00:00It lasted a while. Thank you for waiting. And I want to thank Senators Schatz and Heinrich and Smith for joining us.
00:07Well, this week, as Republicans continue to jam through the big, ugly betrayal,
00:13we're continuing to sound the alarm on the devastating impacts of this bill.
00:18It doesn't just gut Medicaid, it dismantles the ACA, and we've just found it even forces cuts in Medicare.
00:26Medicare, so important to so many people, almost sacred, and it cuts that too.
00:33In New York, couples covered through the ACA would pay almost $3,000 more a year.
00:41People hate it when their health insurance goes up, and it's going up a lot because of the big, ugly betrayal.
00:49Private insurance will also go up. You say, well, I don't have Medicare, I don't have Medicaid, I'm safe.
00:54Private insurance is going up as well. All of this to pay for tax cuts to billionaires.
01:02It's no secret that this awful bill would rip away health care from 16 million Americans, steal food from children,
01:09balloon the debt, but it would also kill millions of jobs and skyrocket costs.
01:15And this week, that's what we are focusing on.
01:18It's not just health care costs that would go through the roof.
01:20Energy costs will be soaring.
01:23American households will pay up to $32 billion more for their energy.
01:28Starting next year, Americans will see a 10% increase in electricity prices, so will small businesses.
01:36In the Republican complete and total fealty to big oil and gas,
01:40they're hell-bent on destroying America's clean energy economy.
01:44It makes no sense.
01:45Clean energy is the cheapest way to produce new energy.
01:50The cheapest way is solar.
01:52It's the quickest, it's the cheapest.
01:54So why are they cutting it?
01:57Particularly when our country needs more energy because of the AI needs and so many other needs.
02:02I'll tell you why.
02:03Because there are a bunch of right-wing fossil fuel ideologues who hate all clean energy
02:09because they know it's the future, because they know it's cheaper, because they know it's the quickest to build.
02:14But they somehow have infiltrated the Trump administration, and they're calling the shots.
02:21Republicans in their rampage against climate are hurting American families.
02:26Republicans who claim to fight for jobs and families back home should oppose any proposal to do this.
02:33Look what we're talking about here.
02:36A bill so awful, so ill-conceived, that House Republicans had to pass it in the dead of night.
02:42But now that Americans are finally learning what's in it, they have to go back again to fix it.
02:50Senate Democrats are committed to fighting this bill every way we can.
02:55That's why in the last few weeks we have doggedly made the argument that the House Republican bill doesn't meet the requirements for privilege in the Senate.
03:03This is the first argument in reconciliation, privilege.
03:07It has to fit the committees.
03:09And if it doesn't, they've got to go change it.
03:12Well, we made the argument that the House Republican bill doesn't meet the requirements for privilege,
03:18and Senate Republicans were forced to concede it's true.
03:22So now the House is going to have to vote again on a rule to change the bill,
03:29which gives some of those Republicans who say they hated the bill,
03:33some of those Republicans who say they didn't know what was in the bill,
03:36some of those Republicans who sent a letter to the Senate saying change the bill,
03:40a chance to do it.
03:43It's a do-over.
03:44A chance to stand up and vote for their constituents.
03:47As you know, some House Republicans expressed regret for the vote, as I said.
03:51They didn't understand what they were voting for, especially the clean energy changes were done in the dark of night.
03:59And now they can show that their regrets are real or just hollow words.
04:05It's clear after actually reading the text and hearing from the public,
04:09some House Republicans are howling by a remorse.
04:12So I say to the House Republicans, particularly those who signed the letter,
04:17but many others who have expressed discomfort and concern at the provisions,
04:22now's your next chance.
04:25Now's your, you had a chance once, you failed, here's a second chance.
04:28No more ducking.
04:30They have their vote.
04:32They should use it to protect their constituents from this horrible bill.
04:36And if Senate Republicans actually pass the legislation,
04:40it's not going to grow the economy.
04:42It's not going to help the middle class.
04:43It's not going to deliver for working families.
04:46It's all going to deliver tax breaks for the billionaires.
