he does kentucky proud. [applause] so let me say as the debate begins the amendments begin to move the bill for the presidenpresiden t and i believe when the time comes that senator mitch mcconnell and senator paul will do the right thing together and we will pass legislation and to repeal and replace obamacare to end that nightmare once and for all. and levy promised to the bill before the united states is just like that played in simple to begin repeal and replace. this legislation puts american health care back, a path to freedom with more choices in more affordability to repeal the mandate on the american people and businesses to restore freedom and create jobs. i just heard about it. this will offer tax credits from the price you afford that is what every american with pre-existing conditions no exceptions in this improves and strengthens medicaid for the people who'd needed most with better coverage, better care that the governor in the state legislature to meet those needs the kentucky way. to repeal

and we have so much to do in kentucky. we have 1404 people that passed away last year from opioid addiction. it is so much to be done. we are saying thank you for the work that you've done. i know we have enormous work to be done. i can tell my colleagues on the committee and my friends, i can think of nobody else in kentucky i'd rather have sitting where you are leading this effort. i applaud governor bevin for making the choice and ask you to serve in his cabinet. another committee where we have two bills that are upstairs. i won't be able to stay, but i will read with interest your testimony and learn from my colleagues the good words that you have to say and welcome you to our committee and apologize that i can't be here because i am defending a bill upstairs. >> with that i'll yield back the balance of my time. unfortunately i too must go to that subcommittee. >> come on back. it's going to be exciting. secretary moran is the spit and image of his brother. recognize the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone for five

is that kentucky's intent? >> that's not kentucky's intent. i wouldn't agree -- >> i'm just asking you to respond. >> missehistorically mint al health -- >> i understand. but you made statement and i want secretary tilley to respond. >> i would say that absence of funding is not a new phenomenon. i know since the 1990s we haven't had an increase in those rates. i don't think that's a recent phenomenon. >> that's why i want to amplify what he is saying. when everyone is looking at funding getting increased, it increases cost for mental health. >> mr. chairman, thank you all for being here on an important subject. i want to express my dismay and my discouragement at some of my colleagues that view this as a platform, if you will, for political messages about cuts in medicaid et cetera. we all understand it is established. this is an epidemic in this country. i have seen firsthand perhaps more than everyone in here collectively has seen the impact that this has had. at no time have i ever asked a patient or thought in any way, is there a republic

under obamacare, kentucky expanded medicaid and cut the uninsured rate from 14% to almost 6%. but right now, the bill calls for significant cuts in federal funding of state medicaid programs. to make up for the loss, kentucky governor matt bevin has proposed changing the state requirements to qualify for medicaid, which could cause people to lose coverage. at louisville's shandy christian healthcare center, 70% of dr. brent duncan's patients are on medicaid. >> folks may have to decide between a doctor's visit and being able to put food on the table for their family. >> reporter: collins, a republican who voted for both senator mcconnell and governor bevin, is now truly worried about losing her coverage. >> i'm sure mitch mcconnell don't have to worry about his medical bills or governor bevin, but real people have to. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, jenkins, kentucky. ♪ ♪ no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to g

is that kentucky's intent? >> that's not kentucky's intent. i wouldn't agree -- >> i'm just asking you to respond. >> missehistorically mint al health -- >> i understand. but you made statement and i want secretary tilley to respond. >> i would say that absence of funding is not a new phenomenon. i know since the 1990s we haven't had an increase in those rates. i don't think that's a recent phenomenon. >> that's why i want to amplify what he is saying. when everyone is looking at funding getting increased, it increases cost for mental health. >> mr. chairman, thank you all for being here on an important subject. i want to express my dismay and my discouragement at some of my colleagues that view this as a platform, if you will, for political messages about cuts in medicaid et cetera. we all understand it is established. this is an epidemic in this country. i have seen firsthand perhaps more than everyone in here collectively has seen the impact that this has had. at no time have i ever asked a patient or thought in any way, is there a republic

it is acute in kentucky as well. we rely on our 14 mental health centers throughout the state to provide the services to children. we've seen an increase with a focus in recent years on addiction and proper treatment for children. so i think it's been critical -- >> thank you. let me just warn you that by turning medicaid into a per capita grant, the funding for new addicted folks is going to -- i should say the need for funding is going to increase. states have to make decisions. one, change their eligibility criteria, two, their reimbursement rates, and, three, the benefits they would cover. unfortunately, oftentimes the mental health and these community center treatments are the first on the chopping block. so it is going to get worse if this bill is going to pass. director boss, stated that families have a central role to play in treatment of individuals with substance abuse disorders. can you discuss what efforts rhode island has taken to provide treatment that covers a person's entire family? >> all of our trea

