Jim McGovern
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Mm-hmm.
This is not something- Since before the shutdown.
Right, since before the shutdown.
Well before, we've been talking about it during reconciliation, right?
So we go back months and months and months.
And we've been saying we've got to focus on this.
And all we've been hearing from Republicans is like, oh yeah, we'll get to it, we'll get to it.
And now we're out of time.
People are going to lose their health insurance.
Healthcare ought to be considered a fundamental human right for everybody in this country.
I mean, you need healthcare.
If you don't have healthcare, you end up in an emergency room.
Right.
I mean, this is crazy.
So look, there are a number of discharge petitions that have been introduced with various approaches to helping people afford their health insurance.
I mean, let's figure out what the best one is and let's move on it.
But the stalling and the excuses and the finger-pointing, it has to end.
We want to debate this issue.
We want to vote on this issue.
We want to help the millions of people in this country who are about to get screwed.