Mark Pocan: “At the very end, they told about someone who works for one…”

“… stories, like Emmett Fisher, the farmer that I brought to the State of the Union, about funds that were frozen and problems over Medicare and other grants that were frozen. At the very end, they told about someone who works for one of the agencies that works with farmers in that part of the state and that they were one of the casualties of Elon Musk's firing. And when that person went home that night, they took their life. That's the real life ramifications. And for Derek Van Orden, or for any Republican to ignore their constituents at a time, this is the real life effects of what's happening.” (10:38–10:49)

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