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Ed Markey: “What Mr. Holt has proposed, what the Democrats have proposed is that we look at the tax breaks that we give to the oil…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
What Mr. Holt has proposed, what the Democrats have proposed is that we look at the tax breaks that we give to the oil industry, to the mining industries from--as gifts, as gifts from the Federal taxpayers.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey advocates for reevaluating tax breaks for profitable oil companies.

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