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Bob Schaffer: “I was at the mall this weekend with my family and someone stopped me and said they had seen us a couple of weeks ago…”

On the recordMay 15, 2002
I was at the mall this weekend with my family and someone stopped me and said they had seen us a couple of weeks ago having the same discussion on education tax credits. She remembered this chart because I was talking about the politics, the nature of the tough politics that exists within these levels of bureaucracy and how it is played out here in Congress. She said, Oh, Congressman, is it really that bad? And it really is. There is no exaggeration.
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Discussing the challenges of education tax credits and the politics involved.

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