Always good to be with you, Frederica. So you call this a, quote, big bonanza for billionaires. How so? Oh, you know, our jurisdiction Ways and Means Committee, Our instructions [from the Ways and Means Committee] was to increase the deficit by $4.5 trillion in order to pass these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. You know, there was one amendment in particular that I had to look at the 199A deductions. And I'll just cut to the quick. (01:06–01:20)
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