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On the recordApril 11, 2018
I am troubled by some of the statements that we heard last year, as our Republican colleagues attempted to push through--did push through--a tax plan that really benefited only the wealthiest in the country and tried to say that it actually paid for itself.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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Jayapal criticizes the tax plan for benefiting the wealthy and misleading claims about it paying for itself.

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