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John Ratcliffe: “We've been trying to do that. We've had legislation that's…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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Ratcliffe Discusses Trump's Third State of the Union Address

Published | Video Starts at 02:49

What I'm hearing is that you're not willing to work across the aisle on prescription drug prices or infrastructure in this election year. Am I wrong? Well, no, we absolutely are. We've been trying to do that. We've had legislation that's been waiting, but we've been working on impeachment. And so, you know, we dealing with the opioid epidemic, dealing with prescription drug costs, those are things the president has been trying to do, but we haven't had time. (02:49–02:54)

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Asserts that legislative efforts have been delayed due to focus on impeachment.

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