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Gerry Connolly: “But rather than save workers, as its title would suggest, this bill will actually sabotage them. Again, CBO says 1…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2015
But rather than save workers, as its title would suggest, this bill will actually sabotage them. Again, CBO says 1 million people who currently have insurance will lose it under the Republican plan today, half of whom will have to go to Medicaid, and the other half will just be left on the street. Mr. Speaker, American workers need the Affordable Care Act. I urge my colleagues to oppose the rule and the underlying H.R. 30.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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Jan 8, 2015

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