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Josh Shapiro: “Over a billion dollars in real dollars back in people's…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Governor Shapiro participates in NGA panel discussion on energy and permitting reform

Published | Video Starts at 05:07

I brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut taxes seven times in the last three years to try and reduce costs, to try and put money back in people's pockets. We've been successful at that. The problem is actually Over a billion dollars in real dollars back in people's pockets. The problem is every time you do that you put a dollar in someone's pocket at the state level, the federal government takes two bucks out because of these higher costs. (05:07–05:11)

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