Chris Collins: ‘I’m Not Focused’ Why Trump’s Calling Health Care ‘Mean’

‘I understand everyone says it’s going to be a nail biter next week, but we made that promise to America’

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CUOMO: "What's the answer to that? The plan was great, it was the best, he was in the Rose Garden. Now he says it's mean, needs heart. What changed?"
COLLINS: "Well, what's -- you know, I'm not focused -- I'm not focused on that as much as I am the problems with ObamaCare. It's failed, what we've got to get going. I was with the Chamber of Commerce last week. They lost 25 percent of their members because they could no longer offer group insurance to the membership. The $800 billion of taxes, fees, and penalties that have been a wet blanket on our economy. It's all about jobs and the economy. You know, the fact is, Chris, we promised to deliver on the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare. I do think the Senate is getting very close. I understand everyone says it's going to be a nail-biter next week. But we've made that promise to America. They are suffering tremendously under ObamaCare with, you know -- with, you know, deductibles they can't afford, insurance rates going up in my district -- 50 percent was just announced -- so we have to do something. You know, to use an adjective her or there I was certainly somewhat disappointed in Sen. Wyden using words like 'mean.' No one goes to work and says today I'm going to be mean."

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