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President of the National Policy Institute Richard Spencer is removed by security from CPAC 2017 on the second day of the American Conservative Union CPAC 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, February 23, 2017. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner, Teresa Miller, speaks at a news conference in the Pennsylvania Capitol about the benefits of the 2010 federal health care law, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Listening are Human Services Secretary Ted Dallas and Health Secretary Karen Murphy. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Employees of a transport company carry the gate with the writing "Arbeit macht frei" (Work Sets you Free) at the memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The gate was stolen in 2014 and reappeared in November 2016 near the city of Bergen in Norway. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
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Employees of a transport company carry the gate with the writing "Arbeit macht frei" (Work Sets you Free) at the memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The gate was stolen in 2014 and reappeared in November 2016 near the city of Bergen in Norway. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
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In this photo taken Feb 9, 2017, Mike Schwarz, sole proprietor of Mike Schwarz Photography, poses for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. The subsidized coverage “Obamacare” offers provides him protection from life’s unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this photo taken Feb 9, 2017, Mike Schwarz, sole proprietor of Mike Schwarz Photography, poses for a photo in Tampa, Fla. Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance. The subsidized coverage “Obamacare” offers provides him protection from life’s unpredictable changes and freedom to pursue his vocation, he says. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks to employees of the EPA in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A tourist uses his binoculars as the ancient Acropolis hill is seen in the background during a 24-hour strike by archaeological guards demanding unpaid wages and the recruitment of additional employees in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Greece has been struggling for months to conclude negotiations with its creditors on spending cuts and reforms demanded by European creditors and the International Monetary Fund as part of its third bailout program. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Tourists stand on a hill under ancient Acropolis hill during a 24-hour strike by archaeological guards demanding unpaid wages and the recruitment of additional employees in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Greece has been struggling for months to conclude negotiations with its creditors on spending cuts and reforms demanded by European creditors and the International Monetary Fund as part of its third bailout program. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Evangelicals, who helped push President Trump into office, seek to hold the president's feet to the fire on religious freedom issues, including reversing Obama-era anti-discrimination hiring rules for federal contracts. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on choice in health care by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency
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Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are publicly questioning new administrator Scott Pruitt's (seated) ties to the energy sector, worried that such links may affect his ability to do the job. (Associated Press)
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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.- Pottawattamie County Deputy Marc Freeman demonstrates the portability of the Secure Telehealth videoconferencing technology, which is used by area law enforcement to help therapists and social workers quickly respond to mental health crises. (Joe Shearer /The Daily Nonpareil via AP)
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Lobbyists who represent the health care industry argue that leaving them out of the bill-writing process is bad for America. (Associated Press/File)
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President Donald Trump speaks to Boeing employees, as one holds up a sign handed out by the company, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in the final assembly building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, FEB. 18 - In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Mathew Resnick works with a CNC lathe during his class at the WCCC Advanced Technology Center in Tarrs, Pa. Resnick is a non-traditional student taking classes at ATC to retrain for a new career. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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About 50 fast food workers protest the nomination of former Hardees CEO Andrew Puzder to lead the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, outside the current headquarters of the fast food chain in downtown St. Louis. Fast food workers claim Puzder is unfit for the position because of his policies toward employees as Hardees boss. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, the Idaho Correctional Center is shown south of Boise, Idaho, operated by Corrections Corporation of America. A former regional manager for Corrections Corporation of America says top employees at the private prison in Idaho were given yearly bonuses if they cut costs on salary, wages and other operational expenses and met other company goals. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield, File)
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Workers International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 protest outside the State House in advance of voting on right to work legislation in Concord, N.H., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. House lawmakers have killed the union-targeting legislation after a Republican-on-Republican debate. The outcome marks a defeat for Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who called right to work a top priority and had urged members of his party to get in line. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
