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White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney showed a pile of Federal Registers from the time of the Obama administration on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, an opponent of the GOP health care bill, heads to the chamber for a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Young women dressed as Quinceaneras walk through the Senate Chambers at the Texas Capitol to visit lawmakers as they protest SB4, an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Texas' special session continues and conservatives in the legislature plan to work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Young women dressed as Quinceaneras perform and protest SB4, an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill, at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The "sanctuary cities" ban, signed in May, lets police ask people during routine stops whether they're in the U.S. legally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Sen. Van Taylor, R-Plano, speaks to fellow lawmakers on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Conservatives in the state Senate are swiftly advancing sunset legislation, a regulatory bill that must pass before the legislature can work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Texas Senate on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Conservatives in the state Senate are swiftly advancing sunset legislation, a regulatory bill that must pass before the legislature can work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Texas Senate on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Conservatives in the state Senate are swiftly advancing sunset legislation, a regulatory bill that must pass before the legislature can work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, center, talks with state senators on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Conservatives in the state Senate are swiftly advancing sunset legislation, a regulatory bill that must pass before the legislature can work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Sen. Van Taylor, R-Plano, left, talks with Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, right, on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Conservatives in the state Senate are swiftly advancing sunset legislation, a regulatory bill that must pass before the legislature can work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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When Crystal Rose heard about anti-refugee graffiti at Boise's The Goodness Land restaurant, she and her young daughter, Ember, hurried over there to write a positive message in chalk, July 14, 2017. Many other Boiseans showed up to show support for the Iraqi refugee who owns the eatery and counter the hateful rhetoric. (Kris Rodine/Idaho Statesman via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec.1, 2016 file photo, an HIV-positive Filipino lights candles around an AIDS symbol as he participates in an event in observance of World AIDS Day in Quezon city, Philippines. For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, FILE)
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In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rides an escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the U.S., cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. Diners reserve weeks in advance for a coveted table at Maximo Bistrot, one of three restaurants Garcia runs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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This July 14, 2017 photo shows a plate garnished with chinampa-grown roasted yellow carrots with asparagus puree, prepared by chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and a former U.S. migrant worker, at his restaurant in Mexico City. Diners reserve weeks in advance for a coveted table at Maximo Bistrot, one of three restaurants Garcia runs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the US, cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. People sometimes think (farm-to-table) is a trend,” said Garcia. “It’s not a trend. It’s something that we humans have always done and we need to keep doing it, we need to return to it.”(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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April Coleman has her tickets checked for her family before boarding a Greyhound bus to Phoenix, Ariz., with her children, including Keymora, 9, second from left, Travis, 4, fourth from left, and Tyron, 2, right at the Greyhound bus station in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Coleman and her four children, 1-year-old Taraji, are New Orleans natives, but they have no home here - not since she lost a hotel housekeeping job and her mother told them to leave. Her prospects seemed grim until she got help from Grace at the Greenlight, a nonprofit group that supports the city’s homeless community. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)
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Tyron, 2, and his mother April Coleman, right, sit on a Greyhound bus heading to Phoenix, Ariz. at the Greyhound bus station in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Coleman and her four children are New Orleans natives, but they have no home here - not since she lost a hotel housekeeping job and her mother told them to leave. Her prospects seemed grim until she got help from Grace at the Greenlight, a nonprofit group that supports the city’s homeless community. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)
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Buying Other People's Contraception Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Protesters against the Republic health care proposals chant slogans and wave protest banners inside the office of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
