John Thune actually said...

The airlines do have an issue that the Federal Government owns the production line of a major commercial industry and that's the airlines.

Thune points out the government's role in the airline industry's operational efficiency.

05/12/2009

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It is important that we reduce the tax burdens on airlines which are inevitably passed on to the American traveling public.

What that might mean, not only to your operations or those you represent, but also just the impact on small businesses.

I'd be interested in seeing that.

the EU Emission Trading Scheme is clearly, in my view, a unilateral and unfair tax policy that is hurting U.S. operators flying into and out...