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Mike Lawler: “New York is a donor state. We send more money to the federal…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 05:56

Obviously, when deals dealing with some of my colleagues who, you know, reflexively are opposed because they think they're subsidizing bad blue state policies. You know, the reality is New York is a donor state. We send more money to the federal government than we get back. There are red states, in fact, that get more money from the federal government than revenue they send. So the reality is everybody could sit and play the game of who's subsidizing who. (05:56–06:02)

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Asserts that New York contributes more to the federal government than it receives.

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