[indistinct] we hope to have as many democrats as possible. madame speaker! a couple questions on that. a statement indicating that they will not support the caucus, the progressive caucus, the infrastructure bill if it goes without build back better, that he would rather wait until the cdo score comes back. have you spoken to her, and do you have the boats right now for the infrastructure bill? we talk to each other quite regularly. in fact, it is a constant conversation among all of us and her caucus. and the fact is, we believe it is necessary to pass so that these jobs can come online as soon as possible. we have waited a while.
is the gop status where the vice-president, mike pence is going to play a critical role. the vice-president has said that another option is perhaps repeal and replace separately in two separate stages here. trying to bring forward moderates and conservatives for senator susan collins of maine. it is time to start over and start working with the democrats. the one and only issue that came up no matter where i was time and again was health care. i do need a complete overhaul in order to get to yes. senator mitch mcconnell realizing he doesn t have the support yet is expected to roll out some sort of version of the bill on thursday. a cdo score expected on monday and potentially, potentially, a vote mid next week. chris? all right. the urgency here, it will be interesting whether or not that
particulars with the plan with no cdo score yet and the multiple phases it will likely take. reporter: do you support everything in the bill sitting in the table, sir? this is a work in progress. and we work with the house and the senate in this process. as you know, it s a legislative process that occurs. i m glad you pointed out the bills on the table. reporter: can you guarantee that this plan will not have a marketedly negative impact on the deficit or result in millions of americans losing health insurance? what i can say is the goal and desire that i know of the individuals on the hill is to make certain this does not increase the cost of the federal government. reporter: how does the white house and you feel about labeling it trumpcare? well, others provide inscription for it, but i prefer patientcare. this isn t about politicians or insurance companies, this is about patients. joining me from washington, d.c., aaron black from the washington post. good morning t
does that sound right to you? i would expect by monday or tuesday before the bill go through the budget committee next week we ll have a cdo score. keep in mind, cbo they ve said a lot of things wrong about obamacare but at the end of the day we re not going to wait on them. we started moving the bill because we made a commitment to the american people we re going to get the bill through the house and senate onto president trump s desk. speaking of the president, last question, did you say to your members last night are you with president trump or with nancy pelosi? what i said nancy pelosi by the way is attacking the bill. president trump wants the bill on his desk and at the end of the day when the bill s on the house floor we ll have all of our negotiations but there ll be a binary choice you ll have the bill to gut obamacare and vote with nancy pelosi because she ll