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Rosa DeLauro: “It's 16 million kids. It's 8 million seniors. It's 4 million…”

Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Grills Republicans on the Rising Price of Obamacare

Published | Video Starts at 17:03

And it was the President who decided he did not want to spend that money to feed people. He's taken all the way to the Supreme Court to deprive people and kids. It's 16 million kids. It's 8 million seniors. It's 4 million people who are disabled and 1.2 million veterans. You want to care for your veterans, care for your veterans. Make sure that that money in that contingency fund is out flowing tonight and going and not let them claw back, telling states, get the money back that you have given out. (17:03–17:13)

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