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Rob Andrews: “Reclaiming my time, it is also my understanding that to the extent that we have talked about restoring the tax rates…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2004
Reclaiming my time, it is also my understanding that to the extent that we have talked about restoring the tax rates that were in effect in 2001, a tax code which by the way created 22 million new jobs in the last decade, that the gentleman from Wisconsin's (Mr. Obey) proposal simply reclaimed a portion of the tax cut that people in that top 1 percent would have received. In other words, even under the gentleman from Wisconsin's (Mr. Obey) proposals, they would get a tax cut because the amount reclaimed was less than the amount received. Mr. Speaker, I ask the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) if that is correct.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey
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Discussing tax rates and job creation during a debate on tax policy.

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