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On the recordMarch 23, 2017
The Republican agenda, tax breaks for billionaires, massive cuts to health care, great increase in expenditures for the military budget. Not acknowledging the reality of climate change. All of those ideas are way out of touch with where the American people are.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders critiques the Republican agenda and emphasizes the need for Congress to represent the middle class.

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