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Janice Schakowsky: “We are investing right now billions of dollars in oil and gas companies. We are investing, as my colleague Mr. Markey…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2011
We are investing right now billions of dollars in oil and gas companies. We are investing, as my colleague Mr. Markey said, in a questionable technology, risky technology called nuclear.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky highlights the contrast in investments between renewable and traditional energy sources.

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