English subtitles for clip: File:President Trump Leads a Meeting with the U.S. House Deputy Whip Team.webm

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The President: So, I want
to thank the members

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of the House Deputy
Whip team.

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They'll be very important
over the next number of months.

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We have a great team, and
we're going to have a lot

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of victories - a lot of
wins, but we have a great team.

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Together, we're going to
do incredible things

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for the great citizens
of our country.

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As I said during my joint
address to congress,

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and I think you mostly
liked that, right?

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We're witnessing a renewal
of the American spirit,

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a surge of optimism, and a
new national pride which

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is sweeping
across the land.

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I see it, there
is such spirit.

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Whether it's for the
business things we're

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doing or whatever.

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It's such spirit that
we haven't seen in the

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country in a long time.

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Jobs are pouring back -
you saw what happened with

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Exxon, where they just announced a massive jobs program.

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So, we're going
to have some fun.

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Now, we have to remember,
Obamacare is collapsing

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and it's in bad shape.

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And we're going to take
action; there's going

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to be no slowing down.

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There's going to be no
waiting and no more

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excuses by anybody.

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We're all now - I can
proudly say,

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I'm a politician.

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Okay, I'm a politician,
but we're going to get it done.

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And you're the leaders
that really will get it

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done for all of us and
for the American people.

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Obamacare is in
very bad shape.

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I believe that if we wait two years, it will totally implode.

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It's really pretty much
imploding now, Steve,

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when you think.

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But, it'll implode and
people will be like,

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"Please, help us.

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Please, help us," and
that'll be the Democrats

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asking for help.

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They already are asking
for help, in the true

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sense of the word
because it's a disaster.

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The insurance companies
are fleeing, some states

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are up over 100
percent in costs.

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The deductibles are
through the roof,

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you don't even get to use it.

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So, we're going to do
something that's great,

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and I'm proud to support
the replacement plan

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released by the House
of Representatives

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and encouraged by members
of both parties.

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I think, really, that
we're going to have

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something that's going to
be much more understood

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and much more popular than
people can even imagine.

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It follows the guidelines I laid out in my Congressional address,

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a plan that will lower costs, expand choices,

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increase competition, and ensure healthcare access

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for all Americans.

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This will be a plan where
you can choose your doctor.

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This will be a plan where
you can choose your plan.

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And you know what the plan
is, this is the plan.

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And we're going to have a
tremendous - I think we're

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going to have a
tremendous success.

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It's a complicated
process, but actually,

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it's very simple.

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It's called good
healthcare.

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So, I want to thank you
folks for being with us

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today, ladies and
gentlemen, and we will

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do something really,
really, important.

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And really good for
the American people.

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I think it's going
to go very quickly.

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I hope it's going to go
very quickly, and as you,

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after that, we work
on the tax cut.

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We're going to be
planning a major tax cut.

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I know exactly what
we're looking at.

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Most of us know
exactly the plan.

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It's going to put our
country in great shape,

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and we're going to reduce
taxes for companies

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and for people.

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And I could use the word
again, "Massively."

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It's going to be
a big tax cut.

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The biggest since Reagan,
maybe bigger than Reagan.

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So, I look forward - I
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working on that, but we
can't really get to that,

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unfortunately, because of
the way your system works.

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We can't get to that until we take care of healthcare.

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So, we'll take care
of the healthcare.

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I appreciate your great support, and let's get it done.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, all.

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Fantastic, thank you.

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Steve Scalise: Well,
Mr. President, thank you

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for having our Deputy Whip
team to the White House

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and thank you for your
commitment on following

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through on what, to most
Americans, is probably one

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of the most important
promises that was made

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not only by you, but by all
of us in getting this

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majority both in the House
and Senate and the White House.

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And that is, rescuing the
American people from the

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failures of Obamacare.

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We've heard the message
for years, we've seen

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the dramatically
skyrocketing costs.

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You've seen double digit
increases every year

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in most parts of the country
and health premiums

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for families.

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Many families are seeing
deductibles that rise

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above the $10,000 range,
which means people don't

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have access to healthcare.

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People don't have the ability to chose their own doctor.

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You talked about this the
other night in just one of

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the best speeches I've
from a President standing

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at that well in the House
chamber when you addressed

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the joint session.

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And gave an inspirational
speech to the country

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laying out the things that
need to happen and that

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you're going to do to
get this country back

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on track, and to create jobs
and to secure America.

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But one of the things you
talked about is how it's

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wrong that unelected
bureaucrats in Washington

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have the ability to tell
you what you can and can't

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buy for your family in
healthcare, one of the

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most personal decision
families make.

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This bill finally starts
the process of not only

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repealing Obamacare, but
also replacing it with

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reforms that put patients
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healthcare decisions.

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That lower costs
for families.

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Let them actually choose
the decisions between them

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and their doctor,
which are so personal.

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And so, as we start this
process -- the people

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in this room, the Chief
Deputy Whips, are the ones

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that are going to be
working directly with

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members to ultimately pass
this bill to your desk

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so that we can quickly
provide that relief from

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Obamacare to the people of
the United States,

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and I know we are honored to have our former House colleague,

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and now our Vice President of the United States,

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who's been involved in this fight from the beginning

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as well.

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Vice President Mike
Pence joining us, too.

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Thank you Vice President.

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The President: Thank you
very much, Steve,

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and again, we're going
to work quickly.

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It's a great bill, we're
going to have - I really

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believe we're going to
have tremendous support.

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I'm already seeing the support, not only in this room.

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I'm seeing from everybody, and I'm seeing it from the public.

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And they want
Obamacare over.

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I got elected to a certain
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good little chunk, based on the fact, "Repeal and Replace

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Obamacare," and many of you people are in the same boat.

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Very important, so
let's get it done.

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Thank you all very
much for being here.

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Thank you.

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Okay, thank you, folks.

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Thank you.