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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
Well, if you don't have this requirement, why spend the money? Why would a coal company or a power plant want to spend the money if they didn't have to if they could do it without having to spend the money and they can continue doing business as usual?
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman questions the necessity of investment without regulatory requirements.

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