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Cory Booker: And of my colleague I would ask another question because you are making such a great point, and I really hope America…

On the recordOctober 21, 2025
And of my colleague I would ask another question because you are making such a great point, and I really hope America hears this--that these policies, these constitutional principles that we are defending here, are not just arcane, idealistic things; they have a direct impact on our Nation. My colleague is making it plain. This is what should be animating everybody; it is that when you attack the healthcare of millions of Americans, it doesn't mean you are curing disease, and they are not going to have a demand for healthcare. The demand is still going to be there. And if they are not getting their healthcare reimbursed, if they are not getting preventive care, if they are not getting regular checkups, they are going to put more demand on our hospitals, which are going to make our hospitals have longer wait times in the emergency rooms, that are going to have our hospitals have less reimbursed care, and our hospitals are going to strain and buckle under that, thus, driving up the costs for everyone. You make it plain, and people should hear this. When the President lies to the American people and says he is about all-of-the-above energy costs, he is not. He is about advantaging certain energy over other energy, and it is actually the lower cost energy that he is attacking. Those projects are actually going to lower people's bills.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the impact of healthcare policies and energy costs on Americans.

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