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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Watch. Everybody who is here, watch as this goes forward, because we will give the Republicans a chance to reduce the…”

On the recordJune 28, 2025
Watch. Everybody who is here, watch as this goes forward, because we will give the Republicans a chance to reduce the increase to the debt and the deficit by peeling back just the tax cuts for the greedy billionaires. We would be voting for working-class tax cuts, I am almost certain. We will have a chance to bring into stark focus through our amendments what really matters to the folks on the other side of the aisle. And that is the tax cuts for the superwealthy, for the billionaires, for the corporations that are offshoring jobs, and for the biggest polluters in the country. That is where their sweet spot is, and we will expose that through these votes.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing tax cuts and their impact on the debt and deficit during a floor speech.

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