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Ted Cruz: “The president has also been clear he's not going to…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Jasmine Crockett share thoughts on government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

Their profits have more than doubled. So the health insurance companies have gotten rich and working Texans, it's much harder to afford health insurance. But The president has also been clear he's not going to negotiate on this issue in the middle of a shutdown of the government. That the Democrats do not get to shut down the entire government and hold it hostage, that we need to open the government, which we're going to do. (06:01–06:10)

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Asserts that the President will not negotiate on health care during the government shutdown.

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