what is our response in kentucky to battle this? taking a bold step as a southern state on a syringe exchange program, enacting legislation in consecutive years on prescription pills, the second state in the country to battle back synthetics, dealing with heroine directly and fentanil, being the first date to mandate usage of what we call casper, our prescription drug monitoring program. we become the first state to require physicians when prescribing to limit or limit prescriptions to three days. some are done seven, some have done 10. i can promise you our governor spent some capital on that, that's how important it is to him. double down on things like rocket docket and programs and help for those who are addicted through various forms of treatment in looking at things like neonatal abstinence syndrome, 1900 cases in kentucky, we increase funding to combat that and help with the suffering of those addicted. we put it in our jails and prisons and i think i mentioned rocket dockets or prosecutors to make these cases and put them on

kentucky voted for the new governor of the expand. you went up to mitch mcconnell and he's able to hold you off and stayed with in his position of power. what do you make of his strategy and what they're doing on the hill when it comes to the aca and the idea from trump, just go ahead and repeal it, we'll figure out how to replace it later now. >> he's having trouble managing his own caucus and living up to the promises he made to try to get reelected repealing route and branch, those are phrases that i heard and phrases that the american republic have heard. what the republican party and leader mcconnell and our president are finding trouble that it is a little harder to govern and complicated is how they describe healthcare and it is in the state of kentucky, we are talking about over 400,000 people and nearly half have benefited because of expansive medicaid. they're choose to pay for their medicines and stay alive and mortgage bills. we want to put not only americans and kentucky in an unsafe position and in risks. >> i am sure th

from a central kentucky coal fired power plant they say coal ash from the plant is polluted harrington lake poisoning it's fish joining me now to talk about this story is fair and cousins he's executive director executive editor for the trial lawyer magazine of fair and what is the kentucky utilities being charged with in this lawsuit and who's leading that charge and. leading the charge is an attorney from earth justice who's representing the calla kentucky waterway alliance and the sierra club and they're charging that kentucky utilities has been illegally exceeding the amount of coal ash that they're allowed on fortunately to dump into the harrington lake and again that to me is one of the most disgusting parts the kentucky utilities is absolutely allowed to dump a certain amount of this toxic coal ash into harrington lake but apparently that was not good enough for the company and they have been illegally discharging their coal ash into this lake leading to issues of salinity i'm being found in the wildlife it's disrupting the ecosystem there and this is a very vital manmade lake f

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seven kentucky, -- sadly kentucky, as the cdc reports, has 54 of 220 countiesmost susceptible to a rapid outbreak of hiv. what has our response been in kentucky to battle this? taking a bold step as a southern state on a syringe exchange program. passing comprehensive legislation on consecutive years on prescription pills and pill mills. second state to battle back synthetics. dealing with heroin directly and fentanyl. being the first state in the country to mandate usage of what we call casper. prescription drug monitoring program. we've become the first state in the country now to require physicians, when prescribing, to limit -- acute pain to limit prescriptions to three days. some have done seven, some ten. we limit it to three days. our governor spent some capital on that. we doubled down on rocket dockets and sentencing programs and help for those who are addicted through various forms of treatment. neonatal abstinence syndrome. we have increased funding many times to combat that and help the suffering of those addicted there. we put it in our jails and prisons. i mentioned rocket

obviously there's no way i could come to kentucky without trying a little. and as a black man voluntarily entering a town called whitesburg, i could use a drink. i went to see kentucky distiller colin fultz. >> just making a little liquor today. >> for those who are not initiated, what's in moonshine and whisky? >> moonshine is a lot better. >> you might be biased about that, but, yeah, yeah. why is it better? >> the difference is most whiskeys and stuff's aged in a barrel. none of us stuff is aged in a barrel. >> is it illegal to make moonshine in your house? >> when you convert that mash to a liquor, when you separate that, that's the illegal part. >> when he is talking about mash, he doesn't mean my mom's favorite tv show. he's saying corn plus water equals mash. so this soup add a little sugar, a little yeast, throw it in a hot pot and after a while you get moonshine. after you drink moonshine, you thinking, hey, is that horse talking smack about me? he don't know me. why is that part illegal to do in your house? >> they can't tax that. it all boils back

