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Maxine Waters: “We believe that the constitution gives us the right to have those tax returns. They have been requested by Ways and…”

On the recordMay 21, 2019
We believe that the constitution gives us the right to have those tax returns. They have been requested by Ways and Means, which is the legitimate committee of Congress to request those tax returns.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters asserts the constitutional right of Congress to access the President's tax returns and discusses the ongoing efforts to obtain them.

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