Have heard recounted repeatedly this morning and even more. Republicans have been obsessed with repealing obamacare for years, but they dont have the votes to do it. They couldnt get it done in the house. They couldnt get it done in the Senate Thanks to three great republicans including john mccain, and now theyve got to rely on the court to do their work. Judge barrett, youre on the record. You wrote an article in which you criticized the case where chief Justice Roberts was the deciding vote of holding the aca. Now your nomination moving forward at an unprecedented speed. So whats at stake . Let me show you whats at stake here. I want you to meet kenny murray from tinnily park and his family. I had the privilege of meeting the family in my washington office. Heres a picture of sue, ken, their daughter maddie and their son kenny. I was told their son kenny was diagnos diagnosed in utero with heart defects. Kenny had two open heart surgeries at advocate hospital outside of chicago, and
Name it. From a qualifications point of view, she is a slamdunk. Unfortunately, politics abounds now around judges. We will see what happens in the next two days, but i am proud of the committee. Differences. Talking about the aca [indiscernible] [indiscernible] sen. Graham it is clear that they want to talk about the Affordable Care act in terms of policy. The judge will decide the merits based on the law. In my state, there has been a 30 increase in premiums of obamacare and we are down to one provider from five, so we will have a contest about whether or not obamacare is a good deal or a bad deal for south carolina. 35 of the money goes to three states at our expense, but her job will be to talk about the law and how you would apply the law to any litigation whether it be guns, health care, abortion, campaignfinance, and i think she will do a good job understanding that the role of the judges differ from that of us. Thank you. [indiscernible] thank you. Behind this mask, dick durbin
Capital. Shes xektded today to focus on family, morals and her judicial philosophy in her own opening statement. That will come after 22 members read their Opening Statements inside the hearing room. The seats socially distanced. Some senators participate virtually in todays nomination hearing. Some republicans, one of whom tested positive of coronavirus after attending that rose garden where the president selected the judge as the nominee. Republicans say they are following cdc guidelines. We have our entire team joining us this morning to take us through this step by step. Lets go to our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce, this will look different from hearings past. Were going through this pandemic and we he days until election day, we should note, well more than 5 million americans have voted in this president ial election. Reporter david, we have covered many historic hearings in this room, i have never seen any quite like this. You can see the room itself, physically d
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