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Ruben Gallego: “We need to go back and reinforce Medicare.”

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

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EXCLUSIVE: Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego sits down with ABC15 Arizona

Published | Video Starts at 16:58

Because for one, we have to pay down our debt. We're spending way too much money now. And, you know, doing tax cuts that don't pay for themselves is not helpful. We need to go back and reinforce Medicare. That's what those, some of those tax cuts should go. And we need to use those tax cuts to pay for, for the middle class tax cuts that are really, I think, really hurting. (16:58–17:01)

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Asserts the need to reinforce Medicare.

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