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Steve Southerland: “We cannot increase taxes on hardworking families that are making their living fishing, and yet we have the ability to go…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2013
We cannot increase taxes on hardworking families that are making their living fishing, and yet we have the ability to go out and remove reefs with explosives that kill tens of thousands of fish
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Steve Southerland
Florida

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Southerland criticizes tax policies while highlighting environmental concerns in fishing.

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