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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
We do not seek to eliminate any subsidies. We seek to eliminate a blenders' credit that the very people who receive the credit do not want, and it is $4.9 billion between now and the end of the year. Mr. McCAIN. It is $4.9 billion and the recipients themselves want it reversed?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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