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John Larson: “We have that in a bill that's before this body to do that.”

Featuring: John Larson, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 1st Congressional District

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John Larson Criticizes Proposed Social Security Data Acquisition by Elon Musk and Budget Cuts by Trump

Published | Video Starts at 04:40

Now's the time to act. Mr. Trump says that he's going to cut benefits. He's going to make sure he eliminates taxes on Social Security, another major problem. Of course, We have that in a bill that's before this body to do that. But the difference is we pay for it. Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump don't want to pay for it because what they want to do with that money is provide … (04:40–04:45)

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