WHEN WE
GET MR. PENCE ON THE LINE RIGHT
HERE AND HE IS JOINING US HERE
RIGHT NOW.
WELCOME TO P.M. BS 9 NEWS.
SEAN SPICER RESIGNATION TODAY,
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
SOUNDS LIKE A RESIGNATION UNDER
PROTEST?
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE: SEAN
SPICER HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE
FOR MANY YEARS AND GREAT GUY.
AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN
UNIFORM AND SERVES OUR
ADMINISTRATION THE FIRST SIX
MONTHS AND I RESPECT HIS
DECISION TO STEP ASIDE AND WISH
HIM EVERY CONTINUED SUCCESS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
HERE AT THIS WHITE HOUSE TO
REMAIN FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA
THAT CARRIED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
VICTORY LAST FALL AND CHIEF
AMONG THOSE THINGS IS THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMITMENT TO CALL
ON THIS CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND
REPLACE OBAMACARE.
AND WE ARE LITERALLY JUST DAYS
AWAY FROM WHEN THE SENATE IS
GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A DEBATE TO DO JUST THAT.
REPORTER: TO GET ON TO THAT,
RECENTLY, JUST THIS PAST WEEK AS
YOU WELL KNOW, THE PRESIDENT
SAID HE WANTED OBAMACARE TO
COLLAPSE ON ITS OWN AND FAIL ON
ITS OWN AND JUST THE OTHER DAY
WITH A GROUP OF SENATORS URGED
FOR REPEAL AND REPLACE.
THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
SIGNALS COMING FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IS IT CONFUSING TO REPUBLICANS?
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SIGNALS,
SIR.
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE: THE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR
THAT REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE, FRANKLY EVERY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS SHOULD COME
TOGETHER AND RESCUE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FROM THE COLLAPSING
FAILURE OF OBAMACARE.
YOU HAVE SEEN PREMIUMS IN YOUR
VIEWING AUDIENCE INCREASE MORE
THAN BY 100%.
THIS HAS WORKED A GREAT HARDSHIP
ON FAMILIES ACROSS THE REGION.
WE HAVE SEEN PREMIUMS GOING UP,
DEDUCTIBLES GOING UP.
THE REALITY IS THAT OBAMACARE
HAS PUTAL TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON
WORKING FAMILIES AND ON SMALL
BUSINESSES.
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WE
CAN DO BETTER.
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID, HE IS
CALLING ON THE CONGRESS TO KEEP
THEIR PROMISE TO REPEAL AND
REPLACE OBAMACARE.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS
TAKEN ACTION AND PASSED THE
BILL.
THIS COMING WEEK, THE SENATE, AS
SOON AS TUESDAY, IS GOING TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO
BEGIN THE DEBATE ON REPEALING
AND REPLACING OBAMACARE.
AND THE PRESIDENT ARE CALLING ON
MEMBERS OF BOTH POLITICAL
PARTIES TO STEP UP AND RESCUE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM THIS
COLLAPSING BILL AND SEND A BILL
TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK.
REPORTER: ONE MORE QUESTION
HERE, AS YOU KNOW, YOUR STATE OF
INDIANA AND OUT HERE IN KANSAS
AND MISSOURI, LOTS OF RURAL
AREAS AND RURAL HOSPITALS ARE
VERY WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
REIMBURSED FOR THEIR CARE AND
WORRIED ABOUT THE DEEP MEDICAID
CUTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE
SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT
SENATOR MORAN SAID HE COULDN'T
VOTE FOR IT.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH
THAT?
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE: I SERVED
WITH SENATOR MORAN WHEN HE WAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND I WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
AND I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR
HIM.
REPORTER: YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM.
VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE: WELL, NO,
LOOK.
WE ARE LOOKING WITH THE SENATOR
AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS
LEGISLATION WITH THE COMBINATION
OF TAX CREDITS FOR WORKING
FAMILIES THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE
PAY FOR THEIR INSURANCE, ALL NEW
FLEXIBILITY IN MEDICAID THAT
WILL ALLOW FOR STATES TO
INNOVATE AND PROVIDE COVERAGE
FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, WE
BELIEVE THIS FROM TRULY DOES
IMPROVE MEDICAID FOR PEOPLE IN
STATES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE MESSAGES.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I
WOULD TELL YOUR VIEWERS, THE
VOTE AS SOON AS TUESDAY WILL BE
A VOTE ON BEGINNING THE DEBATE
OVER REPEALING AND REPLACING
OBAMACARE.
AND WE ARE REACHING OUT ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND EVERY
MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND
EVERYONE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO
SAY AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF THE
FAILED POLICIES OF OBAMACARE,
IT'S TIME FOR THE SENATE TO STEP
UP, BEGIN THE DEBATE, WORK OUT
WHATEVER DIFFERENCES REMAIN AND
SEND TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK A
BILL THAT WILL REPEAL AND
REPLACE OBAMACARE AND PROVIDE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A FRESH
START THAT WILL LOWER THE COSTS
OF HEALTH INSURANCE WITHOUT
GROWING THE MANDATES AND TAXES