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Steny Hoyer: “As a result, up to half a million Americans would become uninsured, and this bill would increase the deficit by $53…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2015
As a result, up to half a million Americans would become uninsured, and this bill would increase the deficit by $53 billion. There is not enough time to really explain all the nuances of the adverse consequences of this bill. I ask my colleagues: let's have a decent and honest debate, let's have an honest debate and honest discussion so that, yes, Mr. Young, we can protect those workers that we all should be able to protect, and then I will expect that to be accompanied with a minimum wage bill and the unemployment insurance extension.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Jan 8, 2015

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