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On the recordSeptember 8, 1999
The point I am getting to is, if the Hutchison amendment is adopted, then basically we are giving a discount to these oil companies from the amount they owe taxpayers for drilling oil out of public lands and selling it at a profit; is that the net impact of this amendment?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the implications of the Hutchison amendment on oil companies and taxpayer revenue.

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