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On the recordDecember 17, 2015
This $78 billion tax subsidy is called the ``active financing exception.'' My, my, these bankers have been active here. They may have been very naughty to the American people. They may have been very naughty to the American economy. But they have been, oh, so nice to some Members of Congress. Republicans and some Democratic enablers are helping keep a provision in here that will only lead to shipping jobs overseas. They are borrowing from overseas to put this burden on the American people. This is the kind of provision that causes Americans to be so concerned about their government and a feeling that it has run away from them because these kinds of provisions are running away our debt and denying the support for Make It In America that we need. Mr. Speaker, I urge the rejection of this package that will do so much harm to our country. General Leave
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas
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Dec 17, 2015

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