ICYMI: On The Good Liars Tell the Truth, Kelly Talks about Fight to Prevent Health Care Premiums from Spiking

In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly spoke with The Good Liars Tell the Truth’s Jason Selvig about the ongoing shutdown and the fight to stop health care costs from skyrocketing. Kelly underscored that the shutdown could end today if Republicans came back to D.C. and negotiated with Democrats.  

Sen. Kelly speaks to Jason Selvig on The Good Liars Tell the truth.

Watch the full interview here. See key excepts below: 

On why this fight is happening now… 

“People have to start making decisions about, ‘do I make my car payment? Can I pay rent? Can I buy food? Can my kid be on the soccer team this year?’ We don’t have to do this and we can fix this if we’re willing to work together on this. And I think the really sad thing about this is that these premium tax credits went away so they could pay for part of the big tax break for billionaires that they put in the President’s bill.”  

On Republicans walking away from this health care crisis… “America’s health care is sinking, and what does the Speaker of the House do? He essentially abandons ship. […] I’m up here every single day, here in my office, fighting to fix this looming disaster for people’s health care. Where are my Republican colleagues? Where are the Republican House members from Arizona? They’re in Arizona, they’re hanging out at home. They’re on the extended summer vacation. […] I think it’s also important to remember that the Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House, so they’ve got the levers of our government right now.”