chair durbin: senator blumenthal? sen. blumenthal: thank you for your leadership on this issue and to you and your senator -- and senator cornyn, thanks for your initiative on the fresh start bankruptcy act. i'd very much like to be part of that bill. i've been working on this issue for a while with other members of this committee. pleased to join senator whitehouse and introducing the medical thank of see fairness act. the major reason that people go into bankruptcy, the precipitating factor is most often medical costs and health care emergencies. and just last week i introduce the strengthening loan forgiveness republic servants act which would reform the eligibility for student debt relief for public health workers, teachers and others who dedicate their lives to public service. right now someone has to work for ten years before reaching the point where public service can be a reason for eliminating that debt. what i propose very simply is that it should be forgiven in intervals of two, four, six eig ht,, so someone doe

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chair of the judiciary committee senator dick durbin on cnn today, detailing the seven-hour meeting with rosen. >> he was being asked by the white house, the leadership of the white house, to meet with certain people who had wild, bizarre theories why the election wasn't valid. he refused to do it. i don't think history will be kind to mr. rosen. when he was initially appointed, i didn't think that was the case. >> as we learn more about trump's attempts to hold on to power, remember what he and others called themselves, the party of law and order. that's what republicans want these days. rubin writes, they pine for a strongman that can wield the power of the state against the maga base. they want a dictatorship, not those that enforce the law against them and the maga tribe. barb, i want to start with the new testimony from the former acting a.g., jeffrey rosen. what does it tell us how close we were to a coup here in america? >> well, it's interesting, first, that he got in the door as quickly as he did. there were efforts to prevent him from telling the story where president trump's l

chair of the judiciary committee, senator dick durbin on cnn today detailing the seven-hour meeting with rosen. >> he was being asked by the white house, the leadership in the white house to meet with certain people who had these wild, bizarre theories of why the election was invalid and he refused to do it. i will have to say history will be very kind to mr. rosen when it's all over. when he was initially appointed i didn't think that was case and i was wrong. >> as we learn more about trump's attempt to hold on to power, remember what he and the republican party call themselves, the party of "law & order," and it's not what republicans want these days. instead they pine for a strongman who with kaeld power of the state against the maga base's political foes and who would deploy the police to coddle. joining me now to discuss investigative journalist, and a former u.s. attorney who is also an msnbc legal analyst. what does this tell us about how close we were the a coup here in america? >> well, it's interesting, first, that he got in the door as quickly as he did. there are efforts fro

chair klobuchar: thank you very much, mr. abbott. mr. levitt. >> good afternoon, and thank you, chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, chairman durbin, and members of this or committee -- of the subcommittee. i work for innovative pharmaceutical companies for most of my career. i appreciate the subcommittee's focus on ensuring robust comfort in. while i am currently with a law firm, i spent many years as in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical industry, and i bring that perspective to my testimony today, on behalf of the pharmaceutical research and many factual errors of america, -- manufacturers of america, phrma. the activities on behalf of its members are limited by the antitrust laws and the antitrust compliance policy. as i am here on behalf of the trade association, i won't be able to comment on individual companies' current or future strategies relating to drug pricing, r&d, relationships with customers, or how member companies might or might not individually respond to the marketplace to a change in law or regulation. the highl