To add to the distributional impacts, the top 5 percent pay 38 percent of the taxes, but they have more than 60 percent of the wealth. The bottom 10 percent pay very little but live hand-to-mouth, including more than 12 percent of our children. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Aguilar), the distinguished chair of the House Democratic Caucus.
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