what would you say to the president? if you think it s not satisfactory to let it fail, and to leave people on the hook, why is the president using that tactic? i think he s trying to drive the message that he s frustrated that senate was not able to come together on this. i ll let him speak to that more importantly it s the senate. and this is where i hope they do not give up. that they might have to let the dust settle here. but if there s ten things we want to do, and you can bring four things to accomplish and reach consensus on it, let s reach for those four things. we have a cost problem for the federal government. we have an access of insurability in multiple states, you can t let this continue. you have to work together. i m hopeful they will do that. you want to see them fix
wants to see this passed. david, very quickly if i could interject here. the president is not getting behind republicans on this. he celebrated with house republicans about passing their bill, then turned around and called it mean. so senators are putting their necks on the line for this healthcare bill and don t know that the white house will back them up. that s causing a chilling effect. david, before we go, very quickly to you. if the tactic is now let it fail, maybe help it fail but not supporting or funding subsidies, can these republican senators who jackie brings up that put their neck out on this one, can they stomach that and what it means for constituents? i don t think they will be able to stomach it if prices and premiums go up and if people lose care, but in the short-term they don t have choice. big picture, republicans were
it is an answer. the president is saying let it fail. that s different than a repeal. are you comfortable with letting it fail? if we let it fail, then what s the worst thing that happens? we go back do what we had before it was even imagined or implemented. we go back to that stage. at that stage we then again work on something to make it better for everyone. to give everyone accessible, affordable, patient-centered healthcare. that s what we said all along. we want acceptable, affordability, patient-centered healthcare. if we repeal it, we get a two-year period in which we can work if it fails on its own, we have to get on the ball and get it done immediately. i want to ask one question about the russian investigation. seth mullen says he will put forward and amendment to the budget resolution forcing you to vote on whether or not you support the special council robert mueller s investigation. do you think such a vote is a
delusion that if they could just delay, delay, delay, somehow magically all their problems will be solved at some unknown later date. time is not getting any more votes. this is something they did a few years ago during the obama administration and it turned out to be the most horrible thing to ever happen to this department. and now they re trying to do it with americans health care. it s an abomination. harris: i sort of get why they did it this way because everyone has skin in the game. us before it s on a plan to let it fail, that s a political move that you can make and hope it pays dividends later, but don t fool the american people by trying to tell us that this is a new plan.
care program that is ensuring millions and millions of people, that is giving people access to doctors and say let it fail, it seems the height of irresponsibility. so it is possible that republicans and democrats will start to work behind the scenes to shore up the exchanges and to do the things that need to be done. on the other hand, that s going to require leadership. hillary, your friend senator chuck schumer is speaking about this very thing on the senate floor. let s listen. we ve proposed a bill by senator shaheen that would guarantee the premium reduction payments that insurers say is the number-one thing we could do right now to stabilize the individual marketplace. second, we ve proposed a bill by senators carper and tim kaine that would create a reinsurance program that would create a program for the individual health insurance market, again, aimed at stabilizing the marketplace. and, third, we ve proposed a bill by senator mccaskell that would enable any american livin