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Andy Harris: “They can't afford a 50 percent increase in their taxes from an unfunded mandate coming from a faceless bureaucrat.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
They can't afford a 50 percent increase in their taxes from an unfunded mandate coming from a faceless bureaucrat.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris highlights the financial burden of EPA regulations on local municipalities.

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