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On the recordApril 22, 2009
As I traveled around the district last two weeks--I live down in Southwest Louisiana--we have a lot of oil and gas production, and a lot of jobs related to this industry, the refining industry. There's a great deal of concern right now about proposals in the budget for tax increases, energy tax increases, specifically.
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Charles Boustany
Republican · Louisiana

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Boustany expresses concern over proposed tax increases affecting jobs in the oil and gas industry.

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