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Chip Roy: “Democrats who have been holding the American people hostage…”

Featuring: Chip Roy, Republican | U.S. House Texas, 21st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 12:13

Democrats are using this ridiculous political exercise to hold hostage the government of the American people, pretending it's about health care. Meanwhile, it is Democrats who have been holding the American people hostage to an unconscionably broken health care system that they themselves created. We're saying no more. We're the party that's standing up for hardworking Americans who can't afford health care, who can't afford insurance. We're not for giving more money to the insurance companies. (12:13–12:22)

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Asserts that Democrats are responsible for creating and maintaining a broken healthcare system.

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