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Ayanna Pressley: “The Republican Party has obstructed progress for affordable…”

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

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What upsets me most is the shame that people carry about that debt. So let me be clear to families throughout the country. The only people who should be ashamed of medical debt is The Republican Party has obstructed progress for affordable health care at every turn. And then they rescinded the rule that would have given the Would the gentle lady yield? Would the gentlelady yield? I will not. This is my time. Would the gentle lady yield? (03:19–03:24)

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Asserts that the Republican Party has consistently obstructed progress toward affordable health care.

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