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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
This is what I regard as an asset tax. And assets for banks are loans. So it runs counter, I believe, to our economic interest.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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McHenry criticizes a proposed excise tax on banks as detrimental to economic interests.

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