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Yassamin Ansari: “Every expert and the CBO and the department within Commerce…”

Featuring: Yassamin Ansari, Democratic | U.S. House Arizona, District 3

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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari Discusses GOP Budget Cuts, El Salvador Trip, and Trump Administration Controversies on Arizona Horizon

Published | Video Starts at 01:13

Republicans will continue to tell you and lie that this does not mean that Medicaid is being cut and that we are fear mongering. But Every expert and the CBO and the department within Commerce, the Congressional Research Service that looks at the numbers has made clear there is no way to make those sorts of cuts without going after Medicaid. In my district, approximately 330,000 people rely on Medicaid. So the Republican budget would be detriment. That committee markup is happening right now. (01:13–01:25)

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Asserts that experts and official bodies agree cuts will affect Medicaid.

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