The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.

Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.

One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

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