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Adam Schiff: “If you're poor, you're actually going to get a tax increase…”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Adam Schiff Criticizes Controversial Bill Impacting Healthcare, SNAP, and Judiciary

Published | Video Starts at 02:07

If you're wealthy, you're going to get over a quarter million dollar tax cut every year. If you're poor, you're actually going to get a tax increase out of this bill. So. So the benefits are heavily weighted to the wealthiest Americans and they're taking it from families that are hungry and they're taking it from families that will lose access to health care. (02:07–02:13)

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Asserts that poor individuals will face a tax increase due to the bill.

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