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On the recordMarch 12, 2014
Congress gave the DOT the authority to protect our air carriers and the traveling public from what is unilateral taxation, in effect.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Thune highlights Congress's role in protecting U.S. air carriers from unilateral taxation.

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