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Jim Risch: Our standard of living requires us to generate and consume a significant amount of energy, and that energy must be…

On the recordSeptember 29, 2010
Our standard of living requires us to generate and consume a significant amount of energy, and that energy must be produced somewhere.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch argues for the necessity of energy production for maintaining living standards.

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