin. senator [cheers] >sen. durbin: thank you. good to see you all. just when you thought it was safe to go home, just when you thought it was safe to go back to the office, just when you thought you could take some time off, here they come again. are you ready? [crowd chants "yeah"] americans whot can't be here today, folks who can't afford to come to washington, people

senator ron wyden last night finished up his remarks praising the chip program, that it was reauthorized and what a victory for the health of children because this is a program that will work. there's a little irony there. senator wyden had just finished criticizing the graham-cassidy-heller-johnson amendment which is patterned after the chip program. the irony is he's saying our amendment won't work and then he goes on to praise the program through which the money will flow and after which it is patterned. so what we do with our program is we take the dollars going to states currently through the affordable care act and we pool them together and deliver them to states in a block grant very similar and indeed through the chip program. and along that way, we equalize how much each american receives towards her care irrespective of where she lives. why do i say that? right now, mr. president, 37% of the revenue from the affordable care act goes to americans in four states. 37% of the revenue goes to those who live within four states. that's frankly not fair. i have nothing against those fo

i'm proud to be joined by my colleagues, senator durbin, senator wyden, senator stabenow to talk about what is going on in health care. first, we heard a lot of talk about the states and governors. just released was a letter, 10 governors, five democrat, five republican, opposed to trump care ii, the so-called graham-cassidy bill, more in favor of a bipartisan negotiation such as that that senator alexander and senator murray are going forward with. second, i just heard our republican colleagues speak. there was a word missing, people, patients, care, all this stuff democrat, republican, governors, washington, how about how this affects people? millions will lose coverage. no guarranty of preexisting condition. and, an end to medicaid as we know it. tens of millions of people could well lose coverage. people who desperately need essential services would lose it our republican colleagues don't seem to care how this affects average american. why trump care, the previous trump care bills were so unpopular. that is why this bill is so unpopular. that's why despite all the efforts they're s

i want to thank our great ranking member of the finance committee, senator wyden for being with us here today. there's a lot to unpack in this outline so let's get right to it. for the last several months we democrats have been united in arguing that not one penny of tax relief should go to the top 1%. that any tax reform plan should be fiscally responsible, so as not to put important programs like medicare at risk. under this plan, the wealthiest americans and wealthiest corporations make out like bandits, while middle class americans are left holding the bag. when donald trump was talking about this plan over the last few days he talked about focusing on the middle class and not helping the wealthy. the plan is a major disappointment because it's so deviates from everything the president said. he is talking the talking but this plan shows he is not walking the walk. just look at the ways this plan is a boon for the wealthy. corporations have hired lawyers and lobbiest to exploit every single loophole to avoid paying their fair share in taxes. they get their rate cut from 35 all the wa

thank you senator wyden. >> thank you, senator warner. now we have gotten to the best part and that's our witnesses. why don't we begin with you, ms. george. we'll go right down the row. it's a tradition on this committee if you could perhaps highlight your testimony in five minutes. we'll make your prepared remarks a part of the record in full. please proceed, ms. george. >> thank you very much. good morning. my name is leann george and as the senator indicated i'm from johnston county north carolina. thank you for the opportunity to be here today and meet with you and share my family's experience and how it impacts families like mine throughout our great country. i'm married to a wonderful man named jim. he is a marine corp vet. he's in the third year of an electrician's training program. i have two children, ser ren knee who lives in a group home and my son caleb. both my children are on the autism speck truck. caleb has adhd as well as a genetic nur logical. while i'm not here to testify on behalf of mack pack, it wausn't until i was

