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Tom Emmer: “The CBO that has absolutely been unreliable in the last…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Interview with Congressman Tom Emmer on Ukraine, Trump, and Medicaid Reforms

Published | Video Starts at 11:43

You're not in favor of getting rid. Of waste, fraud, abuse. And you rely on this, you rely on the cbo. You rely on The CBO that has absolutely been unreliable in the last seven, eight years or more. So while they're necessary, we got to work with them. You can't, you can say it's nonpartisan. But what did they say about the Tax Cuts and Jobs act when it was enacted into law in 2017? (11:43–11:51)

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Asserts that the CBO has been unreliable for the past seven to eight years.

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