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Bobby Scott: “Republicans took away people’s health care, took away their nutrition benefits to cut taxes for the wealthy and ran up…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2025
Republicans took away people’s health care, took away their nutrition benefits to cut taxes for the wealthy and ran up $3 trillion in debt. And so they’re getting people to talk about Epstein so that people won’t find it out. … Any discussion about Epstein diverts attention from what we ought to be talking about.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia
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nbcnews.com
Jul 29, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Scott criticizes Republicans for using the Epstein issue to distract from health care cuts.

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