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Chuck Schumer: “New York has 7 million-odd people, 7 million-plus people on…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Chuck Schumer Criticizes Republican Health Bill and Highlights Democratic Opposition

Published | Video Starts at 06:03

With the soft cap being extended and if the tax cuts are extended too. Will your constituents benefit from that though? Look, the bottom line is my constituents are going to be hurt dramatically. New York has 7 million-odd people, 7 million-plus people on Medicaid. They're going to get hurt. New York has hundreds of thousands of people on snap. They're going to get hurt. New York has tens of thousands of clean energy jobs. Many of them will be gone. (06:03–06:10)

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Asserts that over 7 million New Yorkers on Medicaid will be negatively impacted.

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