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Diana DeGette: “Privately, many of my Republican colleagues have been…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette Discusses Impact of HHS Layoffs and Medicaid Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 04:25

I've been getting calls and pleas from researchers, the patient advocacy groups. They're worried that we're going to stop doing pediatric cancer research. And Privately, many of my Republican colleagues have been expressing concern and fear. although they're not, they're not, they won't. They're too afraid of Donald Trump to say anything publicly. So that's, that's what's going on right now. So that's a good segue. (04:25–04:32)

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Asserts that Republican colleagues are privately concerned about the administration's actions.

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