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Ed Case: “Secretary Higseth was very, very candid this morning about…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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Rules of engagement are in terms of what they're doing. Is it a political I mean, Secretary Higseth was very, very candid this morning about why reconciliation was important, and it was all about the Politics. not about the substance, not about the policy, the politics of how to pass Congress. That's not the case for me. I'm happy to have a $1.5 trillion, you know, discretionary bill, so. (02:22–02:32)

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Asserts that Secretary Higseth emphasized the political importance of reconciliation.

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