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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 13, 2020

Senator Harris had her turn with the nominee tonight, pressing her on the Affordable Care Act and reproductive rights among other things.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

More than 20 million Americans could lose their health coverage entirely, including nearly 3 million black Americans and 5 million Latino Americans who receive access to health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

By replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy, President Trump is attempting to rollback Americans rights the decades to come.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

This hearing has brought together more than 50 people to sit inside of a closed-door room for hours while our nation is facing a deadly airborne virus. This committee has ignored common sense requests to keep people safe, including not…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

It is critically important that the president of the United States is not allowed to pick the judge in his own reelection campaign.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

I would ask you to consider if you are confirmed on the court, a credible benefit of the Affordable Care Act and that of destruction of its protections will have a devastating impact on millions, hundreds of millions Americans.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

So if the Affordable Care Act is struck down, more than a 100 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, like heart disease, diabetes and cancer, would pay more for insurance or be denied coverage entirely.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

The reasonable question about your impartiality will undoubtedly hang over this court's ultimate decision in the affordable care act case if you refuse to recuse yourself.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

I believe it's very important the American people understand the issues at stake and what's at play.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

Allowing President Trump to determine who fills the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for women's rights and a critical vote in so many decisions that has sustained the right to choose poses a threat to safe and legal abortion in our…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

The horrifying truth is that President Trump and the Republicans in Congress are fighting to take health care away from the American people in the middle of a pandemic.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

Helping these people is supposed to be why we are all here, why we all ran for office in the first place.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

The right to choose is -- quote -- "essential to women's equality" -- unquote -- I would suggest that we not pretend that we don't know how this nominee views a woman's right to choose and make her own health care decisions.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

After all, President Trump said that overturning Roe v. Wade will -- quote -- 'happen automatically, in my opinion, because I'm putting pro-life justices on the court.'

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

The Trump agenda is getting Obamacare, you're going to be a pawn in that, here's the evidence for that.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

There are people out there -- she gave specific examples -- who feel that their life is in someone else's hands, the hands of these judges, the hands of these politicians.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

Sadly, Senate Republicans have rushed to hold this Supreme Court confirmation hearing, rather than help those who are suffering from a public health crisis not of their making.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 12, 2020

The Senate urgently needs to pass critical financial relief for those who are struggling because of this pandemic.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 11, 2020

Senate Republicans have made it crystal clear that rushing the Supreme Court nomination is more important than helping and supporting the American people who are suffering from a deadly pandemic at a devastating economic crisis. Their…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 11, 2020

To jam through a Supreme Court nominee who will take health care away from millions of people during a deadly pandemic.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 8, 2020

For folks who want to go to a two year Community College, it will be free. If you come from a family that makes less than $125,000, you will go to a public university for free. And across the board, we'll make sure that if you have student…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 8, 2020

Because you have the ability through your work and through eventually your vote -- to determine the future of our country and what its leadership looks like.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 8, 2020

When you think about the future I do believe the future is bright.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 8, 2020

We have it within our power in these next 27 days to make the decision about what will be the course of our country for the next four years.

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