long-standing position has been privatization. and then he wouldn t commit to opiate funding for treatment centers. he would not commit to the funding we need, and our state has been devastated more than any other state. it s an epidemic. these people need treatment. and we don t have treatment centers now. we re trying to build up to that, and him not committing funding there, his long, long stance on medicare, privatizing medicare, are things that bother me. the president-elect during the campaign repeatedly said he s not going to touch social security, medicare or medicaid. bernie sanders was questioning price about that today, and he said, are you with the president-elect on that? because the president-elect donald trump he repeatedly said i m the only republican pramsing not to touch any of that as far as reduced i appreciate that from president-elect trump and i thank him for that, but basically, the values we have, the people who have the services they re receiving are in
covering the price hearing that s still actually going on right now. as i understand, senator hassen questioning price right now. democrats peppering the georgia congressman over his stocks. also, they spent a great deal of time talking about the future of obamacare. also, of course, nope as the affordable care act. give us a rundown of what this one s been like, kasie. reporter: so a lot going on here, craig. and this is not tom price s official confirmation hearing, but this is a hearing that could have repercussions that we ll be talking about for months, because of how critical a role tom price is set to play in the repeal of the president s health care law. and a lot of the questions today, focused on that. he s not gotten into details about what the republican replacement plan for the health care law might be, that s very much on purpose. we knew that from the transition going on. but you ve had a lot of democratic focus on that, because there is some tension between what the p
questionable stock purchase by the health secretary nominee, tom price, getting a lot of attention from lawmakers as you reported price bought some stock in a medical device maker only days later he introduced the measure that would have benefitted the companies. just spoke to the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. what was his reaction? well, he is calling for an ethics investigation, wolf, and he believes that price may have broken the law. if he knew about it. he is questioning price s defense that a broker purchased this without his knowledge. some sharp words from the democratic leader. take a listen. this is very, very troubling. this is not some broad legislation, cut all medicare and affect some large company like johnson & johnson. this is a very narrow specific company that dealt with implants, hip and knee, and the legislation specifically affects implants. he puts it in. a week after he buys the stock,