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Scott Peters: “Is that really the right role for government? And I am asking you as a rock-ribbed conservative Texan.”

On the recordMay 8, 2019
Is that really the right role for government? And I am asking you as a rock-ribbed conservative Texan.
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Scott Peters
Democratic · California

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Questioning the appropriateness of government subsidies for the mature fossil fuel industry.

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