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On the recordNovember 18, 2021
Our communities should not have to choose between paying their medical bills or paying for groceries. Parents want to go to work knowing that their kids are being taken care of, that their kids are learning, because when kids are learning, parents are earning. Families want to know that their kids and grandkids will inherit this beautiful place we call home, this planet, still beautiful. They want the Build Back Better Act because it delivers those opportunities. So many Americans, especially our Latino and Native-American communities, suffer from diabetes. With Build Back Better, no one will have to pay more than $35 a month for insulin. This is lifesaving. Big Pharma shouldn't make excessive profits off the pain of Americans. We are delivering for Americans, and it is fully paid for by taxing the rich and big corporations. I urge my colleagues to deliver Build Back Better ``for the people,'' para la gente, for our hardworking immigrants, for all of our communities.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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