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Doc Hastings: “We are talking about tax extenders. By definition, tax extenders mean we are extending existing tax relief for people.…”

On the recordMay 21, 2008
We are talking about tax extenders. By definition, tax extenders mean we are extending existing tax relief for people. These are in law already. They have been extended many, many times in the past and always been extended without raising taxes on the other end. But my point in this and the whole part of this debate is that these are extending existing tax relief for the American people, and you don't have to start setting the principle of raising taxes in other areas to continue tax extensions that are already in law.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington
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Discussing tax extenders and their implications during a floor debate.

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