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John Cornyn: “They also want to fund illegal alien health care.”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

On Newsmax, Cornyn Slams Democrats for Shutting Down the Government

Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:21

So Democrats, they lost, an election law was passed, and now they want to use a government shutdown as leverage. That just, that's not how our government works. Well, They also want to fund illegal alien health care. They want to eliminate a $50 billion rural hospital stabilization fund. I represent a big state with a lot of rural areas. A lot of America is rural. (01:21–01:25)

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Asserts that Democrats want to fund healthcare for undocumented immigrants.

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