Rep. Charlie Dent: GOP Is Working With President Donald Trump White House | Morning Joe

>>> MY FATHER SAID IT. I MEAN HE SAID IT A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO IN A TWEET. HE SAID SAID "AM I GOING TO HA
CARRY THIS WHOLE WEIGHT ON MY SHOULDER?"
WHEN ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MY OWN PARTY GOING TO START
PROTECTING ME? I FEEL AS WELL AND I'M AN
OUTSIDER LOOKING IN ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
I'M RUNNING OUR COMPANY, BUT I MEAN, I WANT SOMEBODY TO START
FIGHTING FOR HIM. HE'S THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE
WORLD. HE WILL DO A BETTER JOB FIGHTING
FOR HIMSELF THAN ALL OF THEM WILL DO FIGHTING FOR HIM, BUT I
MEAN HOW MUCH WEIGHT DOES HE HAVE TO CARRY BY HIMSELF?
>> I CAN'T. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, ALEX. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SON, ERIC,
TAKING AIM AT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS CRITICIZING THEM FOR
NOT FIGHTING HARD ENOUGH TO ADVANCE HIS FATHER'S AGENDA, AND
HE SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS OPENLY AND REPEATEDLY ATTACKED MEMBERS OF
HIS OWN PARTY SAYING THEY'RE AT RISK OF LOOKING LIKE QUITTERS
AND FOOLS OVER HEALTH CARE. HE HAMMERED ALASKAN SENATOR LISA
MURKOWSKI FOR VOTING AGAINST THE GOP PLAN, AND SENATOR DEAN
HELLER, WHO WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.
>> YOU DIDN'T GO OUT THERE. THIS WAS THE ONE WE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT. YOU WEREN'T THERE, BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE. YOU'RE GONNA BE.
LOOK, HE WANTS TO REMAIN A SENATOR, DOESN'T HE?
>> HA, HA, HA. TRUMP ALSO TOOK AIM AT
REPUBLICANS AT LARGE FOR NOT "PROTECTING THEIR PRESIDENT."
HE ATTACKED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL AS
BELEAGUERED AND PUBLICLY TOYED WITH SECRETARY TOM PRICE'S
FUTURE AT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
>> BY THE WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE VOTES?
>> I HOPE SO. >> HE BETTER GET THEM.
HE BETTER GET THEM, OH, HE BETTER IT SHALL -- OTHERWISE
I'LL SAY "TOM, YOU'RE FIRED." I'LL GET SOMEBODY.
>> HA, HA, HA. JOINING US NOW FROM BETHLEHEM,
PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE DENT.
VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW, CONGRESSMAN.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. >> DOES ERIC TRUMP HAVE A POINT?
DO MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE HIS DAD'S BACK?
ARE THEY FAILING HIM? REPUBLICANS?
>> WELL I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH ERIC, WHAT HE JUST SAID THERE.
LOT OF US ARE WORKING WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION VERY
CONSTRUCTIVELY, WORKING WITH THEM ON THE DEBT LIMIT, WORKING
WITH THEM ON BUDGE EIGHT GREEMENTS.
I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE VA, I OVERSEE THEIR FUNDING.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SECRETARY MATTIS ON THE TRANSGENDERED
ISSUE ONLY TO HAVE THAT WHOLE EFFORT UNDERMINED BY A
PRESIDENTIAL TWEET THAT REALLY CONTRADICTED WHAT THE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE HAD BEEN DOING, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION BUT SOMETIMES THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO GET OUT
OF ITS OWN WAY. >> CONGRESSMAN, IT'S WILLIE
GEIST. GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
PART OF AT PEEL FOR MANY VOTERS OF DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT HE
WAS THIS ULTIMATE DEAL MAKER, HE BRANDED HIMSELF THAT WAY AND
HE'S GOING TO GET TO WASHINGTON AND THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.
HE MAKES DEALS SO HE'LL DO IT WITH CONGRESS.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THAT
REGARD? IS HE WORKING THE PHONES IN
TERMS OF GETTING, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT IN THE SENATE BUT IN TERMS
OF GETTING THE HOUSE BILL THROUGH ON HEALTH CARE?
