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Moving Ahead For Progress in the 21st Century - Continued

Floor Speech

Date: March 13, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas Taxes

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Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I wish to raise my concerns about the Roberts amendment.

This amendment is a disappointing attempt to play politics with what should be a bipartisan issue: extending the State and local sales tax deduction and other key tax policies. We need to move forward on a serious bipartisan proposal to extend the State sales tax deduction. It is a matter of tax fairness for Washington residents.

But we cannot afford to threaten Washington's coastal economy by opening the West Coast and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.

Therefore, I will not support the Roberts Amendment and I look forward to serious legislation to extend the State sales tax deduction.

I yield the floor.

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