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Ben Ray Luján: “If Republicans don't come to the table to extend these tax…”

Featuring: Ben Ray Luján, Democratic | U.S. Senate New Mexico

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Senate Democrats Introduce Three-Year Extension of Health Care Subsidies

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

And as Leader Schumer said, look, this, this isn't just about people across the country that are going to benefit from these tax credits directly. This is going. If Republicans don't come to the table to extend these tax credits, we all know that insurance is getting more expensive for everyone, including everyone in this room. This is impacting the entire market. Some constituents over Thanksgiving chatted with me that they were excited to retire, that they were going to get a cost of living adjustment in their Social Security. (06:25–06:35)

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Asserts that failure to extend tax credits will increase insurance costs for everyone.

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