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Chris Van Hollen: “Did leave in place this ticking time bomb. And it's going to…”

Featuring: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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We are in this fight. And the fight right now is a fight over shutdown the government as they. Did leave in place this ticking time bomb. And it's going to go off very soon. And the result will be big increases in health care costs for people across the United States of America. The Democrats are determined that we are not going to sign off on a Republican budget that cuts health care for tens of millions of Americans. We're just not. (00:05–00:21)

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