10/13/2009
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"There is an understanding that, and I would say a bipartisan understanding and even consensus, that our country is uncompetitive in the world as it relates to our tax policy."
"I think it is very important that we come to that realization and move on it in a permanent way."
"There is a frustration that, you know, perhaps just waiting, and to punt perhaps is not the solution."
"I hear from constituents who find the death tax, for example, an unfair tax, inherently unfair, double taxation."