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On the recordMarch 21, 2016
If I understand, Mr. Goss, one and a half million people or one and a quarter million will get an increase of something like 77 bucks on average, and then there is the 15 million that are going to get cut.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott highlights the disparity in benefits between groups affected by the bill.

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