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Summer Lee: “Some of my friends across the aisle have already been rehearsing their calls to pay for the tax cuts by making cuts to…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
Some of my friends across the aisle have already been rehearsing their calls to pay for the tax cuts by making cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Criticism of proposed funding cuts to social programs to offset tax cuts.

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