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Ed Markey: “Senator Markey's proposal will not provide efficient tax reform but instead will simply be a tax hike on one of the few…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2014
Senator Markey's proposal will not provide efficient tax reform but instead will simply be a tax hike on one of the few sectors of our economy that has been consistently producing jobs since the recession began.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Criticism of potential tax hike on the oil and gas sector.

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