:00:26. > :00:31.On another matter, I am glad to see many of our democratic friends here
:00:32. > :00:35.with us today. Yesterday, they sent me a letter indicating that they
:00:36. > :00:40.want to participate as we work on legislation that can bring relief
:00:41. > :00:46.from Obama care. In that letter, they acknowledged a lead to reform
:00:47. > :00:53.the health care system. After eight years of defending this failing law
:00:54. > :01:01.and higher costs, reduced choices, I am glad to see the Democrats are
:01:02. > :01:10.able to say that it is not going to work. Obamacare has not lived up to
:01:11. > :01:12.its promises. This is why we are working to keep our commitment to
:01:13. > :01:18.the American people to move beyond the failures of Obamacare. If our
:01:19. > :01:23.friends on the other side of the aisle want to join us in replacing
:01:24. > :01:32.Obamacare with common sense reforms, I welcome their input. It is
:01:33. > :01:37.disappointing that it is has taken them so long to come here, but I
:01:38. > :01:40.look forward to pursuing smarter health care solutions. As we
:01:41. > :01:43.continue working to address this critical issue, it is important to
:01:44. > :01:47.remember why we need to act in the first place. Across the country,
:01:48. > :01:53.more and more Americans are feeling the pain of Obamacare. Listen to
:01:54. > :01:59.these recent headlines. Thousands of Obamacare customers left without
:02:00. > :02:05.options as insurers bolt. More insurers abandoned Obama care, who
:02:06. > :02:19.might be next? Obamacare choices might go from one 20. Families get
:02:20. > :02:24.fewer choices and a risk of losing the doctors they like. This week, we
:02:25. > :02:34.saw more troubling news at a state like Maryland, warning that of our
:02:35. > :02:47.McGirt is in the early stages of a death spiral. We saw similar issues
:02:48. > :02:58.from there. There were worries that the last two insurers may leave.