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Joe Neguse: “House Republicans decided that this was in the best interest…”

Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Joe Neguse Criticizes Trump's Exclusive Dinner with Wealthy Investors

Published | Video Starts at 07:07

And one of those provisions, just by way of example, is a provision, provision to deregulate firearm silencers. These are silencers that have been regulated since 1934, since the days of Al Capone and John Dillinger. And House Republicans decided that this was in the best interest apparently of the American public to include this provision at the 11th hour. There are a variety of others, a provision that they included as a tax break to tanning salon owners, which was only removed after we had shamed our colleagues during … (07:07–07:15)

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