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John Cornyn: “With the national debt exceeding $36 trillion a year and…”

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

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Senator John Cornyn Advocates for the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Amidst Democratic Criticism

Published | Video Starts at 18:22

I guess I don't know what you do all day. Watch TV if you're able bodied and you're capable of working, but you're not working. With the national debt exceeding $36 trillion a year and more than half of Medicaid beneficiaries who are able to work but sitting home idle... requiring these folks to at least start looking for a job is a common sense step in the right direction. (18:22–18:32)

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Asserts that the national debt exceeds $36 trillion and many able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries are not working.

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