'I Am Very Ready,' Senator Chris Murphy Says On Health Negotiations | Morning Joe

MIKA, JOE? >> NBC'S KRISTEN WELKER, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JOINING US NOW MEMBER OF THE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY OF
CONNECTICUT. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THIS NEW INFORMATION, THE REVELATIONS
ABOUT THE SECOND PREVIOUSLY UP DISCLOSED MEETING BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN?
>> SO I RISK THAT I WORRY THAT WE RISK LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF
PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF THE WATERSHED MOMENTS HERE BY
REACTING WITH EQUAL OUTRAGE TO EVERY REVELATION, SO YES, THE
PRESIDENT OR THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE DISCLOSED THIS
MEETING AT THE G20 BUT IT WAS IN A PUBLIC SETTING WITH A WHOLE
BUNCH OF OTHER G20 LEADERS. THE WATERSHED MOMENT IS THE
DONALD TRUMP JR. MEETING WHICH MAY BE THE FIRE UNDERNEATH THE
SMOKE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
A PERPETUAL EMOTION MACHINE TO NOW REACT WITH EQUAL OUTRAGE TO
EVERY DAILY REVELATION. I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THE G20
MEETING AS I AM ABOUT THE INABILITY TO GET THE FULL TRUTH
ON THE DONALD TRUMP JR. MEETING AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS THERE ON
THE MEETING THAT IS PROBABLY MOST PROBLEMATIC AND MOST KEY TO
UNDERSTANDING THE FULL POTENTIAL COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
>> SENATOR, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THINGS IN THEIR PROPER

OBVIOUSLYING TO AND LOOKING AT THOSE TWO DIFFERENT INSTANCES.
THAT SAID, HOW UNUSUAL IS IT FOR A UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TO
HAVE THREE HOURS OF MEETINGS WITH AN ADVERSARY OF THE UNITED
STATES WITH AN ADVERSARY WHO SEES THE UNITED STATES AS THEIR
ENEMY, AND HAVE THREE HOURS' WORTH OF MEETINGS WITHOUT A
SINGLE NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF MEMBER AROUND THEM.
>> IT'S ESPECIALLY CONCERNING BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY SURE AT
THIS POINT THAT DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW THE BOOK OF
BUSINESS THAT HE'S TALKING WITH PUTIN.
HE SEEMS WOEFULLY UNDEREDUCATED ABOUT THE MAJOR NATIONAL
SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT ARE PRESENTED.
HE SEEMS TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON U.S. POLICY TOWARDS RUSSIA ON AN
HOURLY BASIS, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE BEING THE SUGGESTION THE
UNITED STATES SHOULD BE IN DEEP COOPERATIONS WITH THE RUSSIANS
ABOUT CYBER SECURITY AND ELECTION SECURITY, PIVOTING BACK
TO OUR ORIGINAL POSITION OF BEING CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AN HOUR
LATER. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY
WORRIED THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
ENGAGED IN TALKS WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN WITHOUT ANY PROFESSIONAL
STAFF AROUND GIVEN THE FACT IT'S CLEAR THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT DONE
ENOUGH STUDY IN ORDER TO TALK WITH PUTIN ON EQUAL FOOTING.
>> SENATOR, SAM STEIN HERE. I WANT TO SWITCH TO DOMESTIC
POLITICS. WHAT WE'LL LIKELY SEE IN THE
NEXT DAY, WEEK, REPEAL AND REPLACE, I SHOULD SAY REPEAL
ONLY EFFORT WILL FAIL IN THE SENATE.
THE QUESTION WE'VE ALL HMM IS WHAT COMES NEXT.
AS A DEMOCRAT WHO FOUGHT THIS, ARE YOU READY TO SIT DOWN WITH
REPUBLICANS AND IF SO WHERE DO YOU SEE THE AREAS OF AGREEMENT
AND WHAT KIND OF CONCESSIONS COULD YOU MAKE IN ORDER TO GET
THINGS LIKE REE INSURANCE AND SOME OF THESE CAUTIONARY
SUBSIDIES. >> I'M VERY READY, AND AS TIM
KAINE NOTED EARLIER WE'VE BEEN READY SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
WE'VE MADE KNOWN OUR DESIRE TO SIT DOWN WITH REPUBLICANS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE HAS TO BE PARAMETERS AROUND THE NERK
NEGOTIATIONS. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN CUTTING
MEDICAID OR TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH BUT I THINK THERE'S A
DIALOGUE FOR WHAT WORKS IN THE ACA AND FIXING WHAT NEEDS
IMPROVE. ONE EXAMPLE REPUBLICANS WANT
MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE EXCHANGES.
THEY PERHAPS WANT A NEW PLAN TO BE OFFERED THAT HAS LOWER
PREMIUMS SO I'M WILLING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT AS LONG AS
THEY'RE WILLING TO TALK TO US ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM PRESIDENT
PRUMP SOME OF THE DISCRETION HE HAS TO UNDERMINE THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT. HE IT HE HE WILL GRAPHED HE
WANTS TO TEAR IT APART AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THINGS TO
STABILIZE IT. THERE'S A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD
BUT WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOWARD THE SAME GOAL, WHICH IS LOWER
COST AND NOR PEOPLE, NOT LESSS PEOPLE ENROLLED IN INSURANCE IN
THIS COUNTRY. I'M SKEPTICAL MITCH McCONNELL IS
GOING TO DO THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE
DEMOCRATS LIKE ME THAT ARE WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH THESE
GUYS. >> SENATOR, YOU'RE A OUGHTFUL
THAT GUY. I WONDER, ARE YOU WORRIED THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY HAS CHANGED, THE DEFINITION, THE NATURE THE
IMPRESSION OF THE PRESIDENCY AROUND THE GLOBE AND HERE AT
HOME. >> I WORRY THAT THIS IS A
PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR U.S. REPUTATION AND POWER IN THE
WORLD, AND THAT'S EXCLUSIVE OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
IT'S NOT A BIPOLAR WORLD ANY LONGER.
IF YOU'RE A FREE AGENT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUITORS FOR YOUR
AFFECTION. IT'S NOT JUST RUSSIA AND THE
UNITED STATES. IT'S CHINA.
IT'S BRAZIL. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUT THERE TRYING TO EXERT POWER, AND SO IT'S A LOT EASIER TODAY
TO WALK AWAY FROM A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES.
SO AS YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE WORLD, THIS
PURPOSEFUL DECONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT, I DON'T KNOW
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFLUENCE BACK THREE
AND A HALF YEARS FROM NOW. SO I THINK THERE IS SOME
PERMANENT DAMAGE THAT'S DONE TO THE UNITED STATES, THE INFLUENCE
WE EXERT AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THIS INEXORABLE MARCH TOWARDS
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN ECONOMIES THERE'S A
BOOMERANG HAPPENING IN MANY PLACES AND WITHOUT U.S.
LEADERSHIP WE CAN'T MODEL DEMOCRACY.
THERE'S NO OTHER COUNTRY THAT CAN DO IT FOR US.
I WORRY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS INFLUENCE BACK NOW THAT
WE'VE LOST SO MUCH OF IT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT, SENATOR

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