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Kevin Brady: If you let Congress begin rummaging around for political purposes in the tax returns of the President, what stops them…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
If you let Congress begin rummaging around for political purposes in the tax returns of the President, what stops them from doing it to every day Americans? If that would be an abuse of power.
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Kevin Brady
Republican · Texas

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Kevin Brady warns against the potential abuse of power if Congress were to investigate the President's tax returns for political reasons.

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