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Virginia Foxx: “I want to point out to my colleague from Massachusetts that if we raise taxes on the oil companies, surely that will be…”

On the recordApril 18, 2012
I want to point out to my colleague from Massachusetts that if we raise taxes on the oil companies, surely that will be passed along to consumers. Mr. McGOVERN. Will the gentlelady yield?
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Apr 18, 2012

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