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Henry Waxman: “It's pretty obvious what's going on in this hearing room. House Republicans and their coal and oil industry allies are…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
It's pretty obvious what's going on in this hearing room. House Republicans and their coal and oil industry allies are manufacturing a scandal, trying to discredit you, President Obama, the clean energy companies.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman accuses Republicans of creating a scandal to undermine clean energy efforts.

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