9/11 was about. it was not an attack on new york. it was on america to destroy american values . men and women who came and helped and did everything we asked for them. they are the ones we should not leave behind. just like the military when they go in harm s way we protect them with health care. shep: i figured you are a politician and you look across the board, this is how republicans are trying to beat us. let s come up with a bill that people go nuts . what was that behind the scenes like? i talked to a dozen republicans for several months and they wanted a different way to pay for it. they didn t want to use a close loop hole. i worked hard to come up with a pay that would satisfy them . we landed on a fee for procurement contracts for foreign companies that makes
a socialist and socialist with chinese characteristics and there he wants to you know stronger control of the party over the entire economy including the foreign affiliates and that means that these are party sells these companies now have a very specific role to do and a very specific objective namely to make sure that you know their foreign companies are in harmony that s how they say in harmony with the with the overall objectives of the chinese leadership is that the only problem that presents itself or or is the these these committees in inside the companies do they present other problems as well well there is of course the issue that they might influence business decisions for example when it comes to recruiting so that the companies lose degrees of liberty in their actions in china if they want to stay in close contact with the chinese government if they don t want to lose procurement contracts they
lynn? thanks so much. the bill to fund health care for 9/11 responders sparked debate over how it will be paid for. last night on countdown, a democrat from new york was asked for her response to claims that bill would be a burden for taxpayers. the way we pay for it is a fee on foreign companies that gets procurement contracts from our government. we think this addresses concerns and, you know, we addressed a lot of the concerns. i think we have the support we need. we got the votes we need. we just need to hold the vote. we need to make sure we can vote in a timely way so we can really deliver for first responders. it s heartwrenching. these are men and women that gave everything. they didn t have a care for who they were helping. they just heard the call to duty. they rushed to the towers. they ran up the towers when people were coming down.