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Maria Cantwell: “80,000 people in my state are now at risk of losing their…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Sen. Cantwell Delivers Speech on the Senate Floor on Appropriations, Tariffs, and Health Care

Published | Video Starts at 11:06

The House passed an extension, a three year extension, and yet here we are about to leave for a week and our colleagues on the House will not even bring that extension up for a vote. 80,000 people in my state are now at risk of losing their health insurance. So I ask our colleagues to do something about this. I see the President released a one page healthcare framework today and I'm glad he's getting in that. (11:06–11:11)

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