Don Nickles: “So the State of Massachusetts still does not comply with the Health Insurance Portability Act we passed several years…”

I do not defend 199, period. I think Congress--when you are rewriting the tax code, you should have a uniform corporate rate, not a lower rate for manufacturing.

The biggest economic boon to this country has been the explosion of oil and gas activity, primarily because of fracking.

Law makers must carefully distinguish between the need for tax credits which may operate as subsidies, compared to more favored tax deductions which are expensed as part of ordinary business operations.

I could not disagree with you more.