The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that will air on 'Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan' on June 29, 2025.
The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that will air on 'Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan' on June 29, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: We begin today with Virginia Democrat Mark Warner. He is the Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Good morning. SEN.
-- because it takes 16 million Americans off of health care coverage with cuts to Medicaid, and cuts to the Obamacare marketplace. That will move us, as a nation, back to the same percentage of uninsured we had before- before Obamacare. And, it's not like these people are not going to get sick. They're going to show up at the emergency room. Rural hospitals are going to shut down. That has been evidenced across the nation. It also goes after food assistance.
This is the most outrageous action, I think, this crowd has taken on education. We have great public universities in Virginia. We have a very strong governance system, where we have an independent board of visitors appointed by the Governor. Jim Ryan had done a very good job; just completed a major capital campaign.
They all want to make them like Harvard. They want to take on public universities, the way they have now taken on the Ivys. End of the day, this is going to hurt our universities, chase away what world-class talent. And, frankly, if we don't have some level of academic freedom, then what kind of country are we?MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about your oversight role on intelligence. You were briefed on what's going on with Iran.
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