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Tina Smith: “We are nearly 30 days into this shutdown and Republicans and…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Calling on Republicans to reverse their cuts that kick 15M Americans off of their health insurance.

Published | Video Starts at 13:35

She doesn't have health insurance through her work. And what does this mean? It means she's going to postpone starting her own family. We are nearly 30 days into this shutdown and Republicans and Donald Trump are keeping the federal government shut down. rather than working with Democrats to try to figure out how to solve this problem. And I can tell you Minnesotans are not happy about this. (13:35–13:43)

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Asserts that the government shutdown has lasted nearly 30 days due to Republicans and Trump.

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