this has been a nice morning for me. To have both the majority leader and the minority leader say such nice things means a lot to me. Having said that, let me just say I am concerned about this body and how it is going. I am also concerned about the President. I personally wish he would choose his words a little more carefully because everybody in the world pays attention to the President of the United States. On the other hand, I kind of find it refreshing that he doesn't take any guff from anybody. I like that. He is a person who speaks his mind, but I have also seen him change his mind after saying he was for something and change it when he got more facts. He is a brand new President coming right out of the private sector. He is picking excellent people for his Cabinet. I don't know that I have ever seen any President pick better Cabinet members than he has, not the least of whom will be the two who should go through before the end of this week. Congressman Price is a tremendous choice. As both leaders had indicated, he probably has as much knowledge about our health care system as anyone on Earth. Steve Mnuchin--I didn't even know Steve Mnuchin, but I spent hours with him. I have to say he is brilliant. I said to him: You know, Steven, you are going to lose a lot of money by taking this job. He said: I don't care. I want to serve my country.…
Orrin Hatch: “this has been a nice morning for me. To have both the majority leader and the minority leader say such nice things means…”
On the recordFebruary 9, 2017
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