[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E147]
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           THE BREWERS EXCISE AND ECONOMIC RELIEF ACT OF 2009

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                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 3, 2010

  Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I have cosponsored the Brewers Excise and 
Economic Relief Act of 2009, H.R. 836. I have been informed that it is 
highly unlikely that this bill will reach the floor of the House. 
Accordingly, it is highly unlikely that we will act to reduce the tax 
on beer.
  I also have been informed that co-sponsorship of the Brewers Excise 
and Economic Relief Act is the best way to demonstrate to congressional 
leadership that there is not support in the House for any increase on 
the tax on beer. I am told that this is the intended message of some, 
and perhaps most, of the 242 cosponsors of the bill.
  I am quite mindful of the large national debt. Still, I wish to be 
counted among those who are opposed to an increase in the tax on beer.

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