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Byron Dorgan: “It certainly is, and it is a tax that was not a part of any public discussion and imposed in a room with the doors…”

On the recordMay 16, 2000
It certainly is, and it is a tax that was not a part of any public discussion and imposed in a room with the doors locked.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing a tax that was enacted without public discussion.

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