Chuck Schumer: “The Republican CR was the wrong option for America a week ago. It remains the wrong option today because it does…”

“The Republican CR was the wrong option for America a week ago. It remains the wrong option today because it does nothing--absolutely nothing--to solve the biggest healthcare crisis in America. As we speak, tens of millions of Americans are getting letters in the mail informing them that their healthcare premiums are about to shoot up by an average of 114 percent. For a working-class family that needs healthcare, this is a huge increase. It is going to dramatically hurt them. And our Republican colleagues want to do nothing about it. Four million people are about to lose coverage, and 24 million people will see their healthcare costs go up. And even if you don't have ACA, the insurers are going to raise rates on you because they are getting so much less money because of all the cuts my colleagues made. This is a crisis. Now I know the leader is going to show a poll that says that Democrats will be blamed for the shutdown. There are many more polls that show Republicans are blamed. The question in that poll is biased-- biased--in the New York Times, but it is biased. That is true. I don't always believe the New York Times; you can be sure of that. Neither do you. OK? But in any case, here is a poll from Morning Consult today: 75 percent of Americans support extending the tax premium credits; 63 percent of Republicans support it.”