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John Cornyn: “So you can increase taxes on an industry and it will have no impact on price to consumers, is what you are saying?”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
So you can increase taxes on an industry and it will have no impact on price to consumers, is what you are saying?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn questions the impact of increased taxes on energy prices.

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