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Harry Reid: “We believe there should be some slack cut for child care programs that we have discussed on the Senate floor. And it…”

On the recordJuly 11, 2000
We believe there should be some slack cut for child care programs that we have discussed on the Senate floor. And it would not be a bad idea to do something with afterschool programs and a number of other areas that help the working men and women of this country, and not the super rich--and I mean super rich. We are talking about a tax for not a millionaire, not a multimillionaire tax, but we are looking at maybe a billionaire tax.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the need for support in child care and afterschool programs during Senate debate.

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