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On the recordApril 23, 2006
We've got to stop the oil companies from having it all their way. In the energy bill passed last year, they have $1.5 billion tax giveaway purely for the oil companies' research purposes. That needs to be reversed, and I'm going to try to do that this week.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Bill Nelson called for the reversal of tax giveaways to oil companies in light of their record profits.

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