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Dan Burton: “I just want to follow up the train of thought that you have. These taxes that they want to put on Big Oil, if there are…”

On the recordJune 26, 2008
I just want to follow up the train of thought that you have. These taxes that they want to put on Big Oil, if there are excessive profits made and there is collusion or something like that, if there is criminal behavior, obviously everybody wants to make sure that doesn't take place. But whatever they're promising, everything that I have seen the opposition party promise, is that they are going to hit Big Oil with more taxes. That isn't going to get one more drop of oil to the--
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing proposed taxes on Big Oil during a debate.

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