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Mike Lawler: “We brought it up in September before the shutdown.”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 06:55

And by the way, we didn't just raise this issue because Democrats raised it. Members brought this up earlier this year in May when we were negotiating the one big beautiful bill. We brought it up in September before the shutdown. This was something that's been discussed within our conference for months. And so it's not like people were shocked that this was an issue we had to deal with. Nobody's. (06:55–07:00)

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Asserts that the issue of premium tax credits was discussed in September before the shutdown.

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