Ms. Heitkamp mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection,so ordered. Ms. Heitkamp thank you, mr. President. Congress said our country desperately needs to have an honest, meaningful, transparent and bipartisan conversation about improving our health care system. You know, it shouldnt be a tall order, but around here things that seem common sense to the rest of the country are never simple. Instead partisanship too often wins. Weve seen that with the Senate Republican Health Care Bill. As it was crafted behind closed doors without allowing any democrat or the public to see it until it was a proposal. Its good news that the vote on the bill was delayed, but we must continue to have this conversation as the debate continues, because that bill was bad for north dakota. Only when we seek real Bipartisan Solutions do i believe that we will be successful in impr
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Service. He will not give an opening statement, but is available as a resource to answer any members questions that may arise. Begin somewe want to brief questioning by the members of the panel. It is my pleasure to recognize first representative bobby scott of virginia. As a cinematic opening comments, most of the comments are based on the mathematical curiosity that in a close election, the Electoral College and the popular vote may not agree. If youre counting electoral votes and that is what you count just like in the world series you can get outscored but still win. We heard a lot about swing states. One thing about a swing state is it assumes you have in the bag enough to get close to 270. You will spend your time on the last couple of states, just like is a president is trying to get a bill passed. When you get close to 218 in the house, a handful of members get all the attention. Those last few senators will get all the attention. That assumes that you have in the bag and off t