Sen. Murphy: Republicans Are Ramming Through Judge Barrett's Confirmation Vote So They Can Finally Destroy People's Health Care
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Murphy has been an outspoken critic of the decision to replace Justice
A full transcript of Murphy's opening remarks can be found below:
"Well, thanks for convening us, Leslie, I think my colleagues have covered this very well. So I'll be relatively brief. It is hysterical to watch our Republican colleagues try to pretend that the confirmation of
"It's as if they think all of us have been asleep for 10 years. That we didn't watch while they tried to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act 70 different times. Like we were looking the other way when they tried to repeal the entirety of the Affordable Care Act 31 different times. Like we didn't see that the moment when they had finally, finally failed in the summer of 2017 in their legislative repeal efforts that they snuck a provision into the 2017 tax bill that made the Affordable Care Act, all of a sudden, vulnerable to attack. That we didn't notice, when a few months later, the Republican establishment, led by 20 Republican attorneys general, filed a lawsuit attacking the Affordable Care [Act], surprise, based on that change made in the 2017 tax law. And that we were looking the other direction when
"And let's just be clear what this lawsuit that
"And let's just remember what this means. This is going to happen in the middle of a pandemic. There are going to be 23 million people in this country who will likely lose their insurance in the middle of a pandemic that is on its way to killing 300,000 Americans. In
"So it's just really charming to listen to our Republican colleagues try to claim that
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