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On the recordDecember 1, 2010
One of the things we are trying to endeavor to do in the Federal Government is to collect several hundreds of billions of dollars of taxes that are owed but are not being collected.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper discusses efforts to close the tax gap and increase federal revenues.

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