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On the recordMarch 6, 2023
We need to focus on all that. And by the way, a simpler and more rational tax code would also reduce costs for people as well.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Senator Johnson advocates for simplifying the tax code to lower costs.

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