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Jim Risch: “It would be unfair to punish that region of the country for carrying out the national policy of the 1970s.”

On the recordMay 18, 2009
It would be unfair to punish that region of the country for carrying out the national policy of the 1970s.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Advocates for a fair transition regarding coal plant policies.

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