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Chris Dodd: “You have proposed a tax break that costs $750 billion in the second 10 years. It seems to me that we ought to be able to…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2000
You have proposed a tax break that costs $750 billion in the second 10 years. It seems to me that we ought to be able to find some room for child care for which 8 million people will benefit. People should remember what my colleague and friend from Texas says-- help out those 43,000 richest Americans.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the impact of proposed tax breaks on child care funding.

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