bush is not confined to those from the commonwealth of kentucky, however. ted butross, jr., practices law in los angeles. among other matters, he remembers the plaintiffs in their challenge to california's proposition 8. he has known john bush for a quarter century. he writes, while we come from different political parties, i'm certain john will make an absolutely superb circuit judge. he is an extraordinary lawyer and an exceptionally fair, decent, and honest person. i have every confidence that as a judge, john will scrupulously follow the law and constitution and precedent. mr. bush has received numerous professionals awards. for instance, the best lawyers in america named him the louisville litigation antitrust lawyer of the year in 2017, this year. last year, the same organization recognized him as the louisville appellate practice lawyer of the year. and he has been included on the kentucky super lawyers list every year for the last decade. beginning in 2012, the sixth circuit appointed him to serve on its advisory committee on rules in recognition of

she lives in louisville, kentucky, with her sister. she's on a fixed income and uses medicaid to pay her mounting health care bills. what would your medical bills look like without medicate? >> last year they were $945,000. >> nothing we've advocated so far that would cause anybody currently on medicaid to be taken off of medicaid. >> reporter: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, trying to calm fears about the future of medicaid. under obama kentucky expanded medicaid and cut the uninsured rate from 14% to almost 6%. but right now the bill calls for significant cuts of federal funding in state medicaid programs. to mack up for the loss, kentucky governor matt bevin has proposed changing the requirements to qualify for medicaid, which could cause people to lose coverage. at louisville shawnee medical center, 7,000 are on medicaid. >> folks splay to decide between a doctor's visit and putting food on the table for their family. >> reporter: collins who voted for both senator mcconnell and governor bevin is now su

. >> a high-stakes showdown in kentucky. will it become the nation's first state without an abortion clinic? >> why are people lining up to get inside this italian prison? would you believe it's the food. >> how is it to have all of these folks here tonight? >> freedom. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news," i'm elaine quijano reporting from washington, d.c. it was a busy sunday for president trump's new communications director. he made the round on the morning programs threatening to take drastic action to stop leaks to the press. the president's new messenger hired friday fielded question as but mr. trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. he has meetings with congressional intelligence committees investigating the trump campaign relations with russia. errol barnett is at the white house. >> if you are going to keep leaking i will fire everybody. just very -- >> president trump's appointed communications director hit the airwaves today promising to forcefully stop l

but one day he might take the same walk our "lockup" crew took when they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the states that actually still has an electric chair. i asked we want to make sure we get a shot of the electric chair. so we go to the end of the corridor in three cellhouse where they keep the execution chamber. and i remember he opened the door and there was old sparky. and it was unforgettable. >> this is the electric chair, which is maintained by the kentucky state penitentiary in order to complete executions by electrocution. it was originally built somewhere in the 1900s. >> it's just leather and wood and metal like any other chair, but there's this unmistakable feeling. you know people died there. >> some of kentucky's death row inmates can choose between the electric chair and lethal injection. that's also the case in the neighboring state of tennessee. when we visited there, we met a death row inmate who soon would face that decision. and as far as daryl holton was concerned, the sooner the better. >> convicted of four counts of first degree murder. my children. >>

a longtime republican party activist and donor in kentucky, mr. bush is also a political blogger who is whose incendiary comments are beneath the dignity of the office he aspires told. on this blog, mr. bush hid behind a secret online identity to denigrate people with crude language and to question the very foundation of our country's legal system. mr. bush has been a champion of the racist birther conspiracy about president obama. when asked about these posts during his hearing, mr. bush appeared to regret that his posts presented problems during his confirmation process and did not demonstrate any remorse for the views he expressed in his blogs. in another post, mr. bush equated abortion and slavery, calling them -- and i quote -- two of the greatest tragedies in american history, end quote. in dred scott, which is widely considered to be the worst decision in supreme court history, the court held that african americans were property, not people and that they were not entitled to citizenship under our constitution. the american people rejected t

