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John Larson: “We have submitted legislation specifically, along with Rich…”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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Congressman John Larson's Town Hall on Social Security, Tax Cuts, and Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 14:08

So this is the situation that we found ourselves in just in the last two weeks. And so before we left Congress, they had turned down the resolution and didn't come before Congress … We have submitted legislation specifically, along with Rich Neal, that prevents [Doge and the Trump administration] from doing this unless they can make their case. … rescinded the fact that Social Security should receive any federal money. Now, I don't know what they have against Big Bird and I don't know what they have against the … (14:08–14:20)

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Asserts that legislation was submitted to prevent Doge and the Trump administration from accessing documents without justification.

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