fitting that we also address the root cause of the problem, which is borders that are not sufficiently controlled while we address this very real and very human problem that s right in front of us. so, i think that s perfectly reasonable. to the second part of your question. we will not be advancing legislation that does not have the support of president trump because we re going to work with the president on how to do this legislation. and if we have legislation coming through here that has worked with and supported by the president, i m very confident that our members will support that. susan? only support a three-month increase in the debt ceiling. seems like they re trying to extract something of the dreamer. that s a ridiculous idea. let s hope they don t mean that. we have devastation in texas and a hurricane about to hit florida and they want to play politics with the debt ceiling. that will strand the aid we need to bring to the victims of these
harvey aid, immigration, avoiding a government shutdown, tax reform some of the things that congress is dealing with but something else is on the agenda health care. this hearing is about taking one small step, a small step on a big issue which has been locked in partisan stalemate for seven years. lamar alexander holding a hearing with state insurance commissioners to talk about stabilizing the premiums. it s the first of four meetings planned by the help committee. the goal is to get a bipartisan bill, he says, he s working with senator patty murray on that. joining me is the former acting administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services and andy, you wrote an op-ed this morning on this very topic. detailing how for seven years you say the gop has neglected and exploited obamacare s flaws
talking about the month of september. i believe 12 working days for congress in september? reporter: that s right. yes, just 12 days to get all of those items done if they can. you mention the harvey aid. it s the most urgent and the most popular that will get the most bipartisan support and they will try to attach some of the other bitter pills to it so they can move it through. mitch mcconnell opening up the senate floor talking about what he sees as the three biggest priorities for this time period. the harvey aid, the debt ceiling, and funding the government and he pretty explicitly made the case they should attach the debt ceiling to the harvey aid package. as we ve been trying to compare it this morning they don t want the government to authorize fema to spend $8 billion on the u.s. government s credit card and have it hit the limit. the argument that the majority leader was making we need to make sure the money is there when fema goes to spend it. i think that s how we ll see
one issue right. particularly if you make it if you can connect it somehow with something that republicans want, right? so that s why everyone is saying, money for the border wall versus, you know, legalizing the d.r.e.a.m.ers in some fashion. i don t think that that is that bad a deal for democrats. here is why. because the border wall is an idiotic idea. it s a joke. it s a pr stunt. it s nonsense, right? that s nonsense. and daca is not nonsense. give them $10 billion for some stupid wall, and then you can get the d.r.e.a.m.ers in exchange. the question for me this is, again, for you guys. will democrats vote for an idiotic border wall in order to get what they want with daca? we ll vote for $10 billion for harvey aid. here is brand-new donald trump tweet. i look forward to working with ds and rs in congress to address immigration reform in a way that puts hard-working citizens of our country first.
irma. congress returns today with a huge and challenging to do list. the house and senate will be in session at the same time for 12 days this month as republicans try to rescue their stalled agenda. as the president huddles with the administration and republican congressional leaders about tax reformulator today and discusses harvey aid, health care, and border wall funding in a bipartisan leadership meeting tomorrow, the looming fiscal deadline of a debt limit on september 29th in government funding by october 1st will decide whether the most basic obligations can actually be met. the deadline is the end of the month. funding expires for the children s health insurance program, which provided care to more than eight million children back in 2015, and the national flood insurance program which underbrights five million flood insurance policies across the country. the house of representatives is set to vote on a hurricane harvey relief bill tomorrow. the house appropriations commi