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On the recordMay 21, 2025
I’d love to stand here and tell the American people, ‘We can cut your taxes and increase spending and everything is going to be just fine.’ But I can’t do that because I'm here to deliver a dose of reality. This bill dramatically increases deficits in the near-term, but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now. Where have we heard that before?
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky

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Massie warns that the bill increases deficits while making unrealistic future promises.

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