Bernie Sanders: “The bill would have put funding, increased funding into…”

“I was actually my and my staff were really much involved in this, working on a continuing resolution to make sure that the government didn't shut down. And, you know, frankly, it was not The bill would have put funding, increased funding into primary health care, into dental care, the mental health care needs, into nutrition programs for the elderly and apprenticeship programs for young people. In other words, it was a reasonably good piece of work. It took months of negotiating. Democrats, Republicans, we were involved in that stuff. That bill was all set to be passed.” (08:58–09:18)

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