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## Video: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Protests Republican Health Care Bill in Senate

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_Published 2017-06-20. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer protests against the secrecy surrounding Republican efforts to craft and pass new healthcare legislation._


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## Transcript

[00:00] Why are my Republican friends engaging in this farce
[00:03] of a legislative process? Why are Republicans willing to
[00:06] engage in such blatant hypocrisy? Contradicting all of
[00:10] the things they've said about good procedure in the
[00:13] Senate. What are they afraid of?
[00:17] There's only one reason why Republicans are doing
[00:20] this. They're ashamed of their bill.
[00:25] The Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under
[00:27] the cover of darkness because they're ashamed of it,
[00:30] plain and simple.

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