The question I was going to ask of my colleague from the Republican side of the aisle was in here is a provision to reinstate the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund excise tax. Evidently he is for oil spills. We want to clean them up. There is one going on right now in Maryland.
Discussing the reinstatement of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund excise tax.
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So this is 2002. So we are talking about something that might happen and might not happen in 8 years from now?
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But is it not true that they would stand to lose money in 2010 if we do not repeal the sunset?
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