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Tim Kaine: “We're going to make sure SNAP beneficiaries get what they…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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'No path' to health care fix if government is closed: Sen. Kaine on why he voted yes

Published | Video Starts at 02:56

We were not even getting a chance to have a debate about health care as long as government was shut down. So now we're going to pay federal workers. We're going to untangle the chaos in air traffic. We're going to make sure SNAP beneficiaries get what they desperately need every day. And then we'll have a fight, Katie, about health care on the main stage, in the spotlight without the background noise of all the shutdown effects and consequences drowning out the high stakes of the health care fight. (02:56–03:02)

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