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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “They moved heaven and earth to credits for the billionaires…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:03

He died gasping for breath because he couldn't afford inhaler. People will die with this decision that Republicans seem to want to make. And They moved heaven and earth to credits for the billionaires before July 4, but can't get around to passing the tax credits for working families before they expire in December. So we're going to be bringing these amendments and asking them to vote, asking them to go on the record on the extension of the health credits. (15:03–15:18)

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Asserts that Republicans prioritized tax credits for billionaires over those for working families.

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