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Tom Cole: “We should not be handling the Obamacare subsidies simply…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 07:30

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. What we can do is move the bills through the process, make sure that every soldier is paid, make sure that every air traffic controller is paid, make sure that the American people don't lose any services. (07:30–07:39)

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Asserts that his committee lacks the expertise or jurisdiction to handle Obamacare subsidies.

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