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Tom Cole: “We should not be handling Medicaid on my committee.”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

Speaker Johnson and House Leadership Hold Press Conference on Day 8 of Government Shutdown

Published October 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:28

I've mentioned this to both the speaker and the leader because they make these decisions. But, you know, we don't. We should not be handling Medicaid on my committee. We should not be handling the Obamacare subsidies simply because we don't have the expertise or the jurisdiction to do either one of those things. (07:28–07:31)

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Asserts that Medicaid should not be handled by his committee due to lack of expertise or jurisdiction.

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