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Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: did I further understand the gentleman to say that only 1 percent of Americans, the wealthy Americans, will be able to…

On the recordJune 26, 1997
did I further understand the gentleman to say that only 1 percent of Americans, the wealthy Americans, will be able to take advantage, and that 60 percent of the bottom rung of Americans will not take advantage of this?

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Questioning the impact of a proposed policy on different economic classes.

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