We can't backfill federal cuts to Medicaid. We're about to lose a half a million Pennsylvanians who are going to lose Medicaid. We're going to lose 140,000 Pennsylvanians off a snap, and We're losing those 26,000 union construction jobs and a whole lot more. We can't backfill that. The federal government has made a choice to cut that funding from Pennsylvania. And by the way, you all pay federal taxes, you pay into it. (40:37–40:43)
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