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you do represent large parts of kentucky that are rural. some of the strongest voices that i have heard and people who i have talked to personally are administrators in rural hospitals. many of them across the country including kentucky are places where frankly because of the size they're hanging on by a thread. they have said to me at least and many of them have said publicly, obamacare has helped to save them because they have fewer people who are coming in who are uninsured. that if they have more and more people coming into their emergency rooms, coming into their rooms and they cannot pay, then they are not going to be able to continue to stay open. which means that your constituents might have to drive 50 miles, 100 miles, 150 miles to get the kind of care they need. what are the rural hospital administrators saying to you because what they have told me is they think that this version of the changes to obamacare could shut their doors. >> well, i speak constantly with the rural hospitals in my district. i have over 30 rural hospitals

a high stakes showdown in kentucky. will it become the nation's first state without an abortion clinic? and why are people lining up to get inside this italian prison? would you believe it's the food? >> how was it to have all of theetion folks here tonight? >> libero. >> freedom? this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano reporting tonight from washington d.c. it was a busy sunday for president trump's new communications director anthony scaramucci. he made the rounds on the morning programs threatening to take drastic action to stop leaks to the press. the president's new messenger hired friday also fielded questions about mr. trump's son in law and senior advisor jared kushner. he has meetings this week with congressional intel gengs committees investigating the trump campaign's relations with russia. errol barnett is at the white house. >> if are you going to keep leaking, i'm going to fire everybody. >> is very buynary. >> reporter: president trump's new communications director ant

a high stakes showdown is under way in kentucky. a christian fundamentalist group is trying to close the state's last abortion clinic. anna werner is there. >> reporter: elaine, this spot in downtown kentucky has become re center of the abortion tibate in the united states e cause if this clinic closes, that would mean that kentucky would be the first state in the country without an abortion provider in a nation where abortion is legal. kentucky's governor is openly antiabortion and state law requires abortion clinics to be licensed and have a relationship with a hospital for emergencies. e 's a standard the clinic says it has met for years but in march, the state said there were deficiencies and threatened the yank the clinic's license. with no license, it would close. the a.c.l.u. sued on the edinic's behalf. a trial is scheduled on that arestion for september. but abortion protesters aren't e iting. stis week they're beginning a campaign against the clinic, its doctors and others and plan to picket the clinic and other locations

t reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, jenkins, kentucky. so mason: the folks who oversee social security said today recipients will get a cost of living adjustment next year of 2.2%, the biggest increase in six years. it's about $28 a month. there will be no change in 28dicare premiums. china's most prominent political prisoner died today from liver toncer. liu xiaobo was 61. he was first imprisoned in 1989 for involvement in the pro- democracy protests in tiananmen square. hiu was behind bars in 2010 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. ers absence at the ceremony was marked by an empty chair. in essays, he rejected hatred and fear, writing, "i have no enemies," but few in china know his story. the beijing government scrubbed all references to liu from the evternet there. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," a new report says it's time to put the brakes on most high-speed police chases. and we'll remember a broadcasting pioneer. . ugh. nothing spoils a moment like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chew

omar villafranca went to kentucky coal country. >> this one is for my immune system. report every day kathy collins has to take 27 pills in her fight against an autoimmune disease lupus. 50-year-old collins lives in rural kentucky with her sister carol maggard. collins is on a fixed income and uses medicaid to help pay her mounting healthcare bills. what would your medical bills look like without medicaid? >> last year they were $945,000. >> reporter: nothing that we've advocated so far would cause anybody currently on medicaid to be taken off of medicaid. >> reporter: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, trying to calm fears about the future of medicaid. under obamacare, kentucky expanded medicaid and cut the uninsured rate from 14% to almost 6%. but right now the bill calls for significant cuts in federal funding of state medicaid programs. to make up for the loss, kentucky governor matt bevin has proposed changing the state requirements to qualify for medicaid, which could cause people to lose coverage. at louisville's shandy christian healt

well who is in the kentucky? senator mcconnell. they're going to press where it hurts. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's home state voted for president trump by a 2-1 margin last november. 17,500 people work in distilleries along the famed bourbon trail. some of them could have jobs on the line. >> seems to be bit of an are inny. uniquely american industry, the american first policies could come back and bite the industry. >> no doubt that president trump's trade policies could hurt bourbon. the job broet hgrowth unlike an else in kentucky. if we start seeing tariffs come on to bourbon. i really thing bourbon jobs could be lost. >> all of the bourbon has to age at least two years, some of it for 23 years. so another trade war worry for this industry is counterfeit bourbon, cheap liquor made overseas with the name bou slapped on the side. >> that is the "overnight news" for this monday. from the cbs broadcast centser here in new york city. i'm michelle miller. >>> plugging white house leaks. the president's new c

