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On the recordJuly 17, 2017
It has to be fair, which means middle-income taxpayers should not pay any more of the cost of our government percentage-wise than they are paying today.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin insists on fairness for middle-income taxpayers in tax reform.

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