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Diana DeGette: “As of today, the industry has actually spent billions of dollars to come into compliance with these rules and, in fact…”

On the recordMay 20, 2019
As of today, the industry has actually spent billions of dollars to come into compliance with these rules and, in fact, that the power industry, what we heard is that they support keeping the rule in place.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette notes industry compliance and support for mercury regulations.

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