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On the recordJune 8, 2021
The last offer that I got from the President had four tax increases in it. If we were in it, to win it for the American people, we`d miss a real opportunity here for at least 20 Republicans to join with the other Democrats to pass the most robust infrastructure package that we could have.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Shelley Moore Capito expressed concerns about tax increases in Biden's infrastructure proposal.

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