the good news is the finance committee chairman, orrin hatch of utah, as ranking member ron wyden, have reached bipartisan agreement on a 5-year reauthorization of the program. the bad news, instead of preserving health care for low-income children and women, senate republican leadership seems more interested in the next 12 days calling a different topic on a different issue, bill, altogether, graham cassidy bill, according to health insurance, bill would take health insurance coverage away from millions of americans including 1 million in the state of illinois. from where i am sitting reauthorizing the chip program is a priority. not only serve the 9 million children and pregnant women across the country but 350,000 in my state. there is another bill we need to reauthorize, funding of community health centers. like chip funding for community health centers expires at the end of this month, just a few days. community health centers have enjoyed decades of broad bipartisan support. 10,000 community health centers across the country serve 26 million americans. community health centers ser

chairman hatch and ranking member wyden, again in a bipartisan action are having a hearing on chip today in the finance committee. that should be another matter of immediate priority for this senate. and of course, as the people of florida brace for hurricane irma and the people of puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands live through it now, the senate must be prepared to quickly respond to that storm just as we're doing with harvey. we also have to take into account some of the other disasters that are occurring in states like washington, oregon, california, montana. wildfires are raging out of control. they, too, will need disaster assistance. because of the immediate and strong impact of harvey and it seems irma, we shouldn't forget that our friends in the west will need disaster relief and need it soon as well. and so, mr. president, the deal we reached with republican leaders and president trump yesterday will allow congress to work on all of these important items this month and in the following months without a looming specter -- spector of a shutdown or default on our debt. and it

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i'd be happy to. mr. inhofe: i ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the remarks of my trend from oregon, i be recognized for such time as i shall consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: thank you very much, mr. president. i'd ask unanimous consent that scott litzelman be given floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, often late at night when the senate passes by unanimous consent a piece of legislation, people often don't get a chance to understand what it really means and usually there's a sense, well, this maybe won't be the most important thing coming down the road and everybody just said, okay, and so it passed the senate. last night the senate took action on medicare, medicare at a time when 10,000 people are turning 65 every day for years and years to come is something that millions of older people r

with that i'll turn to senator wyden. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll have to do committee hopping here in the next hour. i'll be brief. and before i get to the substance of today's hearing. i just need to talk broefly about what's coming down the pipe for this committee. both here and on the floor. and as i told you the remarks i'm going make now do not in any way reflect my add mirgs for you. our friendship. the fact we just moved ahead on a very important ship bill at children's health insurance bill. i want to set out my comments about what happened last night. last night, the majority announced without consulting the minority that the finance committee will hold a hearing on the cass di gram helder healthcare bill. i want to make clear, i believe that this is an abomination. it's an abomination of the process, abomination of the substance, and an abomination of the history of this storied committee. first of all, this bill is a prescription for suffering and disasterous consequences for millions of people. second, the budget office has informe

senator what -- senator senator -- senator wyden: i'm going to listen to oregonians who have been clobbered by several mega-fires unlike anything we have seen in my home state of oregon. addition toat, in mega-fires, there are numerous other fires just up the road from my hometown of portland, the eagle creek fire has merged with the indian creek fire and spread over an area of more than 31,000 acres. , again just seen staggering and its implications, and fire jumps the columbia river into washington state. it is a ravaging our iconic columbia river gorge. this is a treasure, beloved by the millions of people who visit it every year. it is burning in the columbia river gorge now four days. days. although it appeared the first sparks at eagle creek fire were ignited by a young man. it is clear that the inferno was accelerated by the unusual heat in early september. now the lives and homes of gorge residents are under threat and a world renowned treasure in my home state has been devastated. sadly this wildfire devastation this month has rippled across oregon. oregon has southwest consumed mo

our goal, though, is through this grant that goes to the chip program which senators like senator wyden have praised, rightfully so, as being an effective program for improving health, with safeguards needed to make sure the money is used wisely, that all states and all residents within those states will receive about the same amount of money towards their health care. this will be, if you will, not a democratic plan, not a republican plan, but an american plan in which senators would vote to trust the people in their state over a washington bureaucrat. now we have critics who don't understand our bill. it's a partisan bill, we're told. no. if you look at the residents of the states that do better under our plan, it includes states represented by democratic senators. virginia does far better because they will get the dollars they currently are not. so do floridians represented by a democratic senator. missouri does, represented both by the president, the presiding officer right now, but also by a democratic senators; and others that are represented by democratic senators, but the lower-

