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On the recordJune 6, 2017
Is particularly interesting that you suggest that due to our fiscal circumstances, certain people cannot be provided affordable housing while other people through of other proposals, such as tax proposals, are getting--if they pass--extraordinary benefits.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Jack Reed questions the fairness of fiscal policies affecting affordable housing.

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