July 21,2015

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Hatch, Wyden Applaud Committee Passage of Bipartisan Tax Extenders Bill

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today issued the following statement after the Committee voted to advance a bipartisan tax extenders bill by a vote of 23 to 3:

“Today the Finance Committee advanced a bipartisan bill aimed to help both families and businesses. By allowing Committee members to work their will, the Committee succeeded in passing a number of widely-supported tax provisions that will provide some certainty in the tax code for the next two years.  We look forward to continuing to work together in a bipartisan fashion to enact tax extenders legislation.”

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