Wouldnt a level Playing Field as you said from your testimony, we have concerns about things like there is a some Data Retention obligations and we think you could do it differently. There is a best interest contract framework and weve heard feedback from folks saying it is clunky and there is a more streamlined way to do it. We have a point of sale disclosure requirement and people have said that that is not necessary. And so what weve done in every circumstance when someone said that the best interest contract is clunky, our response is tell us how to do it better. How do we retain that north star of enforceable best interest contract and still get it done and that is the feedback weve been getting and it has been helpful. And youve incorporated it. We havent made final decisions yesterday. We wont put out a rule until weve gotten all of the comments. Im confident if history is a guide the final rule will be materially different than and better than the proposal because you have to b
Benghazi. Benghazi. Benghazi. Peter king acknowledged that there is kind of an overreach danger. Republicans could be seen as somehow encouraging a political fight over the fact that four americans were murdered. It is a political stunt. Benghazi seems to not have resonated other than on fox and a couple of other groups. Everybody knows its a political stunt. Its a Conspiracy Theory without a conspiracy. Theyre all tried and true red herring. Benghazi. Benghazi. Benghazi. 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of documents already handed over. Over 50 briefings. A smoking gun at every turn, but still no fire. And yet with nothing else they can seem to agree on, benghazi will be the gop message in 2014. We want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. What did secretary clinton do to secure that facility . Leading up to an election. They knew right away it was a terrorist attack. And yet that was not pushed by the administration. Theyre hiding things. When they say this email doesnt ma
joining me is congress van hollen who is a ranking member on the budget committee and a man many expect to be the next democratic speaker of the house. i do mean that. let s start. you don t have to take that back. you re young, you have a shot. let s talk about i like your book, by the way. the book on kennedy. thank you. let s talk about the speaker of the house. you said in the press the last couple hours or day that boehner is waiting to get re-elected speaker so he can have the republicans behind him before he cuts this deal. well, my point is this, the big holdup right now is the fact that speaker boehner cannot get a critical mass in his caucus a mass in his caucus with incre e increased rates on wealthier individuals. if he doesn t have critical mass, he has a choice. he could easily bring a bill to the house that allowed for a vote. it might require less than half of republicans joining with democrats, but we can get it done. there s nothing in the constitution.
the democrats have come a long way, democrats in the house, and in the senate, but they re demanding 100%. all right. i wonder if at the end of the day, you know, the house gop will not at least try to come to the table. we ll see what happens today. i hope so. when president obama calls a lot of people to the white house to try to get a handle on this. congress van hollen, great to talk to you. thank you. still to come this morning, we are watching a line of severe weather up and down the east coast. pretty severe. rob is going to have this morning s travel forecast after the break. he was without power along with a lot of people in atlanta overnight. is that heading your way. we ll find out. it s 74 minutes after the hour let s call it 47 minutes after the hour. long hour. to increase its profile is sculpted for optimal aerodynamics. it reduces wind resistance, in an irresistible sort of way the all-new ford focus with up to 40 miles per gallon highway
charge of his efforts. congressman, welcome back to fox news sunday. good to be with you. chris: congress van hollen, i want to put up the fox news vote count which shows the latest tally and you can see it right there of where the votes stand in the house right now. we have 211 announced votes for the senate healthcare reform bill. 220 against. which means that your side needs five more votes. congressman, does speaker pelosi have the votes, will as robert gibbs just said, will the house pass healthcare reform? the votes will be there because what is happening is our members are going back home to constituents who are opening up their mail and getting these huge increases in their insurance premiums and they recognize that doing nothing is not an option. small businesses recognize that and big businesses recognize that. the momentum has been clearly building and when this vote comes i m confident there will be a majority. are you beginning to see the same thing? do you think