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Alex Padilla: “I just wanted to appreciate the distinction and the emphasis on not just taxing profits, taxing windfall profits because…”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
I just wanted to appreciate the distinction and the emphasis on not just taxing profits, taxing windfall profits because that is what is happening now through the exploitation at the pump.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla highlights the importance of targeting windfall profits specifically.

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