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Chris Van Hollen: So it repeals that--no effort to replace that. So it adds $26 billion to the deficit, just that provision. Not only…

On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
So it repeals that--no effort to replace that. So it adds $26 billion to the deficit, just that provision. Not only that, but it repeals it going forward, and it also gives a rebate going backwards. So a company, Medtronic, which is right now moving its tax address overseas to avoid its tax obligations to the American people, is going to get a $200 million plus interest tax bonus. So here is this bill in a nutshell: do nothing to boost the middle class. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Sep 18, 2014

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