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Lamar Alexander: “Wouldn't it be a wiser use of whatever--instead of having that tax credit in place or other tax credits for oil or gas…”

On the recordApril 8, 2013
Wouldn't it be a wiser use of whatever--instead of having that tax credit in place or other tax credits for oil or gas or other forms of energy that have become material. Wouldn't it be better to spend that money to try to reach the goal that you and I share which would be to double the amount of research in energy?
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander advocates reallocating tax credits towards increasing energy research funding.

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