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Katherine Clark: “Speaker Johnson has sent us home without putting this before…”

Featuring: Katherine Clark, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 5th Congressional District

Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families

Published January 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:22

So we already knew that we had Republican senators that we could build on that number if we can get it through the House. And now what looks will be a vote in January because Speaker Johnson has sent us home without putting this before the House. Benawib. Yeah. You know, Michael, what is absolutely incomprehensible to me is that they may not listen to me. They may want to remain loyalists to Donald Trump. (04:22–04:27)

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Asserts that Speaker Johnson adjourned the House without voting on the health care issue.

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“Premiums are skyrocketing for people, a thousand, two thousand, $3,000 more a month.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 01:38-01:46
“Half of our family farmers are on the ACA.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 06:43-06:47
“This bill sets health care for the American people even back further.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 00:52-00:59
“There was no maternity care coverage, there was no addiction services for people, very limited mental health [coverage in similar plans in…”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 01:15-01:25
“We will just proceed with our plan which is to take people's health care funding, whether it's Medicaid, the ACA subsidies, veterans health…”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 01:47-02:09
“We knew the right thing was a clean extension of these tax subsidies for three years.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 03:10-03:18
“It's this cliff effect that they set up that within a few days from now, the end of the month, these tax credits disappear overnight.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 03:23-03:35
“We can't forget the three year was actually a bipartisan vote in the Senate.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 04:03-04:11
“Some of the states that are most impacted by these tax credits expiring are red states.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 06:30-06:38
“I also have a rural hospital that is closing or scheduled to close because of the cuts to Medicaid that they've enacted.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 07:07-07:16
“Health care is more than just a regular benefit, more than a bill that is quickly moving out of reach.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 07:37-07:45
“We are going to take [health care] to fund tax cuts for extremely wealthy people.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 08:21-08:29
“Prevent this cliff coming at the end of December, where ironically, the tax cuts for the wealthiest become permanent on the same day.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 09:07-09:17
“We haven't even begun to say, you have to put back money to Medicaid.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 09:17-09:23
“We need to overhaul our health care system.”
Whip Clark Slams GOP Refusal To Lower Premiums for Working Families | Uploaded January 10, 2026 | 09:23-09:26