what are they doing? you said that president obama was dealing with the same issues and created the camps. now you re blaming him for not addressing the issue. we ve been going stop gap. i ll stop you there. you re being very reasonable. you re right. jeh johnson said on the fox and friends couch, i said i told him what i need. they wrote a check. they didn t question if i had political motives. when president trump says i have a problem, he couldn t get a vote until july 1. he was asking since may. prior to that in january, to puts it in the budget. these are just facts. it s not my opinion. what do you say to that? the reason for that is democrats can have no faith in the negotiating process. it s xs and 0s. he walked away from the deal in february. it s xs and 0s. one is in writing here, one was a verbal. they couldn t pass it. they couldn t get a vote on it. i want you to hear what jeh
people all over the state of tennessee saying i want the exchange can afford the premiuming because i m getting help but can t afford the deductibles and therefore can t begin to use my insurance. you got to take it more than talking about the isolated csrs. it s more than that. as long as you keep the mandates there and people can t get what they want for a cost they can afford i think you re going to continue to have this problem. i guess i feel like, though, we re in a cul-de-sac in health care. the president wants a new plan. the senate has proven it can t. you guys passed a plan that couldn t pass the senate. where are we going here? nothing can pass the senate. i mean, the senate couldn t even vote on a bill they voted on previously. they couldn t pass it. so where are we going? that s a very good question and i m sorry i ll put it right back at the feet of my senators saying give us something. go to conference. work this out. let s get something, because you know what? the
52 republicans, 48 democrats. if we go by the traditional math. so now it s down to 51. a couple of republicans can follow you and all of a sudden this doesn t happen. they come back to you and say rand paul killed our effort to kill obama care. i would say why don t we pass a budget that balanced in the foreseeable future and kill obama care. they re not mutually exclusive. if they came to me, they couldn t pass it, guess what? they would have to negotiate with conservatives. so i talked to the house freedom caucus and said the same thing. let s ban together and say enough is enough. i watched republicans double the dead under george w. bush from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. the democrats doubled it again. and now the republicans are going to add another $10 trillion. it makes my blood boil and
taxes. greta: is raising taxes a deal breaker? absolutely. greta: is it a deal breaker for them as well? i just said, they tried raising taxes last december when they owned the government. they had the house, big majority in the senate, white house. they couldn t pass it then. clearly, it cannot pass. why not talk greta: why is that yeah, i don t mean to make you speak for the democrats. if it won t pass the tax increase why is that a line in the sand for them? i m perplexed. i know they know it can t pass. they couldn t pass it when they owned the government. why it leads you to believe they don t want to address spending and debt. that s the only conclusion one can draw. greta: what happens when we hit the debt ceiling? tied to whether or not we have a budget deal. fortunately, we still have time. the folks on the other side to
greta: is raising taxes a deal breaker? absolutely. greta: is it a deal breaker for them as well? i just said, they tried raising taxes last december when they owned the government. they had the house, big majority in the senate, white house. they couldn t pass it then. clearly, it cannot pass. why not talk greta: why is that yeah, i don t mean to make you speak for the democrats. if it won t pass the tax increase why is that a line in the sand for them? i m perplexed. i know they know it can t pass. they couldn t pass it when they owned the government. why it leads you to believe they don t want to address spending and debt. that s the only conclusion one can draw. greta: what happens when we hit the debt ceiling? tied to whether or not we have a budget deal. fortunately, we still have time. the folks on the other side to