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Tim Scott: “I find it quite interesting and almost hilarious that my friend to the left would talk about tax increases when in fact…”

On the recordJune 7, 2012
I find it quite interesting and almost hilarious that my friend to the left would talk about tax increases when in fact embedded in this health care bill is $123 billion in new taxes on property owners. Really? $123 billion of new taxes on property owners in addition to the $29 billion new tax they were talking about today, in addition to eliminating $500 billion from Medicare in order to fund this health care plan. I think the conversation about tax increases is a conversation we could spend a day on, and we'd be happy to have that conversation. But today, I'm going to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Chairman Sessions.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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Jun 7, 2012

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