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On the recordAugust 12, 2022
I appreciate the opportunity to make one point. The extent to which this is a partisan bill is a result of selective memory and a willful refusal on the part of my Republican colleagues to work with us. This legislation is replete with items that I am proud to have authored with Senator Grassley: The small energy wind tax credit; 30D in terms of electric vehicles; the 179 building tax credit. These are historically bipartisan in nature. There was a time when the Republicans used to work with us on that. They have chosen to move in the opposite direction, to their shame. We are going to remedy that today.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Aug 12, 2022

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