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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “Democrats have been fighting Republicans in a long struggle…”

Featuring: Teresa Leger Fernandez, Democratic | U.S. House New Mexico, 3rd Congressional District

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House Dem Leaders Hold Press Conference on Day 42 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 16:09

They can't make health care affordable for a father and his children, but they're willing to pay themselves millions of dollars. And it is true we only lose this fight if we give up the fight. And Democrats have been fighting Republicans in a long struggle to provide health care to Americans. We have been fighting Republicans when we created Medicare, when we created Medicaid, when we created the Affordable Care Act. (16:09–16:16)

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Asserts that Democrats have historically fought Republicans to provide health care.

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