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Ruben Gallego: “We have the Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday right now, which…”

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

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Sen. Ruben Gallego sounds off on Republican claims about immigrant health care

Published | Video Starts at 04:38

No, it's not. Probably next three days, but not because to give credit to my colleagues, they're saying that's not probably next. It's just an issue of the calendar. We have the Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday right now, which a lot of our observant senators are going to take time off. We respect that. I was involved in party to a lot of these conversations. We are trying to find a path forward, to be honest, we are trying to find … (04:38–04:47)

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Asserts that Yom Kippur is causing a delay in Senate discussions due to observant senators taking time off.

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