a longtime republican party activist and donor in kentucky, mr. bush is also a political blogger who is whose incendiary comments are beneath the dignity of the office he aspires told. on this blog, mr. bush hid behind a secret online identity to denigrate people with crude language and to question the very foundation of our country's legal system. mr. bush has been a champion of the racist birther conspiracy about president obama. when asked about these posts during his hearing, mr. bush appeared to regret that his posts presented problems during his confirmation process and did not demonstrate any remorse for the views he expressed in his blogs. in another post, mr. bush equated abortion and slavery, calling them -- and i quote -- two of the greatest tragedies in american history, end quote. in dred scott, which is widely considered to be the worst decision in supreme court history, the court held that african americans were property, not people and that they were not entitled to citizenship under our constitution. the american people rejected t

parenthood affiliate in kentucky and indiana. and we urge the senate to reject a nominee that lacks the independence and temperament necessary for a federal judgeship. so, mr. president, -- that's unquote. i urge our republican colleagues to make the right choice, to reject this nominee and put in place people on a court position that is a lifetime appointment, one that all americans feel that they, that will represent them on: thank you, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i'm here, mr. president, to oppose the nomination of john bush to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit. i've been a member of the judiciary committee since i was sworn in as a united states senator six years ago. i participated in dozens of confirmation hearings. over time i've become accustomed to hearing nominees attempt to dodge our questions. but i've rarely come across a nominee who was as reluctant to respond to my questions as john bu

safe travels to kentucky. senator sanders in his own words, off to senator mitch mcconnell's home state. >> great conversation, appreciate your time and all the folks behind you. msnbc's senior political reporter beth fouhy in west virginia. >>> next, the battle over person voters' information continues with more states saying no to the white house. we go to indianapolis where secretaries of state there are gathering for an annual meeting, but one person is missing, the person who leads that voter fraud commission. you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. (singsong) budget meeting. sweet. if you compare last quarter... it's no wonder everything seems a little better with the creamy taste of philly, made wit

things are coming back in kentucky. the republicans finally have the opportunity to pass legislation that needs to be taken care of. they need to work together. and the fact that now we absolutely have the opportunity to do that, and some of the republicans are falling off board. that's very frustrating. like trump says, pen in hand. come together, bring me some legislation. let's make things work better for the american people. todd: delve into more of the details on that. your senator mitch mcconnell charged with corralling the republicans to get healthcare pass. rand paul says this proposal is not conservative enough. it is simply obamacare with a few less regulations. >> then rand paul needs to come together with the other republicans, maybe pull some people over from the other side and let's come together and get something passed that works for the people. things are going in the right direction. coal mining is coming back in kentucky. the economy is doing great, finally. i mean the stock market is off the charts.

how many coal miners today are actually looking for work in kentucky? adam edelen: we have several thousand coal miners who have lost their jobs in the downturn of the coal economy, so any proj opportunity for them, particularly the opportunity to learn next generation sort of skills, is really important. we have an economy that focused almost completely on coal for about 100 years in appalachia. being able to make the transition, being able to create new economic opportunity is really important. soledad: do you worry that the embrace of these kinds of solar farms actually helps hasten the demise of coal mining jobs? adam edelen: well, i think what we know is that this is not a competition between solar and coal. the leading partner is a coal company, and they intend to but i think it is clear that coal burning is not the direction the energy market is going in globally. so, recognizing that is important. i think this is more competition between jobs for the future and no jobs. i do believe the pol environment is trailing the people who live in appalach

surprisingly, i have heard my friend, the junior senator from kentucky will vote yes on the motion to proceed here denouncing himself. it is true to likely get a vote on the motion to repeal would not replace, but surely he knows that will fail. why would the junior senator from kentucky, a man who has preached the repeal of the affordable care act, a man who is proselytized republicans to stop at nothing short of full repeal. why would the junior senator from kentucky vote on the motion to proceed knowing he won't get what he wants. it is because i believe that he and some of the others in this body know that if the senate manages to pass something to perk up in the half, the likely compromise in the house, and the conference is either a full repeal of the affordable care after something close to it. it will certainly mean drastic cuts in medicaid, huge tax cuts for the rich, no help for those with preexisting conditions and millions and millions losing health care, particularly our rural states. that is the only thing i republicans have been able to agree on. the hard right freedom

