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Mark Pocan: “Their own people they hired at the CBO at the Congressional…”

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 1:14:53

Right. That's what we need to do, especially on this bill, because you're starting to see the lie that they're saying that no one's going to get cut from Medicaid. Their own people they hired at the CBO at the Congressional Budget Office are saying it's not true. So now they're starting to attack their own people. Like, I've never seen this much Orwellian sort of language and actions. So we're going to have to fight back on this. (1:14:53–1:14:59)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office contradicts claims that no one will be cut from Medicaid.

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