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Chris Murphy: “Think of what we could do with $200 billion here at home.”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy: Trump Is Putting Money Into the Pockets of the Countries We Are Fighting

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

And the American public don't want. Want this war. Right. If we're going to spend $200 billion, they want that money to be spent on them. Think of what we could do with $200 billion here at home. We could make sure that none of the 20 million Americans that are getting a health insurance increase because of Trump's policies have their premiums raised. (03:36–03:41)

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Asserts that $200 billion could be used for domestic improvements.

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