$6 million if he will have to pay interest on it. how will he make that payment? it s not humanly possible. dana: david spunt at the justice department with this. good morning. today s line of questioning is not a deposition, a transcribed interview, a former business associate of hunter biden will not be under oath but lying to congress is a big no no. the first two met back around 2017 according to sources. they say that the two came together through cefc, a chinese energy company with reported ties to the communist party of china. the company has since shut erred. according to house oversight investigators, yen will be questioned about money that came through there and various companies allegedly that money made its way to joe biden. $40,000. it was a payment listed as a loan repayment from the president s sister-in-law, sarah biden. oversight chairman james comer says the origin of that money going far back or edge gnats with a company that benefited from cefc which i
you wrote the bill back in 1993, which was the very first author zip of the individual mandate in legislative language. back then, i was work on the other side of the aisle, but we talked about it a lot. i always just assumed and i think we all did that the constitutional justification for it was in the power to tax. i don t remember you guys suggesting it was in the commerce clause. never. never suggested it was in the commerce clause. it was in the power to tax, absolutely. christine, with your experience on the republican side of the aisle and the state administration, you worked with governor romney. what do you think is going to happen now that the medicaid expansion provision is optional. it covers in the original version of the bill 17 million people. it covers most of the people who pick up coverage. what do you think is going to happen? i think it s going to be very challenging for the 26 states that went to the court to juspú say no, we re not going to take
administrati administration, you worked with governor romney. what do you think is going to happen now that theç medicaid expansion provision is optional. it covers in the original version of the bill 17 million people. it covers most of the people who pick up coverage. what do you think is going to happen? i think it s going to be very challenging for the 26 states that went to the court to just say no, we re not going to take 100% of the funds to provide coverage for our citizens. i think that s going to be a tough sell at the end of the day. i think there will be fewer states that won t take advantage of the option. christine makes the point it s free money for a while. but then the window closes and the states have to pay 10%. just, for example, some of the costs, even in blue state where is you think they would sign up for this, california, it will
witnesses asked to be called who knew about the incident involved, who knew about the so-called fast and furious process. that s not what this is about. this is about politically going after the attorney general for partisan purposes. house democratic whip maryland congressman steny hoyer, thanks for joining me on this historic day in the supreme court and the house of representatives. thank you. coming up, another last word exclusive. the woman whose letter president obama told us about today. she will join me. why not make lunch more than just lunch? with two times the points on dining in restaurants, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred.
another highest court in the land has now spoken. we will continue to implement this lou. and we ll work together to improve on it where we can. but what we won t do, what the country can t afford to do is refight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were. joining me now for an exclusive interview, maryland congressman steny hoyer. i know you thought you had final passage of this bill two years ago, but it turned out final passage wasç today when the ni people across the street from you issued their report and they made the medicaid provision optional. left the rest standing. what do you make of their rewrite of the bill? well, essentially the bill is whole. we ll have to look at the medicaid provision and see what