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On the recordJuly 28, 2010
That piece of legislation dealt with corporate tax breaks. It ended corporate tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs offshore. When a corporation under the present Tax Code sends a job offshore, it gets a tax break. It amounts to $14.5 billion a year.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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The speaker discusses legislation aimed at ending corporate tax breaks for outsourcing jobs.

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