WAS THAT THE GUY THAT YOU SAW FIRSTHAND, THE GUY THAT WAS
PORTRAYED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THE GUY WE'VE SEEN ON "THE
APPRENTICE" THE GUY WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE MASTER OF "THE ART
OF THE DEAL"? >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT SEEMS
TO WANT TO DEAL ON HEALTH CARE, ANY DEAL, HE WANTS SOMETHING ON
HIS DESK, BUT MANY OF US DO WANT TO PRESENT A DEAL NOT ONLY TO
HIM, BUT TO OUR LEADERSHIP, 43 OF US IN THE LAST FEW DAYS PUT
FORWARD A BIPARTISAN PLAN ON HEALTH CARE THAT WOULD STABILIZE
THE INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE MARKET, THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR
COST-SHARING REDUCTION PAYMENTS AND STABILIZATION, AND REPEAL OF
THE VICE TAX, EMPLOYER MANDATE. WE'D LOVE TO ENGAGE IN THAT KIND
OF A DEAL SO TO SPEAK EITHER WITH OUR LEADERSHIP OR WITH THE
PRESIDENT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING ON THAT.
>> HAS HE BEEN THAT KIND OF PRESIDENT FOR YOU, CONGRESSMAN,
IN TERMS OF WORKING THE PHONES AND BEING A DEAL MAKER?
>> WELL BASED ON HEALTH CARE, I ALWAYS HAD THE SENSE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE PRESIDENT, THEY HAD OUTSOURCED
THE HEALTH CARE ISSUE TO CONGRESS, AND LET CONGRESS KIND
OF HANDLE THIS, AND AT LEAST THE PRESIDENT SEEMED TO BE LESS
ENGAGED WITH ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS.
THAT WAS MY EXPERIENCE ON THAT ISSUE.
>> BOB COSTA? >> CONGRESSMAN DENT, BOB COSTA
HERE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEBT LIMIT,
WHO'S GOING TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT COMES OUT OF THE
HOUSE? IS IT GOING TO BE YOUR GROUP,
THE MODERATES, THE TUESDAY GROUP PUSHING FOR A CLEAN DEBT LIMIT
EXTENSION OR WHETHER IT BE THE FREEDOM CAUCUS AND THEY'LL
PROBABLY WANT SOME CUTS OR SOME OTHER PART OF THE DEAL?
>> WELL, BOB, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I BELIEVE PROCEDURAL
CONSIDERATION SHOULD BELD BE GIO THOSE MEMBERS IN THE TUESDAY
GROUP, THE MODERATES, SO TO SPEAK.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO PUT THE VOTES UP.
I'D LIKE TO DETERMINE HOW WE VOTE ON THIS BILL, SPECIFICALLY
WE NEED A BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL BUDGE EIGHT AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE
FOR SOME BUDGETARY STABILITY AND WE NEED A DEBT LIMIT TO PROVIDE
MARKET STABILITY. WE SHOULD PUT THE TWO TOGETHER.
WE SHOULD NEGOTIATE THIS PING. WE SHOULD NEGOTIATE IT BEFORE
OCTOBER 1st AND GET IT DONE. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING TO
DO TO PROVIDE BUDGETARY AND MARKET STABILITY AND WE'LL PUT
THE VOTES UP FOR IT. >> CONGRESSMAN, THIS IS MIKE
BARNICAL. YOU REFERENCED THE 43 MEMBERS
YOU CAUCUSED TOGETHER FOR HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION.
SOUNDS LIKE A AAA FOR LEGISLATION.
ROADSIDE YOUR CAR BROKE DOWN BUT THE 43 MEMBERS, CAN YOU GIVE ME
A BREAKDOWN BY PARTY OF THE 43 MEMBERS?
HOW MANY DEMOCRATS ARE IN THIS? >> YES, THIS IS THE
PROBLEM-SOLVERS CAUCUS. IT'S 43 MEMBERS, IT'S ROUGHLY
EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SUPPORTING
THIS PROPOSAL. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 50 MEMBERS
RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAD A STRONG CONSENSUS AMONG THE GROUP TO TO
SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE ON HEALTH CARE THAT WE THINK IS THE
STARTING POINT FOR A DISCUSSION. SO IT'S AN INCREMENTAL REFORM.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE WAY WE SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS MOVED, DO
SOMETHING DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE. THIS DOESN'T SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM
BUT IT PROVIDES SOME STABILITY AND WE AS REPUBLICANS CAN WALK
AWAY WITH SOME WINS AND SO CAN THE DEMOCRATS.
>> THAT'S A NEW STORY RIGHT THERE, HALF AND HALF, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER.
WOW, STOP THE PRESSES. >> YES.
>> WE CAN ONLY HOPE. CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE DENT, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING.
>>> ROBERT COSTA, THANK YOU AS WELL.
COMING UP, MIKE BARNICAL TAKES US BACK TO JOHN KELLY'S OLD
NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE MAN TOLD HIM "I REMEMBER
GENERAL KELLY VERY WELL AS A LITTLE GUY, KIND OF A SHY KID."
GIVEN THE JOB

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