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Bob Casey Jr.: “Immigration Customs Enforcement, ICE, that's an agency that…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA

Published February 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 27:56

We've got to focus on the actors who are bringing it in, the criminals, but also how it's being brought in. But I think on that last comment, I'd say when it comes to Immigration Customs Enforcement, ICE, that's an agency that needs a total, total overhaul. This isn't just a question of good oversight by Congress and reforms here and there. It needs a total overhaul. (27:56–28:05)

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“Medicaid covers more than 40% of the births in America.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 22:04-22:09
“As many as 25 rural hospitals in our state would either close or be threatened for closure [due to Medicaid cuts].”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 22:20-22:42
“Governor Shapiro's administration estimates that 310,000 Pennsylvanians will lose coverage because of those Medicaid cuts enacted in July of…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 22:21-22:33
“Most of the fentanyl comes through ports of entry in vehicles, in cars and trucks and vans and other kinds of commercial or personal…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 26:53-27:03
“Most of it [fentanyl] comes in a vehicle driven by an American citizen.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 27:02-27:10
“This is an agency that has more money than I think any agency has ever received in such a short period of time. Over $170 billion of new…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 29:00-29:21
“Our economy has changed [in Pennsylvania] with the advent of natural gas extraction creating a lot of jobs.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 03:53-04:05
“We're seeking to create new manufacturing jobs and to get those numbers up so that you can have further stability in the economy.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 04:35-04:45
“A lot of voters want to hear from the industry that are in the process of beginning to develop these data centers.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 06:20-06:42
“The industry is going to cover costs that the residents of a lot of communities certainly here in the Northeast, it's true costs that…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 06:46-07:01
“In 1971, the state [of Pennsylvania] passed a constitutional amendment, Article 1, Section 27.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 09:10-09:17
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, into the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the…”
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“We're in a race with China on AI and so much else and we have to win these races.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 09:49-09:56
“The coalition that President Obama put together to win the state by 10 points the first time and five points the second time, it was still…”
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“Both [the child and dependent care tax credit and the child tax credit], if enhanced, can have a direct and substantial effect on people's…”
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“The child tax credit...in the American rescue plan in 2021...dramatically and substantially and almost immediately change[d] the economic…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 12:56-13:20
“Reduce childhood poverty by record amounts.”
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“The child and dependent care tax credit is not generous enough to middle or lower-middle families.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 14:06-14:23
“Since 1981, a real shift in tax policy [has been] heavily weighted towards the top.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 16:25-16:35
“The rigging of the tax code has happened over and over again.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 16:52-17:03
“The bill that passed in July doubled or tripled down on giving away the store to the top.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 17:31-17:39
“The loss of subsidies for the Affordable Care Act and impending Medicaid cuts are devastating.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 22:20-22:42
“Health care jobs and government jobs have been real stabilizers in a lot of communities [in Pennsylvania] for the last 20 years or more.”
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“In 2013, 68 votes in the United States Senate for a comprehensive immigration reform bill.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 25:25-25:38
“If someone believes that an attack on the Iranian regime, a terrible regime, a regime that kills and violates the human rights of their own…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 32:29-32:50
“I think the administration so far to date as of today, and I hope, you know, maybe in the next couple days we'll be able to articulate it…”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 33:52-34:13
“The Senate majority is going to be reduced at some level from 53, 47.”
Fmr. Senator Bob Casey on Data Centers, the State of the Dems, and a Message for Midterms | RCPA | Uploaded February 27, 2026 | 35:06-35:13