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Mark Pocan: “North Carolina, he just turned down some hurricane relief.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan Discusses Impact of Proposed Health Care and Social Program Cuts in Wisconsin Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:16

So then suddenly we're not going to care about natural disasters. I mean, that's a really foolish way of doing it. Pardon? Yeah, but even, I mean, North Carolina, he just turned down some hurricane relief. Not exactly like a bright blue State, right. I mean, so. Yeah, I hear you. Yes, sir. Why is there a cap on Social, on wages for Social Security earnings? (1:00:16–1:00:19)

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