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On the recordMay 16, 2013
Is it correct that the House Republican budget maintains $1.2 trillion of tax increases included in the Affordable Care Act and $716 billion in cuts of Medicare; and, in fact, this very budget that we operate under would not have balanced without including these savings in taxes from ObamaCare? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's parliamentary inquiry is not relevant to any business pending before the House.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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May 16, 2013

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