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Martin Heinrich: “Our focus needs to be on creating better opportunities for the folks on Main Street, not delivering more tax breaks for…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
Our focus needs to be on creating better opportunities for the folks on Main Street, not delivering more tax breaks for investment bankers on Wall Street.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Heinrich calls for prioritizing small businesses over large financial institutions.

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