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Todd Tiahrt: “It is not perfect but tax relief is necessary and it is long overdue. The Republican tax relief plan puts some of the…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1997
It is not perfect but tax relief is necessary and it is long overdue. The Republican tax relief plan puts some of the money back where it belongs, in the pockets of working Americans. This money belongs to the workers of Missouri and they should not have to come on bended knee to the Federal Government just to keep more of what they worked so hard to earn. I urge my colleagues to vote for the tax relief plan for working families. It is long overdue.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Discussing tax relief for working Americans during a House floor speech.

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