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Tom Coburn: “It does. Mr. McCAIN. That the average citizen would not understand. But I think they understand $4.9 billion and that…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
It does. Mr. McCAIN. That the average citizen would not understand. But I think they understand $4.9 billion and that those savings would accrue to them, along with the reduction in inflation and the costs of the products of corn. So it is a very interesting situation. So when I go back home and some of my constituents are skeptical about whether we are really serious about taking on some of the sacred cows--and certainly ethanol has been a sacred cow around here--maybe there is some justification for their skepticism.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Mar 30, 2011

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