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wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, in a few minutes i'm going to start sprinting to the airport to get home to listen to oregonians who have been clobbered by several mega fires unlike anything we have seen in my home state of oregon. on top of that, in addition to the mega fires, there are numerous other fires. just up the road from my hometown of portland, eagle creek fire has merged with the indian creek fire and has spread over an area of 31,000 acres. and what we have seen again just staggering in its implications, the fire jumped the columbia river into washington state. it's ravaging our iconic columbia river george. is this -- gorge. this is a treasure and beloved by people who visit it every year and people in my home state. next to me is a shot of the fire that has been burning in the columbia river gorge now for days. although it appears the first sparks of the eagle creek fire were ignited by a young man, it is clear that the inferno was accelerated by the unusual heat in early september. now the

chairman and ranking member wyden, good to see you. all the members of the committee, i commend you for taking on the challenge of reforming america's business tax code, especially the task of overhauling our corporate tax system. most important thing that congress and the administration can do to boost economic growth, lift wages, create jobs, and make the u.s. economy more competitive globally is overhaul our business tax system. the tax foundation's extensive economic research and tax modeling experience suggested the committee should have four priorities in mind when you're reforming the corporate tax system. we call these the four pillars of corporate tax reform. first, provide full expensing for capital investments. second, cut the corporate tax rate to a globally competitive level such as 20%. third, move to a competitive territorial system, and four, make all three of these priorities permanent. and while many of you, and many in the business community, may see some of these policies in conflict or competing for space in the ta

across the city on capitol hill, ron wyden, the ranking manner -- member responded to mr. cohn's comments. >> thank you mr. president. i'm going to take time this afternoon to respond to the remarks of mr. gary cohn. thank you. i'm going to take this time to respond to the remarks of the president's top economic advisor respect tohn with this administration's approach to taxes. and let me be clear right at the outset. his parade ofand millionaires are executing a middle-class con job. i am going to be very specific in saying why i have reached that judgment with respect to what they are saying about taxes. i don'tident said, benefit, very, very strongly. i think there is very little benefit for people of wealth. those were the president's exact words. he said it is not good for me, believe me. the president said it in a speech unveiling the tax reform's blueprint on wednesday. unless the president paid zero tax, the president is going to benefit enormously from this tax plan. his family would save billions if the estate tax is illuminated as he -- eliminated as he has prop

senator wyden? sen. wyden: i think -- [indiscernible] >> mr. chairman, i am sorry to interrupt. four purposes of the senator, i will wonder if you could tell us what the speaking order is? >> if i could, and i think the indulgence of acting chairman. after senator nelson a would-be chairman hatch, myself, senator grassley, roberts, harper, it, kc --cott, then warner andnnett, mccaskill. >> we do have an agreement with chairman hatch that editors get to ask all of their questions. so, he is going to vote and come back and i will go and vote after that. we will just keep the going. >> actually, i think we will take a 15 minute recess that everybody can vote. >> that is fine on our side. >> alright, i will be quick. most of you know i have been dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane, not only are we facing that down in puerto rico and the virgin islands, they are in very tough shape. the medicaid program is one that is particularly important to hurricane recovery efforts. as it is currently structured, medicaid can risk on to public health emergencies and natural disasters. as t

but i haven't seen it, ranking member wyden hasn't seen it. no democrat in the senate hasn't seen it. i can tell you one thing, if the president's tax plan repeals or rolls back the estate tax, it will be clear that a lot of his benefits the very rich, contrary to all of his words. i'd remind everyone that only 5,200 of the 2.7 million estates in this country will pay any taxes this year. the estate tax only kicks in when couples with estates of nearly $11 million transfer their wealth. go to north dakota -- and i know you have nice family farms out there -- ask how many of you have an estate worth $11 million. and if they do, i'm willing to exempt a family farm that is over that from the estate tax, but almost no one does. a study by the center of policy priorities showed that of the 5,200 estates -- here we have 2.7 million estates -- only 5, 5,200 qualify for the estate tax, and of those 50 are small farms and businesses. let's exempt those 50. let's make all these other guys pay. we need the money. they are rich. god bes them -- god bless

