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Byron Dorgan: “I intend to vote for this. I said there is much in it that I commend and much that I support, including some of the…”

On the recordOctober 8, 2004
I intend to vote for this. I said there is much in it that I commend and much that I support, including some of the energy provisions that I believe you just mentioned. I was speaking specifically only about the series of tax shelters representing, in my judgment, a missed opportunity. But I think the Senator from Wyoming missed the opening comments of this Senator. He probably missed that I did say there is much here to commend, and I was speaking about what I think is a gross abuse, which we call tax shelters, which we have to close, and I think most Members think at some point we will have to close them.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing support for a bill while addressing concerns about tax shelters.

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