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Ed Markey: If you are serious about the deficit reduction, let us tax the oil companies much more than they are today.

On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
If you are serious about the deficit reduction, let us tax the oil companies much more than they are today.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey advocates for higher taxes on oil companies to aid deficit reduction.

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