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Jeff Merkley: “So if you review the numbers and you see that this is a falsehood, this argument, this kind of magic gift, if we can cut…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
So if you review the numbers and you see that this is a falsehood, this argument, this kind of magic gift, if we can cut taxes for the rich and powerful but somehow it will increase revenue, if you find that that is false, will you take that truth, the falsity of that often repeated claim, and make sure the President knows what is true and what is false?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley asks Mulvaney to acknowledge the falsehood of tax cut claims.

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