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On the recordDecember 16, 2021
Yes, it wasn't paid for. It added to the debt. Had the good Senator been here when we passed the Trump tax cuts, that also added $2 trillion a year to the debt, and he would have justified that. If you want to talk about building our economy, there are two things you could do to build our economy: No. 1 is to invest in infrastructure, and the other one is to invest in education and workforce training. If we are going to get the infrastructure part of this stuff out the door, we cannot have a minority of the minority on the other side continuing to object to people in the very Agencies that will help get this infrastructure built up. That is the truth. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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