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Richard Neal: “The blue states tend to be doing a better job with…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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OTR: Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal on best approach to getting Build Back Better Act passed

Published | Video Starts at 04:46

There's been some pushback in red states. But I think the positions that he's adopted have been entirely sound, based upon evidence and science. And I think that you can see that The blue states tend to be doing a better job with vaccination rates, including Massachusetts, than the rest of the country. And the booster that you ascribed earlier to our presence here has much to do, apparently, with making sure that it will not be as cruel as the delta variant. (04:46–04:52)

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Asserts that blue states, including Massachusetts, have higher vaccination rates than other states.

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