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Chris Van Hollen: what we saw was borrowing, $1.5 trillion to give windfall tax breaks to corporations.

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
what we saw was borrowing, $1.5 trillion to give windfall tax breaks to corporations.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes tax breaks under the Trump administration as benefiting corporations at the expense of taxpayers.

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