Words of tribute, the last words of service are he is the part of decency and public service. This morning, bob michel, who served as leader of the house of representatives of the Republican Party passed away at age 93. His replacement as republican leader in the house marked the end of an era of civility. Congress has never been the same. As the son of an immigrant, decorated veteran of world war ii, person who was first a staffer, then elected to congress and rose to leadership, is a testament to his talent and commitment to america. I have known bob michel for 35 years. We have congressional districts downstate, when i was elected in 1982, in the reagan off your election it was a tough republicans. Bob michel barely survived. Attorney stevens of peoria had 48 , lane evans was elected to congress and i was as well. For 14 years we were neighboring congressman. Bob michel campaigned for my opponents. I went to his district to campaign for his opponents. You would think creating a nega
Marketplace. Humana cited a lack of young people signing up, a problem that has dogged the obamacare for many years. This will mean even more instability. On wednesday, the ceo of aetna, another large insurance company, said obamacare is in a death spiral, his words. For us what is important to understand obamacare is not stuck in some kind of status quo. It is getting worse by the day, and it will keep getting worse unless we act. We need to rescue people from la and wewpsing need to replace it with a true, patientcentered, system, one that gives everybody true affordable coverage. Protections and peace of mind, and it means returning your care to your call. Patients should be making the decisions, not government bureaucrats. Stepbystep, this is what our plan to repeal and replace obamacare will do. We look forward to making progress in the coming weeks and keeping our promise to the american people. Questions . Think the president has said they will be prompts. Do you feel those behi
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. President trump thank you very much. I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. Alex acosta. He has a law degree from harvard law school. He was a great student. Former clerk for Justice Samuel alito and he has had a tremendous career. Hes a member and has been a member of the National Labor Relations Board and he has been through Senate Confirmation three times, confirmed. Did very, very well. So, alex, ive wished him the best. We just spoke. And he is going to be i think hell be a tremendous secretary of labor. And also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late i have to say that, weeks, weeks late
Marketplace. Humana cited a lack of young people signing up, a problem that has dogged the obamacare for many years. This will mean even more instability. On wednesday, the ceo of aetna, another large insurance company, said obamacare is in a death spiral, his words. For us what is important to understand obamacare is not stuck in some kind of status quo. It is getting worse by the day, and it will keep getting worse unless we act. We need to rescue people from la and wewpsing need to replace it with a true, patientcentered, system, one that gives everybody true affordable coverage. Protections and peace of mind, and it means returning your care to your call. Patients should be making the decisions, not government bureaucrats. Stepbystep, this is what our plan to repeal and replace obamacare will do. We look forward to making progress in the coming weeks and keeping our promise to the american people. Questions . Think the president has said they will be prompts. Do you feel those behi
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. President trump thank you very much. I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. Alex acosta. He has a law degree from harvard law school. He was a great student. Former clerk for Justice Samuel alito and he has had a tremendous career. Hes a member and has been a member of the National Labor Relations Board and he has been through Senate Confirmation three times, confirmed. Did very, very well. So, alex, ive wished him the best. We just spoke. And he is going to be i think hell be a tremendous secretary of labor. And also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late i have to say that, weeks, weeks late