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Jared Huffman: “This bill was not written the right way. It came together in a back room, written by a dozen pro-fossil-fuel Senators…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2021
This bill was not written the right way. It came together in a back room, written by a dozen pro-fossil-fuel Senators, and it has the oil industry's fingerprints all over it.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of the Senate's infrastructure bill for being influenced by fossil fuel interests.

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