Minority leader Chuck Schumer. After the transfer of power. A new administration. What is first on the agenda for number 45 . From abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning. What an extraordinary start to this new presidency. The day after his inauguration, President Trump met with massive protests. Hundreds of thousands in the capital for the womens march on washington. Hundreds of thousands more in new york. Chicago. Los angeles. Cities across the country and around the world. From paris to sydney, australia. The president ignored the protests. On his first full day in office, he used his bully pulpit to deny reality and declare war on the press. I have a running war with the media. They sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the Intelligence Community. And i just want to let you know. The reason youre the number one stop, its exactly the opposite. Exactly. Reports of a feud were based community of conducting a political witch hunt. Que
Them they cared about the rights of workers and the checks Oliver Wendell holmes , jr. And so of his opinions with a 1923 case that down for the first time that the criminal trials violated the due process clause that was the first time the Supreme Court struck down a state conviction that was a huge moment to put a fair criminal trials on the liberal agenda. And linking those with race semitic congressmen held a health care townhome meeting voicing opposition to repeal the Affordable Care act and questions to the Medicaid Expansion and medical marijuana and the Substance Abuse treatment. I have a wonderful honor and privilege to be here in the greatest cities. [applause] and it is my honor to be at this town hall meeting. Of like to open my City Commission meetings with of pledged to the flag please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god invisible with liberty and justice for all. Like to
Depend where you live. One of the rural areas of ohio there could be one or two Companies Offering plans but for up here up north theres at least 4. And lower quality. Reporter into a lot of the big contenders like anthem are available who cover you know a lot of the best hospitals like cleveland clinic. Reporter so to recap the claim will premium higher but ohio is lower than the national average. Will there be less choice . Yes, but northeast ohioans will have at least 5 different plans to choose from. And does it mep less quality . No the mean less quality . No the available plans grant accesses to best hospitals access to the best hospitals. It refers to the Health Care Market exchange those who receive health care from the employers may see up to to a 12 increase in premiums. So why the price hike . For obama care were sicker than expected. And the Young Healthy adults who were supposed to sign up and offset the costs chose the tax penalty instead. This year that penalty is a mini
Conversations off the floor, into the clock ream, please. Into the cloakroom, please. He house will come to order. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to honor the memory of tony castillo, a longtime friend of mine from my hometown of aurora, colorado, who recently passed away. Mr. Coffman we had a friendship that started in our youth, we had so much in common. Tony and i both came from military families. Our late fathers had both married war brides in the aftermath of world war ii. They were career enlisted soldiers who were transferred to the Army Medical Center for their last assignment in 1964. When we were both just 9 years old, our military families both came from previous assignments in europe. While i followed in my fathers footsteps and joined the military, tony stayed in aurora and eventually ma
It is us simple truth. When the middle class succeeds, america succeeds. Our recognition of that truth benefits action orchestrating recovery and the focus on purchasing power of working families the economy needs today. We must see better paychecks, infrastructure it innovation and manufacture more products in the United States. Only by laying a Firm Foundation for growth which the president talked about in his state of the Union Address, based on Ambitious Goals for our future can we secure and maintain a vibrant middle class. Only by focusing on working families can we reignite the American Dream and step into a new era of american prosperity. Thank you for the opportunity. [applause] i want to say we apologize for the state of that microphone but it was a set up to show you are no allowed no obstacles to your voice this morning. To ask you about the impact on the middle class, one of the most Important News stories in the country right now. I referred to Pete Carrolls decision to c