BILL. AND OTHER -- YOU KNOW, OTHER --
ALL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES COVER EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY AND BY
THE WAY THEY DO IT FOR A LOT LESS THAN WE DO IT AND THEY HAVE
AS GOOD OR BETTER OUTCOMES SO THIS IS AN ASPIRATIONAL THING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS. WE DON'T HAVE 60 VOTES NOW AND
WE ARE GOING TO RIGHT NOW KEEP OUR EYE ON WHAT WE ALL AGREE ON,
EVERY DEMOCRAT AGREED ON, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT STRONGER AND ACTUALLY A LOT OF REPUBLICANS AGREE WITH THAT,
TOO, INCLUDING LAMAR ALEXANDER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH
COMMITTEE AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER HEARING TOMORROW, A
FOURTH IN A SERIES OF HEARINGS AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE
EXCHANGES STRONGER. WE ARE GOING TO BRING DOWN THE
COST OF PREMIUMS, BRING DOWN THE CO-PAYS AND WE ARE GOING TO DO
THAT IN A BIPARTISAN WAY AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
RIGHT NOW. >> THAT APPARENTLY IS A SUBJECT
THAT YOUR SENATE LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT
TONIGHT, SPOKE IN THAT DINNER HE HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT AND NANCY
PELOSI IN THE SCHUMER/SCHUMER JOINT STATEMENT THEY SAID WE
URGED THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE PERMANENT THE COST SHARING
REDUCTION PAYMENTS AND I JUST WANT TO GO WFR OVER WITH YOU THE
WORDING OF THE STATEMENT AFTER THE DINNER THAT DOES INDICATE
THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT TO DROP ANY PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING
THE TRUMP WALL. IT'S THE JOINT STATEMENT SAYS,
WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE
PRESIDENT. THE DISCUSSION TO DOESED ON
DACA, AGREEING TO ENSHRINE THE PROTECTIONS INTO LAW QUICKLY AND
TO WORK OUT A PACKAGE OF BORDER SECURITY EXCLUDEING THE WALL.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT, SENATOR? >> THE DACA PIECE OF THAT IS
VERY HEARTENING. THERE ARE 800,000 DREAMERS WHO
ARE HANGING ON THIS. AND MANY IN MINNESOTA.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AS A CHILD.
THEIR PARENTS BROUGHT THEM. MANY, MANY CASES, MOST CASES,
THIS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THEY KNOW.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT. AND I WOULD GIVE THE PRESIDENT
SOME CREDIT FOR THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT
HE WENT THE WAY HE WENTENT ON T. BUT HE DID SAY CONGRESS SHOULD
ACT ON IT AND I THINK WE SHOULD AND I THINK THERE'S BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT FOR THAT. SO THAT'S VERY HEARTENING.
AND ON THE WALL, I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT DURING THE CAMPAIGN
SAID ANOTHER COUNTRY WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
>> OH, CUT IT OUT WITH THAT COMEDIAN STUFF.
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" IS ON TO YOU.
>> MEXICO, WE KNOW THAT. >> WE ARE HANDED SOMEWHERE HERE
ON MY DESK IS A STATEMENT BY THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
SAYING OH NO, NO, NO. THE PRESIDENT DID NOT AGREE TO
EXCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE WALL. SO, WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IS
HE MAY VERY WELL HAVE AGREED TO THAT WITH CHUCK SCHUMER AND
NANCY PELOSI, BUT HE'S TOLD AFTER THE FACT THAT HE CANNOT
AGREE TO THAT AND SO NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUTTING OUT A
STATEMENT SAYING HE CANNOT AGREE TO THAT.
>> I WAS GOING TO END AND SAYING ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD WAS, JUST
REMEMBER THIS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> YES. YES.
>> SO, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY BANK ON SOMETHING THAT HE'S
SAYING ONE MOMENT THAT WILL HOLD TRUE THE NEXT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S -- WITH THESE TERRIBLE HURRICANES
AND THE LOSS OF LIFE AND THE COSTS OF THOSE, I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY APPETITE IN CONGRESS TO BE PAYING FOR A WALL THAT
MEXICO IS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR. >> THERE'S A LOT OF PULLING TO
BE DONE IN THIS COUNTRY AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT GOVERNMENT
EXPENSE, THE BUILDING FOR THE WALL IS A HARD ONE TO FIT INTO
THE BUDGET. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SENATOR AL