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Alan Lowenthal: “It has only taken 5 months, and nearly every move on energy that this Administration has made could have come right out…”

On the recordJune 28, 2017
It has only taken 5 months, and nearly every move on energy that this Administration has made could have come right out of the executive boardrooms of the American Petroleum Institute or the National Mining Association.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal accuses the administration of favoring oil and gas interests in energy policy.

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