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Steve Scalise: “It includes a trillion and a half dollars of new spending on…”

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 14 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 15:19

Chuck Schumer filed an alternative bill weeks ago of his list of demands, literally a list of demands that he said have to be met before he releases the American people from this torrential pain he's inflicting. And It includes a trillion and a half dollars of new spending on far left wish lists, things like, yes, taxpayer funded health care for illegals. It's in Chuck Schumer's bill. He guts rural hospitals, all as part of his demand to open up the government. It's not only not serious, it's also destructive. (15:19–15:29)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer's bill includes $1.5 trillion in new spending, including taxpayer-funded healthcare for undocumented immigrants.

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