He instructed them to do this without any Democratic involvement. That's not the way things work here. And so when the Republicans wrote up this budget, we didn't sit on our hands. We came up with an alternative that protected people from rising health care costs. We put it on the table on the 19th of September, well in advance of the funding deadline. We asked to meet with the President. (03:39–03:45)
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Asserts that Democrats proposed an alternative budget to protect against rising health care costs.
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