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Sheila Jackson Lee: 53 percent of Americans disapprove of President Trump's service to this Nation in this first 100 days. I didn't say…

On the recordApril 26, 2017
53 percent of Americans disapprove of President Trump's service to this Nation in this first 100 days. I didn't say Members of Congress. I didn't say party. I said 53 percent of Americans disagree, and I understand why: a healthcare promise that did not come to fruition; families are now looking, with his potential bill, to higher healthcare costs for our working families; 24 million more Americans are off of insurance. What about the age tax for hardworking Americans? Americans 50 to 64 years old will be paying upwards of $12,000 to $14,000 for their premium. The last insult is to those hardworking Americans who now receive Medicare by deleting, depleting, taking away, and destroying $100 million from the Medicare trust fund. There is no other answer. There is no other answer than disapproval, because why would anyone who leads this Nation destroy the very health care, the very arm of opportunity and rest that Americans have when they become sick? I think the disapproval is probably too low. Let us fix the healthcare system. Let us not destroy it. ____________________
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Apr 26, 2017

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