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Greg Casar: “Women's Health Protection Act would essentially make Roe v…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

Congressman-elect Greg Casar interview with KXAN News

Published November 23, 2022 | Video Starts at 03:56

It's one of the bills I will put my name on in the first week in the Congress. Women's Health Protection Act would essentially make Roe v. Wade the law. and make it so that places like the Supreme Court could no longer take that away. (03:56–04:00)

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Asserts that the Women's Health Protection Act would codify Roe v. Wade.

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“Our governor continues to reject Medicaid dollars.”
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“Kevin McCarthy... wants to attack basic things like Social Security and Medicare.”
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“If it weren't for... gerrymandering in places like Texas or New York, Democrats would actually still control the House.”
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“I'm going to continue to work... to allow more abortion medication to be sent into the state of Texas.”
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“The United States mail, federal mail service is not regulated... by the state of Texas.”
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“A majority of people that need abortion care are using medication themselves already at home.”
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“The vast majority of Texans believe that we need to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to at least $15 an hour.”
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“The vast majority of Texans believe we should accept these Medicaid dollars so that people can have access to health insurance.”
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“The vast majority of Texas believe we shouldn't be locking people up for small amounts of marijuana.”
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“Texas is not inherently a Democratic or Republican state.”
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“Most people that are registered to vote don't vote in these governors races [in Texas].”
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“We continue to see a transfer of wealth from middle class families and working class families to these big multinational corporations.”
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“Under the Trump administration were these enormous tax cuts for the richest corporations on earth that ultimately hurt everyday people.”
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“Under Governor Abbott and how he responded to the winter storm was people suffering and dying and then also our utility bills going up while…”
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“I worked really hard on an eviction moratorium so that people weren't evicted during the pandemic.”
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“Worked on a foreclosure moratorium, so the big banks weren't taking people's houses during the pandemic in the city.”
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“We have more Latino members of Congress incoming in this Democratic class than at any time in history.”
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“We're going to have the largest progressive caucus in the history of the United States Congress.”
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“The majority of people in the Democratic caucus and Congress were elected in 2018 up until today.”
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“I saw what [Senator Cornyn] did on music venues, for example. That's really important for this city.”
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“Austin Energy used to be a utility that got most of our energy from dirty fuel. Now, a majority of the energy that Austin Energy produces is…”
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“I'm going to be opening up two district offices, one closer to the northern end, one closer to the southern end of this district.”
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“I've already heard from people getting through to the VA and getting their benefits after serving this country.”
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“People are worried about what's going to happen in the next winter storm. Things haven't been fixed here.”
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“We need to be able to pass federal policy to finally invest in things like affordable housing to lower the rent.”
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“We need to be able to pass federal policy in making public education, public colleges, public trade schools, tuition free.”
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