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On the recordMarch 4, 2009
If we raise taxes on U.S. production, doesn't it mean that the marketplace will go outside the U.S., the Americans will end up buying more foreign oil if we tax more of our own production?
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert questions the impact of increased taxes on domestic oil production.

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