For over a year now, I've been fighting to get a bill passed to avoid this very situation and make these tax credits permanent. My colleagues and I have tried every which way to to get this bill passed. Every time, my Republican colleagues killed the effort and put 22 million Americans on the path to pay more for health care next year. for 41 days. I've been clear. I will work with anyone to reopen the government and lower Americans health care costs. And I'm not throwing in the towel until we've exhausted everything, every option to make that happen. (03:12–03:23)
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Asserts that Republican colleagues have repeatedly blocked efforts to prevent 22 million Americans from paying more for health care next year.
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