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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
your assurances that all of these anti-energy policies present a robust energy plan for America, that you are very concerned about job creation except when it comes to the 1.5 million jobs that we could create if you would simply get out of the way.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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Criticism of government policies hindering job creation in the energy sector.

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