… kept us as members of Congress from being sworn in could be used for doing things like holding up the United States Congress ability to pay our debts and to Potentially threaten a lot of our basic programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, affordable housing programs, SNAP and food benefits. And so being a brand new Democratic member of Congress has really shown me how there are really extreme elements within the Congress that are potentially threatening to keep us … (01:02–01:11)
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Asserts that basic programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and others could be threatened by Congressional tactics.
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