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On the recordApril 26, 2021
Choosing to use the tax code to intentionally destroy America's fossil fuel industry, to hurt our economy, to force more American workers to lose their jobs, and to strengthen the economic power of the government's of China, Venezuela, Iran, and Russia, is a path I will not go down.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford opposes tax policies that harm the fossil fuel industry and American jobs.

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