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Ayanna Pressley: “It was manufactured by an occupant of the Oval Office and a…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Implores Republicans Extend ACA Subsidies, Vote to Save Healthcare for Millions

Published | Video Starts at 02:22

Mr. Speaker, Deborah's story is no anomaly. It is the reality for millions of families across this country. And this crisis did not happen by accident. No, this is manufactured, man made. It was manufactured by an occupant of the Oval Office and a Republican Party that is hell bent on making families poorer, sicker, hungrier and less safe. The same party that was content to let these life saving tax credits expire under until Democrats had to force him to vote on a clean three year extension. (02:22–02:33)

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Asserts that the healthcare crisis was manufactured by the current administration and the Republican Party.

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