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Mike Lee: “Those aren't spending cuts, those are tax increases, but yeah.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2023
Those aren't spending cuts, those are tax increases, but yeah.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Response to proposed budget measures described as spending cuts.

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