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Jim McGovern: “This bill will cost over $2 billion. 2 billion billion with…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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And the reason, the reason, and I know this, is because of the way the bill is written. The reason why this doesn't have much of a future is because, get this, This bill will cost over $2 billion. 2 billion billion with a B. And none of it is offset. So, like what happened to the deficit hawks? $2 billion, basically, that just is going to be added to the debt and it'll be dead on arrival in the Senate. (53:04–53:15)

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Asserts that the bill will cost over $2 billion and is not offset.

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