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Lori Trahan: “We were fighting for their ability to afford their health…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Lori Trahan on ICE enforcement, term limits, democratic leadership and health care

Published | Video Starts at 02:15

You know, so I would have loved to have held out a little bit longer. I do think that people really understood what that fight was about. They knew that We were fighting for their ability to afford their health care. and they wanted us in that fight. We'll never know if, you know, another couple of days or another week would have put enough pressure on the administration to do what they are talking about doing already, which is perhaps extending those tax credits. (02:15–02:19)

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