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Brian Schatz: “We did the Inflation Reduction act, which focused on…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 01:30

In the middle of COVID mass unemployment, we decided to stabilize everybody's salaries so they wouldn't be unable to make their rent or their mortgage or put food on the table. And then We did the Inflation Reduction act, which focused on reducing the cost of prescription medicine and attacking the climate crisis. and providing tax credits for those who are working but not wealthy, but not poor enough to qualify for an array of government programs. (01:30–01:39)

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Asserts that the Inflation Reduction Act aimed to reduce prescription costs and address climate change.

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