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On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
I hope you will consider, in that type of a situation, when you have something that is totally beyond the control of the farmer or the rancher, that you will, rather than levying taxes without consideration for where the source might be and whether it is natural, that you will take into consideration that source and that it is naturally occurring.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson urges consideration of natural methane emissions in agricultural regulations.

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