So it is fair to say that the production of oil and gas in this country and the severances that are collected, the severance taxes--not the corporate income tax that is paid, not the payroll tax that is paid, not the indirect sales tax that is paid--literally funds the entire Interior Department of the United States? Is that roughly correct?
Landrieu emphasizes the importance of oil and gas revenues for funding the Interior Department.
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