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On the recordJanuary 18, 2017
The Trump plan, which you have been part of, would add billions--excuse me, trillions--to the debt and would disproportionately favor the well-to-do.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden warned that the Trump tax plan would increase national debt and benefit the wealthy.

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