03/15/2023
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"you do not take away one special tax break for anybody, hedge fund managers, for the purpose of reducing that debt."
"I think all of us would like to see us spend what we need on our national defense and national security. We also all, I would hope, do not want to see money wasted there more than anywhere else."
"Now, Mr. Dodaro, we have not seen the Pentagon pass an audit in recent memory, if ever. Isn't that the case?"
"And, in fact, Mr. Chairman, on an annual basis we pay more in tax expenditures than we do on Social Security. Isn't that the case?"