I will rise simply to suggest that any dealings, any treatment of tax matters on an appropriation bill is not appropriate. ... we have now reached a point where we import the majority of the oil we consume.
Senator Moynihan discusses the inappropriateness of tax matters in appropriation bills and the need for increased gasoline taxes.
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Policymakers must confront the question of what happens when growth does not generate inclusion.
To paraphrase Daniel Patrick Moynihan from years ago, everyone`s entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
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