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On the recordJune 13, 2016
What I have proposed--and more than 30 United States Senators are now on board on this--I have said, enough already, let us just throw the tax provisions, the energy tax provisions, in the trash can--there are more than 44 of them--and substitute the 44 for three: essentially clean power, clean transportation fuel, and energy efficiency.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden advocates simplifying energy tax provisions for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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