Obviously there's things in there that I could support. But on balance what it did was to increase expenses while reducing revenues, thus driving up national debt, which I didn't agree with. Continuing tax cuts for people that didn't need it, which I didn't agree with. And also more to the point, really going after Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition assistance. Medicaid is our social safety net health care program which benefits somewhere around 461,000 of our fellow citizens. (36:32–36:37)
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