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Veronica Escobar: “It will close hospitals and clinics.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Floor Speech on Republican Budget Plan

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

And they'll do that by making life costlier for everyone else. In fact, this budget bill that will be on the floor today will have enormous consequences. It will make America poorer, sicker, and hungrier. It will close hospitals and clinics. It will kick seniors out of nursing homes. It ends supporters for Americans with disabilities. It will double health care costs and more. That's just the Medicaid portion of it. (00:50–00:54)

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Asserts that the budget bill will result in the closure of hospitals and clinics.

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