Hoyer Discusses TrumpCare on CNN's New Day

“[What Trump’s] frustrated about is the inability of his party to pass a repeal of the Affordable Care Act and/or a replacement for the Affordable Care Act. He should not be surprised. This is not obstruction. [Democrats] are defending the Affordable Care Act, which we're very proud of and we think has made a difference in the lives of millions of people, by giving them access to affordable health care. Are there problems in the ACA? There are. Do we need to fix them? We do, and were ready and willing to do so. But to this point, the Republicans have been simply on a partisan effort without including not only Democrats, but the public. There have been no hearings, no amendments have been allowed to be offered. Now they’re trying to move forward. We’ll see what happens. But we ought to be working in a bipartisan way. It's not obstruction, it's defending a  piece of legislation we think is critically important to the American people.”

“The Affordable Care Act is working. It is not working in every instance, but part of the reason it is not working is because the Republicans have undermined it. It’s interesting, in the McConnell bill, they put forward… ways that it could be sustained for the next two years. Very frankly, it could be sustained and succeed now, and in the next two years, and in the next ten years, which is really what we ought to do. The Affordable Care Act is working. We have some 20 million people who have insurance who didn't have insurance. We have people with pre-existing conditions getting insurance. We have many more children covered. And the fact is they're working. There are problems, as would be the case in any large [piece] of legislation that is very complex. As the President observed, gee, this is complicated. Who knew? He should have known. But the fact of the matter is, I think both Leader Pelosi, and myself, and others, we've been saying, look the Affordable Care Act is working. Don't undermine it, which we think the Administration did from the first day it was in office. And, of course, Republicans for the last six years have been undermining confidence in its operation. It's working. We ought to make it better and that's what our Republican friends ought to join us in doing.”

“…Mr. President, you said you were going to offer a bill. You haven't done it. You said you were going to offer a bill that gives everyone insurance at lower cost and better quality. Mr. President, where is your bill? We haven't seen it yet. All we have seen are bills, which the [Congressional Budget Office] says are going to knock millions of people off their insurance, put at risk people getting insurance who have pre-existing conditions, put an age tax on seniors, and undercut very, very badly Medicaid. So, Mr. President, where is your bill? Where is your bill that's going to give everybody insurance at a lower cost and better quality? Talk is cheap. Send us your bill.”