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Debbie Lesko: Most people would think that the most surprising bill to me that we voted on this year was the Articles of Impeachment.…

On the recordDecember 19, 2019
Most people would think that the most surprising bill to me that we voted on this year was the Articles of Impeachment. Really, that wasn't a surprise to me because I serve on the Judiciary Committee, and since January, we have been doing investigations of President Trump. Many Republicans and I predicted all along that the majority, the Democrats in this House, were going to vote to impeach the President, so it really wasn't a surprise to me. But this bill really surprises me, and let me tell you why. My goodness, I have served in the Arizona House of Representatives for 6 years and another 3 years in the Arizona Senate. For years, every time the Republican majority would cut taxes so that it would boom the economy and help everyone, my Democratic colleagues then said: ``Oh, my gosh, those Republicans, they are just helping the rich. They are just helping the rich. They don't care about the little guy. They don't care about the middle class.'' The same thing is said for years now, years and years, by my Democratic colleagues and others that: ``Oh, those Republicans, they just care about the rich.'' Oh, baloney. The tax cut Republicans did in 2017, you can see the effect of those tax cuts. The economy is booming. {time} 0930 There are more job openings than there are jobs to fill them.…
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Debbie Lesko
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 19, 2019

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