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Summer Lee: “Poverty is on the increase. You have people paying more money under the Trump tax cut for those making $50 to $100,000.”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2020
Poverty is on the increase. You have people paying more money under the Trump tax cut for those making $50 to $100,000.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Sheila Jackson Lee criticized the Trump tax cuts for increasing poverty among middle-income earners.

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