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Patty Murray: “The only thing we can do right now is extend the tax credits…”

Featuring: Patty Murray, Democratic | U.S. Senate Washington

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Ahead of Vote on Extending ACA Credits, Murray Lays Out the Stakes & Urges Republicans to Vote Yes

Published | Video Starts at 16:18

If we were to make changes to any of this right now, it would be really hard to have those implemented and to be able to help people as we go into a few weeks away when these plans start. So The only thing we can do right now is extend the tax credits as they are. I am happy to talk about reforms. I would have been happy months ago. But to do to implement that right now would be virtually impossible and hurt people like Lisa and so many others we have heard. (16:18–16:24)

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Asserts that the immediate action required is to extend existing tax credits without changes.

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