parentho parenthood. this is the first time this is the first time in five years we will finally put a bill on the president s desk that defunds obamacare. for years, senate democrats have been blocking and filibustering these bills. this is too important to let up. so we have used the one tool that we can each year, reconciliation, to get a repeal bill on his desk. with this bill, we are standing for life. we are confronting the president with the hard, honest truth. obamacare doesn t work. higher premiums and fewer choices and restricted access, these are not signs of success. obamacare is not successful. they are signs of failure. and the american people deserve better. the people deserve a truly patient-centered health care system, and ultimately this is going to require a republican president. that s why our top priority in 2016 is going to be offering the
we re getting closer to when voters are going to go to the polls, both republicans and democrats want to more clearly define their principles and what they stand for. and so certainly we saw that yesterday with the president s address about gun control. and today we re seeing it with republicans and health care. i mean, this is their this is what has legs for 2016. they re saying if you elect us, we will help roll back and ultimately repeal obamacare. they are differentiating themselves from democrats. it may be somewhat symbolic, but it could have some lasting impact on voter behavior. let s say this bill gets to the president s desk, peter. it s going to repeal obamacare and defund planned parenthood. i m thinking the president will probably veto it. right. this is a real cliff-hanger here, right? we re not sure what the president s going to do. how many times have they already voted against obamacare? everybody knows what ultimately is going to happen if this gets to obama s d
constraints but with a powerful ability to get a bill to the president s desk with 51 votes in the senate, not 60 where the is that the can filibuster, where harry reid can filibuster but where we move important policy to the president s desk. and we made a commitment as republicans that we would focus on obamacare. and then, of course, as the year went on, the country saw the horrific videos and what planned parenthood was doing to use taxpayer money to sell body parts. and we said we re going to put that in the bill as well, and the tools allowed us to do it and we worked closely with the pro-life movement. this is an important victory for the pro-life movement as well as for conservative as cross the country who want to see the president confronted with a bill that not only guts obamacare, makes him confront the problems that americans are facing all around the country with his failed law, but also the ability, then, to defund planned parenthood as well and have record votes in the
campaign. the question is do republicans really want this front and center in the president s campaign? if you re noticing, the republican presidential campaigns are not really focusing on repealing obamacare. that s because although obamacare is not overwhelmingly popular, repealing it means taking away certain things that actually people like. like, for instance, the fact that you can stay on your parents plan until you re 26 years old. so i actually am not so sure tactically for paul ryan who has to appease his right-wing base, it may make sense. do republicans really want to make this a bigger issue in 2016? i m not sure it s such a smart idea. let s go back to washington. paul ryan is now taking questions, i assume, so let s listen. [ inaudible ] the parallel between north korea doing this and the deal with iran, perhaps they feel it s acceptable to do this sort of thing? that s a good question. we don t know the facts yet. this looks like a provocation. i think this mean
so one thing you ve found is they know as well, obamacare does not work. so yes, today is a different day. today is a day that will come to his desk, and he ll have to make a decision. not just on obamacare but the funding of planned parenthood. after many of millions have watched those horrific videos. so it is a new year, a new day, and as the speaker said, it s going to be a new agenda to make sure america is confident again. today s going to be an important day in the house where we finally have the opportunity to pass a bill that will end up on president obama s desk that guts obamacare and that defunds planned parenthood. this is something we ve set out to do in 2015 at the beginning of this congress. we said we re going to pass a budget for the first time in years actually get a reconciliation process between the house and the senate where we can use this tool that you only get once a year with narrow