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Steny Hoyer: “I believe strongly that we ought to fix the AMT, not just for this coming year, but permanently, and we ought to pay for…”

On the recordMay 1, 2008
I believe strongly that we ought to fix the AMT, not just for this coming year, but permanently, and we ought to pay for that. And the reason I think that we ought to do that is, A, it clearly falls within the ambit of PAYGO, and secondly, because I think that our generation incurred this liability and we ought to pay for that liability.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need to fix the alternative minimum tax (AMT) during a floor speech.

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