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On the recordJune 23, 2015
I want to begin by commending the National Association of Manufacturers, the Business Roundtable, the Alliance for Competitive Taxation, and the National Retail Federation for speaking out this week against repatriation as a means of financing the highway system which needs not only moneys, but it needs certainty.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett praises organizations opposing repatriation for highway funding, emphasizing the need for certainty.

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