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Mike Conaway: “H.R. 2454 is cap-and-tax. It is a tax bill that will be forced not only on agriculture in rural America but our entire…”

On the recordJune 10, 2009
H.R. 2454 is cap-and-tax. It is a tax bill that will be forced not only on agriculture in rural America but our entire country.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Conaway criticizes H.R. 2454 as a tax disguised as a carbon allowance auction.

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