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On the recordApril 5, 2011
today, along with Senator Wyden, we introduce bipartisan tax reform legislation, a piece of legislation that we believe, and hopefully we can gather a consensus in this body to believe, is necessary to be a component of addressing the current fiscal situation. The Senator from South Dakota just articulated very well the plight we currently are facing with our current Federal deficit and accumulating debt. I don't think I could have said it better than he did. He laid out what I think most Americans are now realizing, and that is we have to get a grip on our current fiscal situation in this country if we are going to provide any kind of opportunity for the future--for prosperity, for opportunity for our young people to get good jobs, buy homes, raise a family, and send their kids to college. And even in a more current sense, we need to get our economy moving again to the point where we can get people back to work and become a prosperous leading nation in the world. We are gradually, and accelerating all the time, losing that position because of our fiscal situation. This morning, a number of us met--both Republicans and Democrats--in one of a series of meetings we have been having with outside experts. Dr.…
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Dan Coats
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