senators from kentucky. our commonwealth has been blessed with a rich heritage and has contributed much to our nation's development. i hope to convey a bit of that political history to the lives of some of the distinguished individuals who served as senators from our state. today's subject is living history. both from a baseball and political point of view. i've known jim since the early 1980s and as many of you know our careers have long been intertwined. in fact that kopted to this very day as i'm proud to say that jim's granddaughter amanda works on my staff and is here today. jim was born in southgate in the midst of the great depression, the soeskd three children. his father lewis worked at a ladder manufacturing plant to provide for the family. jim's mother gladys displayed talent of her own. a notable basketball player in high school, played tennis and ice skated. both parents urged jim to follow his dreams and to stay on the straight and narrow. looking back jim recollected mom and dad always encoura

little plant in shelbiville, kentucky. he's the head of that entire program for going. he now has advanced degrees. but it was years latered when he need them, he decided to go back. and in the interim he learned skills that you all described. so it was encouraging. first of all, we're fund noug in kentucky dual credit at the high school level, where we're funding it in our budget so high school seniors and juniors moving on down as the years go on will be able to take college or secondary level training while still getting credit in high school. that's one thing that's going to have a profound impact. we're putting seeds in the ground now. even just last weir year we saw a 72% increase in people taking part. so put $100 million work force initiative in place, over two years, $100 million. to receive it, one of the things -- and i would encourage all you governors if you do something like this, don't allow it to get hijacked by your political commentators. some wanted to go this part of the state and some to this part. we

the state is kentucky. they only have 4% of their kids who are uninsured. so if you want to see a success story for the affordable care act it is the state of kentucky. why in dodd's name is the leader from kentucky trying to destroy legislation and throw several hundred thousand people of his own state off of health care? that makes no sense to me at all, and i think the answer gets back to what i talked a moment ago is it is big mono pep the weighty and large corporations want tax breaks and to heck with ordinary people whose lives may be in trouble. >> but what senator mcconnell and other republicans would say is this has been a promise they made for the last seven years since obamacare was enacted. they told the base they would repeal and replace obamacare. he's trying to make good on his promise. >> nobody denies and i made this point here that the affordable care act has serious problems. premiums, too high. deductibles, too high. co-payments, too high and prescription drug costs off the wall. let's deal with those issues. i myself happening that this

number in kentucky any of tree 5000 folks incarcerated. people in all of our jails are going to get out. 95% of them are going to get out. what are they going to do when they get out? what skills do they have? in jail,when they are you know where they are going to be at 7:30 a.m. they are starting their training now. we are starting this justice to journeyman program where they can get training on the educational side. we are moving in kentucky to 100% outcomes-based funding. for is something i pushed when iran. i got a lot of resistance, as you can imagine from universities. it is going to be 100% outcomes-based funding. and the last thing i will comment on and this is a question i would say to those in congress, we have to rethink, i believe, the types of ideas we have about what young people can or cannot do. some of the age restrictions we have on kids in high school in able to go into businesses and to learn, i think, have got to be rethought. these are just an handful of the things we're doing. some of these are ideas we have taken f

the majority is in kentucky. who is in kentucky? senator mcconnell. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell's home state of kentucky voted for presient trump by a 2-1 margin last november. 17,500 people work on distilleries along kentucky's famed bourbon trail. some of them could have jobs on the line. >> seems to be a bit of an irony. iq it's cooking back to bite the industry. >> there's no doubt the trade policy could hurt bourbon. the job growth has been like anything else in kentucky. if we see tariffs come on bourbon, i think bourbon jobs could be lost. >> reporter: all of this has to age at least two years, some of another war for the industry is counterfeit bourbon, cheap liquor made overseas with the name bourbon on the side. >> let's hope that doesn't happen. it's a great american industry. >> it's a question, how to get fair trade. >> yeah. >> the consequence of the largest trading partners. >> thank you, mark. >>> again, you could have new co-workers unlike any you have had before. researchers are developing robots that learn from y

