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Chuck Schumer: “Their billion dollar bill has zero dollars to help Americans…”

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

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[LIVE] Senator Schumer on the Senate Floor

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

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 groceries and their prices going up, gas prices going up, $0 to bring down Americans health care, housing and electricity bills. At a time when Republicans are putting Sorry. At a time when Americans are struggling to put food on the table, Republicans say let them eat cake and demand American taxpayers bill Trump a passenger. (00:48–01:06)

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Asserts that the Republican bill does not allocate funds to reduce costs for groceries, gas, healthcare, housing, or electricity.

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