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Lisa Blunt Rochester: “Republicans had the House and the Senate.”

Featuring: Lisa Blunt Rochester, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Delaware

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Published | Video Starts at 14:44

It's what drove me to run in 2016 and what I fought for and times. It's sort of like history is repeating itself. We're rhyming because I came in, Donald Trump was president. Republicans had the House and the Senate. And as was said, there were calls for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. What we recognize is that the Affordable Care act is not perfect. (14:44–14:48)

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Asserts that Republicans controlled both the House and Senate at a certain time.

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