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Hagedorn supports bill for military pay hike, repeal of Cadillac and medical device taxes

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) voted Tuesday in favor of two spending packages that would fund the government for Fiscal Year 2020.

“While I am disappointed with the process by which these bills were developed and with the lack of transparency or concern for the skyrocketing federal deficit, I voted in favor of these measures because they include permanent tax relief and other measures needed by our country and the residents of southern Minnesota. The provisions rebuild our military, provide a three percent pay increase for our troops, retroactively extend the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit, repeal the Cadillac, medical device and health insurance taxes, and promote competition in the biological products and drug markets by facilitating the entry of lower-cost generic and biosimilar versions of those products and treatments through inclusion of the CREATES Act,” said Hagedorn.

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