Host good morning it is friday, september 22. Night is left and no agreement to fund the federal government bill. They make the case for continued support and funding for congress. We are taking your calls on those issues the looming Government Shutdown and the support for ukraine. Democrats 202 7488000, republicans 202 7488001, independents 202 7488002. We have aligned set aside for current federal employees that number is 202 7488003 you can also use that same number two text us and we are also on social media at facebook and twitter. Host we start with the funding issue in the washington post. The funding plan is upended. House republicans for the second week in a row failed to move forward in legislation related to funding the government. The Government Shutdown looms next week. The status of negotiations on the shortterm funding solution and longterm appropriations legislation inclined so severely thursday that lawmakers returned home with no schedule for the rest of the week. Rep
In terms of the agency. We will leave it there. Thank you so much for being our newsmaker this week. Thank you very much. Thank you. Reporters. With our whate turn to you about you heard from the Energy Secretary when it comes to resident obamas Climate Change agenda. We want to have it all. This is an administration that believes they can proceed in toiting Carbon Dioxide embrace all forms of energy from gasoline. L to i think there are people that would say that is too good to be true. The technology is still developing. There are questions in terms of how were going to pay for this technology. To come from,ing especially without a price on carbon that would give money for this kind of investment. What they are wrestling with is how we move forward, how we in a future and oil were carbon is going to be restrained. Is there money coming from . He congress there is no money whatsoever. When he answered your question about technology, what he existingn is the technology of buying carbon
Expired. The gentleman from kentucky. Mr. Rogers i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. Kingston. Mr. Kingston we are here on continued debate. Number one, health care is 1 6 of the economy. I think that before we turn over 1 6 of the economy to the federal government, we need to be very clear on the path that were going on and right now, the path is anything but clear. In fact, to quote one of the leading democrat architects, he said its a train wreck. To me to continue the debate on obamacare is the proper thing to do. 1 6 of the economy, think about that, mr. Speaker. Secondly, in terms of Health Care System, its still the best Health Care System in the world. 40 of the medical tourists come to america for procedures and operations. Cant say that about any other country. Number three, obamacare has failed. Two of its objectives, the prime objectives was number one to decrease the cost of health care and number two, to increase the access. And lets examine those. Do y
Im not sure that they really realize that more people are going to be hurt by this, especially seniors who do not fall in that doughnut hole anymore. I fell in that with my husband who is terminally ill. Because we fell in that doughnut hole, a onemonth, we had to come up with 2000 for his medication to keep him alive. If we had the bill in play, i would not have had to come up with that money. You can imagine that 2000 out. F one months income yes, it was december. , january, we would have gotten a new start, but he had to have his medication. We had to let Something Else go, like the house payment of the car payment. I wanted to put that out there. Thank you. We go to maryland. Independent line. Caller hi. Im from baltimore. Im really upset. Shuts downrnment september 30, how will i pay for my bills . It is not fair to us that they are cutting everything, cutting my medical. I just got papers the other day. They are cutting my transportation and overthe counter medicine. It is not fa