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Charles Rangel: The germaneness is who is going to pay for this bill that is before us today? And the motion to recommit says that we…

On the recordJune 22, 2006
The germaneness is who is going to pay for this bill that is before us today? And the motion to recommit says that we should consider the millions of people who work every day that don't get this type of relief.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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