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00:00A lady from New York is recognized for one minute.
00:04It is great. It is great that Democrats have a line of people who are willing to fight for working-class Americans from coast to coast in this country.
00:12Because God forbid that we have a member of the Republican caucus who stands up and actually wants to extend the Affordable Care Act
00:21so that people with cancer, insulin, and issues across all sorts of health care issues across this country have their health insurance protected and extended throughout 2026.
00:31It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give eight members of the United States Senate over a million dollars apiece.
00:44And we are robbing people of their food assistance and of their health care to pay for it.
00:52How is this even on the floor?
00:55How can we as members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?
01:07That is what this legislation does.
01:10In fact, Senator Graham just went before the press earlier today saying he was going to seek well over a million dollars from the American people from this.
01:19We cannot support it and we cannot stand for it.
01:23The only time has expired.
01:25A lady from New York is recognized for one minute.
01:28It is great.
01:29It is great that Democrats have a line of people who are willing to fight for working-class Americans from coast to coast in this country.
01:37Because God forbid that we have a member of the Republican caucus who stands up and actually wants to extend the Affordable Care Act so that people with cancer, insulin, and issues across all sorts of health care issues across this country have their health insurance protected and extended throughout 2026.
01:56It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give eight members of the United States Senate over a million dollars apiece.
02:09And we are robbing people of their food assistance and of their health care to pay for it.
02:17How is this even on the floor?
02:20How can we, as members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?
02:32That is what this legislation does.
02:34In fact, Senator Graham just went before the press earlier today saying he was going to seek well over a million dollars from the American people from this.
02:44We cannot support it and we cannot stand for it.
02:47You know, one of his time has expired.
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