Madam President, it has been one whole week since Republicans shut down the government because they would rather shut down the entire government than lower costs and save health care for millions of Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are knocking 15 million people off their health insurance, driving up the cost of health care for everyone else. (00:07–00:16)
CLAIM
Asserts that Republicans shut down the government to avoid lowering health care costs.
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