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Who: Rep. Greg Walden (R-Oregon)

Twitter: @repgregwalden

When: July 2018

What: Oregon Wilderness Areas

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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey, has been trying to get a look at the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. He's the top-ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which will have to approve the bill before the whole House can vote on it. But as of Thursday afternoon, Pallone still couldn't get his hands on a copy. "We have no idea right now what they're considering," he said of his Republican colleagues. Rep. Greg Walden, a Republican from Oregon and the Energy and Commerce Committee's chairman, made draft legislation available to Republicans on the panel Thursday, but they had to read it in a private room and weren't allowed to make copies. When the location of that room leaked on Twitter late Thursday morning, reporters filled the hallway outside the room's door on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol. Pallone, along with his Democratic House colleagues Jan Schakowsky, from Illinois, and Joseph Crowley, from New York, also stopped by. But when they went in, the room was empty. "We were looking for the bill but there's no one there," Pallone said. That room was just down the hall from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's office, so Pallone went in to ask McCarthy where he could see the legislation. McCarthy directed him to Walden's office. Luckily, Walden had a Capitol "hideaway" office just down the hall. Pallone led his colleagues, a string of reporters and even a couple of Capitol Police officers to the unmarked door, knocked and waited. "It's locked," he said after trying the handle. "This is ridiculous."

Republicans Finally Get A Look At GOP's Obamcare Replacement Bill, But Dems Shut Out : Shots - Health News : NPR

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