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Sherrod Brown: “This tax cut raises -- it causes a huge budget deficit to give money to the wealthiest people in the country, creates a…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2017
This tax cut raises -- it causes a huge budget deficit to give money to the wealthiest people in the country, creates a huge hole in the budget. And who's going to fill the hole in the budget? Not the lobbyists walking in and out of Senator McConnell's office 100 feet down the hall. They're not going to pay for it. They're not going to have to pay for it.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Senator Brown criticizes the tax cut for benefiting the wealthy and creating a budget deficit.

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