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On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
I think if this Committee had any genuine interest in addressing those companies that are dodging their taxes by declaring themselves un-American, we would have already approved the anti-inversion legislation that has been pending here for years.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett criticizes the Committee for not addressing tax dodging by companies.

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