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On the recordJune 15, 2021
I do not know if the IRS has done any kind of study on what that would do for jobs, or what that would do for the price of gasoline across the United States and how that would increase the inflation rate across the country;
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions the IRS on the impact of tax changes on jobs and inflation.

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