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On the recordJuly 11, 2017
If the Knesset cannot even withhold the tax money, some amount of money equivalent to what the payments are, my goodness, what kind of message are we sending?
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch questions the message sent if the Knesset fails to withhold tax revenue.

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