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Janice Schakowsky: “Those of us serving on these subcommittees have responsibility to reject hollow arguments put forth to justify lower…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
Those of us serving on these subcommittees have responsibility to reject hollow arguments put forth to justify lower targets.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

She calls for rejecting arguments that undermine ambitious fuel economy targets.

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