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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
We are in no way saying that this is the same legislative language that the Bush Administration recommended. We are saying it addresses the same problem and that you didn't like the Bush Administration approach any better than you liked the Obama Administration approach, any better than you like this approach. And the only beneficiaries of this obstruction to a legislative answer are the same tax dodgers in these tax havens that have been avoiding their responsibility. We want to level the playing field. We don't want to shirk treaty responsibilities. We want an incentive to encourage every one of these companies to go to a tax treaty country.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2010

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Doggett addresses legislative approaches to tax havens and the need for equitable tax responsibilities.

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