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Jay Rockefeller: The fact is that 1.1 percent on, you know, 5 years, $11.3 billion in profits, is absolutely unthinkable to me.

On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
The fact is that 1.1 percent on, you know, 5 years, $11.3 billion in profits, is absolutely unthinkable to me.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Critiques low tax rate of a major cruise company.

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