you are supporting nancy pelosi in the battle for house leadership, but i was talking with tim ryan not too long ago and he said it s time for change. he said why not bring in somebody who knows the very voters who backed donald trump and didn t go democrat. why not a breath of fresh air after 14 years of nancy pelosi? i m a living example of a breath of fresh air. i came to congress in my early 30s and had student load debt and leader pelosi asked me to start future form and listened to millennials and have written to lift an entire generation out of student loan debt. she nominated me to be the youngest number of the leadership team. she will be reelected tomorrow because she has given opportunities to younger members newscast congress. who is the voice of the democratic party right now?
stop defending it, it would make the obamacare insurance market untenable going forward. that s one big action they could take right off the bat. anne mentioned this. price has actually introduced a plan in congress previously to repeal and replace obamacare. it was called the empowering patients first act. walk us through. what did that do is that sort of an outline for what we might expect? it certainly fits the conservative model for replacing obamacare. one is the most conservative way to repeal and replace obamacare. when it comes to a wide range of policies that republicans have talked about for a long time. high-risk pools for the sickest people, softening obamacare requirements that insurance cover people with pre-existing conditions or not charge older people and sicker people far more than younger and healthier people. price s plan is the most conservative take on how to
replace that. he wants to switch obamacare subsidies, which right now pay people based on their income to pay people based on age. so, it would be a significant overhaul. while he certainly won t be writing legislation as hhs secretary, it gives you some sense of the philosophy the trump administration is going to have. talk to me about the future of medicare. so many americans care about that. trump said during the campaign he would not make cuts to medicare but my understanding is price has actually said republicans are eyeing major changes to medicare, right after the election he said this, prior to his selection as hhs secretary. so, what happens to medicare? that s the biggest question right now, i think. the obamacare fight is going to be huge, but if republicans are serious about overhauling medicare, that s going to be a huge fight. as you pointed out, price said in the days after the election that he thinks the new congress should overhaul medicare. he s a supporter of hou
elaine chow named as transportation secretary. could you work with her in congress to get infrastructure improvements going? i respect her, but i will say donald trump again told the country he was going to drain the swamp and now as president-elect trump, he refilled the swamp with recycled water. most of his cabinet are former or current washington insiders. he is saying one thing and doing another. congressman eric from california, appreciate it. new details about that recount in pennsylvania. a hearing will be held december 5th in harrisburg. plus, coming up, donald trump and flag burning. he think you should lose your citizenship and a year in jail. a closer look at where that comes from. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain. shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks