And we literally have Republicans behind closed doors. So many of them are saying that they don't want to see these cuts. They have been pressured in particular by their constituents, particularly on Medicaid. We had people in wheelchairs outside of the Energy and Commerce Committee...being arrested...to stop these cuts [to Medicaid]. Committee in wheelchairs being arrested putting, as John Lewis would say, the late great putting their bodies on the line to stop these cuts because there is in such dire need of them. (14:15–14:33)
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Asserts that disabled protesters were arrested outside the Energy and Commerce Committee for opposing Medicaid cuts.
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