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On the recordJune 6, 2023
I strongly believe that, and that is why I am still furious that Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans held the American economy hostage to make our lowest-income Americans pay the price by taking food off their tables for their tax breaks for the richest one percent.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Adams criticizes Republicans for harming low-income Americans to benefit the wealthy.

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