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Paul Ryan: “To respond to the gentleman's question, in his chart he says in the first year that we have zero tax cuts. If we take a…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2000
To respond to the gentleman's question, in his chart he says in the first year that we have zero tax cuts. If we take a look at page 29 of the bill, we actually have $5 billion in tax cuts. So looking at the legislation that we are here voting on right now, the chart that the gentleman has prepared is actually in error by $5 billion in the first year alone.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Addressing inaccuracies in a colleague's chart regarding tax cuts in proposed legislation.

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