His ultimate goal, he said, was a deal with Republicans on lowering skyrocketing premiums for Affordable Care act health insurance. Why did Senator Ruben Gallego vote to extend the record long government shutdown? I would have kept negotiating and trying to find different ways to actually ease the pain that everyday Americans were feeling. Right. For example, supporting bills that was going to, that would have paid government, government workers, that would have paid air traffic control, that would pay out SNAP benefits to … (00:47–00:54)
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Asserts that he would have continued negotiations to ease the impact of the government shutdown on Americans.
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