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Steve Scalise: “98% of Democrats voted to protect the fraudsters who were…”

Featuring: Steve Scalise, Republican | House Majority Leader, U.S. House Louisiana, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 14:51

And do you know that 98% of Democrats on the House floor last week voted against that bill? 98% of Democrats voted to protect the fraudsters who were stealing money from child care programs. That's who Democrats are protecting. They're protecting criminals who are stealing money from children. It's that basic. So we're going to continue to bring more bills to protect the taxpayers of this country to root out the fraud that we're seeing. (14:51–14:58)

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Asserts that 98% of Democrats voted against a bill to prevent convicted fraudsters from participating in child care programs.

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