snapping up negative tidbits to damage this president, sorry, too busy to help with that? it sounds a little critical to me but there is a kernel of truth. there are couple of sig deregulation and chief justice gorsuch. legislation has been scarce but significant va reform that people tend to forget about. the point is well taken. on the big promise made over seven years the gop and congress blew it on obamacare. the house did its job. the senate had 49 members on the republican side willing to move the process forward and three republican senators derailed the process which to me is just unacceptable and very, very frustrating. if by the end of the first year, shannon, they don t have a major legislative accomplishment under their belt beyond the va bill i just
she also went on to say that congress is just too distracted by the russia investigation. do you agree or disagree? well, you know, we should be able to do more than a couple of things at once, yeah, the russian stuff is a distraction, but that should not hinder in any way our ability to go forward and deliver on the agenda that we promised the american people. and we ve been doing some things. you know, dodd frank repeal, va reform, that type of thing, but this should not deter us from doing the obama care repeal. arthel: what would you say, congressman, right now as it stands, what are the main challenges of repealing obama care and replacing it with trump care? i d say the biggest challenge that we have is you have some people that are a little bit wobbly. they don t want to pull the trigger on absolute repeal of obama care. i think what mitch mcconnell has said what he s going to do and i hope he will do it, put up a
charges are being made over there. the communicator represents part of the chicken little part of the republican party. they are running around and they re very worried about what is going on. this is not the way that the white house ran. it is completely new and different and it is very unsettling. on the other hand, i m a big fan of jeff sessions, and a telegraph to 9th and constitution that maybe the ag is not around for a long time. many of the ways that it is very unsettling for a lot of people. what does it mean in reality? in reality that we re not getting anything done. the va reform matters a lot, but
families and businesses more than $67 billion. that is real relief and that promotes real economic growth. we ve been trying to cut red tape for years and now it s finally happening at record levels. also to promote job creation, the president has signed bills making it easier for women to pursue s.t.e.m. careers. the president signed a bill out of pocket costs and to take steps toward fundamental va reform very much in need. we are going to keep building on this record. right now we re working on a government funding bill that addresses some of the country s core priorities including strengthening our national defense. last week i was in europe visiting some of our key nato allies and across the board allies are ready to see america step up and lead again. a big part of that is rebuilding our military which is something that we re in the middle of doing right now. we re also working to fix our tax code. today the administration will outline its principles for pro-growth tax reform whi
than $67 billion. that is real relief and that promotes real economic growth. we ve been trying to cut red tape for years and now it s finally happening at record levels. promote job creation. the president has signed bills making it easier for women to go to stem careers and to help our veterans. the president signed a bill to lower out-of-pocket costs and take steps toward fundamental va reform. very much in need. we ll keep building on this record. right now we re working on a government funding bill that addresses some of the country s core priorities including strengthening our national defense. last week i was in europe visiting some of our key nato allies and across the board allies are ready to see america step up and lead again. a big part of that is rebuilding our military which is something that we re in the middle of doing right now. we re also working to fix our tax code. today the administration will outside its principles for tax reform, a critical step forward in this e