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Kirsten Gillibrand: “It is an outrage that this body, Congress, does not do…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 00:21

Not one person in this room will have to decide what am I going to feed my kids for Thanksgiving and how can I make this day special for them? And so It is an outrage that this body, Congress, does not do what's right to help the people most in need. It is an outrage that this president doesn't care. And we are in a country that we believe we should help the least among us. (00:21–00:28)

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Asserts that Congress is failing to help people in need.

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