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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
They paid at an 11 percent tax rate compared to the businesses in my district that have to pay at a 35 percent tax rate.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur criticizes the lower tax rates of large banks versus local businesses.

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