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Peter Welch: “For the past 40 years, working Americans have actually had a…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Questions Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent at Confirmation Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:51

And we're talking in a way abstractly about this tax plan. And the reality for most folks in this country is that For the past 40 years, working Americans have actually had a pay cut, not a pay increase. And my hope is that whatever tax policy we have is going to start with a commitment to making lives better for the Main street folks that you mentioned, and I'm glad that you did. (00:51–00:57)

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Asserts that working Americans have experienced a pay cut over the past 40 years.

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