Indeed, in the 30 years that I've been here, we have had a Democratic control of the House, Senate and the, and the presidency for only four. Yeah, but the Ways and Means Committee, it writes the tax code. The tax code looks worse than a block of Swiss cheese because it's got lots of holes and special provisions. And not all of them are the responsible of responsibility of Republicans. When we are writing major tax revision like the big ugly bill, the number of lobbyists that descend on our committee is like a horde of locusts. (08:26–08:35)
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Asserts that the tax code has many loopholes and special provisions.
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