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On the recordNovember 14, 2011
if the worst thing you can say today about the health care law that we passed, also known as the Affordable Care Act, is that it only provided 228,000 small businesses with a tax cut, averaging $1,220, then it is clear to me that we have much larger problems on our hands.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley defends the Affordable Care Act, highlighting its tax benefits for small businesses.

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