litigation. so it seems everyone is coming from the port authority. aaa is suing the port authority over the toll hikes and is looking for documents connecting the go of s office with i think both states governors offices that there was collusion we re going to float a higher number and then commit to a lower toll hike. that surprised me. that s what happened before. my goodness. the law firm is where he comes from. you have to realize or remember where the initial motivation came for the subpoenas was about the toll hikes. where is where are the moneys going? and now we re finding out that the port authority, you know, did the study for hoboken and other projects that came from the port authority. he so i think the can cull turp of the port authority and that s what weigh need to have accountable to the people and more transparent. i remember when the port authority was buying very expensive art for the walls of their offices. this is nothing new. the agency is almost 100
governor huntsman, you first. well, we re here to talk about a national strategic agenda. i don t know that chris christie rises to that national strategic agenda. first of all, i think chris christie is a pretty impressive figure and i think he would make a great candidate eventually for the presidency but i have to tell you having run a governor s office and joe has done the same thing, and every governor s office, whether your state is large or small, it s pretty much organized the same way. your neighbor is a chief of staff and your deputy chief of staff is right down the hall. everybody knows day in and day out what is playing out in your state. down to, you know, a minuscule details. so there s something here that just does not connect fully in terms of how communication was handled and the issues were put forward to the governor. i hope that part is clairived because i know how governors offices run. i ran one. joe knows how governor s offices
organized set of business interests that can push reasonable republicans, rather than tea party republicans, into those spaces. has redistricting created a situation where chamber of commerce and others simply can t even get centrist republicans, centrist conservative republicans? let me unpack it first. we won governors offices in states. and that s how you redistrict. governors offices up now, like chris christie, like terry in virginia. from my side, we had to go into statehouses is and start winning statehouses before you can redistrict. we didn t invent that system. we just took it to a new level. second of all, the difference in the republicans right now and what you re talking about in the chamber of commerce republicans, and republicans we have, it s the same thing with the democratic seats. they ve moved so far to the left, they re not negotiating oh, there are no left democrats. you show me one. seriously, there are like four left democrats left. and what i say is, ma
with congres enact the american health ca which he was glad to wake up this morning and see approved by the house ways and means committee. also today the president was pleased to see his ambassador to israel, david freeman, voted out of committee. we hoped to see verma confirmed as the administrator this week of health centers for medicare and medicaid services at the department of health and human services. unfortunately, senate democrats continue to unnecessarily delay her confirmation. at this critical time while we re talking about health care, it s ironic they refuse to consider someone with amazing expertise in this area. she has worked over 20 years in health care policy, she s redesigned medicaid programs in several states, including indiana, iowa, ohio, and kentucky. she s worked with governors offices, state medicaid agencies, state health departments, state departments of insurance, as well as private companies and foundations. she s unquestionably and