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Jim Inhofe: “This would constitute something like a $300 billion to $400 billion tax increase on the American people, that it would…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
This would constitute something like a $300 billion to $400 billion tax increase on the American people, that it would destroy our economy.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Inhofe argues that proposed climate legislation would harm the economy significantly.

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