Committees. Good morning. Guest good morning, pedro. Host this week, health care will be on the republican agenda. Where do you stand on the republican bill currently out . Guest its a big step in the right direction. Its not perfect. I think as republicans my message is we cannot let perfect be the enemy of good here. Singing and decline obamacare. It is doing away with the mandates, repealing the taxes, gutting the regulations that again is at the heart of government controlled health care as i describe it. And it begins the process of reforming with republican reforms that are based in markets. Ting situation in which you have insurers competing for us as patients or consumers, which i think if you have that dynamic and a robust way, you will have prices go down and you will have better services. You will empower patients. We have got tax credits in their, and expansion of Health Savings accounts. You have got ways to reform medicaid and give states more flexibility. I think its a b
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 3 2, the nays are 3, 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The house will be in order. Members, please take your conversations outside of the house floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Well members please clear the well. The house will be in order. Please clear the well. Take your conversations off the house floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Please take your conversations off the house floor. He house will be in order. The chair will now entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. He house will be in order. Please take your conversations utside o
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Support. I want to give the congressman a chance to respond. The American People are ned concerned. I think when incidents like what happened in San Bernardino, americans are frightened and they like to their leaders for answers. Ane i think the initial response, my republican colleagues was to go after the refugee program. Thats the panacea, denyingun women and children and old men i and women fromng coming to the United States, who are looking for refuge. That really is not addressing the issue. Getg i think what democrats are focusing on and we had from the get go is a visa waiver program, which weve taken action on in a bipartisan way, a more he thoughtful way and i think also the issue of addressing the issue of access to weapons by terrorists. Weapo by keeping them from getting those weapons the terrorism watch list by a means as to who can purchase weapons. People i recognize the feelings there. The first reasonability of the president and congress is to protect the American Peo
Right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, this political season of outrage and provocation has taken what many see as an ominous turn with Donald Trumps call to use religion as a determining factor as to who can come into this country. Legal experts believe his proposal to ban muslims from entry is unconstitutional and it certainly echoes of a dark and shameful chapter of our nations past. But coming from the leading republican candidate for president , it cant be ignored or dismissed. And now, six days after muslim extremists killed 14 people in california, trump has opened a fault line that cults across the Political Landscape and one that some fear could further endanger american security. We have full coverage beginning with nbcs katie tur outside trump tower. Hi, katy. Reporter good evening, lester. His supporters see strength in donald trump where they have only seen weakness in they see him as brin