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On the recordMay 23, 2023
I just want to make sure for purpose of the record--and I think, you know, Dr. Holtz-Eakin, we have worked together in the past in my former staff days, but would you agree that in the time I have been around the Hill, and I came to the Hill as a staffer in 2003, the top one percent of taxpayers paid 33 percent of the overall tax burden.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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Roy highlights the tax contributions of the top earners over time.

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