as we go through trying to reform our tax code to get rid of some of the crummy ways that it has been used to help special interests at the expense of regular taxpayers, if we can help reinforce the advantages for durable conservation easements, I am all in on that and would love to work on that in bipartisan fashion.
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Whitehouse advocates for tax reform to benefit conservation efforts over special interests.
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