Thank you so much, Leader Jeffries, Whip Clark and Chair Aguilar for bringing us together today. We stand here today, 42 days into a government shutdown and 54 days since the House last met, because Republicans have presented the American people with a false choice between reopening government and addressing this health care crisis. there is simply no reason why we can't do both. The only thing that has been standing in our way is Republican cruelty. (18:07–18:16)
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