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Fireworks erupted in a Senate committee hearing on tax reform when a Democrat accused the Republican chairman of writing the bill "for the rich."
Senate President Pro-Tempore Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) paused the hearing to criticize Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio for claiming he was intentionally trying to hurt the middle class.
"I really resent anybody saying that I'm just doing this for the rich. Give me a break," Hatch boomed.
"You guys overplay that all the time and it's getting old," he said.
"Wait a minute, I'm not through," Hatch said as Brown attempted to interrupt him to give a response.
"I come from the lower-middle-class originally so don't spew that stuff on me," Hatch said.