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On the recordApril 11, 2018
the icing on this cake that has been given to us by my good friends on the other side of the aisle seems to be the $2 trillion in additional debt to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich and famous in a way that was totally unnecessary, given the state of our economy at this moment.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Criticizing the increase in debt attributed to tax cuts benefiting the wealthy.

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