Thank you so much, Representative. 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. (17:59–18:07)
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