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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
The new budget lays out another $2.5 trillion of spending increases and going to the Treasury Green Book that you just mentioned a few minutes earlier, another $4.7 trillion of tax increases as well.
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Bill Hagerty
Republican · Tennessee

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Hagerty criticizes the proposed budget for significant spending and tax increases.

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