Rep. Josh Gottheimer: Americans don't like Trump's big policy bill
Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer what he's hoping to learn about the US strikes on Iran and weighs in on Trump's big policy bill as it faces a major setback in the Senate.
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