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John Tierney: “Before I yield, I do want to correct the gentleman. There is somebody around here who gets a free lunch under your bill…”

On the recordApril 27, 2012
Before I yield, I do want to correct the gentleman. There is somebody around here who gets a free lunch under your bill, and that would be the oil companies, which made $80 billion in profits last year. I yield for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis). (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
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John Tierney
Massachusetts
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Apr 27, 2012

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