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Chuck Schumer: “The Republican bill charges American taxpayers $1 billion to…”

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

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[LIVE] Senator Schumer on the Senate Floor

Published | Video Starts at 00:31

The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and border patrol without any guardrails to prevent these rogue agencies from continuing to unleash violence on American streets. But that's not all. To add insult to injury, The Republican bill charges American taxpayers $1 billion to build Trump's gilded ballroom. while including $0 to help Americans with rising costs. Their billion dollar bill has zero dollars to help Americans deal with with groceries and their prices going up, gas prices going up, $0 to bring down Americans health care, housing and electricity bills. (00:31–00:41)

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