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Steve Scalise: “In the working families tax cut, we had a provision that…”

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

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That's the Democrat agenda. It's not about improving health care. Because again, in their own alternative bill, they want to gut rural health care. You know what else they work to do. In the working families tax cut, we had a provision that would have lowered premiums by 11%. According to CBO, it was scored to lower premiums on families. It's called csr. You can go look it up. It's something that has been out there as an idea for a long time. (22:19–22:25)

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