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On the recordJune 19, 2018
This law has been very intentionally engineered by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to benefit huge corporations on Wall Street.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Accusation that the tax law favors corporations over average Americans.

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