Tammy Baldwin: “We're going $3.5 trillion more in debt because of that bill.”

“And they're taking it from Medicaid. Absolutely. And did that Medicaid cut of a trillion dollars cover their tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations? No. We're going $3.5 trillion more in debt because of that bill. Amazing, isn't it? Let's borrow to give tax breaks. Always the ones we need to balance the budget. We need to balance the budget. They turn around.” (02:56–03:02)

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