Sen. Tim Scott: Trump's major policy bill will ‘protect American recipients of Medicaid'
South Carolina GOP Senator Tim Scott says he's optimistic Trump's massive policy bill will pass the Senate by July 4th and tells CNN's Pamela Brown what he thinks of Elon Musk's criticism of the legislation.
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