Speaker ryan first off, i want to begrudgingly congratulate the press corps on their victory last night in the congressional womens softball game. It was a pretty close one, right, 21 . Who played . Come on. [laughter] all right. Well, congratulations anyway. You know, it was really cool to see special agent Krystal Griner throw out the first pitch. I dont know if you watched it, but she had just got out of the hospital yesterday. To see her throw out the first pitch was a very, very cool thing to see. I saw steve this morning. His spirits are up. Hes talking. Hes doing well. And he sends his regards and his thanks for everyones thoughts and prayers. This has been a busy week. Delivering on our agenda for the country. Yesterday, for those of you who may have missed it, republicans and democrats came together to send important Veterans Administration reform legislation to the president s desk. Weve all seen the scandals in the last few years. We saw the waiting list, we saw the scandals
Older competition that used to be held for Young Athletes between ages 6 for 15 to show their skills in nfl. It was called the punt, pass and kick competition. It appears that thats actually being discontinued. The announcement came in may after more than 55, 56 years of it. But it looks like the senate is up to the task in terms of punting, passing, and the more throw to the side sense or kicking approach. Well see how much more of that competition renews when the senate is back next week and perhaps for the balance of the month as well. Had to be careful with this because the nfl is rather agressive on its trade name protection so this is a news shot as opposed to violating any nfl ordinances or pass, punt and kick in fact theyre leave it behind and want to give everybody a certificate for being on the field like soccers. Were starting a today a different series of Health Policy events. Everybody has been caught up in the politics and i thought id try something different, which is fl
In 2018, the margin was too narrow. To kevin cirilli. Andlso have sahil kapur megan murphy. Speaking to you a few hours ago. This is the third version of the Gop Health Care bill. Now, even a repeal one pass. What was senator mcconnell thinking . Mcconnells efforts to put together a straightforward repeal of obamacare have failed with three female senators and saying they will not actually do a vote to have the bill go forward in the senate. This was an interesting political move, it was an attempt by Mitch Mcconnell to in past moves, had voted for the repeal of obamacare. E are in a different political situation of it this has been a disaster. This bill has now failed. But committee exchanges and the Health Care System under obamacare does have severe problems. Both democrats and republicans acknowledge that. Insurers have pulled out, leaving a few number of people providing plans under the Affordable Care act in certain markets as well. Those problems are not going away. To dohe pres
In the meantime Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell announcing yesterday the senate will vote on a plan to repeal the Affordable Care act within two years. Instead of replacing it immediately. Now the live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. By dr. Hance dilbeck, Senior Pastor from Quail Springs Baptist Church in oklahoma city, oklahoma. Were very happy to welcome you here. The guest chaplain let us pray. O, lord, youve made heaven and earth and all that dwells within and we praise you as our creator. You rule above men and nations as the king of glory, and we praise you as our king. Father, we bow before you humbly because we believe that you judge men and nations. And we praise you as our judge and we delight this morning that jesus teaches us to call you our father. And, father, we give you thanks for the freedom that we have in this nation. We thank you for those who fight and serve to protect those freedoms. We thank you for the men and women who serve here in this cha
Clearer Senate Republicans will not be able to pass their bill or a backup plan to repeal without replacement. We democrats believe that the time has finally come for our republican colleagues to take us up on our offer of working together to improve the Health Care System rather than sabotage it. Evidently President Trump is proposing a different path. He wants to throw up his hands, rather than roll up his sleeves, to work with us and solve the problem. Lets be very clear about what the president is proposing and where his path would lead. The president would not be living obamacare letting obamacare collapsed. He is actively, actively trying to undermine the Health Care System in this country using millions of americans as political pawns in a cynical game. By continuing to deny the Insurance Market their certainty they need to function, the president is playing a dangerous game with the health care of this country. So our republican colleagues here in the senate have a choice to ma