Don Nickles: “How much of an increase did you have in 2004? I heard $88 billion over the life of the bill.”

You cannot afford to make fossil fuels' tax equal to the enormous subsidy that wind currently receives.

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.

I could not disagree with you more.

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.