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Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 21:11

The economy is a mess right now because of Donald Trump and Republicans. Life is too expensive. So we're committed with the fierce urgency of now driving down the high cost of living. We have to fix our broken health care system because we believe in this great country of ours that health care that is affordable and accessible can't simply be a privilege available only to the wealthy and the well off, access to high quality health care that's affordable. It's got to be a right available to everyone. We've got to fix our broken health care system to bring that right to life. And we also will continue to talk about the need to combat corruption, starting with a stock trading ban for sitting members of Congress. (21:11–21:36)

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Asserts that health care should be a right available to everyone, not just the wealthy.

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