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On the recordNovember 8, 2007
What we are seeing is a vehicle being called ``tax reform'' being used as a locomotive to drive higher taxes, higher revenues, and higher spending levels. This is an attempt in the name of fiscal responsibility to take more from the American economy, more from American working families, more from the public at the expense of the private economy.
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Philip English
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Criticizing tax reform efforts during a floor speech.

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