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Katie Porter: Why should taxpayers have to shell out for your salary and for the costs of pollution? Why shouldn't the companies bear…

On the recordApril 21, 2021
Why should taxpayers have to shell out for your salary and for the costs of pollution? Why shouldn't the companies bear that themselves?
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California

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Questioning why taxpayers subsidize oil companies instead of them covering their own costs.

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