08/03/2009
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"Sen. Harkin and Rep. DeFazio said an analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated the tax would generate $352 billion in revenue from January 2013 through 2021, if enacted."
"I’d like to thank this committee, under the leadership of Senator Harkin, for the leadership role you have played."
"I've been thinking about that question, and I've been wondering if I could persuade you not to retire."
"I have set the committee's sights on a twin goal to make up the ground we have lost since 2008 and to increase the size of this workforce to at least 6 million by 2015."