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Chris Deluzio: “One of the first votes I had to take under Speaker McCarthy…”

Featuring: Chris Deluzio, Democratic | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 17

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Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17)

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

These guys are pushing us toward a government shutdown. If you haven't been paying attention, end of September. I'm doing everything I can to avoid it, but that's where they're pushing us. One of the first votes I had to take under Speaker McCarthy after he, you know, tried to defund the IRS and protect tax cheats, was to push anti-abortion legislation. Absolutely. These guys and, you know, we should have been listening. I think many of us were. You know what they did on the day Dobbs decision dropped overturning Roe v. (00:58–01:09)

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Asserts that Speaker McCarthy attempted to defund the IRS and protect tax cheats, and prioritized anti-abortion legislation.

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