Tax Extenders Act Of 2009
Floor Speech
Issues: Taxes Government Budget and Spending
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Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, we spend more on tax expenditures authorized by Congress and the Committee on Ways and Means than we do on the entire appropriations budget. It really matters. This is the third year I've served in Congress, the third year we've had tax extenders. And the question for many of us is the one that was raised by Chairman Rangel: Is it time to take a look at this, kick the tires of each one of these to see not just how it affects the particular beneficiary--they always are in favor--but how it affects the overall economy for creating wealth in jobs and how it affects the burden of fairness that is our responsibility? So I applaud the chairman in his effort to do that.
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