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On the recordMay 10, 2021
are these the people Senator Whitehouse cavalierly joked about at the end of the hearing when he lamented over the missed opportunity to add a T to the end of FATCA?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Questioning the implications of FATCA and its impact on Americans abroad.

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