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Charles Rangel: “It is difficult to talk about reform. It is a question of whose ox is being gored.”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
It is difficult to talk about reform. It is a question of whose ox is being gored.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Rangel discusses the challenges of tax reform and its impact on different groups.

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