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John Kerry: I want my colleagues to take part in this. My colleague introduced a bill himself that provides tax credits for airplane…

On the recordDecember 11, 2001
I want my colleagues to take part in this. My colleague introduced a bill himself that provides tax credits for airplane tickets that costs five times this bill; $4.75 billion the Senator's bill costs. What are we talking about when we talk about ``costs too much?'' Let me ask the Senator from Arizona, could we bring this bill to the floor of the Senate within the next couple of days? I will curtail my comments, if we could get an agreement to bring this bill to the floor.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the costs and urgency of bringing a bill to the Senate floor.

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