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Maria Cantwell: If the Senator would continue to yield. The issue is that, you know, so much of this is already set up, and I think you…

On the recordNovember 7, 2025
If the Senator would continue to yield. The issue is that, you know, so much of this is already set up, and I think you are trying to be creative in a way to--instead of the Alexander-Murray cost revenue sharing, I think you are trying to figure out something that would get people the same amount of money to make them whole over the next year or two; is that correct?
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing revenue sharing proposals during a Senate debate.

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