but i haven't seen it, ranking member wyden hasn't seen it. no democrat in the senate hasn't seen it. i can tell you one thing, if the president's tax plan repeals or rolls back the estate tax, it will be clear that a lot of his benefits the very rich, contrary to all of his words. i'd remind everyone that only 5,200 of the 2.7 million estates in this country will pay any taxes this year. the estate tax only kicks in when couples with estates of nearly $11 million transfer their wealth. go to north dakota -- and i know you have nice family farms out there -- ask how many of you have an estate worth $11 million. and if they do, i'm willing to exempt a family farm that is over that from the estate tax, but almost no one does. a study by the center of policy priorities showed that of the 5,200 estates -- here we have 2.7 million estates -- only 5, 5,200 qualify for the estate tax, and of those 50 are small farms and businesses. let's exempt those 50. let's make all these other guys pay. we need the money. they are rich. god bes them -- god bless

[cheers and applause] >> let's hear it again for senator ron wyden! [cheers and applause] >> senator wyden said they are coming after seniors. make no mistake. seniors in nursing homes facilities, most of them rely on medicaid for support. this is an attack on women, on young people, or disabilities, or who love someone who might get sick in the united states of america, and that's all of us! >> he's right. these delays did not happen through osmosis. it's because we resisted. when we started this fight, planned parenthood alone day and over one million new supporters. people are fired up. are we fired up or what? [cheers] are we ready to go? [cheers] let's give it up for our next durbin. senator [cheers] >sen. durbin: thank you. good to see you all. just when you thought it was safe to go home, just when you thought it was safe to go back to the office, just when you thought you could take some time off, here they come again. are you ready? [crowd chants "yeah"] americans whot can't be here today, folks who can't afford to come to washington, people

senator durbin, senator wyden to talk about what is going on with health care. first, we heard a lot of talk --ut the state and governors just released was a letter, 10 governors, five democrats, five proposed the so-called graham cassidy bill and were in favor of a bipartisan negotiation such as that that senator alexander and senator murray are going toward with. i just heard how republican colleagues speak. there was a word missing, people , patients, care, all of this stuff democrat, republican, governors, washington, how about how this affects people russian mark millions will lose coverage. no guarantee of pre-existing conditions. an end to medicaid as we know it. tens of billions of people could lose coverage. people who desperately need essential services will lose it. how republican colleagues don't seem to care about how this affects the average american. -- the why trumpcare previous trumpcare bills were so unpopular, that is why this bill is so unpopular. that is why -- despite all the efforts -- they are struggling. the latest version of health care

senators orrin hatch and ron wyden sent a stern warning to equifax tweeting, "equifax data breach has extraordinary consequences demanding answers." and now if you want to initiate a credit freeze, know it is not free. it costs about $5 to $10 per credit bureau. since there are three, we are talking about $30. although it is worth mentioning in most states it is free if you file a police report. meanwhile if you are impacted by this, there is also a class action lawsuit that you may want to be aware of on the equifax website. a place to find out if you were impacted. >> and speaking of the company's legal problems, we are told that more than 30 does remain a hot topic on social media. check it out. the only reason i had an equifax account was because i got a free account to track my credit report after anthem got hacked. and now here is another one. bye bye equifax, i hope every door, every fine, every penalty hits you on the way down. what do you think? you can join us on wusa9.com. >>> a check for the weather here around our area, here's melissa. >> we are starting your tuesday afte

