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Steve Scalise: “CBO said that would cost $200 billion in taxpayer health…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 29 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 21:20

… half dollar spending bill, it includes in it a provision that, that repeals the verification we put in that says illegals can't get free health care. And CBO, not U.S. CBO said that would cost $200 billion in taxpayer health care benefits going to illegals. They know that. Of course they know it. And so why would they want to try to mislead the American people by over and over again making those statements? (21:20–21:27)

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Asserts that the Congressional Budget Office estimated $200 billion in taxpayer health care benefits would go to illegal immigrants.

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