submitting requests to fix these problems. for three years they were ignored and denied. >> what has the president said? he's said time and time again that as this law gets implemented we'll work with everyone to -- >> they don't feel like that's true. >> that's voted over 40 times to di kill it. if you want to talk about bleeding from the base, four different republicans -- >> you're not going to answer my question. >> i have answered your question. >> you haven't answered my question. this isn't a political problem for you that a million labor workers have decided that they haven't been heard on fixing obama care? >> what you've got are folks that want to work with this white house to continually strengthen -- >> that's not the tone i'm setting. >> i've read the letter, s.e., and time and time again we've seen that the base is appreciative of the fact that we now have more people who have affordable health care than we did before the bill. and they sure as heck don't want to see us repeal it. >> we've got to take a break. democrats are spinning the president's speech as a rousing