so please whatever you do, do not run your mouth if you are a wyden -- wide receiver and you expect to show upped on sunday. we are here and we are waiting. don't come out here and tell me what you are going to do. show me. you have to roven through me to get that and i ain't letting that happen. whatever he said, coop, take it back. robert: hmm, hmm, believe it or not -- [laughter] believe it or not we are getting ready for the nba season already. wizards at the media day today, hard to believe. at one point there were rumors that john wall and bradley beal weren't getting along. it seems silly. according to those two that is what it was. >> we realized he wouldn't where he is without me and i sure wouldn't be where i am without him. it's a respect thing. it is what it is. it's funny still. belove each other. we are brothers at the end of the day. this is our job. we come out and compete each and every night and try to prove our worth. robert: awesome. nationals kick off three-game series on the road against the phillies. josh norman upset. jonathan: that wasn't trash talk. saying as

[inaudible] >> we are also working with ron wyden and others. >> are you supportive of the efforts? [inaudible] the emergency relief a lot of people run the country need. this apply specifically to the northwest. [inaudible] >> we will get together with senator carper and other staff to go ahead with the markup. >> a one-month goal or a six month ago? [inaudible] [inaudible] just wondering if they are willing to change that, 10,000-acre cap? >> you've heard testimony about the fact some of these are such a specific, small, targeted amount that in terms of the size of the problem we're facing, it doesn't really get the job done. thanks. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> would be back on capitol hill this morning in the senate banking committee looks at north korea and the effectiveness of sanctions. that's live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. next week the former chair and ceo of a quick fax richard smith will testify before the house energy and commerce committee, and extensive data breach exposed the private information of over 143 million people. live coverage of that tuesd

senator wyden had just got done criticizing which is patterned after the chip program.endment won't work and then he appraises a program in which the money won't flow. so what we do is take the dollars to the affordable care act and pull them together a very similar and indeed to the chip program. along that way we equalize how much each american receives towards her care irrespective of afford right now 37% of the revenue goes to americans in fouro states. 37% of the revenue goes to those who live in four states.ee i have nothing against those four states.n but i don't see why alora, an american in mississippi should receive so much less than azo lower american in massachusetts or why someone in arizona should be treated differently than someone in new york. we should equalize theity treatment. we do that with medicare, social security and other popular programs. is something we should do is an attempt to provide insurance for all to achieve president trump schools. one example of this, pennsylvania has twice the published in massachusetts. both expansive medicaid. mas

wyden: mr. president, before he leaves the floor, i just want to draw attention to the central point that the senator from illinois has been making tonight. he has been focused on what the duties of the american people are all about, which is to make their lives better, and particularly to improve the quality of their health care, which is a lifeline for millions of families. now, instead of looking at bipartisan approach to make the lives of our people better. chairman hatch and i introduced the children's health bill today. nine million youngsters of that program get better help instead of focusing on that that my colleague from illinois has said we are going to be looking at a bill that will hurt our people. we'll give them worse health care. we'll go backward with respect to the march in our country to make sure that we recognize that all our people, all our people deserve quality and affordable health care, and i particularly appreciate my colleague pointing out the contrast between where w

on a positive note i was presiding the other day with senator wyden that was pretty much a program.e agreed. graham cassidy hellard johnson passes a flexible block grant through the chip program keeping the protections and the requirements of the chip program. we combine the expansion dollars in tax credits and cost-sharing subsidiaries and distribute it in these means. by the way, it's a mandatory appropriation and yes, the chip program requires the authorization. this will too but it doesn't mean the money goes away automatically in ten years as some have absurdly stated. let me address the inevitable comments -- by the way, we don't affect 6% of the economy. that's a misstatement. we are not touching medicare, employee response insurance we are in the individual markets and were in the medicaid expansion in traditional medicaid. this is not 16 of the economy. but the inevitable comment that we are at the medicaid expansion. actually, this data takes the dollars that we are giving and continues the expansion program as they have it now. they have the flexibility and i can tell you