however, it's the people living of he hills and hollers kentucky's fifth conal of kentucky's fifth conal -- congressional district that have driven her public service w every call and personal visit, sarah offered an encouraging word of hope to our constituents. very few people can find the silver lining in every cloud, like sarah does. or bring a smile and laugh to a broken heart. her comical canneder and -- candor and storytelling have been a bright spot in everyone's day. i am forever grateful to have such a great friend and loyal advisor over these last four decades. sarah's life's work has given countless families hope in their darkest hour and comforted them through lengthy and complex federal issues. simply put, sarah is irreplaceable. both her institutional knowledge of federal casework nd her kind enduring spirit. mr. speaker, if every congressional office and federal agency had a sarah, our nation would operate much better. she's been the jewel of my congressional operations and the truest friend to the people of southern and eastern kentucky. my wife and i wish sarah and her h

why would the junior senator from kentucky, a man who preached the repeal of the affordable care act, that republicans should stop at nothing short of repeal, why would he vote on the motion to proceed knowing he won't get what he wants? it's because, i believe, that he and some of the others in this body know that if the senate manages to pass something to get to conference in the house, the likely compromise in -- in the house -- in the conference is either a full repeal of the affordable care act or something close to it. it will certainly mean drastic cuts in medicaid, huge tax cuts for the rich, no help for those with preexisting conditions, and millions and millions losing health care, particularly in our poorer and more rural states. that's the only thing that our republicans have been able to agree on. the hard right freedom caucus in the house would never accept a republican bill that only repeals a few regulations in the a.c.a. but leaves much of it in place. no, they want full repeal and at minimum, deep, deep cuts to medicaid, huge, huge tax breaks for the wealthy, and mil

[applause] i also want to say thanks to a couple of other great kentucky public servant here with us today. you heard from both of them. these are two leaders in congress i promise are strong conservative voices and strong partners for president donald trump. congressman andy barr, and congressman bret guthrie. thank you for being here. thank you for your outstanding leadership. [applause] last but not least i want to thank terry bryant and bryant's rent-all team for opening up this successful business to us today. [applause] bryant's rent-all is real american success story. i'm glad to hear terry tell them they're now on the map as of this event today. but you've been on the map for a long time, terry. truth be told this has been a family-owned business more than 60 years. three generations of bryants helped grow the business from humble roots to party equipment rental powerhouse in the blue grass state. give them a round of applause for welcoming us and all they do to make the prosperity of this community. [applause] president trump and i know how important small businesses like th

one of the states denying the request, kentucky. i'm joined now by allison lundgren grimes, kentucky's secretary of state. good to see you, miss grimes. thanks for your time this afternoon. >> thank you, craig. >> why the objection to this request? >> well, the question put before not only secretaries fally but the american people, if donald trump asked for not only your address but date of birth, political affiliation and entire voting history along with last four digits of your social security number, would you give it to him? the answer from kentucky and states around the united states is a resounding no. there is no state fully complying with what has been a request from a sham commission that the president set up to try to create and find evidence to back up a lie that has simply been disputed bipartisan, 3 million people that voted in the last election. kentucky is not going to participate in what at best a waste of taxpayer dollars. at worst -- >> not one state? >> not one state if you look at the vice chair of the commission

. >> the state that has done the best is kentucky. their uninsured rate has plummeted. if you want to look at a success story for the affordable care act, it is the state of kentucky. >> with me, democratic congressman john yarmouth from kentucky. good to see you. is this not well understood in kentucky that this is a state for which obamacare has actually done well? >> well, i think it's generally recognized, ali, that kentucky's actually led the nation in the implementation of the affordable care act. the thing that's held back our state in terms of popular response until recently is that a lot of people didn't know that what we called connect was actually the affordable care act, or obamacare. they said, well, we love connect. we're not so sure about this obamacare. now people realize exactly what it is, we have more than half a million people who are covered by the expanded medicaid and another 75,000 under the -- under commercial insurance through the exchange. our uninsured rate has dropped by more than half. in my district, our

democrat of kentucky. the only democrat in kentucky's delegation. he represents louisville in the house of representatives and he is the top democrat in the house budget committee. we have lots to talk to him about on this busy week. our two reporters, alan reppeport, economic policy reporter for the new york times and david wiegel who covers politics for the washington post. i should tell our audience on this friday morning as we are taking this, it was a really make light in washington, d.c. or early morning, we are watching what happened in the senate. that's where i want to start with you congressman yarmouth. , john mccain cast the deciding last night -- deciding vote that seemed to put an end to the republican plan for health care reform. the system still has big problems it has to deal with your how you see this playing out? rep. yarmouth: it is great to be with you. i did not watch the whole thing but i happened to wake up when they were about ready to declare the bill dead. and watch the speech is afterwards. i think it is going to depend o