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Pat Ryan: if we don't get this Tax Code reformed, if we don't get it to the point where people can actually read it and understand…

On the recordMay 6, 2014
if we don't get this Tax Code reformed, if we don't get it to the point where people can actually read it and understand it, if we don't get it to the point where they have confidence that the people who are enforcing that code are on their side and not on the other side, then America loses and continues to lose
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Emphasizing the need for tax code reform to restore public trust.

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