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Richard Neal: “People that make under $50,000 a year are getting about a…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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2025 Government Affairs Forum: Congressman Richard Neal

Published | Video Starts at 24:28

The problem with that legislation, and I'll speak to it specifically, is whatever your politics are here, you can't deny the fact that 70% of those benefits are going to go to people at the top. People that make under $50,000 a year are getting about a buck a debt [from the alleged bill]. Now, this is from the tax world. They do these numbers, the Joint Committee on Taxation. So all of a sudden the idea becomes, if we don't like the statistical data and we fire the people that provide it. (24:28–24:32)

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Asserts that individuals earning under $50,000 will receive minimal benefits from the alleged bill.

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