John Barrasso: “Republicans stopped a $4 trillion tax increase, the largest…”

“President Trump calls it the one big beautiful bill. It is now the law of the land. It delivers to the voters of this country what the voters sent Republicans here to do. First, Republicans stopped a $4 trillion tax increase, the largest tax increase in American history. Every single Democrat in this chamber voted to raise taxes by $4 trillion. Had Democrats succeeded, working families would have paid over $1,700 more in taxes just next year.” (00:56–01:04)

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