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.
Boustany expresses concern over proposed tax increases affecting jobs in the oil and gas industry.
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This is an absolutely essential amendment because we need more transparency about methods and how these assumptions are built into what they are proposing. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk).
I have no other Members wishing to speak on the bill, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.
I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), who is the chairman of the Physicians Caucus.
I thank the gentleman. The American people want transparency. I don't understand why our friends on the other side of the aisle would be opposed to transparency. All we are asking is that these agencies be truthful and very clear with the…
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