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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “I will be offering an amendment to strip that entire section…”

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

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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez Grills Republicans on the Rising Price of Obamacare

Published | Video Starts at 14:22

And then we Republicans support giving payouts to senators in the millions of dollars. They can see why. But I'm going to give my Republican colleagues on this committee the opportunity to Say this is not right. I will be offering an amendment to strip that entire section from the bill. We'll see what kind of courage the Republicans on this day have. Now, I am the last Democrat to be able to ask questions. (14:22–14:27)

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Asserts intention to propose an amendment to remove a section from a bill.

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