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On the recordJanuary 7, 2018
What we have seen in the last year is a Republican leadership trying to throw 30 million people off of health insurance and then moving to give huge tax breaks to the rich and large corporations.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders criticizes Republican leadership for their policies affecting health insurance and tax breaks.

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