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John Yarmuth: “I would like to remind the gentleman from Virginia that in 2017 when Republicans passed an almost identical amount of…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2021
I would like to remind the gentleman from Virginia that in 2017 when Republicans passed an almost identical amount of tax cuts, 83 percent of which went to the top 1 percent and major corporations, Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor: Sequestration has never happened, will not happen now, and will never happen. His words were prophetic because it is not going to happen today. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the distinguished chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky
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Mar 19, 2021

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