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On the recordJune 5, 2012
Should U.S. airlines and U.S. consumers be paying a tax to European coffers on an extraterritorial scheme?
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Thune questions the fairness of American consumers funding European projects.

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