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Ruben Gallego: “I need to see that the premiums for everyday working…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Sen. Ruben Gallego talks shutdown politics

Published | Video Starts at 09:12

Probably not. But, but I'm also not going to. The odds are not in your favor that one. Yeah, it's a divided government. I get it. But I need to, I need to see that the premiums for everyday working Americans does not go through the roof, through the inaction of, of Senate and the House. So I was. We were in a little bit of a different of opinion about Democrats and whether you guys were actually going to go for the shutdown. (09:12–09:23)

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Asserts the necessity of legislative action to prevent a significant increase in insurance premiums.

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