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Pramila Jayapal
@pramilajayapal· Democratic · WA· Feb 6, 2019

I actually asked the CBO director about the tax cuts, and very clearly he said that they did not pay for themselves, that they did increase the deficit.

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Pramila Jayapal
@pramilajayapal· Democratic · WA· Feb 6, 2019

the Trump tax cuts increased the deficit. Clearly, they didn't pay for themselves.

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Bill Johnson
@billjohnson· Republican · OH· Feb 6, 2019

In fact, we had the director of CBO here just in the last couple weeks testified, and I asked him the question: How much is the deficit and the deficit that has resulted from the Trump taxes? He couldn't give us a number.

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Steve Womack
@stevewomack· Republican · AR· Feb 6, 2019

If money were not an object, we wouldn't have to worry about spending and funding all sorts of great programs.

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Ralph Norman
@ralphnorman· Republican · SC· Feb 6, 2019

Let me tell you a number that we can go with: 350,000 new manufacturing jobs, growth in the economy.

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Chris Stewart
@chrisstewart· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2019

There are things that we may want to do, but we simply don't have the money.

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Steve Womack
@stevewomack· Republican · AR· Feb 6, 2019

CBO says, 'As a percentage of GDP, spending on mandatory programs is going higher. But spending on discretionary programs, as a percentage of GDP, is going lower.'

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Chris Stewart
@chrisstewart· Republican · UT· Feb 6, 2019

Unbridled debt, an uncontrollable debt, would be an existential threat to this country.

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Kevin Hern
@kevinhern· Republican · OK· Feb 6, 2019

So really, we are left just with one option. That is just raise income taxes on everybody to the point where we run out of other people's money to pay for things that we can't afford any more.

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Steve Womack
@stevewomack· Republican · AR· Feb 6, 2019

We cannot tax our way out of this problem. And to believe we can do so is being intellectually dishonest.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Jan 27, 2019

The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Oct 3, 2016

I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Oct 3, 2016

The fact that under this past administration was of which Hillary Clinton was a part, we've almost doubled the national debt is atrocious.

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