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On the recordAugust 1, 2012
I yield myself 15 seconds. You know, it's ironical that the gentleman from Illinois minimizes adding $50 billion to the deficit over 10 years, if continued, which is your policy, continued the high income. A trillion dollars, that's something you just shrug your shoulders at? I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon, Earl Blumenauer, another distinguished member of our committee.
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

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