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On the recordJune 19, 2018
This hearing is nothing more than a blatant attempt by the Republican majority to tout its unpopular tax scam in the hopes that middle-class Americans, who are not seeing any substantial benefits from the new law, might just reconsider their opposition.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone criticizes the hearing as a political move to promote the tax reform's unpopularity.

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