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Catherine Cortez Masto: “We have been instructed to raise $1 billion in this Committee as part of Fiscal Year '18 budget in order to pay for $1.5…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2017
We have been instructed to raise $1 billion in this Committee as part of Fiscal Year '18 budget in order to pay for $1.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto questions the feasibility of raising funds through oil and gas leasing.

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