Mark Kelly: “In my state, I represent millions and millions of people…”

“I mean, we hear that we've gotten, we've received phone calls, a lot of them about this, that as these premiums go up, they lose their health insurance and just that does not work for families. In my state, I represent millions and millions of people that are going to be impacted by these increases [in premiums]. Are we going to be, are we still going to be in a shutdown by Thanksgiving? I'm not the, you know, I'm not the handicapper on shutdown dates.” (08:35–08:43)

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