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David Schweikert: “The Wall Street Journal has done a five part series that if…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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David Schweikert's Congressional Address on U.S. Debt, Healthcare, and Economic Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 28:32

How many protesters, if you're a member of Congress, how many protestors did you have in your office this last couple days? You can't review. You can't go after waste and fraud in Medicaid, Medicare Advantage. The Wall Street Journal has done a five part series that if you add it all up is a trillion, $2 trillion of waste and fraud over 10 years. Well, it's hard. You can't actually talk about that. If we can't do the work, how do you save the country? How do you save my kids future? (28:32–28:40)

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