replace it with. in a new interview with buzzfeed, senator schumer denies any relationship with president-elect trump who previously suggested he liked the democratic veteran and the gop leaders in congress. schumer says in part, quote, he started out saying i m his friend and he likes me better than he likes the republicans. flattery won t get you very far if you are going to have bad positions and bad values. and democrats are asking the house office of congressional ethics to investigate congressman tom price tapped as secretary of the department of health and human services. the move comes after reports surfaced detailing medical staff transactions he made backing the health care industry we n t knof he broke the law, but there is certainly enough serious questions to warrant a serious investigation before any hearing is held on congressman price to become secretary of hhs. according to t the wall stret
journal, congressman price traded more than $300,000 in shares of health-related companies over the past four years while sponsoring and advocating for bills that could influence share prices. senate democrats are calling for a delay in his confirmation hearing until an investigation takes place. all right, louis. president-elect trump is looking to make good on his promise to build a wall along the mexican border, but american taxpayers could end up footing part of that bill. the administration s plan would rely on current legislation to authorize fencing and other technology along the border. congress would then be asked to make sure there s enough money set aside to take any new steps to build a wall without the need for a separate stand-alone bill. but a top trump transition bill tells nbc news the plan is still to have mexico pay for the wall and that they have been engaged in talks with lawmakers about asking congress to help jump-start the process of building the structure it
he did this repeatedly and in such large numbers, he s likely to have made tens of thousands of dollars on one of these trades alone. every american should be shocked by this. reporter: now, congressman price told cnn today he looks forward to answering all these questions at his hearing which is scheduled for next week. and a trump transition official said today senate democrats, he pointed out three in particular, also have traded health stocks here in congress. so, wolf, that will be one of the central things, but we should point out here, congressman price has led the charge against obamacare. so, democrats have a big policy difference with him as well. they do. and also democrats are concerned about the timing of these upcoming hearings. explain that. reporter: wolf, if you look at the schedule next week here on capitol hill, on wednesday alone there are six confirmation hearings scheduled all in the same day. it happens to be the same day donald trump has said he ll hold hi
we re lrning new details about potential problems for some of donald trump s cabinet nominees. our senior washington correspondent jeff has been working the sources up on capitol hill. jeff, democrats are zeroing in on trump s pick for secretary of health and human services, tom price. why? wolf, they are indeed. democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into georgia congressman tom price. he, of course, is the nominee to be the health and human services secretary. they are raising questions about some $300,000 in stocks that he traded over the years in health and pharmaceutical companies while he was here in congress. now, senate democratic leader chuck schumer led that charge today on capitol hill. bottom line, congressman price had the influence and was actively involved in pushing health care policies while simultaneously making dozens of trades in companies that would be impacted by those policies.
he is not required to turn over his full tax returns but democrats want to change that. without seeing their tax returns it is impossible to know if his nominees have conflicts of interest from their financial dealings that would influence their decisions affecting the american people. reporter: tom price, nominee for health and human services is also on the democrats target list. this year he bought and sold 12 health care stocks. democrats are pushing for more information to investigate whether congressman price violated a 2013 insider trade law. the reality is, beyond his business dealings, democrats strongly oppose price on policy. when it comes to issues like medicare, affordable care act and planned parenthood congressman price and average american couldn t be farther apart. reporter: in fact, these eight trump nominees are being singled out by democrats because of what they believe, as much as