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Edward Markey: “Especially for black and brown and small minority businesses…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 17:42

And by the way, they're Rotarians, they're Kiwanians, they're the local chamber of commerce. They are the heartbeat of the American economy. And they're about to see pretty much an extinction experience. And Especially for black and brown and small minority businesses in our country, they live on the edge of the, if you have a dramatic spike in their health insurance, it's going to be catastrophic. And what the Republicans are doing is they're not even in Washington, in the House of Representatives. Say that again. I want everybody to know we're in the middle of a major shutdown. (17:42–17:54)

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