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On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, Congress will soon leave town again for a long district work period. We believe it is essential that before we go home we must extend tax cuts for the middle class. If we defeat the previous question here today, we will amend the rule to say that Congress needs to stay here to vote on the Middle Class Tax Cut Act and not go home until we've made sure the middle class tax cut extension becomes law and that tax rates do not increase for millions of American families. To speak about the previous question, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch).
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

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