Don Nickles: “If I understood the Senator's statement, the $700 million the States would have to pick up, this is a program that will…”

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

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.

Congress passed a bad law called the Windfall Profits Tax. That motivated me to run for Senate more than anything else.

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.