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David Cicilline: “The President has declared his support for a tax bill that will add $1 trillion to the national debt”

On the recordDecember 6, 2017
The President has declared his support for a tax bill that will add $1 trillion to the national debt
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticizes the tax bill's impact on national debt while discussing budget cuts to the State Department.

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